The Harvard–Yenching Library is the primary location for East Asia-related collections at the Harvard University Library

Harvard University Library

The Harvard University Library system comprises about 90 libraries, with more than 16 million volumes. It is the oldest library system in the United States, the largest academic and the largest private library system in the world...

. In addition to Chinese, Japanese, and Western languages, it houses collections in Korean, Vietnamese, Tibetan, Manchu, and Mongolian, totaling more than 1 million volumes. The library is located at 2 Divinity Avenue on the Cambridge campus of Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

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History

Formally founded in 1928 as the Chinese-Japanese Library of the Harvard-Yenching Institute

Harvard-Yenching Institute

Harvard-Yenching Institute is an independent foundation dedicated to advancing higher education in Asia in the humanities and social sciences, with special attention to the study of Asian culture...

, the library took its present name in 1965 to reflect the expansion of its collections beyond Chinese and Japanese. In 1976, management of the library shifted from the independent Harvard-Yenching Institute to the Harvard College Library.