Title: Famous givers and their gifts,
Authors: Bolton, Sarah Knowles, 1841-1916.; Thomas Y. Crowell Company,; C.J. Peters & Son,
Publisher: T.Y. Crowell & company,
Year: 1896
Subjects: Philanthropists.
Contents: John Lowell, Jr., and his free lectures. -- Stephen Girard and his college for orphans. -- Andrew Carnegie and his libraries. -- Thomas Holloway; his sanatorium and college. -- Charles Pratt and his institute. -- Thomas Guy and his hospital. -- Sophia Smith and her college for women. -- James Lick and his telescope. -- Leland Stanford and his university. -- Captain Thomas Coram and his foundling asylum. -- Henry Shaw and his botanical garden. -- James Smithson and the Smithsonian Institution. -- Pratt, Lenox, Mary Macrae Stuart, Newberry, Crerar, Astor, Reynolds and thier libraries. -- Frederick H. Rindge and his gifts. -- Anthony J. Drexell and his institute. -- Leonard Case and his school of applied science. -- Asa Packer and Lehigh University. -- Cornelius Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt University. -- Baron Maurice de Hirsch. -- Isaac Rich and Boston University. -- Daniel B. Fayerweather and others. -- Catharine Lorillard Wolfe. -- Mary Elizabeth Garrett. -- Mrs. Anna Otterdorfer.