Bancroft Library

The Bancroft Library is the main special collections library of the University of California, Berkeley. The original collection, acquired in 1905 from its founder Hubert Howe Bancroft, is the largest collection of materials on Californian history and Western North America in the world.
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  • Library
  • …lies at an elevation of 299 feet (91 metres)
  • …is operated by the University of California, Berkeley
  • …opened in 1949
  • …has 5 floors
  • Description: primary special-collections library of the University of California, Berkeley
  • Address: CA
  • Also known as
    “Doe Annex”
    “The Bancroft Library”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sather Tower and C. V. Starr East Asian Library.
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Clock
is a bell tower with clocks on its four…
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Library
is situated 630 feet northwest of Bancroft Library.
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is a prominent landmark separating Sproul… is situated 750 feet south of Bancroft Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northside and Southside.
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Neighborhood
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Neighborhood
, also known by the older names South…
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Neighborhood
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Bancroft Library

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Latitude
37.87225° or 37° 52′ 20″ north
Longitude
-122.25888° or 122° 15′ 32″ west
Open location code
849VVPCR+VC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24024508
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
5325980
Wiki­data ID
Q4854158

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Bancroft Library” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Bancroft”
  • Chinese: “班克罗夫特图书馆”
  • Chinese: “班克羅夫特圖書館”
  • Czech: “Bancroft Library”
  • Dutch: “Bancroft Library”
  • French: “Bancroft Library”
  • French: “bibliothèque Bancroft”
  • German: “Bancroft Bibliothek”
  • German: “Bancroft Library”
  • German: “Bibliothek Bancroft”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Bancroft”
  • Irish: “Leabharlann Bancroft”
  • Italian: “Bancroft Library”
  • Japanese: “バンクロフト・ライブラリ”
  • Japanese: “バンクロフト図書館”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه بنکرافت”
  • Slovenian: “Bancroft Library”
  • Slovenian: “Bancroftova knjižnica”
  • Spanish: “Bancroft Library”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Bancroft”
  • Spanish: “The Bancroft Library”

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