Part 19

-- Union Theological Seminary. Gift of 559 volumes, from the library of the late president, Roswell Dwight Hitchcock, LL.D.

-- Gift of 519 volumes, from the library of the late Prof. Ezra Hall Gillett, D.D., from his two sons.

-- Washington Heights Free Library. Gift of $1700 by Andrew Carnegie towards completing sum required by conditional gift for new building.

-- Young Men's Christian Association. Gift of $5000, to prepare catalogue of circulating library, from Frederick E. Hyde.

_Newark._ Gift of a library building, costing nearly $25,000; also, $1000 to send out travelling libraries in the neighborhood and the salary of the librarian for a year, from Mr. Henry C. Rew, of Evanston, Ill.

_Niagara Falls._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish a site and a yearly maintenance of $7000.

_Oxford._ Public Library. Gift of a public library, from children of the late Eli L. Corbin.

_Oyster Bay, L. I._ Public Library. Gift of $1000, towards a public library building, by Andrew Carnegie. No conditions were attached to this gift.

_Peekskill._ Public Library. Gift of the old Henry Ward Beecher residence, fully equipped for a public library, from Dr. John Newell Tilton.

_Port Jervis._ Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site and appropriate $3000 yearly maintenance.

-- Gift of plot of ground for library site, value not stated, from Peter E. Farnum.

_Rochester._ Reynolds Library. Gift of 900 volumes of United States public documents, from Hon. Charles S. Baker.

_St. George, S. I._ Arthur Winter Memorial Library of the Staten Island Academy. Gift of $500, from Andrew Carnegie, without conditions.

_Schenectady._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city council had already appropriated $5000 a year for library maintenance provisionally in hope of securing a Carnegie gift. A site is under consideration, at a probable cost of $14,000.

-- Gift of $15,000, with which to purchase a site for the new Carnegie library, from the General Electric Company.

_Syracuse._ Public Library. Gift of $260,000, for a new library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site and guarantee $30,000 yearly for maintenance.

_Watertown._ Flower Memorial Library. Gift of $60,000, from Mrs. Emma Flower Taylor, for a public library to commemorate her father, the late Governor Roswell P. Flower.

_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.

_Delaware._ Ohio Wesleyan University. Gift of 4179 volumes, including the complete library of the late Prof. Karl Little, from Prof. John Williams White, of Harvard University.

_Gambier._ Kenyon College Library. Gifts of $15,000, names of donors not given.

_Geneva._ Platt R. Spencer Memorial Library. Gifts of $1577, names of donors not given.

_Granville._ Dennison University Library. Gifts of $525, names of donors not given.

_Greenville._ Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, a yearly maintenance of $2000 required. The site has already been secured.

_Hamilton._ Lane Free Library. Gift of $500, donated by citizens.

_Marietta._ Marietta College. Gift of 18,712 volumes, from his private library, by Hon. R. M. Stimson; to be kept together and in reasonable repair. The collection is especially rich in Americana relating to the Mississippi Valley.

_Massillon._ McClymonds Public Library. Gift of library building, valued at $20,000, name of donor not given.

-- Gift of $10,000, as an endowment for books, name of donor not given.

_Painesville._ Public Library. Gift of new library building, neither value nor name of donor given.

-- Gift of 385 volumes, name of donor not given.

_Sandusky._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Shelby._ Public Library. Gift of property valued at $6500, for a public library, from Daniel S. Marvin.

_Steubenville._ Carnegie Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Toledo._ Public Library. Gift of $1800, from Mr. Hardy.

-- Gift of $1000, from Mrs. J. R. Locke.

-- Gifts of 1223 volumes, names of donors not given.

_Van Wert._ Brumback Library. Gift of new library building, costing about $50,000, from family of the late John S. Brumback, thus carrying out his intentions in completing and furnishing it and presenting it to the county.

_Wooster._ University Library. Gift of a $35,000 library building, from H. C. Frick, of Pittsburg, Pa. "This beautiful building is fitted up with the latest improvements."

_Youngstown._ Reuben McMillan Free Library. Bequest of $5000, received from Charles D. Arms.

OREGON.

_Portland._ Library Association. Gift of $25,050, from the three daughters of the late Henry Failing.

-- Bequest of $2500, the income to be used for maintenance of the donor's private library of nearly 9000 volumes, also bequeathed to this institution, from John Wilson.

-- Bequest of his private library of nearly 9000 volumes, valued at $2500, from John Wilson. This library is rich in art works and examples of early printing, and is to be kept as a separate collection for reference only.

-- Gift of $1100, for work of cataloging the Wilson Library, provided for by private subscription, by the directors.

PENNSYLVANIA.

_Braddock_, _Duquesne_, and _Homestead_. Carnegie Libraries. Gift of $1,000,000, from Andrew Carnegie. This amount has been placed in trust with the Carnegie Company, of Pittsburg, the income of which is to be devoted to maintaining the above libraries, founded by Mr. Carnegie. It will be distributed from time to time, according to the work done or needed.

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

_Duquesne._ _See_ Braddock.

