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
-- Gift of 310 volumes, from D. H. Smith, of New York.
-- Gift of 255 volumes, from Prof. Henry Van Dyke.
_Trenton._ Public Library. Gift of books, forming the Women's Christian
Temperance Union Library, to the Public Library.
-- Gift of about 2500 volumes, comprising books in "A. L. A. catalog"
not already in library, from Ferdinand W. Roebling, president of
the board.
NEW MEXICO.
_Albuquerque._ Free Public Library. Gift of a two-story brick building,
valued at $25,000, on condition that it be used forever as a public
library and that $1000 additional be raised by the citizens, from
J. S. Reynolds.
-- Gift of $2000, for the purchase of books, raised by popular
subscription.
NEW YORK.
_Albany._ Young Men's Association Library--Pruyn Branch Library. Gift
of building, furniture, and equipment, cost about $20,000, from
Mrs. William G. Rice, in memory of her father, the late Chancellor
J. V. L. Pruyn.
-- Gift of $525, from various persons.
_Angelica._ Free Library. Gift of $12,000, for a library building, from
Mrs. Frank Smith.
-- Gift of a building lot for a library building, value not stated,
from Frank S. Smith.
_Brooklyn._ The Brooklyn Library. Bequest from Mr. James A. H. Bell of
sixteen-seventy-fifths of his estate. This bequest is estimated to
be worth about $10,000. Mr. Bell also left the library 1523
volumes, collected since he gave his library of 10,425 volumes,
three years ago.
-- Long Island Historical Society. Gift of $6500. This amount was
raised by popular subscription, and is to be known as the "Storrs
Memorial Fund," the income to be devoted to the increase of the
library.
-- Bequest of $1000, the income to be expended in "the enlargement of
the department of ecclesiastical history," from Richard S. Storrs,
D.D., late President of the Society.
_Caldwell, Lake George._ Dewitt C. Hay Library Association. Bequest,
valued at about $13,300, consisting of 100 shares of Amer. Bank
Note Co. stock, 35 shares of C. M. and St. Paul R. R. stock, and
$2000 in Duluth and Iron Range R. R. stock, to be held in trust,
the income to be spent for new books, pictures, and objects of art,
from Mrs. Marietta C. Hay, of Tarrytown, N. Y. This library is
established in memory of the donor's husband.
_Catskill._ Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
_Cohoes._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for public library building,
from Andrew Carnegie.
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