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Houghton Library, on the south side of Harvard Yard adjacent to Widener Library, Lamont Library, and Loeb House, is Harvard University's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts. [1] It is part of the Harvard College Library, the library system of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences .
In 1904 the Owens College Library became the Manchester University Library when the college merged with the Victoria University of Manchester which had been so named in 1903. The library had three locations in its early years, Cobden's House on Quay Street, the John Owens Building between 1873 and 1898 and the Christie Building from autumn 1898.
Houghton University is a private Christian liberal arts college in Houghton, New York, United States. Houghton was founded in 1883 by Willard J. Houghton and is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church. [2] Houghton serves roughly 1000 students and has 54 degree majors for primarily undergraduate students.
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England.It is part of the University of Manchester. [4] The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands. [5]
The Whitworth Building is named after Mancunian industrialist, Joseph Whitworth, who bequeathed much of his fortune to fund public developments in Manchester. The legatees , among whom was Richard Copley Christie , funded the construction of the building and the adjoining Christie Library (the library was completed first and opened in 1898).
Paine was the son of Stephen Hugh Paine and Mary Wilfrieda (Fischer) Paine. In 1930, he graduated from Wheaton College. [2] In 1933, he began teaching at Houghton College, became Academic Dean in 1935, and was President from 1937 to 1972. In 1940, he ran on the Prohibition ticket for U.S. Senator from New York. He was President of the National ...
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Wayne D. Lewis Jr. is an academic administrator who is currently serving as the sixth president of Houghton University [1] and is the first African American president of the institution. He succeeded Dr. Shirley A. Mullen , who served in the role since 2006.