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New York Public Library

library, New York City, New York, United States

one of the great libraries of the world and the largest city public library in the United States. It was established in 1895 through the consolidation of the privately endowed Lenox and Astor libraries and the $2,000,000 Tilden Foundation trust. The library's central building at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City opened to the public in 1911. The still privately funded Research Libraries, plus 83 branch libraries augmented by bookmobiles, constitute the library, which contains more than 10,000,000 books and more than 10,000,000 manuscripts, as well as large collections of pictures, maps, books for the blind, films, and microfilms. Among the NYPL's special holdings are the Berg Collection of English and American literature, rare books and manuscripts from the 15th to the 20th century; and the Manuscripts and Archives Division, which includes, among other things, the H.L. Mencken papers and George Washington's farewell address, in his own hand.

词条	New York Public Library
释义	New York Public Library library, New York City, New York, United States one of the great libraries of the world and the largest city public library in the United States. It was established in 1895 through the consolidation of the privately endowed Lenox and Astor libraries and the $2,000,000 Tilden Foundation trust. The library's central building at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City opened to the public in 1911. The still privately funded Research Libraries, plus 83 branch libraries augmented by bookmobiles, constitute the library, which contains more than 10,000,000 books and more than 10,000,000 manuscripts, as well as large collections of pictures, maps, books for the blind, films, and microfilms. Among the NYPL's special holdings are the Berg Collection of English and American literature, rare books and manuscripts from the 15th to the 20th century; and the Manuscripts and Archives Division, which includes, among other things, the H.L. Mencken papers and George Washington's farewell address, in his own hand.
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