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COLLECTION Identifier: HUF 523.6.73

Documentary History of the Library

Catalogus Librorum in Bibliotheca Cantabrigiensi Selectus, frequentiorem in Usum Harvardinatum qui Gradu Baccalaurei in Artibus Nondum Sunt Donati. Bostoniae, Nov. Ang. Typis Edes & Gill,MDCCLXXIII, [1773] Digital

Scope and Contents

Book catalogue listing approximately one thousand titles of books held in the Library. Additional entries written in the margins reflect subsequent acquisitions. The original catalogue is 27 pages; this version includes a second set of pages 25 to 27 and is lacking a title page.



[Library regulations], 1823-1824 Digital

Scope and Contents Library regulations for undergraduates, [flyer, 1823] Library regulations, [leaflet, before 1824] [Circular letter from President John T. Kirkland to "Mr. Librarian,"] 1824 March 17...

Literary Intelligence, 1832 March Digital

Scope and Contents

Magazine article reporting on the state of the Harvard College Library in 1832.

[Circular letters], 1856-1858 Digital

Scope and Contents [Circular letter asking for the contribution of publications to the library,] 1856 July 16 [Circular letter asking for the contribution of publications to the library,] 1856 [Circular letter to Harvard alumni asking for financial contributions to the library,] ...

[Newspaper clippings], 1857-1860 Digital

Scope and Contents "The Library of Harvard College," The Atlas, 1857 February 26 "Harvard College. Report upon the Library," Daily Advertiser,1858 February 9 "Harvard College Library," Cambridge...

Report of the Committee of the Overseers of Harvard College Appointed to Visit the Library for the year 1860, submitted January 31, 1861 Digital

Scope and Contents

On the back of the report is pasted a flyer describing the requirements to be mentioned in a list of books to be purchased for the College Library, with a handwritten date of 1860 January 15

[Circular letters, flyers, and receipts], [1810-1828] and 1862-1864 Digital

Scope and Contents To visitors [Flyer of instructions for signing the Library’s autograph book, ca. 1862] [Circular letter reminding library patrons that books borrowed must be returned], 1862 June 18 [Circular letter reminding library patrons that books borrowed must be returned], ...