ALABAMA.Montgomery.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.— Gift of books forming its library, from the Montgomery Library Association.Tuskegee.Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Gift of $20,000, for a library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The building will be erected entirely by student labor.CALIFORNIA.Alameda.Public Library. Gift of $35,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Berkeley.University of California. Gift of $10,000, as a fund for the purchase of books for the law library, from Mrs. Jane Krom Sather, of Oakland, Cal.— Gift of $1000, from Col. E. A. Denicke.— Gift of about 2500 volumes, being the private library of the late Regent, A. S. Hallidie, from Mrs. M. E. Hallidie.Fresno.Public Library. Gift of $30,000 for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Napa.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for free public library building, from George E. Goodman.San Francisco.Public Library. Gift of $750,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.— Gift of building and fixtures for Branch Library, No. 5, estimated to cost $20,000, from Hon. James D. Phelan, Mayor of San Francisco.San Jose.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Stanford University.Leland Stanford University. Gift of $2000, $1000 for books on sociology and $1000 for books on bibliography, special gift from Mrs. J. L. Stanford.COLORADO.Grand Junction.Public Library. Gift of $8000, increased from $5000, for a library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Leadville.City Library Association. Gift of $100,000, for a public library, from Andrew Carnegie.Ouray.Walsh Library. Gift of a library building, costing $20,000, from Thomas F. Walsh.CONNECTICUT.Branford.Blackstone Memorial Library. Bequest of $100,000, from Timothy B. Blackstone, of Chicago, founder of the library.Danielsonville.Edwin H. Bugbee Memorial Building. Bequest of $15,000, for the erection of a building, also the donor's private library and cases, from Edwin H. Bugbee.Derby.Public Library. Gift of a fully equipped public library building, by Col. and Mrs. H. Holton Wood, of Boston, the city to agree to maintain the library and raise a book fund of $5000, to which sum the donors will add an equal amount.— Gift of $12,000, raised by popular subscription, towards book fund, from interested citizens. Nearly $75 was given by public school children.— Gift of $5000, towards a book fund, from Col. and Mrs. H. Holton Wood.— Gift of 900 volumes, from Derby Reading Circle.Greenwich.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, as an endowment, from wealthy New Yorkers.Hartford.Case Memorial Library, Hartford Theological Seminary. Gift of $2000 towards fund for purchase of periodicals, from Mrs. Charles B. Smith.— Gift of $500 for book purchases, from Miss Anna M. Hills.— Gift of 365 volumes, pertaining to missions, from Rev. A. C. Thompson, D.D.— Public Library. Gift of $5000, from F. B. Brown.Kensington.Library Association. Gift of $10,000, for a new library building, from S. A. Galpin, of California.Litchfield.Wolcott Library. Bequest of $1000, from ex-Governor Roger Wolcott, of Boston, Mass.Middletown.Wesleyan University. Gifts of $3604, to be added to Alumni Library Fund.— Gift of $483, to be added to the Hunt Library Endowment. This addition has been increased to $1000 by the reservation of the income of the fund.New Haven.Yale University. Gift of $10,000, for a fund for the Seminary library in the department of Philosophy, from Mrs. John S. Camp, of Hartford, Conn.— Gift of $1500, a contribution towards an administration fund, from Charles J. Harris.— Gift of $1300, for purchases in the department of Folk-music, from an anonymous donor.— Gift of $1000, for purchases in department of English literature, from Edward Wells Southworth, of New York.— Gift of $500, a contribution towards an administration fund, from the Hon. WilliamT. Harris, U. S. Commissioner of Education.— Bequest of about 5000 volumes and 10,000 pamphlets, forming the private library of the testator, from Prof. Othniel C. Marsh.— Gift of 842 Arabic manuscripts, collected by Count Landberg; bought for $20,000 by Morris K. Jesup and presented by him to the University. Many of these Mss. are very rare. The collection covers the whole range of Arabic history and literature, dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries.— Gift of a collection of musical manuscripts, number not stated, from Morris Steinert.Norwalk.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.South Norwalk.Public Library and Free Reading Room. Bequest of $1000, for permanent fund, from R. H. Rowan.Southington.Public Library. Gift of $5000, towards a library building, from L. V. Walkley.Torrington.Library Association. Bequest of $100,000, by Elisha Turner. From this amount is to be deducted the cost of the library building, about $70,000, which was being erected by the testator at the time of his death.Wallingford.Public Library. Gift of library building, cost value not stated, from the late Samuel Simpson, as a memorial to his daughter.Windsor.Library Association. Gift of $4000, towards a library building fund, from Miss Olivia Pierson.GEORGIA.Atlanta.Carnegie Library. Gift of $20,000, for furnishings and equipment of new building, from Andrew Carnegie.Travelling Libraries for Schools.Gift of 960 volumes for 16 travelling libraries for country schools, for that number of counties in the state, from the Hon. Hoke Smith. It is planned to have each library remain in a school for about two months.ILLINOIS.Aurora.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish a site and guarantee $6000 a year maintenance.Centralia.Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to provide a site and $2000 yearly for maintenance.Chicago.John Crerar Library. Bequest of $1000, from the late President, Huntington W. Jackson.— Rush Medical College. Gift of 4000 volumes of medical and surgical books, from Dr. Christian Fenger. This gift contains a practically complete collection of German theses for the past fifty years.— University of Chicago. Gift of $30,000, to endow the history library, from Mrs. Delia Gallup.Decatur.Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.— Young Men's Christian Association Library. Gift of $500, from Miss Helen Gould, of New York.Dixon.Dodge Library. Gift of a valuable and extensive collection of art books, value and number not stated, from George C. Loveland.Evanston.Northwestern University. Gift of $750, for the purchase of books in political economy, from Norman Waite Harris, of Chicago.— Gift of $543.50, to be known as the "Class of '95 Library Fund," the income of at least 4 per cent. to be used for the increase of the university library, from the class of 1895.— Public Library. Gift of $5000, toward library site fund, from William Deering.Freeport.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Galesburg.Knox College. Gift of $50,000, for a library building, from Andrew Carnegie.— Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $6000 for library maintenance.Grossdale.Public Library. Gift of $35,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Havana.Public Library. Gift of $5000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Jacksonville.Public Library. Gift of $40,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Kewanee.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Lake Forest.Lake Forest College. Gift of the Arthur Somerville Reid Memorial Library building; cost about $30,000, from Mrs. Simon Reid.Lincoln.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Maywood.Public Library. Gift of $100, being surplus campaign funds remaining after the election, from Republican Committee of that town.Pekin.Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city has appropriated $1500.— Gift of a site for the proposed Carnegie library building, value not stated, from George Herget.Rock Island.Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for book stacks and furniture, from Frederick Weyerhauser, of St. Paul.Rockford.Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for a new public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site and "not less than $8000" yearly for maintenance.Springfield.Public Library. Gift of $75,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The City Council appropriated $10,000 annually in hope that the gift might be increased to $100,000. The library will be known as the "Lincoln Library."Streator.Public Library. Gift of $35,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Sycamore.Public Library. Gift of a library building, to cost about $25,000, from Mrs. Everill F. Dutton, as a memorial to her late husband, Gen. Everill F. Dutton.Waukegan.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $2000 for library maintenance.INDIANA.Crawsfordsville.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.— Wabash College Library. Gift of the original manuscript of "The prince of India," from General and Mrs. Lew Wallace.Elkhart.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city, in advance, has pledged $3500 yearly for maintenance.Elwood.Public Library. Gift of $1000, through the local Women's Club, from President Reid, of the American Tin Plate Co., of New York.— Gift of $200, the results of a benefit, from The Women's Club.Fort Wayne.Public Library. Gift of $75,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Goshen.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish $2500 yearly for maintenance.Indianapolis.Butler College. Gift of $20,000, for a library building, also a site for the same, from Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Thompson, in memory of their daughter.— Public Library. Gift of 275 volumes on music, in memory of her son, Harry S. Duncan, deceased, from Mrs. Ella S. Duncan. This collection includes musical scores of the most famous operas and oratorios, as well as the best critical works on music.Lafayette.Public Library. Gift of property, valued at $15,000, from Mrs. Robert R. Hitt, of Illinois.Logansport.Public Library. Gift of a fine library of historical material relating to the Mississippi Valley, collected by the late Judge Horace P. Biddle. This collection was the result of 60 years of historical research, and contains originals of maps, drafts, etc., of great value.Madison.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Marion.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. A site was purchased some time ago, and the offer was promptly accepted.Michigan City.Public Library. Gift of $500, for books, from Mrs. J. H. Barker.Muncie.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.— Gift of $6000, from the heirs of an estate, name not given.New Harmony.Workingmen's Institute Public Library. Bequest of $72,000, from Dr. Edward Murphy. In the final settlement the amount may exceed these figures.Peru.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $2700 yearly for library maintenance.Portland.Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Wabash.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.— Gift of 5000 volumes, from Woman's Library Association. The library has been turned over to the city to be maintained as a public library.Washington.Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.IOWA.Burlington.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, from Philip M. Crapo.Cedar Rapids.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Centerville.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building and site, from ex-Governor F. M. Drake, on condition that a two mills tax be laid for the perpetual and proper care of the property.Davenport.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, thereby increasing former gift to $75,000, from Andrew Carnegie.Dubuque.Carnegie-Stout Free Library. Gift of $50,000, from Andrew Carnegie, on condition that the Young Men's Library Association be made the nucleus of a free public library, and that the city furnish a site and maintain the institution.— Gift of a suitable site for the library building offered by Andrew Carnegie, valued at $17,000, from F. D. Stout, given in memory of his father.Fayette.Upper Iowa University. Gift of$25,000, which will be devoted to library purposes, probably for a new building, from Andrew Carnegie.Fort Dodge.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Grinnell.Stewart Library. Gift of a new library building, costing $15,000, from Joel Stewart.— Gift of a site for new library building, value not stated, from The Congregational Church.— Gift of $4000, for books, raised by popular subscription by the citizens of Grinnell.Iowa Falls.Public Library. Gift of a public library building, if the city will provide a suitable site, from E. S. Ellsworth.Mt. Vernon.Cornell College. Gift of $40,000, for a library building, from Andrew Carnegie. Conditions, if any, not stated.Muscatine.Public Library. A new library building, to cost about $30,000, by P. M. Musser, provided the city vote to establish and maintain the library.KANSAS.Dodge City.Railroad Library and Reading Room. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé Railroad Co. are fitting up a library and reading room at this place for its employés.Fort Scott.Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Kansas City.Public Library. Bequest of about $6000, from Mrs. Sarah Richart.Lawrence.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.KENTUCKY.Lexington.State College. Gift of $50,000, from President James K. Patterson.LOUISIANA.New Orleans.Public Library. Gift of $10,000 and a valuable collection of books, from Abram Holker.MAINE.Bangor.Public Library. Bequest of $18,347.26, towards the building fund, from A. D. Mason.— Gift of building site, costing $7500, from Nathan C. Ayer.Belfast.Free Library. Gift of $3000, as a fund for the purchase of books on history and biography, in memory of Albert Boyd Otis, from Albert Crane.Brunswick.Bowdoin College. The new library building, given by Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard, of New York City, reported last year, at over $150,000, will cost over $200,000.— Bequest of $2000, from Captain John Clifford Brown, of Portland.