In 1950, prominent Phoenix lawyer Oliver B. James gave a gift of 16 oil paintings by American artists to ASU.[5] Over five years, James donated over 149 works by various American, Mexican, and European artists to the museum.[2][5] The collection was originally included among the stacks at the university's first library building, the Matthews Library.[4] The Neoclassical building was constructed in 1930 and was remodelled in 1951.[6] The library was expanded in 1955,[7] but in 1966, with the library space outgrowing the university's collection, Matthews Library was closed and 16 miles (26 km) of books were moved to the Charles Trumbull Hayden Library, which had been completed the previous year and remains the university's main library today.[4][7][8]