Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association: Held at Waukesha, Wisconsin, July 4-10, 1901
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Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association: Held at Waukesha, Wisconsin, July 4-10, 1901
American Library Association; Library science -- Congresses
_Aurora._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish a site and
guarantee $6000 a year maintenance.
_Centralia._ Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to provide a site and
$2000 yearly for maintenance.
_Chicago._ John Crerar Library. Bequest of $1000, from the late
President, Huntington W. Jackson.
-- Rush Medical College. Gift of 4000 volumes of medical and surgical
books, from Dr. Christian Fenger. This gift contains a practically
complete collection of German theses for the past fifty years.
-- University of Chicago. Gift of $30,000, to endow the history
library, from Mrs. Delia Gallup.
_Decatur._ Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
-- Young Men's Christian Association Library. Gift of $500, from Miss
Helen Gould, of New York.
_Dixon._ Dodge Library. Gift of a valuable and extensive collection of
art books, value and number not stated, from George C. Loveland.
_Evanston._ Northwestern University. Gift of $750, for the purchase of
books in political economy, from Norman Waite Harris, of Chicago.
-- Gift of $543.50, to be known as the "Class of '95 Library Fund," the
income of at least 4 per cent. to be used for the increase of the
university library, from the class of 1895.
-- Public Library. Gift of $5000, toward library site fund, from
William Deering.
_Freeport._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
_Galesburg._ Knox College. Gift of $50,000, for a library building,
from Andrew Carnegie.
-- Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for public library building, from
Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $6000 for library
maintenance.
_Grossdale._ Public Library. Gift of $35,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
_Havana._ Public Library. Gift of $5000, for a public library building,
from Andrew Carnegie.
_Jacksonville._ Public Library. Gift of $40,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
_Kewanee._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
_Lake Forest._ Lake Forest College. Gift of the Arthur Somerville Reid
Memorial Library building; cost about $30,000, from Mrs. Simon
Reid.
_Lincoln._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
_Maywood._ Public Library. Gift of $100, being surplus campaign funds
remaining after the election, from Republican Committee of that
town.
_Pekin._ Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city has appropriated $1500.
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