— Gift of $1200, from an unknown donor, through a Boston friend.Fairfield.Public Library. Gift of a library building, to cost between $8000 and $10,000, from E. J. Lawrence.Farmington.Public Library Association. Gift of $10,000, for a public library building, from Hon. Isaac Cutler, of Boston, Mass.Lewiston.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.MARYLAND.Cumberland.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Hagerstown.Washington County Free Library. Gift of $50,000 and accrued interest $1250, from B. F. Newcomer, of Baltimore, the town to furnish a site for building, which will cost about $25,000.MASSACHUSETTS.Amherst.Amherst College. Gift of $500, to form a fund for the purchase of Spanish books, from Hon. John S. Brayton, of Fall River, Mass.Bolton.Parker Library. Devise of a dwelling house and one-half acre of land, on condition that within one year from the allowance of the will the town shall establish a free public library to be known as the Parker Library, from Louisa Parker.Boston.Lang Memorial Library. Gift of a free public library of musical scores, founded by B. J. Lang, as a memorial to Ruth Burrage.— Public Library. Bequest of $4000, from Abram E. Cutter.— Gift of 599 volumes of text-books used in the public schools of Boston, from the Boston School Committee, in co-operation with the publishers.— Gift of 597 volumes, relating to music, scores, etc., from Allen A. Brown.— Gift of 576 volumes, relating to music, including operas, oratorios, collections of school and college song books, etc., from The Oliver Ditson Co.Cambridge.Harvard University. Bequest of $10,000, to increase fund, already established by him, for purchase of works of history, political economy, and sociology, from ex-Governor Roger Wolcott.— Gift of $1250, for purchase of books relating to the history of the Ottoman Empire, from Prof. A. C. Coolidge.— Gift of $800, for the purchase of books on ecclesiastical history in the Riant Library, from J. Harvey Treat, of Lawrence.— Gift of $500, for purchase of books relating to Scandinavian subjects, from Mrs. Emil E. Hammer.— Bequest of 1920 volumes, mainly Englishand French literature, from Edward Ray Thompson, of Troy, N. Y.— Gift of 700 volumes from the library of James Russell Lowell, to form the Lowell Memorial Library for the use of the Romance Departments of the University, from various subscribers.— Gift of 549 volumes, the library of Alphonse Marsigny, from The J. C. Ayer Company, of Lowell.— Gift of 317 volumes, belonging to the library of her late husband, from Mrs. John E. Hudson.— Bequest of 250 volumes of Sanskrit and other Oriental works, from Henry C. Warren, Esq.— Public Library. Bequest of 550 volumes, consisting chiefly of Maine and New Hampshire local histories, genealogies, etc., from Cyrus Woodman.— Gift of a collection of art works, valued at about $500, from Nathaniel Cushing Nash.Clinton.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Conway.Field Memorial Library. Gift of a library building to cost $100,000, as a memorial to the donor's father and mother, from Marshall Field, of Chicago. It will also be endowed by Mr. Field.Fairhaven.Millicent Library. Gift of Fairhaven Waterworks, valued at from $100,000 to $125,000, and producing an annual income of about $8000, from Henry H. Rogers.Groveland.Public Library. Bequest of $5000, from J. G. B. Adams.Hinsdale.Public Library. Bequest of $5000, to be known as "Curtice fund," the income to be used for the purchase of books, from John W. Curtice, of Washington, D. C.Lynn.Free Public Library. Gift of a library building, erected largely from the bequest of Mrs. Elizabeth Shute.—Gift of large mural painting, by F. Luis Mora, from Joseph N. Smith.— Gift of copy in marble of the Venus of Milo, from Charles W. Bubier, of Providence, R. I.— Gift of a bronze bust of the late Charles J. Van Depoele, from his family.Malden.Public Library. Gift of $125,000, to be known as the Elisha and Mary D. Converse Endowment Fund, from Hon. Elisha D. Converse. "The income from this fund will be 'used freely in any direction in which it may conduce to the welfare of the library.'"Milton.Public Library. Bequest of $2000, from ex-Governor Roger Wolcott, of Boston, Mass.Newburyport.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for the purchase of books, from John Rand Spring, of San Francisco.— Bequest of $4500, from Stephen W. Marston, of Boston.— Bequest of $3000, from E. S. Moseley.North Adams.Public Library. Gift of furnishings and decorations of children's room, value not stated, from William Arthur Gallup, as a memorial to his children.Petersham.Public Library. Bequest of $12,000, from Lucy F. Willis.Plymouth.Public Library. Gift of a new library building, to cost about $20,000, from the heirs of the late William G. Russell, of Boston, as a memorial to their father and mother.Salem.Public Library. Bequest of $10,000, from Walter S. Dickson.Somerville.Public Library. Gift of $4000, from Mrs. Harriet Minot Laughlin, in memory of her father, Isaac Pitman, the first librarian of the institution, the income to be used for the purchase of "works of art, illustrative, decorative, and otherwise."Springfield.City Library. Bequest of about $70,000, from the estate of David Ames Wells, of Norwich, Conn., his son David Dwight Wells having died June 15, 1900, without issue. One-half of the income is to be expended for publications on economic, fiscal, or social subjects.— Gift of 450 volumes, from Miss Frances Fowler.Sunderland.Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a library and its equipment, from John L. Graves, of Boston.Swansea.Public Library. Bequest of a library building, cost not stated, from Frank Shaw Stevens.Woburn.Eunice Thompson Memorial Library. By his last will Jonathan Thompson, of Woburn, left a plot of ground and the residue of his estate for the erection and maintenance of a suitable building by the city, to be known by the above name. Value of bequest about $70,000.Worcester.American Antiquarian Society. Gift of $3000, for a fund, the interest of which is to be expended for literature relating to the Civil War of 1861-65. This fund is in memory of Hon. John Davis, President of the Society from 1853-54, and was given by John C. B. Davis, of Washington, D. C., Horace Davis, of San Francisco, and Andrew McF. Davis, of Cambridge.— Clark University. Bequest of $150,000, from Jonas G. Clark, for the erection and maintenance of a library.MICHIGAN.Albion.Albion College. Gift of $10,000, to be devoted to a library building, as a memorial to the donor's daughter, Lottie T. Gassett, from Mrs. C. T. Gassett.Ann Arbor.Ladies' Library Association. Bequest of $3000, from Mrs. L. M. Palmer.— University of Michigan. Gift of about 1600 volumes, belonging to the library of the late Prof. George A. Hench, from his mother, Mrs. Rebecca A. Hench. The greater number refer to Germanic philology.Delray.Public Library. Gift of property, valued at $15,000, for a public library, from The Solvay Process Company, of that place.Detroit.Public Library. Gift of $750,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.