Sterling Memorial Library, designed by architect James Gamble Rogers (B.A. 1889), is completed. With many architectural features reminiscent of the great cathedrals of Europe, Sterling Library is well known for its numerous carvings, ironwork, and lead glass windows illustrating the history of books, writing, and Yale. Sterling Library, with its sixteen-level book tower, is the largest of forty libraries on the Yale campus. The modest collection of books donated by Elihu Yale and others has grown to over eleven million volumes in the Yale libraries—making it one of the two largest university library collections in the Western Hemisphere.
