Doe Memorial Library
The Doe Memorial Library is the main library of the University of California, Berkeley Library System. The library is named after its benefactor, Charles Franklin Doe, who in 1904 bequeathed funds for its construction.Photo: Minesweeper, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: main library of the UC Berkeley Library System
- Also known as: “Charles Franklin Doe Memorial Library” and “Doe Library”
- Address: CA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bancroft Library and C. V. Starr East Asian Library.
Bancroft Library
Library
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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.
C. V. Starr East Asian Library
Library
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C. V. Starr East Asian Library is situated 550 feet northwest of Doe Memorial Library.
Sather Tower
Clock
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Sather Tower is a bell tower with clocks on its four faces on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. It is more commonly known as The Campanile for its resemblance to the Campanile di San Marco in Venice. Sather Tower is situated 490 feet east of Doe Memorial Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northside and Southside.
Northside
Neighborhood
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Northside is a principally residential neighborhood in Berkeley, California, located north of the University of California, Berkeley campus, east of Oxford Street, and south of Cedar Street.
Southside
Neighborhood
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Southside, also known by the older names South of Campus or South Campus, is a neighborhood in Berkeley, California. Southside is located directly south of and adjacent to the University of California, Berkeley campus.
Downtown Berkeley
Neighborhood
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Downtown Berkeley is the central business district of the city of Berkeley, California, United States, around the intersection of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street, and extending north to Hearst Avenue, south to Dwight Way, west to Martin Luther King Jr.
Doe Memorial Library
- Categories: academic library, library building, building, and education
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.87219° or 37° 52′ 20″ northLongitude
-122.25951° or 122° 15′ 34″ westElevation
289 feet (88 metres)Levels
4Open location code
849VVPCR+V5OpenStreetMap ID
way 24024513OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q5288048
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Doe Memorial Library” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Doe Library”
- Chinese: “加大柏克莱总图书馆”
- Chinese: “柏克萊加州大學總圖書館”
- Japanese: “ドゥ記念図書館”
- Mongolian: “Доугийн дурсгалын номын сан”
- Slovenian: “Doe Memorial Library”
- Slovenian: “Doejeva spominska knjižnica”
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