100 Years Ago

Notes on the library, from the Georgetown catalog for 1897-1898:

The alcoves are designed to afford shelf room for 104,000 volumes; those on the floor are furnished with comfortable appliances for study and consultation. Work on the card catalogue has been continued and the completion is in prospect. The collection of books is estimated at more than 75,000 . . . Through the liberality of friends, the past year has been memorable for the number and importance of the books added to the shelves. The patristic department, for instance, has been brought up to date by the acquisition of Migne, Hurter, and the English Translations. The foundation of a Biological collection has been laid, separate from the branches of this science already provided . . . The addition amounts to some 2,300.

Only the names and numbers change.