Using the Library during COVID-19
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Our History
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 premier 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 |
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beginning 10/1/2015 |
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason |
9/1/2000-6/30/2015 |
Thomas C. Leonard |
1998-2000 |
Gerald R. Lowell |
1998 |
Penny Abel |
1994-1998 |
Peter Lyman |
1992-1994 |
Dorothy Gregor |
1978-1992 |
Joseph A. Rosenthal |
1972-1978 |
Richard M. Dougherty |
1971-1972 |
Eldred Smith |
1968-1972 |
James E. Skipper |
1945-1968 |
Donald Coney |
1919-1945 |
Harold L. Leupp |
1875-1919 |
Joseph C. Rowell |
1874-1875 |
Professor Edward Rowland Sill, English |
1869-1874 |
Professor William Swinton, English |