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The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library is Harvard University's flagship library. Built with a gift from Eleanor Elkins Widener, the library is a memorial to her son, Harry, Class of 1907. Harry was an enthusiastic young bibliophile who perished aboard the Titanic.
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- History of The Harry Elkins Widener Collection
On April 15, 1912, Harry Elkins Widener —scion of two of the wealthiest families in America, [20] a 1907 graduate of Harvard College, and an accomplished bibliophile despite his youth [21] —died in the sinking of the Titanic.
Collected prior to his death on the Titanic in 1912, the Harry Elkins Widener Collection consists of approximately 3,300 volumes housed in the Memorial Rooms of Widener Library.
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library opened in 1915. The library was built as a gift from Eleanor Elkins Widener to her son, Harry, who passed away on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. During his time at Harvard, Harry began to amass an impressive collection of books.
19 de oct. de 2023 · Descubre la Biblioteca Widener de Harvard, un tesoro académico con millones de volúmenes en memoria de un coleccionista que falleció en el Titanic.
Su madre fundó en la Universidad de Harvard la Biblioteca Widener en su memoria, después de su muerte junto a su padre en el hundimiento del RMS Titanic. Biblioteca Widener en la universidad de Harvard, en su inauguración en 1915.
5 de abr. de 2012 · Not long after the Titanic went down, the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library went up at Harvard, thanks to a $2 million donation from his grieving mother. The University had framed plans in 1902 for a new library to replace drafty, humid, and cramped Gore Hall, its first library building, built in 1838.
