Browse Collections (8 total)
Muhlenberg Branch, New York Public Library (New York, N.Y.)
The Muhlenberg Branch of NYPL is on 23rd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Like the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, the Muhlenberg…
Contributors: Michael W. Handis
Low Memorial Library, Columbia University (New York, N.Y.)
Opened in 1897, Low Memorial Library was to serve as the university's main library. The building was designed by McKim, Mead and White in the…
Contributors: Michael W. Handis
Central Library (Portland, Ore.)
The Central Library is the Multnomah County Library's main library. It was built in 1913. in the Georgian style of architecture. Major renovations…
Contributors: Michael W. Handis
Library of Hadrian (Athens, Greece)
Built ca. 135, the Library of Hadrian was a gift to the city of Athens from the Roman emperor Hadrian, who was a philhellene. The library was built…
Contributors: Michael W. Handis
Humanities and Social Sciences Library, New York Public Library (New York, N.Y.)
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library is the main library of the New York Public Library. NYPL was founded in 1895 by the merging the Astor and…
Contributors: Michael W. Handis
Warner Library (Tarrytown, N.Y.)
Warner Library was was dedicated on February 22, 1929, and was meant to serve the villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. The benefactors of the…
Contributors: Michael W. Handis
Library of Celsus (Ephesus, Turkey)
The Library of Celsus was built in Ephesus to honor the Roman Senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, as well as to serve as his tomb. The library…
Contributors: Michael W. Handis
Library of Pantainos (Athens, Greece)
Research has identified a Pantainos of Gargettos as having served as eponymous archon after 102, which was around the time the library was built.…
Contributors: Michael W. Handis