that was brought here in october 1853 and selected by the first territo a territorial governor, issac stevens. this is where we warehouse the collection. it is very secure fireproof vault and i am going to take you in there right now. >> this is what remains at the state library of territorial collection. these were selected from 1853-1857 and many were selected by the governor. if not, he was at least the final word on the selections. it is very diverse offering of the materials covers many foreign languages. we have things written in german, greek and philosophy, poetry, political papers and presidents up to the date other political thinkers. he was with a well-read individual with multiple language skills and his feeling was the best way to establish legislative body was to to have them be a well-read group by the standards of that time. and so he collected a lot of these materials from london and new york book sellers. of the original, you know, selection that came around cape horn to olympia there is about 900 titles remaining. a lot of people ask what the oldest item in the collection i