Millionth Volume Presentation

Over 225 "friends of the library" gathered at a ceremony on November 20th in the University's Intercultural Center auditorium to celebrate the acquisition by the Main University Library of its one millionth volume. On that occasion the Chairman of the Library Associates, the Honorable John W. Snyder, presented the one millionth volume as a gift from the Library Associates. A special committee of the Associates chose a first edition of John Milton's Paradise Lost (1669) as the landmark volume. The gift was funded by contributions from 170 members of the Library Associates and other friends of the library. In addition there were presented 103 rare books, modern first editions, manuscripts and works of art donated by the Associates and other friends on this occasion to provide an auspicious start toward the acquisition of the second million volumes. A list of donors and the titles or descriptions of their donated works were printed in the program for the presentation ceremony. The President of the University, the Rev. Timothy S. Healy, S.J., who accepted the volumes from Mr. Snyder, was the featured speaker. His talk has been printed and a copy will be sent to any Associate who requests one. A reception followed in the Galleria of the Intercultural Center. The millionth volume and the other 103 gifts were on display in our Gunlocke Special Collections Room until February 10, 1984.