Sterling Memorial Library
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Sterling Memorial Library is the main library building of the Yale University Library system in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Opened in 1931, the library was designed by James Gamble Rogers a
Facade and tower of Sterling Memorial Library
John W. Sterling, the library's namesake
The nave, looking towards the circulation desk
Starr Reading Room
John William Sterling
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John William Sterling was a founding partner of Shearman & Sterling LLP and major benefactor to Yale University.
Sterling Memorial Library
…housed in the building. It connects via tunnel to the underground Bass Library, which holds an additional 150,000 volumes. The library is named for John W. Sterling, a lawyer representing Standard Oil, whose huge bequest to Yale required that an "enduring, useful and architecturally beautiful edifice" be built…
Sterling Law Building at Yale Law School