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  2. Purchase, New York - Wikipedia

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    Purchase is a hamlet in the town and village of Harrison, in Westchester County, New York, United States. One myth explains that its name is derived from Harrison's purchase, where John Harrison was to be granted as much land as he could ride in one day. [ 1 ] Purchase is home to State University of New York at Purchase and Manhattanville ...

  3. Manhattanville University - Wikipedia

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    Website. mville.edu. The architectural and administrative centerpiece of the Manhattanville College campus, Reid Hall (1864), is named after Whitelaw Reid, owner/publisher of the New York Tribune. Manhattanville University is a private university in Purchase, New York, United States. Founded in 1841 as a school at 412 Houston Street in Lower ...

  4. Westchester Library System - Wikipedia

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    The Westchester Library System is a state- chartered, cooperative library system serving all 38 Westchester member public libraries and the county's citizens. It is one of the 23 public library systems serving New York State's public libraries, and was established in 1958. The mission of the Westchester Library System is to enhance and improve ...

  5. New York Public Library - Wikipedia

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    nypl.org. The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-largest public library in the United States behind the Library of Congress and the fourth-largest public library in the world. [5] It is a private, non-governmental ...

  6. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library - Wikipedia

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    Bobst Library's Lobby A view of the interior of Bobst. The library, built in 1972, [4] is NYU's largest library and one of the largest academic libraries in the U.S. Designed by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster, [4] the 12-story, 425,000 square feet (39,500 m 2) structure is the flagship of an eleven-library, 5.9 million-volume system.

  7. Presidential library system - Wikipedia

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    Presidential library system. In the United States, the presidential library system is a nationwide network of 16 libraries administered by the Office of Presidential Libraries, which is part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). These are repositories for preserving and making available the papers, records, collections and ...

  8. Albany Public Library - Wikipedia

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    Albany Public Library (APL) is a public library system serving the city of Albany, New York. APL also operates as the Central Library for the Upper Hudson Library System, a resource sharing consortium which unites public library services across twenty-nine member libraries in Albany County and Rensselaer County.

  9. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Wikipedia

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    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, is located at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, in the Lincoln Center complex on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, New York City. Situated between the Metropolitan Opera House and the Vivian Beaumont Theater, it houses one of the world's largest collections of ...