— Gift of 477 volumes and 1932 pamphlets, from the heirs of the late Gov. John J. Bagley. "This collection was notable in being almost wholly available, useful, and valuable to the library."— Gift of 418 volumes and 1435 pamphlets, from Herbert Bowen, formerly a member of the Library Board. "All were of a historical character, mostly local and relating to Michigan, or institutions and localities in the state."Grand Rapids.Public Library. Gift of $150,000, for the erection and furnishing of a library building, from Martin A. Ryerson, of Chicago, the city to provide site and maintenance. The offer was made Feb. 14, 1901, and was at once accepted by the Mayor.Iron Mountain.Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Ishpeming.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Jackson.Public Library. Gift of $70,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $7000 yearly for library support.Marquette.Public Library. Gift of $5000, toward a new library building, from an anonymous donor.Muskegon.Hackley Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a new two-story stack room, from Charles Henry Hackley.Sault Ste. Marie.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.MINNESOTA.Cloquet.Public Library. Gift of a site for a library building, valued at $2500, from Cloquet Lumber Company.Duluth.Carnegie Library. Gift of $25,000, for a new library building, in addition to a former gift of $50,000, from Andrew Carnegie.Mankato.Public Library. Gift of $40,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Minneapolis.Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for the erection of a branch library building, from ex-Governor J. S. Pillsbury.St. Cloud.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.— Gift of $2000, towards the purchase of a site for the new Carnegie library building, from J. J. Hill, of St. Paul.St. Paul.Public Library. Gift of $500, for purchase of children's books, from various friends of the library.— Gift of their library of 430 volumes, from St. Paul Teacher's Association.— Gift of 38 photographs of paintings, two pictures and a large cast of the Victory of Samothrace, from four donors.Sleepy Eye.Dyckman Free Library. Gift of $8000, being the cost of the completed library building, from F. H. Dyckman.MISSISSIPPI.Natchez.Fisk Library Association. Gift of $25,000, from Mrs. Christian Schwartz, on condition that the Association raise an additional $10,000.— Gift of site, valued at $3000, and a library building, to cost $10,000, from Mrs. Christian Schwartz.Yazoo.Public Library. Gift of a library building, to cost $25,000, as a memorial to the late Gen. B. S. Ricks, from his widow.— Gift of $1000, from Mrs. K. C. Gardner.MISSOURI.De Soto.Railroad Library. Gift of $1000, for a library for railroad employes, from Miss Helen Gould, of New York.Hannibal.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for the erection of a library building, to be known as the John H. Garth Public Library, from Mrs. John H. Garth and her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Goodlet.Jefferson City.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a new library building, from Andrew Carnegie, upon condition that the city secures a site and appropriates $3000 a year for the maintenance of the library.St. Joseph.Free Library. Bequest of $20,000, from Jarvis Ford.St. Louis.Public Library. Gift of $1,000,000, for public library buildings, from Andrew Carnegie, provided the city will contribute the site and appropriate $150,000 yearly for the support of the library.— Gift of $400,000, to lift incumbrance on block to be used for the new Carnegie Library, from four St. Louis citizens.South St. Joseph.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.NEBRASKA.Crete.Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a public library building, from T. H. Miller, provided the city furnish a site approved by the donor.Lincoln.University of Nebraska. Bequest of 2000 volumes, of history, literature, and works on education, forming the library of the donor, from Simon Kerl, of Oakland,Neb. The books are never to be loaned outside the library rooms.South Omaha.Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.NEW HAMPSHIRE.Derry.Benjamin Adams Memorial Library. Bequest of $10,000, for the erection of a town-hall and public library building, from Benjamin Adams.Hanover.Dartmouth College. Bequest of $10,000, as a library fund for the Department of Philosophy, from Mrs. Susan A. Brown.Pittsfield.Public Library. Gift of a library building, to be erected, value not stated, from Josiah Carpenter, of Manchester.Rindge.Ingalls Memorial Library. Gift of $1000, as a fund, the interest to be used for the benefit of the library, from the Hon. Ezra S. Stearns.NEW JERSEY.Jersey City.Free Public Library. Gift of 819 volumes and 381 pamphlets, forming the medical library of the late Dr. S. W. Clark, from his widow.Montclair.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Newark.Free Public Library. Gifts of 1125 periodicals and pamphlets, from three persons.Perth Amboy.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $1200 yearly.— Gift of a site for a public library building, value not stated, from J. C. McCoy.— Gift of $1000, with which to purchase books when needed, from Adolph Lewisohn.Princeton.Princeton University. Gift of $50,000, for library maintenance, from anonymous donor.— Gifts of cash aggregating at least $16,000, from various sources.— Gift of $5000, for library of Germanics, from the class of 1891.— Bequest of 2739 volumes and 860 pamphlets, from Prof. William Henry Green.— Gift of 1000 volumes, from the library of the late Dr. Samuel Miller, presented by Samuel Miller Breckinridge.— Gift of 310 volumes, from D. H. Smith, of New York.— Gift of 255 volumes, from Prof. Henry Van Dyke.Trenton.Public Library. Gift of books, forming the Women's Christian Temperance Union Library, to the Public Library.— Gift of about 2500 volumes, comprising books in "A. L. A. catalog" not already in library, from Ferdinand W. Roebling, president of the board.NEW MEXICO.Albuquerque.Free Public Library. Gift of a two-story brick building, valued at $25,000, on condition that it be used forever as a public library and that $1000 additional be raised by the citizens, from J. S. Reynolds.— Gift of $2000, for the purchase of books, raised by popular subscription.NEW YORK.Albany.Young Men's Association Library—Pruyn Branch Library. Gift of building, furniture, and equipment, cost about $20,000, from Mrs. William G. Rice, in memory of her father, the late Chancellor J. V. L. Pruyn.— Gift of $525, from various persons.Angelica.Free Library. Gift of $12,000, for a library building, from Mrs. Frank Smith.— Gift of a building lot for a library building, value not stated, from Frank S. Smith.Brooklyn.The Brooklyn Library. Bequest from Mr. James A. H. Bell of sixteen-seventy-fifths of his estate. This bequest is estimated to be worth about $10,000. Mr. Bell also left the library 1523 volumes, collected since he gave his library of 10,425 volumes, three years ago.