Bancroft Library
Primary special-collections library of the University of California, Berkeley
Coordinates: 37°52′20″N 122°15′32″W / 37.87226°N 122.25885°W / 37.87226; -122.25885
The Bancroft Library in the center of the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, is the university's primary special-collections library. It was acquired from its founder, Hubert Howe Bancroft, in 1905, with the proviso that it retain the name Bancroft Library in perpetuity. The collection at that time consisted of 50,000 volumes of materials on the history of California and the North American West. It is the largest such collection in the world. The building the library is located in, the Doe Annex, was completed in 1950.
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