Doheny Library
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| Doheny Library | |
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 Doheny Library | |
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| 34°01′12″N 118°17′02″W / 34.0201°N 118.2838°W | |
| Location | University Park, Los Angeles, United States |
| Type | Academic library |
| Scope | University |
| Established | 1932 |
| Branch of | University of Southern California Libraries |
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| Director | Sophie Lesinska |
| Website | https://libraries.usc.edu/locations/doheny-memorial-library |
The Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library is a library located in the center of campus at the University of Southern California (USC).
After the tragic shooting of his son, the Irish American oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny donated $1.1 million in 1932 to USC to build the Doheny Library. It was designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram. The gardens were designed by A.E. Hanson (1893-1986).[1]
The Doheny Library was used as a filming location for Mike Nichols' 1967 film The Graduate, for the sequence in which Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) waits by the fountain for Elaine Robinson (Katharine Ross), who exits the library's main door.[2]
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Categories:
- Libraries in Los Angeles
- University of Southern California buildings and structures
- University and college academic libraries in the United States
- Library buildings completed in 1932
- 1930s architecture in the United States
- Romanesque Revival architecture in California
- Los Angeles building and structure stubs