— Long Island Historical Society. Gift of $6500. This amount was raised by popular subscription, and is to be known as the "Storrs Memorial Fund," the income to be devoted to the increase of the library.— Bequest of $1000, the income to be expended in "the enlargement of the department of ecclesiastical history," from Richard S. Storrs, D.D., late President of the Society.Caldwell, Lake George.Dewitt C. Hay Library Association. Bequest, valued at about $13,300, consisting of 100 shares of Amer. Bank Note Co. stock, 35 shares of C. M. and St. Paul R. R. stock, and $2000 in Duluth and Iron Range R. R. stock, to be held in trust, the income to be spent for new books, pictures, and objects of art, from Mrs. Marietta C. Hay, of Tarrytown, N. Y. This library is established in memory of the donor's husband.Catskill.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Cohoes.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Gloversville.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for new library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $3000 for library maintenance.Greene.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from William H. and James H. Moore, founders of the Diamond Match Co., of Chicago.Hempstead, L. I.Public Library. Gift of$25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.Homer.Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for the erection of a public library building, from George W. Phillips.Ithaca.Cornell University. Gift of $12,000, as an endowment fund for the Flower Veterinary Library, the income alone to be used for the increase of the collection, from Mrs. Roswell P. Flower.— Gift of $1126, as a contribution toward printing the catalogue of the Dante collection, from Willard Fiske.— Bequest, estimated at about $2000, from C. H. Howland, class of 1901. This is to form an endowment fund, the income to be used for the purchase of works in the English language for a circulating library for the use of students and officers of the university, and is not payable until after the death of the testator's father, who is still living.— Gift of $575, for the increase of the White Historical Library, from the Hon. Andrew D. White.— Gift of 330 volumes, from the family of the late Prof. S. G. Williams.— Gift of 300 volumes, from Theodore Stanton, class of '76.Johnstown.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site and appropriate $2500 yearly for maintenance.Middletown.Thrall Library. Bequest of $31,500, with which a fine library building has been erected, from Mrs. S. Marietta Thrall.Mount Vernon.Public Library. Gift of $35,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.New Rochelle.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city must furnish site and a yearly maintenance of $4000.New York City.American Geographical Society. Gift of $4455 to building fund, from various persons.— Am. Institute of Electrical Engineers. Gift of Latimer Clark collection of electrical works, 6000 v., from Dr. S. S. Wheeler.— American Museum of Natural History. Gift of 4539 volumes, pamphlets, etc., on Natural History, including 73 maps, of a value of not less than $4200, from Gen. Egbert L. Viele.— Gift of 3166 volumes of Bibles, dictionaries, travels, cyclopædias, etc., valued at $6500, from N. Y. Ecumenical Council.— Gift of 243 volumes and 33 pamphlets, handsomely bound and valued at $2000, from Frederick A Constable.— Gift of 45 rare volumes on Mineralogy, valued at $250, from Ernest Schernikow.— Association of the Bar. Gift of $10,000, received Jan. 1, 1901, source not given.— Columbia University. Gift of $10,000, from "A Friend of the University," for additions to the library.— Gift of $5000, from "A Friend of the University" (another friend), for special purposes.— Gift of $2250, with which to complete the library's set of English Parliamentary Papers, from the Hon. William S. Schermerhorn.— Gift of the "Garden Library" of 2279 volumes and 145 pamphlets, consisting of works by Southern authors or bearing on Southern history, from The New York Southern Society.— Deposit of the library of the Holland Society, consisting of books and pamphlets, mostly in the Dutch language, many of which are rare.— General Theological Seminary. Gift of 2700 volumes, a part of the library of the Rev. B. I. Haight, D.D., from C. C. Haight, Esq.— Gift of 1000 volumes, a part of the library of the Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., from Prof. William B. Potter.— Gift of books, number not stated, to the value of $3850, from the Society for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New York.— Mechanics' Institute Library. (General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.) Bequest of $5000, from estate of Charles P. Haughan.— New York Free Circulating Library. (New York Public Library.) Bequest of $20,000, from Oswald Ottendorfer.— Bequest of $11,250, from Proudfit Estate. This library is now absorbed by the New York Public Library—Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.— New York University. Gift of over 1200 volumes, from the library of the late Prof. Ezra Hall Gillett, D.D., from his two sons.— Public Library—Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Gift of $5,200,000, for the erection of 65 branch library buildings, the city to furnish the sites and guarantee the maintenance of the libraries, from Andrew Carnegie.— Gift of 1304 volumes, from the Union League Club.— Gift of 738 volumes, from Hon. Robert P. Porter.— Gift of 592 volumes, from the Misses Ely.— Gift of 497 volumes, from Mrs. Gertrude King Schuyler.— Gift of 393 volumes, from estate of S. V. R. Townsend.— Gift of 343 volumes, from Dr. R. G. Wiener.— Gift of 287 volumes, from H. V. and H. W. Poor.— Gift of 280 volumes, from Edmond Bruwaert.— Gift of 923 groups of steel engravings, all"engravers' proofs," chiefly the works of the donor's father, from James D. Smillie.— Gift of a large and valuable collection of Japanese engravings and chromo-xylographs, formed by Captain Brinkley, of theJapan Mail,from Charles Stewart Smith.— New York Society Library. Bequest of $1000, from Maria B. Mount.— Bequest of $20,004.86, from Charles H. Contoit; during the previous year $137,000 was paid to the library by this estate.— 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,andHomestead. 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.SeeBraddock.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.SeeBraddock.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 $27,500towards a "Library Endowment Fund," raised through the efforts of thepresident of the college, Dr. W.W. Keen, within a period of eighteenmonths, 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.Whitewater.Public Library. Gift of $3000, for a memorial collection of books, from Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Cook.
Montgomery.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
— Gift of books forming its library, from the Montgomery Library Association.
Tuskegee.Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Gift of $20,000, for a library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The building will be erected entirely by student labor.
