Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library

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academic library neoclassical building research library university library building

The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library is Harvard University's principal library and an iconic neoclassical building renowned for its vast research collections and role as a central hub of academic life on campus.

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Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic library ⓘ
neoclassical building ⓘ
research library ⓘ
university library building ⓘ
architect Horace Trumbauer ⓘ
Julian Abele ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
collectionSize millions of volumes ⓘ
completionDate 1915 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1912 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 42.373°N 71.116°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dedicatedTo Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ
floorCount 5 ⓘ
fundedBy Widener family ⓘ
hasBasement yes ⓘ
hasCollection humanities collections ⓘ
manuscripts collection ⓘ
rare books collection ⓘ
social sciences collections ⓘ
hasFacadeMaterial brick ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
hasFeature Corinthian columns ⓘ
grand staircase ⓘ
large central reading room ⓘ
hasFunction preservation of collections ⓘ
research support ⓘ
study space ⓘ
teaching support ⓘ
hasLandmarkStatus iconic building of Harvard University ⓘ
hasOnlineCatalog HOLLIS ⓘ
hasReadingRoom yes ⓘ
inception 1915 ⓘ
inMemoryOf Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ
isCentralHubOf academic life at Harvard College ⓘ
isMainResearchLibraryOf Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College
isPrincipalLibraryOf Harvard University ⓘ
isTouristAttraction yes ⓘ
locatedIn Harvard University ⓘ
locatedInCity Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedInRegion New England ⓘ
locatedInState Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedOnCampus Harvard Yard ⓘ
name Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library self-link ⓘ
namedAfter Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ
openingDate 1915 ⓘ
operator Harvard Library ⓘ
ownedBy Harvard University ⓘ
partOf Harvard Library ⓘ
surface form: Harvard Library system
patron Eleanor Elkins Widener ⓘ
shortName Widener Library ⓘ

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Harry Elkins Widener → memorializedBy → Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library ⓘ
Harry → hasMemorial → Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library ⓘ
subject surface form: Harry Elkins Widener
Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library → name → Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library self-link ⓘ