_Easton._ Lafayette College. The Van Wickle Memorial Library building, erected at a cost of $30,000, from a legacy of Augustus S. Van Wickle, of Hazleton. Pa.

-- Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The gift was declined March 14, 1901, because of maintenance requirement, and afterwards accepted (April 11) on assurance that the site would be given to the city.

-- Gift of money to purchase a site for the building offered by Mr. Carnegie, amount not stated, raised by popular subscription.

_Homestead._ _See_ Braddock.

_Huntingdon._ Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Idlewood._ Chartiers Township Free Library. Gift of $1500, for the purchase of books, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Newcastle._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. If the yearly maintenance is made $4000 the gift will be raised to $40,000. Gift rejected, June 27, 1901.

_Philadelphia._ Academy of Natural Sciences. Bequest of about $500,000, from Dr. Robert B. Lamborn. Though bequeathed to the academy, its library will be benefited by the bequest.

-- Bequest of about $75,000, and a valuable collection of botanical books and dried plants, from Charles E. Smith. The library will be benefited by this bequest.

-- 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.

_Washington._ Washington and Jefferson College. Gift of $10,000 (added to the $50,000 given by her husband, William R. Thompson, for a new library building), from Mrs. Mary Thow Thompson, of Pittsburg. The building will cost $40,000, the balance, $20,000, will be held as a book fund, the income only to be spent. Mr. Thompson's gift is intended as a memorial to his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Donaldson Thompson.

-- Gift of $30,000, towards the erection and maintenance of a new library building, from W. P. Thompson, making in all from Mr. and Mrs. Thompson $60,000.

_Wilkinsburg._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

RHODE ISLAND.

_Central Falls._ Adams Library. Bequest of $35,000 from Stephen Ludlow Adams, as a special trust for the establishment of a library, to be named as above; $25,000 to be spent on building, the income of $10,000 for its maintenance.

_Newport._ Redwood Library. Bequest of $1000, from Miss Martha Maria Anderson.

-- Bequest of $5000, to be paid at the expiration of three years, from John Nicholas Brown. This is to be used as a fund, the income to be used for the purchase of books.

-- Bequest of $2000, from Mrs. Orleana Ellery Redwood Pell (Mrs. Walden Pell).

-- Gift of 316 volumes on angling and hunting, from Daniel B. Fearing.

_Providence._ Brown University. By the will of the late John Nicholas Brown it is provided that the John Carter Brown Library of Americana previous to 1801, the estimated value of which is at least $1,000,000, shall be maintained as a permanent memorial. The testator sets aside $150,000 for a building and $500,000 as an endowment fund for its increase and maintenance. This library and its endowments have been presented, by the trustees of the estate, to Brown University.

-- Gift of $1000, for purchase of American poetry and drama, at the McKee sale, from William Goddard, Chancellor of the University.

-- Gift of over 250 volumes on international law, from William Vail Kellen, a trustee of the University.

-- Public Library. Bequest of $10,000, from Ada L. Steere.

-- Gift of $3000, to be invested and income used for purchase of books. The name of the donor is not made public.

SOUTH DAKOTA.

_Aberdeen._ Alexander Mitchell Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie requests that the library be called after his friend, Alexander Mitchell. Accepted March 20, 1901.

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

TENNESSEE.

_Chattanooga._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for library building, from Andrew Carnegie. It is reported that the amount of the gift will be raised to $100,000, provided the city agrees to appropriate $10,000 yearly.

_Jackson._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Memphis._ Cossitt Library. Bequest of 942 volumes and 423 pamphlets especially strong in social science and history, from Gen. Colton Greene.

TEXAS.

_Dallas._ Public Library. Gift of over 1100 volumes, from various persons, at a book reception, held Dec. 11, 1900.

_San Antonio._ Carnegie Library. Collection of books, valued at $3500, from San Antonio Library Association. To be turned over to the Carnegie Library on the completion of its building, and provided that the city contribute $50 a month towards expenses until so turned over.

_Waco._ Public Library. Gift of $1000, by Andrew Carnegie, towards the library.

UTAH.

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

_Salt Lake City._ Free Public Library. Gift of $75,000, to erect a free public library building, and a building site worth $25,000, from John Q. Packard.

VERMONT.

_Middlebury._ Middlebury College. Gift of the Starr Library building, erected from a bequest of $50,000, from Egbert Starr, of New York City.

_Windsor._ Library Association. Bequest of $2000, from Charles C. Beaman, of New York.

VIRGINIA.

_Hampton._ Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute. Gift of a new library building, cost not stated, as a memorial to Collis P. Huntington, from Mrs. C. P. Huntington.

_Lexington._ Washington and Lee University. Bequest of his law library (1884), made available by death of his widow, from Prof. Vincent L. Bradford, of Philadelphia.

_Norfolk._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

-- _Seaboard Air Line Travelling Libraries._ Gift of $1000, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Richmond._ Public Library. Gift of $100,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Winchester._ Public Library. Bequest of $250,000, from Judge John Handley, of Scranton, Pa.

WASHINGTON.