Alameda.Public Library. Gift of $35,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Berkeley.University of California. Gift of $10,000, as a fund for the purchase of books for the law library, from Mrs. Jane Krom Sather, of Oakland, Cal.
— Gift of $1000, from Col. E. A. Denicke.
— Gift of about 2500 volumes, being the private library of the late Regent, A. S. Hallidie, from Mrs. M. E. Hallidie.
Fresno.Public Library. Gift of $30,000 for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Napa.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for free public library building, from George E. Goodman.
San Francisco.Public Library. Gift of $750,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
— Gift of building and fixtures for Branch Library, No. 5, estimated to cost $20,000, from Hon. James D. Phelan, Mayor of San Francisco.
San Jose.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Stanford University.Leland Stanford University. Gift of $2000, $1000 for books on sociology and $1000 for books on bibliography, special gift from Mrs. J. L. Stanford.
Grand Junction.Public Library. Gift of $8000, increased from $5000, for a library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Leadville.City Library Association. Gift of $100,000, for a public library, from Andrew Carnegie.
Ouray.Walsh Library. Gift of a library building, costing $20,000, from Thomas F. Walsh.
Branford.Blackstone Memorial Library. Bequest of $100,000, from Timothy B. Blackstone, of Chicago, founder of the library.
Danielsonville.Edwin H. Bugbee Memorial Building. Bequest of $15,000, for the erection of a building, also the donor's private library and cases, from Edwin H. Bugbee.
Derby.Public Library. Gift of a fully equipped public library building, by Col. and Mrs. H. Holton Wood, of Boston, the city to agree to maintain the library and raise a book fund of $5000, to which sum the donors will add an equal amount.
— Gift of $12,000, raised by popular subscription, towards book fund, from interested citizens. Nearly $75 was given by public school children.
— Gift of $5000, towards a book fund, from Col. and Mrs. H. Holton Wood.
— Gift of 900 volumes, from Derby Reading Circle.
Greenwich.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, as an endowment, from wealthy New Yorkers.
Hartford.Case Memorial Library, Hartford Theological Seminary. Gift of $2000 towards fund for purchase of periodicals, from Mrs. Charles B. Smith.
— Gift of $500 for book purchases, from Miss Anna M. Hills.
— Gift of 365 volumes, pertaining to missions, from Rev. A. C. Thompson, D.D.
— Public Library. Gift of $5000, from F. B. Brown.
Kensington.Library Association. Gift of $10,000, for a new library building, from S. A. Galpin, of California.
Litchfield.Wolcott Library. Bequest of $1000, from ex-Governor Roger Wolcott, of Boston, Mass.
Middletown.Wesleyan University. Gifts of $3604, to be added to Alumni Library Fund.
— Gift of $483, to be added to the Hunt Library Endowment. This addition has been increased to $1000 by the reservation of the income of the fund.
New Haven.Yale University. Gift of $10,000, for a fund for the Seminary library in the department of Philosophy, from Mrs. John S. Camp, of Hartford, Conn.
— Gift of $1500, a contribution towards an administration fund, from Charles J. Harris.
— Gift of $1300, for purchases in the department of Folk-music, from an anonymous donor.
— Gift of $1000, for purchases in department of English literature, from Edward Wells Southworth, of New York.
— Gift of $500, a contribution towards an administration fund, from the Hon. WilliamT. Harris, U. S. Commissioner of Education.
— Bequest of about 5000 volumes and 10,000 pamphlets, forming the private library of the testator, from Prof. Othniel C. Marsh.
— Gift of 842 Arabic manuscripts, collected by Count Landberg; bought for $20,000 by Morris K. Jesup and presented by him to the University. Many of these Mss. are very rare. The collection covers the whole range of Arabic history and literature, dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries.
— Gift of a collection of musical manuscripts, number not stated, from Morris Steinert.
Norwalk.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
South Norwalk.Public Library and Free Reading Room. Bequest of $1000, for permanent fund, from R. H. Rowan.
Southington.Public Library. Gift of $5000, towards a library building, from L. V. Walkley.
Torrington.Library Association. Bequest of $100,000, by Elisha Turner. From this amount is to be deducted the cost of the library building, about $70,000, which was being erected by the testator at the time of his death.
Wallingford.Public Library. Gift of library building, cost value not stated, from the late Samuel Simpson, as a memorial to his daughter.
Windsor.Library Association. Gift of $4000, towards a library building fund, from Miss Olivia Pierson.
Atlanta.Carnegie Library. Gift of $20,000, for furnishings and equipment of new building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Travelling Libraries for Schools.Gift of 960 volumes for 16 travelling libraries for country schools, for that number of counties in the state, from the Hon. Hoke Smith. It is planned to have each library remain in a school for about two months.
Aurora.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish a site and guarantee $6000 a year maintenance.
Centralia.Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to provide a site and $2000 yearly for maintenance.
Chicago.John Crerar Library. Bequest of $1000, from the late President, Huntington W. Jackson.
— Rush Medical College. Gift of 4000 volumes of medical and surgical books, from Dr. Christian Fenger. This gift contains a practically complete collection of German theses for the past fifty years.
— University of Chicago. Gift of $30,000, to endow the history library, from Mrs. Delia Gallup.
Decatur.Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
— Young Men's Christian Association Library. Gift of $500, from Miss Helen Gould, of New York.
Dixon.Dodge Library. Gift of a valuable and extensive collection of art books, value and number not stated, from George C. Loveland.
Evanston.Northwestern University. Gift of $750, for the purchase of books in political economy, from Norman Waite Harris, of Chicago.
— Gift of $543.50, to be known as the "Class of '95 Library Fund," the income of at least 4 per cent. to be used for the increase of the university library, from the class of 1895.
— Public Library. Gift of $5000, toward library site fund, from William Deering.
Freeport.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Galesburg.Knox College. Gift of $50,000, for a library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
— Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $6000 for library maintenance.
