Before instructions went online, there was a three-ring notebook (still kept onsite by Manuscript End-processor) containing samples of labels from past collections that were sometimes useful for understanding how labels have evolved over the years, how to interpret early methods of handling certain circumstances. Some of the samples pre-date 1981. A new online version of the sample book is begun here as a shared resource, and is updated regularly. These are mostly samples of exceptions to the standard rules
*NOTE: We no longer included "The" (as in The Houghton Library) on labels. It has been shortened to simply "HOUGHTON LIBRARY"
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