Three Millionth Volume Added to Libraries’ Collection: Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Three Millionth Volume Added to Libraries’ Collection: Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

The University Libraries’ three millionth volume, now available in Special Collections, is a unique copy of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Iola Leroy, or, Shadows Uplifted. One of the extraordinarily rare 1892 first printings of the groundbreaking novel, this inscribed gift copy from the renowned African American orator, activist, and poet also includes an important ex libris stamp from the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society.