page_title: Mary Couts Burnett
section_title: Mary Couts Burnett Library
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Couts Burnett / Mary Couts Burnett Library
caption_attribution_description: English: The Mary Couts Burnett Library on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas (United States).
context_page_description: Mary Couts Burnett was a wealthy philanthropist who donated the bulk of her estate to Texas Christian University. The endowment was used to establish the Mary Couts Burnett Library at the university.
context_section_description: In December 1923, she bequeathed $12,000 to the Dixon Colored Orphanage in Gilmer. The remainder of her $3 million estate was bequeathed to Texas Christian University. The monies were used to replace the existing library at TCU, which had been housed in the university's administration building.  In accordance with the terms of Burnett's will, $150,000 was immediately allocated for the construction of a new library building. The architects were W. G. Clarkson and Company. TCU president E.M. Waits requested the new building be named the Mary Couts Burnett Library. The library is the repository for the papers and memorabilia of former Congressman and Speaker of the House Jim Wright.
caption: Mary Couts Burnett Library
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