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data:
  activity:
    - areaCode: n-us-nj
      characterisation: noc
      end: 1896
      geonamesId: 5102922
      place: 'Princeton, NJ'
      professionOrType: uni
      start: 1750
      timespanNote: 'During this period, the library was not formally named, but was the library of the College of New Jersey.'
    - areaCode: n-us-nj
      characterisation: noc
      geonamesId: 5102922
      place: Princeton
      professionOrType: uni
      start: 1896
      timespanNote: Known from 1896 as Princeton University Library.
  biographicalInformation: 1750-
  externalId:
    - http://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnc00019995
    - http://library.princeton.edu/about/history
  name: Princeton University Library
  note: 'The institution was founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey; its first library was opened in 1750; the name of the institution was changed in 1896 to Princeton University, so the library had this formal name only since then. A significant portion of the incunabula in the library is held in the collection formed by the Scheide family, and bequeathed to the University by William H. Scheide, which continues to be known as the Scheide Library.'
  type: cor
meta:
  history:
    - timestamp: 2014-11-19T12:00:00Z
    - timestamp: 2015-12-21T04:50:13
    - timestamp: 2015-12-21T04:53:50
    - timestamp: 2021-10-12T14:52:53
    - timestamp: 2022-03-22T00:53:04