Wooden table with inset made from samples of marble used in the construction of Widener Library. [ca. 1915?]
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Harvard university library
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The University Library consists of all the collections of books in the possession of the University. It originated in 1638 with books left to the college by John Harvard. The library system currently consists of over 100 separate facilities, ranging from very small specialized collections to Widener Library, with its 5 million volumes. Each of the faculties within the University maintains one or more libraries serving its special constituency. The largest unit is the Harvard College Library (inc...
Widener Library (Cambridge, Mass.)
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Widener Library is the world's largest university library. It is the central library of the larger entity known as the Harvard College Library. Horace Trumbauer designed the library building. Begun in 1912 in the New Yard, on the site of Gore Hall (the previous college library, which was far too small), the library was completed in 1914. The library is named for Harry Elkins Widener (A.B. 1907) who died in 1912, an ill-fated passenger onboard the Titanic. From the description of Gene...
