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[[File:George-peabody-library.jpg|thumb|right|345px|<center>Johns Hopkins University Peabody Library, Baltimore, Md.</center>]]{{TitleStyle1}}Welcome to the George Peabody Library page{{/p}} The [http://guides.library.jhu.edu/content.php?pid=205178&sid=1712833/ George Peabody Library] is a remarkable research library housed in a remarkable building designed by noted architect Edmund Lind. The brainchild of the philanthropist George Peabody, the goal of the library was to create a publicly-accessible collection that contained the best and latest literature in all branches of knowledge except law and medicine. | |||
Begun in 1860, the library collection contains over 300,000 volumes largely from the 18th and 19th centuries. Notable collection strengths are archaeology, British art and architecture, British and American history, biography, English and American literature, Romance languages and literature, Greek and Latin classics, history of science, geography, and exploration and travel including a large map collection. The collection also includes some bound manuscripts. | Begun in 1860, the library collection contains over 300,000 volumes largely from the 18th and 19th centuries. Notable collection strengths are archaeology, British art and architecture, British and American history, biography, English and American literature, Romance languages and literature, Greek and Latin classics, history of science, geography, and exploration and travel including a large map collection. The collection also includes some bound manuscripts. | ||