The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, generally known as Widener Library, holds some 3.5 million books and is the centerpiece of the Harvard Library system. It honors Harry Elkins Widener, a 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector, and was built by his mother, Eleanor Elkins Widener, soon after his death in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountMassachusetts, United States 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
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It honors Harry Elkins Widener, a 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector, and was built by his mother Eleanor Elkins Widener soon after his death in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
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The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books, is the centerpiece of the Harvard Library system. It honors Harry Elkins Widener, a 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector, and was built by his mother Eleanor Elkins Widener soon after his death in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
Widener's "vast and cavernous" stacks hold works in more than one hundred langu
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The [rotunda] is of Alabama marble except the domed ceiling, with fluted columns and Ionic capitals [while the library] is finished in carved English oak, the carving having been done in England; the high bookcases are fitted with glass shelves and bronze sashes, the windows are hung with heavy curtains [and] upon the desks are vases filled with flowers.
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Wikidata item Q1060854, property P571: 1915
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Wikidata item Q1060854, property P131/P17 (location): Massachusetts, United States
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