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The Athenaeum is a member supported, notforprofit, special collections library founded in 1814 to collect materials connected with the history and antiquities of America, and the useful arts, and generally to disseminate useful knowledge for public b ...
http://www.philaathenaeum.org/
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- Linen Hall Library
The Linen Hall Library is a truly unique institution. Founded in 1788, it is the oldest library in Belfast and the last subscribing library in Ireland. It has a radical and enlightenment foundation, and ever since has prized its independence and has ...
http://www.linenhall.com/
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- The Mechanics Institute Library
Located in the heart of San Francisco’s financial district, the Mechanics’ Institute is a nonprofit membership organization open to the public. The Institute has a rich and colorful history. Founded just after the Gold Rush to provide technical educa ...
http://www.milibrary.org/
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- The St Deiniols Library
St Deiniols is the UKs finest residential library and one of the top small conference destinations in North Wales. Founded in 1889 by William Ewart Gladstone, St Deiniols is located in the picturesque village of Hawarden, just 10 minutes drive from C ...
http://www.st-deiniols.com/
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- New York Society Library
For more than a quarter of a millennium, the New York Society Library has played a central role in the evolution of the availability of books in New York City and the country; if New York is the communications capital of the United States, arguably t ...
http://www.nysoclib.org/
| | - The American Antiquarian Society
The American Antiquarian Society is an independent research library founded in 1812 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The librarys collections document the life of Americas people from the colonial era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Collections ...
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/
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- Wellcome Library
Through its collections and services, the Wellcome Library provides insight and information to anyone seeking to understand medicine and its role in society, past and present. More than 30 000 readers visited us last year, including historians, acade ...
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/
| | - The Fendrick Library
Fendrick Library is a privately funded library open to the public, and sponsoring year round reading programs, special events, and guest speakers. ...
http://www.fendricklibrary.com/
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- The Chethams Library
Chethams is the most complete latemedieval residential complex to survive in the north west of England. Situated on a sandstone outcrop at the confluence of the Rivers Irwell and Irk, the buildings occupy the site of the manor house of Manchester, wh ...
http://www.chethams.org.uk/
| | - The Newberry Library
The Newberry Library, open to the public without charge, is an independent research library dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge, especially in the humanities. The Newberry acquires and preserves a broad array of special collec ...
http://www.newberry.org/
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