Flora Lamson Hewlett Library

Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
Flora Lamson Hewlett Library is located in California
Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
General information
TypeTheological Library
Architectural styleModern
Address2400 Ridge Road
Town or cityBerkeley, California
CountryUSA
Coordinates37°52′32″N 122°15′42″W / 37.8755°N 122.2618°W / 37.8755; -122.2618
Completed1981, 1987
OwnerGraduate Theological Union
Technical details
Floor count4
Design and construction
Architect(s)Louis Kahn
Main contractorPeters, Clayberg, and Caulfield [1]
Website
http://gtu.edu/library

The Flora Lamson Hewlett Library is the central library of the Graduate Theological Union. Located on the summit of the "Holy Hill" area of Berkeley, California, its collections comprise one of the largest collections of theological works in the United States, with over 500,000 volumes [2] as of 2014. The library's collections are open to the public.[3] Borrower privileges are accessible not only to students and faculty of the GTU's consortial seminaries and affiliated centers, but also to the faculty and students of the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and American Theological Library Association institutions participating in Reciprocal Borrowing.[4] The Hewlett Library also maintains a branch on the campus of San Francisco Theological Seminary at San Anselmo. It also has storage facilities on the campus of the American Baptist Seminary of the West and at Santa Clara University.

  1. ^ T324Admin (7 August 2017). "Library". Graduate Theological Union.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "2013-2014 Annual Data Tables" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "Alumni & Visitors". Graduate Theological Union. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  4. ^ "Accessing other libraries". Graduate Theological Union. Retrieved 2016-09-24.