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
_St. Louis._ Public Library. Gift of $1,000,000, for public library
buildings, from Andrew Carnegie, provided the city will contribute
the site and appropriate $150,000 yearly for the support of the
library.
-- Gift of $400,000, to lift incumbrance on block to be used for the
new Carnegie Library, from four St. Louis citizens.
_South St. Joseph._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public
library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
NEBRASKA.
_Crete._ Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a public library
building, from T. H. Miller, provided the city furnish a site
approved by the donor.
_Lincoln._ University of Nebraska. Bequest of 2000 volumes, of history,
literature, and works on education, forming the library of the
donor, from Simon Kerl, of Oakland, Neb. The books are never to be
loaned outside the library rooms.
_South Omaha._ Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
_Derry._ Benjamin Adams Memorial Library. Bequest of $10,000, for the
erection of a town-hall and public library building, from Benjamin
Adams.
_Hanover._ Dartmouth College. Bequest of $10,000, as a library fund for
the Department of Philosophy, from Mrs. Susan A. Brown.
_Pittsfield._ Public Library. Gift of a library building, to be
erected, value not stated, from Josiah Carpenter, of Manchester.
_Rindge._ Ingalls Memorial Library. Gift of $1000, as a fund, the
interest to be used for the benefit of the library, from the Hon.
Ezra S. Stearns.
NEW JERSEY.
_Jersey City._ Free Public Library. Gift of 819 volumes and 381
pamphlets, forming the medical library of the late Dr. S. W. Clark,
from his widow.
_Montclair._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
_Newark._ Free Public Library. Gifts of 1125 periodicals and pamphlets,
from three persons.
_Perth Amboy._ Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $1200
yearly.
-- Gift of a site for a public library building, value not stated, from
J. C. McCoy.
-- Gift of $1000, with which to purchase books when needed, from Adolph
Lewisohn.
_Princeton._ Princeton University. Gift of $50,000, for library
maintenance, from anonymous donor.
-- Gifts of cash aggregating at least $16,000, from various sources.
-- Gift of $5000, for library of Germanics, from the class of 1891.
-- Bequest of 2739 volumes and 860 pamphlets, from Prof. William Henry
Green.
-- Gift of 1000 volumes, from the library of the late Dr. Samuel
Miller, presented by Samuel Miller Breckinridge.
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