Lamont Library
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Lamont Library, in the southeast corner of Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, houses the Harvard Library's primary undergraduate collection in humanities and social sciences. It was the first l
Entrance facing Loeb House
Widener Library
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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 co
"You could destroy all the other Harvard buildings and, with Widener left standing, still have a university." — G. L. Kittredge
Widener Library's predecessor, Gore Hall
Eleanor Widener, son George (left), and architect Horace Trumbauer in Harvard Yard, c. 1912
Two electric trucks removed Gore Hall's books for storage during Widener's construction.