Grossdale.Public Library. Gift of $35,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Havana.Public Library. Gift of $5000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Jacksonville.Public Library. Gift of $40,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Kewanee.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Lake Forest.Lake Forest College. Gift of the Arthur Somerville Reid Memorial Library building; cost about $30,000, from Mrs. Simon Reid.
Lincoln.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Maywood.Public Library. Gift of $100, being surplus campaign funds remaining after the election, from Republican Committee of that town.
Pekin.Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city has appropriated $1500.
— Gift of a site for the proposed Carnegie library building, value not stated, from George Herget.
Rock Island.Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for book stacks and furniture, from Frederick Weyerhauser, of St. Paul.
Rockford.Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for a new public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site and "not less than $8000" yearly for maintenance.
Springfield.Public Library. Gift of $75,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The City Council appropriated $10,000 annually in hope that the gift might be increased to $100,000. The library will be known as the "Lincoln Library."
Streator.Public Library. Gift of $35,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Sycamore.Public Library. Gift of a library building, to cost about $25,000, from Mrs. Everill F. Dutton, as a memorial to her late husband, Gen. Everill F. Dutton.
Waukegan.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $2000 for library maintenance.
Crawsfordsville.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
— Wabash College Library. Gift of the original manuscript of "The prince of India," from General and Mrs. Lew Wallace.
Elkhart.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city, in advance, has pledged $3500 yearly for maintenance.
Elwood.Public Library. Gift of $1000, through the local Women's Club, from President Reid, of the American Tin Plate Co., of New York.
— Gift of $200, the results of a benefit, from The Women's Club.
Fort Wayne.Public Library. Gift of $75,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Goshen.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish $2500 yearly for maintenance.
Indianapolis.Butler College. Gift of $20,000, for a library building, also a site for the same, from Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Thompson, in memory of their daughter.
— Public Library. Gift of 275 volumes on music, in memory of her son, Harry S. Duncan, deceased, from Mrs. Ella S. Duncan. This collection includes musical scores of the most famous operas and oratorios, as well as the best critical works on music.
Lafayette.Public Library. Gift of property, valued at $15,000, from Mrs. Robert R. Hitt, of Illinois.
Logansport.Public Library. Gift of a fine library of historical material relating to the Mississippi Valley, collected by the late Judge Horace P. Biddle. This collection was the result of 60 years of historical research, and contains originals of maps, drafts, etc., of great value.
Madison.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Marion.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. A site was purchased some time ago, and the offer was promptly accepted.
Michigan City.Public Library. Gift of $500, for books, from Mrs. J. H. Barker.
Muncie.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
— Gift of $6000, from the heirs of an estate, name not given.
New Harmony.Workingmen's Institute Public Library. Bequest of $72,000, from Dr. Edward Murphy. In the final settlement the amount may exceed these figures.
Peru.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $2700 yearly for library maintenance.
Portland.Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Wabash.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
— Gift of 5000 volumes, from Woman's Library Association. The library has been turned over to the city to be maintained as a public library.
Washington.Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Burlington.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, from Philip M. Crapo.
Cedar Rapids.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Centerville.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building and site, from ex-Governor F. M. Drake, on condition that a two mills tax be laid for the perpetual and proper care of the property.
Davenport.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, thereby increasing former gift to $75,000, from Andrew Carnegie.
Dubuque.Carnegie-Stout Free Library. Gift of $50,000, from Andrew Carnegie, on condition that the Young Men's Library Association be made the nucleus of a free public library, and that the city furnish a site and maintain the institution.
— Gift of a suitable site for the library building offered by Andrew Carnegie, valued at $17,000, from F. D. Stout, given in memory of his father.
Fayette.Upper Iowa University. Gift of$25,000, which will be devoted to library purposes, probably for a new building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Fort Dodge.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Grinnell.Stewart Library. Gift of a new library building, costing $15,000, from Joel Stewart.
— Gift of a site for new library building, value not stated, from The Congregational Church.
— Gift of $4000, for books, raised by popular subscription by the citizens of Grinnell.
Iowa Falls.Public Library. Gift of a public library building, if the city will provide a suitable site, from E. S. Ellsworth.
Mt. Vernon.Cornell College. Gift of $40,000, for a library building, from Andrew Carnegie. Conditions, if any, not stated.
Muscatine.Public Library. A new library building, to cost about $30,000, by P. M. Musser, provided the city vote to establish and maintain the library.
Dodge City.Railroad Library and Reading Room. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé Railroad Co. are fitting up a library and reading room at this place for its employés.
Fort Scott.Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Kansas City.Public Library. Bequest of about $6000, from Mrs. Sarah Richart.
Lawrence.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Lexington.State College. Gift of $50,000, from President James K. Patterson.
New Orleans.Public Library. Gift of $10,000 and a valuable collection of books, from Abram Holker.
Bangor.Public Library. Bequest of $18,347.26, towards the building fund, from A. D. Mason.
— Gift of building site, costing $7500, from Nathan C. Ayer.
Belfast.Free Library. Gift of $3000, as a fund for the purchase of books on history and biography, in memory of Albert Boyd Otis, from Albert Crane.
Brunswick.Bowdoin College. The new library building, given by Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard, of New York City, reported last year, at over $150,000, will cost over $200,000.
— Bequest of $2000, from Captain John Clifford Brown, of Portland.
— Gift of $1200, from an unknown donor, through a Boston friend.
Fairfield.Public Library. Gift of a library building, to cost between $8000 and $10,000, from E. J. Lawrence.
Farmington.Public Library Association. Gift of $10,000, for a public library building, from Hon. Isaac Cutler, of Boston, Mass.
Lewiston.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Cumberland.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Hagerstown.Washington County Free Library. Gift of $50,000 and accrued interest $1250, from B. F. Newcomer, of Baltimore, the town to furnish a site for building, which will cost about $25,000.
Amherst.Amherst College. Gift of $500, to form a fund for the purchase of Spanish books, from Hon. John S. Brayton, of Fall River, Mass.
Bolton.Parker Library. Devise of a dwelling house and one-half acre of land, on condition that within one year from the allowance of the will the town shall establish a free public library to be known as the Parker Library, from Louisa Parker.
