Doe Memorial Library

Doe Memorial Library
Doe Library from Memorial Glade
Location University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Built 1911
Architectural style Classical Revival
Governing body University of California
MPS University of California, Berkeley MRA
NRHP Reference # 82004639
BERKL # 148
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 25, 1982
Designated BERKL February 25, 1991[1]

The Doe Memorial Library is the main library of the UC Berkeley Library System on the UC Berkeley campus. The library is named after its benefactor, Charles Franklin Doe, who was persuaded by the then President of the University of California, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, in 1904 to bequeath funds for its construction. It is located adjacent to the Bancroft Library. In 1900, Emile Benard won an architectural competition for the design of the library, and the Classical Revival style library was completed in 1911. The Doe Library houses both the Undergraduate and Gardner (Main) Stacks collections.

Gardner (Main) Stacks Collection

The Gardner Collection, acquiring its namesake from the 15th President of the University of California David P. Gardner, is a four-story underground structure consisting of 52 miles of bookshelves, housing some of the University's most prized collections. The Main Stacks were constructed in 1997 with four large skylights to allow for natural lighting of the underground structure. The Gardner Main Stacks connect the Doe and Moffitt Libraries by means of an underground hallway.

Prior to the construction of the main stacks, books were held in an eight story structure inside the main building. Called the Doe Core, this space has been used for temporary libraries displaced under seismic retrofitting on the Berkeley campus. Doe Core is 70 feet tall.


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References

  1. "Berkely Landmarks". Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association. Retrieved 2013-03-04.

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Coordinates: 37°52′20″N 122°15′34″W / 37.87210°N 122.25940°W