Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Holding Repository

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The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, in New Haven, Connecticut, is Yale University’s principal repository of literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books. Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the Beinecke Library opened in October 1963. It was the gift of three Yale alumni—Edwin J. Beinecke, 1907; Frederick W. Beinecke, 1909S; Walter Beinecke, 1910—and their families, who intended it as “a symbol of the loyalty and devotion of three brothers” and as “a source of learning and…an inspiration to all who enter.”
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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Yale University, Beinecke Library. Gibbs Collection.
Role Title Holding Repository
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Place Name Admin Code Country
New Haven CT US
Subject
Rare books
Libraries and archives
University libraries
Occupation
Activity
Library administration
Manuscripts

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Establishment 1963

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