Vere Harmsworth Library
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The Vere Harmsworth Library is a dependent library of the Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...

 at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
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. It is the university's principal research library for the study of US history and politics and is housed on the upper floors of the Rothermere American Institute
Rothermere American Institute
The Rothermere American Institute is an institution at the University of Oxford dedicated to the interdisciplinary and comparative study of the USA. It was opened in May 2001 by US President Bill Clinton and hosts regular conferences, lectures and seminars, particularly in the fields of American...

, located on South Parks Road in central Oxford.
The library is named in honour of Vere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere
Vere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere
Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere became the 3rd Viscount Rothermere in 1978, having been widely known as Vere Harmsworth. He controlled large media interests in the United Kingdom and United States...

, chairman of Daily Mail and General Trust
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, who was prominent in raising funds and support for the construction of the building. It has an extensive collection of printed primary and secondary literature, and a wide range of microfilm and online primary sources. About eighty percent of the library's printed collection is available as open-shelf material, with the remainder, including all works published before 1920, held underground in a climate-controlled bookstack. The library and institute were opened by US President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
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in May 2001.
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