Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-06
GIFTS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Over Five Millions in Money with Many
Valuable Additions
SEVEN MONTHS RECORD FOR COUNTRY
Donations of All sorts Make Most
Attractive showing, in which
Omaha Participates to
Great Extent.

PORTLAND, Ore. July Sat the twenty
seventh annual session of the American Lii
brary association, now in convention here,
J. L. Harrison librarian of the Providence
Atheneum, Providence, r. l., made re-
port on gifts and requests to American Ii
braries, June to December, 1904 Mr. Har-
rison says in part:
An analysis of the gifts in money shows
that 1871, 400 was given as endowment
funds for general library purposes, S37l53
Tor the establishment of book funds, S3O,S41
for the cash purchase of books 81 OO9 500 OF
which S724,5OO is reported as accepted, from
Andrew Carnegie for buildings S432, $50 from
various donors for buildings. $64, $50 for sites
ana N,242C9O for purposes, the objects of
which, for the most part, were not re-
ported, This item consists very largely of
requests, and presumably the greater por-
dowments.
The money gifts other than those of Mr..
Carnegie, abount to $,nS67O. This includes
eleven of 5000 each, one of $780, eleven of
$4,000, two Of $4,000, three Of $4,000, three
OF $4,000 one of 5000, one of SIS, 600. one of
100000, two OF $4,000, three OF $4,000 one
OF $50 1000, one of 100000, two of S50O,0O0 and
Two hundred and ffty-three gifts are re-
ported, representing ll6,952 volumes, five col
miscellaneous gifts including one building
with grounds, seven sites, art and natural
history collections, paintings and various
could not be ascertained.
Some Large Public Gifts.
The gift of 100000 was from Archer Nj.
Huntington to the Hispanic society of New
York. The list also includes a bequest of
100000 from James V. Brown to williams
port, Pa, and one of $780, 600 from Daniel
Willard Fiske to Cornell university, and
$4,000 from James Philip Gray to the
City Library association of Springfield,
Mass.
Mr.. Carnegie's gifts to Libraries in the
United States number thirty-four and
amount $,OO95OO. In their distribution the
North Atlantic division of states received
$425 coo, the South Atlantic, S95, COO the
South Central, $2OO, eco; the North Cen
trail $3O95O0, and the Western, $4,000. OF
the states receiving the greatest number
of gifts Indiana ranks first with five, IL
linois second with four, and Kansas third
with three There were two gifts of $500,
two of 5000, ten of $4,000, three of $4,000,
two of $4,000, one of $1,000, three of $4,000.
two of $4,000 and two of $685. 0O0 The
larger gifts are $4,000 to Paramount col
lege. Wichita, Kan. $4,000 to Omaha, Neb.;
$4,000 to Evanston, ILL.,; $4,000 to the Uni
versty of Maine, Orono; 100000 to Tufts
college library, sl50,OO0 to Syracuse uni
versity and 100000 to Louisville, Ky.
Some Local BeneAciaries.
In summing up the requests by states
Mr.. Harrisons report makes the following
| showing for Nebraska, Iowa and South Da-
kota:
Omaha-Public library, OOOO, to be used
at the discretion of the governing board,
! bequest from Frank Murphy; $4,000 for
two branch Libraries, from Andrew Car
negie.
Algona-Free public library, $1,000 for fur
nshing building, from Colonel Thomas f.
Cooke
Burlirgton--Free public library, So, 153, "a
memorial to T. ]. Potter, from friends The
income is to be used for the purchase of
books relating to railroads.
Grinnell-Iowa college library, $1,000 for
an endowment fund, from ]. II. Leavitt
| of Waterloo.
Mason City-Public library, $4,000 for
building fund, from citizens; $1,000 for
| building fund. from City Federation of
Womens Clubs.
| Mount Pleasant-Free public library, 1000
| for site, from Ladies' Library association.
West Liberty-F'ee public library, N,7OO
| for Site from citizens
! Pierre-Carnegie library, $12,500 for n
| building from Andrew Carnegie, accepted;
| $40 coo from various citizens, $1,000 for site,
| from Hughes county. -
| Standardization college library, $4,000
| for a building from Andrew Carnegie: ac-
| cepted and building now in process of cree
| ton