The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books, is the centerpiece of the Harvard Library system. It honors 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector Harry Elkins Widener, and was built by his mother Eleanor Elkins Widener soon after his death in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Established: 1915
Branch of: Harvard Library
Items collected: Primarily humanities and social sciences
Size: 3.5 million (onsite) · 3 million (offsite)
Access requirements: Harvard faculty, students & staff
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