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The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books in its "vast and cavernous" [2] stacks, is the centerpiece of the Harvard College Libraries (the libraries of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences) and, more broadly, of the entire Harvard Library system. [3] It honors 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector ...
The Widener family is an American family from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Founded by Peter Arrell Browne Widener (1834–1915) and his wife, Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836–1896), it was once one of the wealthiest families in the United States. Widener was ranked #29 on the American Heritage list of the forty richest Americans in history, with ...
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.
Known for. Namesake of Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library. Signature. Harry Elkins Widener (January 3, 1885 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman and bibliophile, and a member of the Widener family. His mother built Harvard University 's Widener Memorial Library in his memory, after his death on the foundering of the RMS Titanic .
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 ...
Tozzer Library is the oldest library in the United States specializing in all subfields of anthropology, ethnology, and archaeology. Originally founded as the library of Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, the Library was first recognized as the Peabody Museum Library. The Museum was established in 1866 after ...
Bartol Brinkler. Brinkler ca. 1937. Alma mater. Princeton University. Columbia University. Occupation. Librarian. Bartol Brinkler (October 2, 1915 – October 2, 1993) [1] was a cataloging librarian, the head of cataloging and classification at Harvard University 's Widener Library. He received a MA and a Ph.D. from Princeton Graduate School.