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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

Science

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

-- College of Physicians. Gifts and bequests amounting to $27,500
    towards a "Library Endowment Fund," raised through the efforts of the
    president of the college, Dr. W.W. Keen, within a period of eighteen
    months, as follows:
    Trustees of the William F. Jenks Memorial Fund, $7000.
    Mr. William W. Frazier, $5000.
    Estate of Esther F. Wistar, $5000.
    Mrs. William T. Carter, $5000.
    Dr. William W. Keen, $1000.
    Charles C. Harrison, $1000.
    J. Percy Keating, $1000.
    Major Luther S. Bent, $1000.
    John H. Converse, $1000.
    George H. McFadden, $500.

   -- Gift of 2466 volumes, from Dr. J. M. Da Costa.

   -- Gift of 1500 volumes, from Dr. John Ashurst, Jr.

   -- Gift of 272 volumes, from the daughters of the late Dr. William T.
       Taylor.

   -- The Franklin Institute. 844 volumes and 899 pamphlets, relating to
       iron, coal, mining, railroads, and statistics, from the late
       Charles E. Smith, at one time president of the Philadelphia and
       Reading Railroad Co.

   -- Free Library. Bequest of 1215 volumes and 1806 unbound books,
       pamphlets and magazines, through Stevenson Hockley Walsh, from Mrs.
       Annie Hockley.

   -- Gift of 464 volumes, for H. Josephine Widener Branch Library, from
       Mr. P. A. B. Widener.

   -- Gift of 245 volumes, from estate of George B. Roberts.

   -- Gift of several volumes in embossed type for the blind, from Dr.
       David D. Wood.

   -- Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Gift of $5000, from Mrs. Mifflin
       Wistar.

   -- Gift of $2041, from Miss Ellen Waln.

   -- Gift of $500, from Carl Edelheim.

   -- Library Company of Philadelphia. Gift of 900 volumes, from the Hon.
       Richard Vaux.

   -- Gift of 406 volumes, from Henry Carey Baird, Esq.

   -- University of Pennsylvania. Gift of $1750, to be spent in purchase
       of philosophical books, from Class of 1889.

   -- Gift of $615, for purchase of files of botanical periodicals, from
       Robert B. Buist.

   -- Gift of about 2500 volumes exceedingly valuable in works of Travels
       and Archæology, from the heirs of Robert H. Lamborn, and the
       Academy of Natural Sciences.

   -- Gift of 1300 volumes, secured at Hunter sale, from contributions of
       friends of the University.

   _Phoenixville._ Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library
       building, from Andrew Carnegie.

   _Reading._ Public Library. Gift of $2000, for purchase of books, from
       friends.

   -- Gift of 681 volumes, from same source.

   -- Gift of 356 volumes, forming his library, from Henry S. Comstock.

   _Sharon._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
       building, from Andrew Carnegie.

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Science

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

-- College of Physicians. Gifts and bequests amounting to $27,500
    towards a "Library Endowment Fund," raised through the efforts of the
    president of the college, Dr. W.W. Keen, within a period of eighteen
    months, as follows:
    Trustees of the William F. Jenks Memorial Fund, $7000.
    Mr. William W. Frazier, $5000.
    Estate of Esther F. Wistar, $5000.
    Mrs. William T. Carter, $5000.
    Dr. William W. Keen, $1000.
    Charles C. Harrison, $1000.
    J. Percy Keating, $1000.
    Major Luther S. Bent, $1000.
    John H. Converse, $1000.
    George H. McFadden, $500.

   -- Gift of 2466 volumes, from Dr. J. M. Da Costa.

   -- Gift of 1500 volumes, from Dr. John Ashurst, Jr.

   -- Gift of 272 volumes, from the daughters of the late Dr. William T.
       Taylor.

   -- The Franklin Institute. 844 volumes and 899 pamphlets, relating to
       iron, coal, mining, railroads, and statistics, from the late
       Charles E. Smith, at one time president of the Philadelphia and
       Reading Railroad Co.

   -- Free Library. Bequest of 1215 volumes and 1806 unbound books,
       pamphlets and magazines, through Stevenson Hockley Walsh, from Mrs.
       Annie Hockley.

   -- Gift of 464 volumes, for H. Josephine Widener Branch Library, from
       Mr. P. A. B. Widener.

   -- Gift of 245 volumes, from estate of George B. Roberts.

   -- Gift of several volumes in embossed type for the blind, from Dr.
       David D. Wood.

   -- Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Gift of $5000, from Mrs. Mifflin
       Wistar.

   -- Gift of $2041, from Miss Ellen Waln.

   -- Gift of $500, from Carl Edelheim.

   -- Library Company of Philadelphia. Gift of 900 volumes, from the Hon.
       Richard Vaux.

   -- Gift of 406 volumes, from Henry Carey Baird, Esq.

   -- University of Pennsylvania. Gift of $1750, to be spent in purchase
       of philosophical books, from Class of 1889.

   -- Gift of $615, for purchase of files of botanical periodicals, from
       Robert B. Buist.

   -- Gift of about 2500 volumes exceedingly valuable in works of Travels
       and Archæology, from the heirs of Robert H. Lamborn, and the
       Academy of Natural Sciences.

   -- Gift of 1300 volumes, secured at Hunter sale, from contributions of
       friends of the University.

   _Phoenixville._ Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library
       building, from Andrew Carnegie.

   _Reading._ Public Library. Gift of $2000, for purchase of books, from
       friends.

   -- Gift of 681 volumes, from same source.

   -- Gift of 356 volumes, forming his library, from Henry S. Comstock.

   _Sharon._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
       building, from Andrew Carnegie.

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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

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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