Shelf and ownership marks of selected libraries and collections
absorbed by the Princeton University Library


Ownership mark
Description
Notes
Ink stamp.
American Whig Society. Founded in 1769. A literary, political, and debating society, it kept a library in Whig Hall until the collection was merged into the University Library in the 1890s.

J. Taylor. Essays in rhyme, on morals and manners (1816).

Book label.
American Whig Society. Founded in 1769. A literary, political, and debating society, it kept a library in Whig Hall until the collection was merged into the University Library in the 1890s.

R.L. Stevenson. Familiar studies of men and books (1887).

Book label. With overlay of Richardson class label.
The Cliosophic Society. Founded in 1765. A literary, political, and debating society, it kept a library in Clio Hall until the collection was merged into the University Library in the 1890s.

R.L. Stevenson. Inland Voyage (1888).

Book label.
Ivy Hall Library. Founded in 1872, 'the ladies of Princeton maintain a library of their own, known as the Ivy Hall library' (Hageman, History of Princeton, [1879] 2:412). Operating as late as 1901.

J. P. Story. Choisy. A novel.(1872).

Book label.
Ivy Hall Library. Founded in 1872, 'the ladies of Princeton maintain a library of their own, known as the Ivy Hall library' (Hageman, History of Princeton, [1879] 2:412). Operating as late as 1901.

H. B. Stowe. Poganuc people: their loves and lives. (1878).


24 June 2005 / Images courtesy of Robert Milevski.