He left a quarter of his estate to the university for construction of a new library. The Beaux Arts building ... over the main entrance reflects Berkeley's aspiration to become the "Athens of the West ...

Home to many of the university Library's special collections, including one of the largest collections of Western Americana, the library was founded with Hubert Howe Bancroft's 19th century gift of ...

University of California, Berkeley is a public institution that was founded in 1868. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 33,405 (fall 2023), its setting is city, and the campus size is ...