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
_Yonkers._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
NORTH CAROLINA.
_Charlotte._ Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
_Durham._ Trinity College. Gift of $50,000, for a library building,
from James K. Duke, president of the American Tobacco Co.
_Raleigh._ Olivia Raney Memorial Library. Gift of 5000 volumes, also
services of a trained librarian to organize the work, from Richard
B. Raney.
NORTH DAKOTA.
_Fargo._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for public library building,
from Andrew Carnegie.
OHIO.
_Akron._ Public Library. Gift of a building for the public library, to
cost not less than $50,000, from Col. George T. Perkins.
-- Gift of library of music (1898), valued at $600, name of donor not
stated.
_Ashtabula._ Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
_Bucyrus._ Memorial Library. Gift of $500, for purchase of books, from
Andrew Carnegie.
_Canton._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for public library building,
from Andrew Carnegie.
-- Gift of property, valued at $10,000, from W. W. Clark.
_Cincinnati._ Natural History Library. Gift of $60,000, for a new
library building, name of donor not stated.
-- Gift of 14,000 volumes, donor not named.
-- Public Library. Gift of $1000, for the purchase of books for the
blind, raised by popular subscription.
-- Gift of 500 volumes in raised type for the blind, name of donor not
given.
-- Gift of 416 volumes and 1600 pamphlets, from H. L. Wehmer.
-- University Library. Gift of 6782 volumes; the Robert Clarke
collection.
_Cleveland._ Adelbert College, of Western Reserve University. Gift of
$15,000, name of donor not given.
-- Case Library. Library property condemned by U. S. government for new
public building; award, including damages, fixed at $507,000.
-- Cleveland Hardware Co.'s Library. Gift of 300 volumes, from famous
people all over the world, many with autographs.
-- Medical Library Association; The Vance Library. Gift of 2000
volumes, from Drs. Dudley P. Allen and A. C. Hamman.
-- Public Library. Gift of 306 bound and 217 unbound volumes, on
Oriental religions, folk-lore and allied subjects, from John G.
White.
_Columbus._ Public Library. Gift of $1000, for maintenance of the
Kilbourne alcove; also 750 volumes, from James Kilbourne.
_Conneaut._ Public Library. Gift of $100,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.
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