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Harvard Library is the network of Harvard University 's libraries and services. It is the oldest library system in the United States and both the largest academic library and largest private library in the world. [4] [5] Its collection holds over 20 million volumes, 400 million manuscripts, 10 million photographs, and one million maps.
Eleanor Elkins Widener (née Eleanore Elkins, later known as Eleanor Elkins Widener Rice or Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice; c. 1862 –1937) was an American heiress, socialite, philanthropist, and adventuress best remembered for her donation to Harvard University of the Widener Library—a memorial to her elder son Harry Elkins Widener, who (along with her first husband, George Dunton ...
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Plaque on north facade of Widener Library. Gore Hall was a historic building on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, designed by Richard Bond. Harvard's first dedicated library building, a Gothic structure built in 1838 of Quincy granite, it was named in honor of Harvard graduate and Massachusetts Governor Christopher Gore .
Librarian. Keyes DeWitt Metcalf (April 13, 1889 – November 3, 1983) was an American librarian. He has been identified as one of the 100 most important leaders in librarianship by the journal American Libraries. [1] In a career spanning over 75 years, he worked in various roles at the New York Public Library and served as the director of the ...
Browne also created a Catalog of Officers, Graduates, and Nongraduates of Smith College. Widener Library, Harvard University. She was an assistant librarian at Harvard University, beginning in 1911, and at the Boston Athenaeum.
The George D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal was a prestigious sculpture prize awarded by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1913 to 1968. Established in 1912, it recognized the "most meritorious work of Sculpture modeled by an American citizen and shown in the Annual Exhibition." PAFA's annual exhibitions were open to all American ...
v. t. e. In library and information science, cataloging ( US) or cataloguing ( UK) is the process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc. Cataloging provides information such as author's names, titles, and subject terms that describe resources, typically through the creation ...