Yale Marble Library

Since its opening in 1963 the marble exterior of beinecke rare book and manuscript library has kept hidden yale s most obscure texts and invited the speculation of visitors and students alike.

Yale marble library.

31 to current yale faculty graduate and professional students and staff authorized to work on campus. Oxford s bodleian library has lent a collection of rare and historical documents to yale s beinecke. The documents are going missing. As they cross the plaza lamenting the expected lack of a proper pint a siren blares and people run from the building.

Yale library fall 2020 access information. Established by a gift of the beinecke family and given its own endowment the. Cloistered by a shell of stone the 1963 beinecke rare book and manuscript library in yale us is one of the world s foremost collections of rare manuscripts. Manuscripts and archives yale university library p o.

Bass library gilmore music library haas arts library marx science and social science library. Stephen jones head of access services at the beinecke library shared with the news some of the most widespread rumors and absurd myths that. The beinecke rare book manuscript library ˈ b aɪ n ɪ k i is the rare book library and literary archive of the yale university library in new haven connecticut situated on yale university s hewitt quadrangle the building was designed by gordon bunshaft of skidmore owings merrill and completed in 1963. The beinecke rare book manuscript library is one of the world s largest libraries devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts and is yale s principal repository for literary archives early manuscripts and rare books.

One of the most prized buildings in modern american architecture the beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university represents on the most novel uses of stone in the built environment. Oxford s di lewis and ds hathaway are dispatched to america to investigate. Designed by gordon bunshaft the building is constructed of translucent marble panes framed in granite and enclosing a six story freestanding book tower. The beinecke library s robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world.

New haven ct 06511. The beinecke rare book manuscript library contains the principal rare books and literary manuscripts of yale university and serves as a center for research by students faculty and other scholars whether affiliated with yale or not. Of vermont marble and granite bronze and glass was designed by gordon bunshaft of the firm of skidmore. Designed by som the 1963 building employs 1 gray veined white marble panels wrapped by light grey granite to filter sunlight.