Item 25: Bookplate, University of California, Jane K[rom] Shather Library Fund, 1868

Item — Box: 20, Folder: 25

Staff Only

Bookplate, University of California, 1868

Dates

Created: 1868

Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities

Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Bookplate

Condition Note:

Good, no issues.

Measurements:

3 ¼ in. x 4 ¾ in.

Title:

Library - University of California Jane K. Sather Library Fund

Description:

A bookplate of the University of California Library. The text surrounds a picture of a tree and a lake, and has a shield at the top with a banner on each side that says “Let there be light!” The bookplate collector Jane K. Sather was born on March 9, 1824 in Brooklyn, New York. She is known for being one of the University of California, Berkeley’s biggest donors. She started the “Sather Professorship of Classical Literature and the Sather Professorship of History at Berkeley. She was a big supporter of women’s suffrage. She married Peter Sather, “a trustee of the University of California” in 1882 after their previous spouses had died. After Peder died, she became responsible for his money. She gave $75,000 to the school and bought a piece of land in Oakland. The President of the University, Benjamin Wheeler inspired her to start the Sather Professorship of Classical Literature, which allows a certain scholar to spend a semester at Berkeley. She also gave $200,000 to build Sather Tower (a.k.a “The Campanile) which is 307 feet tall. She died on December 11, 1911.