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The Bancroft Library is a library at the University of California, Berkeley. It was founded in 1905 with the acquisition of Hubert Howe Bancroft's collection and was named in his honor. It is a large collection of historical documents, with a specialty in literary works related to the history of California and the Trans-Mississippi western United States, the focus of Hubert Bancroft's original collection. The Bancroft Library is now home to a number of special collections, including the papers of Mark Twain and the University of California archives. It is one of the largest special collections in the United States.

Due to the value of its collections, access to the library is restricted to researchers who can demonstrate a need to access the materials. However, the library website offers online access to several collections in digital form. As of February 2006, the building on the UC Berkeley campus was undergoing retrofitting, and the library was temporarily housed at 2121 Allston Way in Downtown Berkeley.

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Buildings Bancroft Library • Botanical Garden • Bowles Hall • Cory Hall • Doe Memorial Library • Evans Hall • Gilman Hall • Hearst Greek Theatre • Hearst Memorial Mining Building • Sather Gate • Sather Tower • South Hall • Sproul Plaza • University House

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University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal
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Hubert Howe Bancroft (May 5, 1832–1918), an American historian and ethnologist, was born in Granville, Ohio. He attended the Granville Academy until he was sixteen, and he then became a clerk in a bookstore in Buffalo, New York.
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See History of California to 1899 or History of California 1900 to present.
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The Trans-Mississippi was the geographic area west of the Mississippi River during the 19th century, containing the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas, and the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
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Western United States—commonly referred to as the American West or simply The West—traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States (see geographical terminology section for further discussion of these
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Downtown Berkeley is the central district of the city of Berkeley, California, United States, centered 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.
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University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal
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The University of California, Berkeley campus and its surrounding community are home to a number of notable buildings by early 20th-century campus architect John Galen Howard, his peer Bernard Maybeck (best known for the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts), and Maybeck's student
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The University of California Botanical Garden is a 34 acre (13.7 ha) botanical garden located on the University of California, Berkeley campus. The Garden is in the campus's Strawberry Canyon which overlooks the San Francisco Bay.
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Cory Hall (built in 1950) is the electrical engineering building at University of California, Berkeley, situated at the northeastern corner of the central campus, facing Hearst Avenue.
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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
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Evans Hall is the mathematics, statistics, and economics building at the University of California, Berkeley, situated at the northeast corner of campus, just east of Memorial Glade.
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Location: Berkeley, California

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Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966

NRHP Reference#: 66000203 [1]

Governing body: Private
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William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, known locally as simply the Greek Theatre, is an 8,500-seat amphitheater owned and operated by the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California, USA.
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The Hearst Memorial Mining Building at the University of California, Berkeley is currently home to the university's materials science department. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is also designated as part of California Historical Landmark #946.
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Sather Gate is a prominent landmark separating Sproul Plaza and the bridge over Strawberry Creek leading to the heart of the University of California, Berkeley campus. The gate was donated by Jane K.
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Location: Berkeley, California

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Built/Founded: 1873
Architect: John Galen Howard
Architectural style(s): Gothic Revival

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Location: Berkeley, California

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Built/Founded: 1873
Architect: Farquharson & Kenitzer
Architectural style(s): Second Empire

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Sproul Plaza is a major center of student activity at the University of California, Berkeley. It is divided into two sections: Upper Sproul and Lower Sproul. They are separated by 12 vertical feet and a set of stairs.
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The University House is a building on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Designed by the architect Albert Pissis, it was formerly the home of the president of the University of California, but is now the home of the chancellor of the Berkeley campus.
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