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
_Fort Dodge._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
_Grinnell._ Stewart Library. Gift of a new library building, costing
$15,000, from Joel Stewart.
-- Gift of a site for new library building, value not stated, from The
Congregational Church.
-- Gift of $4000, for books, raised by popular subscription by the
citizens of Grinnell.
_Iowa Falls._ Public Library. Gift of a public library building, if the
city will provide a suitable site, from E. S. Ellsworth.
_Mt. Vernon._ Cornell College. Gift of $40,000, for a library building,
from Andrew Carnegie. Conditions, if any, not stated.
_Muscatine._ Public Library. A new library building, to cost about
$30,000, by P. M. Musser, provided the city vote to establish and
maintain the library.
KANSAS.
_Dodge City._ Railroad Library and Reading Room. The Atchison, Topeka,
and Santa Fé Railroad Co. are fitting up a library and reading room
at this place for its employés.
_Fort Scott._ Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
_Kansas City._ Public Library. Bequest of about $6000, from Mrs. Sarah
Richart.
_Lawrence._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
KENTUCKY.
_Lexington._ State College. Gift of $50,000, from President James K.
Patterson.
LOUISIANA.
_New Orleans._ Public Library. Gift of $10,000 and a valuable
collection of books, from Abram Holker.
MAINE.
_Bangor._ Public Library. Bequest of $18,347.26, towards the building
fund, from A. D. Mason.
-- Gift of building site, costing $7500, from Nathan C. Ayer.
_Belfast._ Free Library. Gift of $3000, as a fund for the purchase of
books on history and biography, in memory of Albert Boyd Otis, from
Albert Crane.
_Brunswick._ Bowdoin College. The new library building, given by Gen.
Thomas H. Hubbard, of New York City, reported last year, at over
$150,000, will cost over $200,000.
-- Bequest of $2000, from Captain John Clifford Brown, of Portland.
-- Gift of $1200, from an unknown donor, through a Boston friend.
_Fairfield._ Public Library. Gift of a library building, to cost
between $8000 and $10,000, from E. J. Lawrence.
_Farmington._ Public Library Association. Gift of $10,000, for a public
library building, from Hon. Isaac Cutler, of Boston, Mass.
_Lewiston._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
MARYLAND.
_Cumberland._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
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