The Lathrop Library is one of several

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at Stanford University in

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. It is the current undergraduate library and houses the East Asia Library. Part of the

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system, it opened on September 15, 2014 and houses collections and services formerly located in J. Henry Meyer Memorial Library, which was demolished in 2015. The library is located in a renovated building formerly occupied by the

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Namesake

Lathrop Library is named for Jane Lathrop Stanford, co-founder of Stanford University with her husband,

Leland Stanford Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American industrialist and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 8th governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented California in the United States Sen ...

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