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.
Harvard Yard
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Harvard Yard is the oldest and among the most prominent parts of the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The yard has a historic center and modern crossroads and contains most of
Harvard Yard in December 2015
Harvard Yard and environs, from the southeast. The Yard's most prominent buildings bound Tercentenary Theatre: Widener Library (center left), Memorial Church (opposite Widener), University Hall (just beyond Widener, white with white chimneys), and Sever Hall (red roof, opposite University Hall). The Old Yard is the treed area beyond University Hall.
Massachusetts Hall
John Harvard statue