Box 3
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Alcove 9 shelflist - 1st and 2nd bookcases, ca. 1773-1791 Digital
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
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Collection:
Early Catalogs and Shelflists of the Harvard College Library
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Sub-Series:
First Alcove shelflists
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3Identifier: UAIII 50.15.30
Scope and Contents:
This subseries contains paper-bound manuscript volumes which list, shelf-by-shelf, the books housed in each of the library's alcoves. Some of the alcoves were dedicated to volumes donated by a particular benefactor, or purchased with funds from a specific source. The first alcove housed items purchased with funds provided by John Hancock; the second and fourth alcoves housed volumes donated by Thomas Hollis, as well as those purchased via a fund he established; the third alcove housed books...