Famous Givers and Their GiftsBolton, Sarah Knowles
History
Famous Givers and Their Gifts
Bolton, Sarah Knowles
Philanthropists
Others besides Miss Wolfe have made notable gifts to the Museum of Art.
Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt gave, in 1887, Rosa Bonheur's world-renowned
"Horse Fair," for which he paid $53,500. It was purchased at the auction
sale of Mr. A. T. Stewart's collection, March 25, 1887.
Meissonnier's "Friedland, 1807" was purchased at the Stewart sale by Mr.
Henry Hilton for $66,000, and presented to the museum. Mr. Stephen
Whitney Phoenix, who gave so generously to Columbia College, was also,
like Mr. George I. Seney, a great giver to the museum.
MISS MARY ELIZABETH GARRETT
Of Baltimore gave to the Medical School of Johns Hopkins University over
$400,000, that women might have equal medical opportunities with men.
President Daniel C. Gilman, in an article on Johns Hopkins University,
says, "Much attention had been directed to the importance of medical
education for women; and efforts had been made by committees of ladies
in Baltimore and other cities to secure for this purpose an adequate
endowment, to be connected with the foundations of Johns Hopkins. As a
result of this movement, the trustees accepted a gift from the committee
of ladies, a sum which, with its accrued interest, amounted to $119,000,
toward the endowment of a medical school to which 'women should be
admitted upon the same terms which may be prescribed for men.'
"This gift was made in October, 1891; but as it was inadequate for the
purposes proposed, Miss Mary E. Garrett, in addition to her previous
subscriptions, offered to the trustees the sum of $306,977, which, with
other available resources, made up the amount of $500,000, which had
been agreed upon as the minimum endowment of the Johns Hopkins Medical
School. These contributions enabled the trustees to proceed to the
organization of a school of medicine which was opened to candidates for
the degree of doctor of medicine in October, 1893."
Several women have aided Johns Hopkins, as indeed they have most
institutions of learning in America. Mrs. Caroline Donovan gave to the
university $100,000 for the foundation of a chair of English literature.
In 1887 Mrs. Adam T. Bruce of New York gave the sum of $10,000 to found
the Bruce fellowship in memory of her son, the late Adam T. Bruce, who
had been a fellow and an instructor at the university. Mrs. William E.
Woodyear gave the sum of $10,000 to found five scholarships as a
memorial of her deceased husband. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull endowed
the Percy Turnbull memorial lectureship of poetry with an income of
$1,000 per annum.
MRS. ANNA OTTENDORFER.
"Whenever our people gratefully point out their benefactors, whenever
the Germans in America speak of those who are objects of their
veneration and their pride, the name of Anna Ottendorfer will assuredly
be among the first. For all time to come her memory and her work will be
blessed." Thus spoke the Hon. Carl Schurz at the bier of Mrs.
Ottendorfer in the spring of 1884.
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