Uris Library

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academic library clock tower historic building university library

Uris Library is a historic academic library at Cornell University, prominently located on the Arts Quad and known for its iconic clocktower and extensive humanities collections.

Aliases (2)

McGraw Tower ×3
Uris Library complex ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic library → clock tower → historic building → university library →
affiliation	Ivy League →
architecturalStyle	Collegiate Gothic →
buildingType	library building →
campus	Cornell University Arts Quad →
campusType	college campus →
country	United States of America →
hasCollection	humanities → rare books → social sciences → special collections →
hasFacility	circulation desk → reading rooms → stacks → study spaces →
hasLandmark	McGraw Tower clock →
hasPart	McGraw Tower →
hasView	Cayuga Lake → Cornell University campus →
heritageStatus	historic campus landmark →
inception	1891 →
knownFor	historic architecture → humanities collections → reading rooms →
locatedIn	Cornell University → Cornell University → Ithaca, New York →
locatedNear	Goldwin Smith Hall → McGraw Hall → Olin Library →
locatedOn	Arts Quad →
name	Uris Library →
namedAfter	Harold D. Uris →
operator	Cornell University Library →
ownedBy	Cornell University →
partOf	Cornell University Library system → Uris Library complex →
primaryLanguageOfCollections	English →
serves	Cornell University faculty → Cornell University students →
subjectFocus	area studies → classics → history → literature → philosophy →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
White Hall →	hasNeighbor
Uris Library →	name
Uris Hall →	near
McGraw Tower ("Uris Library complex") →	partOf
Cornell University Arts Quad →	surroundedBy