 The McHenry Library houses UCSC 's arts and letters collection , with most of the scientific reading at the newer Science and Engineering Library . The McHenry Library was designed by John Carl Warnecke . In addition , the colleges host smaller libraries , which serve as quiet places to study . The McHenry Special Collections Library includes the archives of Robert A. Heinlein , the papers of Anaïs Nin , the papers and drawings of Beat poet Kenneth Patchen , the largest collection of Edward Weston photographs in the country , the mycology book collection of composer John Cage , a large collection of works by Satyajit Ray , the Hayden White collection of 16th @-@ century Italian printing , a photography collection with nearly half a million items , and the Mary Lea Shane Archive . The latter contains an extensive collection of photographs , letters , and other documents related to Lick Observatory dating back to 1870 . 
