Yale College in 1875: Some Statements Respecting the Late Progress and Present Condition of the Various Departments of the University, for the information of its graduates, friends, and benefactors...June 1, 1875

  • [New Haven]: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1875
By [Yale College] Executive Committee of the Society of the Alumni
[New Haven]: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1875. Very Good. [New Haven]: [Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor], 1875. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 28pp. Ex-New York State Library with their contemporary rubber-stamp to title page; large patch of toning and light edge soiling to rear and flattened dog-ears to most pages. Lower stitch expired and top stitch untethered, with gatherings cleanly separating

Includes the University's budget and a list of donations to the library and museums over the course of the year, among these a mummy from a cave in the Aleutian Islands, from Gen. J.F. Miller; and a young polar bear (presumably stuffed) from Barnum's Hippodrome. OCLC locates two copies as of August, 2020, at the Library Company of Philadelphia and the AAS.

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