Van Pelt Library
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The Charles Patterson Van Pelt Library (also known as the Van Pelt Dietrich Library Center, and simply Van Pelt) is the primary library at the University of Pennsylvania
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The building was designed by architects Harbeson, Hough, Livingston, & Larson, and built in 1962. It has a gross area of 201215 ft2. In addition to being the primary library on campus for social sciences and humanities, it also houses the Lippincott Library of The Wharton School
, the Ormandy Music Library
, and the Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Van Pelt houses strong area-studies collections in African, Japanese, Latin American, Chinese, Middle East, South Asian, and Judiaica & Ancient Near East Studies. The Henry Charles Lea
Library is located on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library. http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/mss/lea/ The library holds the Weigle Information Commons, located on the west side of the first floor.
Vaguely Grecian
with a massive colonnade
, but screened by brick panels with small windows that resemble an old French library, the Van Pelt Library is a major presence on the campus. A large modern art
sculpture, called The Button, sits at its southern entrance.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
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The building was designed by architects Harbeson, Hough, Livingston, & Larson, and built in 1962. It has a gross area of 201215 ft2. In addition to being the primary library on campus for social sciences and humanities, it also houses the Lippincott Library of The Wharton School
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...
, the Ormandy Music Library
Eugene Ormandy
Eugene Ormandy was a Hungarian-born conductor and violinist.-Early life:Born Jenő Blau in Budapest, Hungary, Ormandy began studying violin at the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music at the age of five...
, and the Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Van Pelt houses strong area-studies collections in African, Japanese, Latin American, Chinese, Middle East, South Asian, and Judiaica & Ancient Near East Studies. The Henry Charles Lea
Henry Charles Lea
Henry Charles Lea was an American historian, civic reformer, and political activist. Lea was born and lived in Philadelphia.-Parents:...
Library is located on the 6th floor of Van Pelt Library. http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/mss/lea/ The library holds the Weigle Information Commons, located on the west side of the first floor.
Vaguely Grecian
Architecture of Ancient Greece
The architecture of Ancient Greece is the architecture produced by the Greek-speaking people whose culture flourished on the Greek mainland and Peloponnesus, the Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Asia Minor and Italy for a period from about 900 BC until the 1st century AD, with the earliest...
with a massive colonnade
Colonnade
In classical architecture, a colonnade denotes a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building....
, but screened by brick panels with small windows that resemble an old French library, the Van Pelt Library is a major presence on the campus. A large modern art
Modern art
Modern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of...
sculpture, called The Button, sits at its southern entrance.