_Seattle._ Public Library. Gift of $200,000, for a new library building, to replace the one destroyed by fire Jan. 2, 1901, from Andrew Carnegie, on condition that the city make a guarantee to provide $50,000 yearly for maintenance and improvement.

_Tacoma._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. Accepted with the proviso that $7500 will be appropriated for maintenance annually if the gift is increased to $75,000. A site has already been selected.

WEST VIRGINIA.

_Wheeling._ Public Library. Gift of $75,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

WISCONSIN.

_Appleton._ Public Library. Gift of $663.54, from directors of Prescott Hospital.

-- Gift of $500, for furnishing room, from women's clubs.

_Ashland._ Vaughn Library. Bequest of the Vaughn Library, valued at $60,000; also property which will give it an income of $1200 a year, from Mrs. Vaughn-Marquis, of Chicago.

-- Bequest of 540 volumes, from Mrs. E. Vaughn-Marquis.

_Columbus._ Public Library. Gift of $1300, $1000 for endowment and $300 for immediate use, from Mrs. C. A. Chadbourne and F. A. Chadbourne.

_De Pere._ Public Library. Gift of $2000, towards furnishing a library of 10,000 volumes and upwards, if accepted before September, 1902, from A. G. Wells.

_Green Bay._ Kellogg Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site and $2500 yearly for maintenance.

-- Gift of a building site for new Carnegie Library, worth $2000, from Bishop Messmer.

_Janesville._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city council voted March 19, 1901, to appropriate $3500 yearly for maintenance.

-- Bequest of $10,000, for a public library building, from F. S. Eldred.

_Kenosha._ Gilbert M. Simmons Library. Gift of a library building and furniture, costing about $150,000, from Z. G. Simmons, in memory of his son, Gilbert M. Simmons.

-- Gift of $20,000, for purchase of books, from Z. G. Simmons.

_La Crosse._ Washburn Library. Gift of the Albert Boehm collection of stuffed birds, valuable but cost not stated, from citizens of the city.

_Lake Geneva._ Public Library. Gift of 750 volumes, from several ladies.

_Lake Mills._ Public Library. Gift of $1000, in addition, for building, from L. D. Fargo.

-- Gift of $1700, for building site, from citizens of the place.

_Madison._ Free Library Commission. Gift of $35, for German travelling library, from citizens of Milwaukee.

-- University of Wisconsin. The Germanic Seminary Library, comprising 1700 volumes, relating especially to Germanic philology and literature; purchased from a fund of $3146, raised by German-American citizens of Milwaukee and presented Jan. 1, 1899.

-- Gift of $2645 for purchase of books for School of Economics and Political Science, from gentlemen in New York, Milwaukee, Madison, and other Wisconsin cities.

-- Gift of $2350, for the purchase of books for School of Commerce, from five citizens of Milwaukee.

-- Gift to the Germanic Seminary Library of 268 volumes, from the house of F. A. Brockhaus, of Leipzig.

_Marshfield._ Public Library. Gift of $2500, one-fifth to be expended annually for five years for books, from W. D. Connor.

_Menomonie._ Memorial Free Library. Gift of about $2000, for running expenses pending settlement of the estate of Captain A. Tainter, from his son and daughter, L. S. Tainter and Mrs. Fanny Macmillan.

_Milwaukee._ Law Library. Bequest of $10,000, one-half for endowment and one-half for the purchase of books, from A. R. R. Butler.

-- Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a collection of books on literary subjects, from Mrs. A. A. Keenan, as a memorial to her husband, the late Matthew Keenan.

_Oconomowoc._ Public Library. Gift of $1500, toward library building, from Mrs. P. D. Armour.

-- Gift of $1500, toward library building, from Mrs. P. D. Armour, Jr.

-- Gift of $1500, toward library building, from Mrs. Bullen.

_Oshkosh._ Harris-Sawyer Library. Bequest of $75,000, toward new library building, from Marshall Harris.

-- Bequest of $25,000, towards new library building, from Philetus Sawyer. The bequests of Mr. Harris and Mr. Sawyer were supplemented by $50,000 from the city. The Harris bequest of $75,000 was made in 1895 by Mrs. Abby S. Harris, to carry out the intentions of her husband. It was made on condition that within three years an equal amount should be raised for the same purpose. The bequest of $25,000 by Hon. Philetus Sawyer was made to assist in raising the latter amount, the balance of which was secured by the issue of city bonds. $90,000 remains as a trust fund.

-- Gift of paintings, valued at $5000, from Leander Choate.

_Racine._ Public Library. Gift of $10,000, towards a public library, from citizens of that city.

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

-- Gift of $1000, or his salary of $500 per annum for two years, for a site for library building, from the mayor, Fred Dennett.

_Stanley._ Public Library. Gift of $12,000, $8000 for building and $4000 for equipment, from Mrs. D. R. Moon.

_Superior._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

-- Gift of $5500, for a library building site, from citizens of the town.

_Waukesha._ Carroll College. Gift of $20,000, for a library endowment fund, from donor whose name is not given.