Lilly Library - Lilly Library at Duke University

Lilly Library At Duke University

The Perkins System Libraries, of Duke University Libraries, contains the Lilly Library. This was formally the Trinity Library, and then the East campus Library. In 1990 Ruth Lilly, daughter of Josiah K. Lilly, Jr., made a substantial donation to Duke University and the library was renamed.

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