UC Berkeley Library History Room
The University Library houses a Library History Room, located on the first floor of Doe Library, adjacent to the Bernice Layne Brown Gallery. Large wall murals and framed posters offer visitors a visual and descriptive history of the UC Berkeley Library system. The growth and development of the University Library and its vital place in the teaching and research mission of the University of California, Berkeley are evident in this historical presentation.

Building Bancroft: The Evolution of a Library
Building Bancroft: The Evolution of a Library presents the documentary history of The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. The exhibit traces the development of The Bancroft Library, from its beginnings as the personal collection of businessman and historian Hubert Howe Bancroft to its current role as one of the premiere archival and special collections repositories in the nation. Documents, photographs, illustrations, and other materials offer an introduction to more than one hundred and fifty years in the life of The Bancroft Library.

University Librarians
9/1/2000-present	Thomas C. Leonard
1998-2000	Gerald R. Lowell
1998	Penny Abel Interim
1994-1998	Peter Lyman
1992-1994	Dorothy Gregor
1978-1992	Joseph A. Rosenthal
1972-1978	Richard M. Dougherty
1971-1972	Eldred Smith Interim
1968-1972	James E. Skipper
1945-1968	Donald Coney
1919-1945	Harold L. Leupp
1875-1919	Joseph C. Rowell (1st full-time University Librarian)
1874-1875	Professor Edward Rowland Sill, English Instructor Carlos F. Gompertz, Spanish
1869-1874	Professor William Swinton, English

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