Library to celebrate acquisition of 8 millionth volume | Cornell Chronicle

A rare Civil War-era photograph album will soon assume a place of honor at Cornell University Library: its 8 millionth volume. The volume – compiled for Louis-Philippe d’Orléans, Comte de Paris, the French nobleman and historian who volunteered to join Gen. George McClellan’s staff in the Union Army – is a gift from Beth and Stephan Loewentheil, J.D. ’75. To mark the milestone, the library will ho