University of Chicago Library
The University of Chicago Library is the academic library system of the University of Chicago. It is the seventh largest academic library and the fourth largest private library in the United States, with over 14.2 million volumes as of 2025. The library also holds 76,434 linear feet of archives and manuscripts and 319 terabytes of born-digital archives, digitized collections, and research data.
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- University of Chicago Library
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- 1891
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The University of Chicago Library is the academic library system of the University of Chicago. It is the seventh largest academic library and the fourth largest private library in the United States, with over 14.2 million volumes as of 2025. The library also holds 76,434 linear feet of archives and manuscripts and 319 terabytes of born-digital archives, digitized collections, and research data.
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The library system consists of six constituent libraries. The library was founded in 1891 by the inaugural president of the University of Chicago, William Rainey Harper, who set the course for Special Collections as a "working collection". The library's collections are located in six sites: • Joseph Regenstein Library (primary library), • John Crerar Library (for science, technology, and medicine), • D'Angelo Law Library (for legal studies), • Joe and Rika Mansueto Library (storage library), • Eckhart Library (for mathematics and statistics), and • Social Work Library (for social work). The library has borrowing privileges with several other archives, museums, and libraries in the Chicago area, including the Art Institute of Chicago Library, the Chicago History Museum, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the Newberry Library.
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Title Arnold, Albert Nicholas View Formal 1 Series I: Individuals and Groups Description Albert Nicholas Arnold, Baptist minister. Subject Terms Arnold, Albert Nicholas, 1814-1883 | Pastors | Baptists Photograph Date 1870s Physical Format Photographic prints; 9.6 x 5.6 cm Collection Archival Photographic Files Repository University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center Image Iden
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• Name — University of Chicago Library • Country — United States • Type — Academic library • Established — 1891 • Location — Hyde Park, Chicago • Num Branches — 6 • Collection Size — 11,560,575 • Annual Circulation — 440,000 • Members — 33,000 • Director — Torsten Reimer • References — Andrew Abbott: The University Library
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1891
University of Chicago Library established.
1891
University of Chicago Library is recorded from 1891.
1984
Renaissance Italian Theater: Joseph Regenstein Library of the University of Chicago is dated 1984.
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- 1.Roebuck, Gary. ARL Statistics 2013-2014. 29 September 2015.
- 2.Site Protection - Verification Required. www.lib.uchicago.edu.
- 3.About the Library - The University of Chicago Library. www.lib.uchicago.edu.
- 4.Campus Libraries.
- 5.Libraries and Museums. College Admissions.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Archer, Horace Richard. "Some Aspects of the Acquisition Program at the University of Chicago Library, 1892-1928" (PhD dissertation, The University of Chicago; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1954. T-02599).
- Dorf, A. "The University of Chicago Libraries : A Historical Note" Library Quarterly 4 (April 1934 ):185-197.
- Freisinger, Judith. "A Program for Library Services at Billings Library, The University of Chicago (Illinois)" (PhD dissertation, The University of Chicago; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1977. TM26375).
- Thackery, David Thomas. "The Far Eastern Library of the University of Chicago, 1936--1978 (Illinois)" (Thesis, The University of Chicago; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1983. TM28713).
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Constitution and standing. It is classified as academic library and publishing house. It comprises Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center. Associated with United States.
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