Boston.Lang Memorial Library. Gift of a free public library of musical scores, founded by B. J. Lang, as a memorial to Ruth Burrage.
— Public Library. Bequest of $4000, from Abram E. Cutter.
— Gift of 599 volumes of text-books used in the public schools of Boston, from the Boston School Committee, in co-operation with the publishers.
— Gift of 597 volumes, relating to music, scores, etc., from Allen A. Brown.
— Gift of 576 volumes, relating to music, including operas, oratorios, collections of school and college song books, etc., from The Oliver Ditson Co.
Cambridge.Harvard University. Bequest of $10,000, to increase fund, already established by him, for purchase of works of history, political economy, and sociology, from ex-Governor Roger Wolcott.
— Gift of $1250, for purchase of books relating to the history of the Ottoman Empire, from Prof. A. C. Coolidge.
— Gift of $800, for the purchase of books on ecclesiastical history in the Riant Library, from J. Harvey Treat, of Lawrence.
— Gift of $500, for purchase of books relating to Scandinavian subjects, from Mrs. Emil E. Hammer.
— Bequest of 1920 volumes, mainly Englishand French literature, from Edward Ray Thompson, of Troy, N. Y.
— Gift of 700 volumes from the library of James Russell Lowell, to form the Lowell Memorial Library for the use of the Romance Departments of the University, from various subscribers.
— Gift of 549 volumes, the library of Alphonse Marsigny, from The J. C. Ayer Company, of Lowell.
— Gift of 317 volumes, belonging to the library of her late husband, from Mrs. John E. Hudson.
— Bequest of 250 volumes of Sanskrit and other Oriental works, from Henry C. Warren, Esq.
— Public Library. Bequest of 550 volumes, consisting chiefly of Maine and New Hampshire local histories, genealogies, etc., from Cyrus Woodman.
— Gift of a collection of art works, valued at about $500, from Nathaniel Cushing Nash.
Clinton.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Conway.Field Memorial Library. Gift of a library building to cost $100,000, as a memorial to the donor's father and mother, from Marshall Field, of Chicago. It will also be endowed by Mr. Field.
Fairhaven.Millicent Library. Gift of Fairhaven Waterworks, valued at from $100,000 to $125,000, and producing an annual income of about $8000, from Henry H. Rogers.
Groveland.Public Library. Bequest of $5000, from J. G. B. Adams.
Hinsdale.Public Library. Bequest of $5000, to be known as "Curtice fund," the income to be used for the purchase of books, from John W. Curtice, of Washington, D. C.
Lynn.Free Public Library. Gift of a library building, erected largely from the bequest of Mrs. Elizabeth Shute.
—Gift of large mural painting, by F. Luis Mora, from Joseph N. Smith.
— Gift of copy in marble of the Venus of Milo, from Charles W. Bubier, of Providence, R. I.
— Gift of a bronze bust of the late Charles J. Van Depoele, from his family.
Malden.Public Library. Gift of $125,000, to be known as the Elisha and Mary D. Converse Endowment Fund, from Hon. Elisha D. Converse. "The income from this fund will be 'used freely in any direction in which it may conduce to the welfare of the library.'"
Milton.Public Library. Bequest of $2000, from ex-Governor Roger Wolcott, of Boston, Mass.
Newburyport.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for the purchase of books, from John Rand Spring, of San Francisco.
— Bequest of $4500, from Stephen W. Marston, of Boston.
— Bequest of $3000, from E. S. Moseley.
North Adams.Public Library. Gift of furnishings and decorations of children's room, value not stated, from William Arthur Gallup, as a memorial to his children.
Petersham.Public Library. Bequest of $12,000, from Lucy F. Willis.
Plymouth.Public Library. Gift of a new library building, to cost about $20,000, from the heirs of the late William G. Russell, of Boston, as a memorial to their father and mother.
Salem.Public Library. Bequest of $10,000, from Walter S. Dickson.
Somerville.Public Library. Gift of $4000, from Mrs. Harriet Minot Laughlin, in memory of her father, Isaac Pitman, the first librarian of the institution, the income to be used for the purchase of "works of art, illustrative, decorative, and otherwise."
Springfield.City Library. Bequest of about $70,000, from the estate of David Ames Wells, of Norwich, Conn., his son David Dwight Wells having died June 15, 1900, without issue. One-half of the income is to be expended for publications on economic, fiscal, or social subjects.
— Gift of 450 volumes, from Miss Frances Fowler.
Sunderland.Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a library and its equipment, from John L. Graves, of Boston.
Swansea.Public Library. Bequest of a library building, cost not stated, from Frank Shaw Stevens.
Woburn.Eunice Thompson Memorial Library. By his last will Jonathan Thompson, of Woburn, left a plot of ground and the residue of his estate for the erection and maintenance of a suitable building by the city, to be known by the above name. Value of bequest about $70,000.
Worcester.American Antiquarian Society. Gift of $3000, for a fund, the interest of which is to be expended for literature relating to the Civil War of 1861-65. This fund is in memory of Hon. John Davis, President of the Society from 1853-54, and was given by John C. B. Davis, of Washington, D. C., Horace Davis, of San Francisco, and Andrew McF. Davis, of Cambridge.
— Clark University. Bequest of $150,000, from Jonas G. Clark, for the erection and maintenance of a library.
Albion.Albion College. Gift of $10,000, to be devoted to a library building, as a memorial to the donor's daughter, Lottie T. Gassett, from Mrs. C. T. Gassett.
Ann Arbor.Ladies' Library Association. Bequest of $3000, from Mrs. L. M. Palmer.
— University of Michigan. Gift of about 1600 volumes, belonging to the library of the late Prof. George A. Hench, from his mother, Mrs. Rebecca A. Hench. The greater number refer to Germanic philology.
Delray.Public Library. Gift of property, valued at $15,000, for a public library, from The Solvay Process Company, of that place.
Detroit.Public Library. Gift of $750,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
— Gift of 477 volumes and 1932 pamphlets, from the heirs of the late Gov. John J. Bagley. "This collection was notable in being almost wholly available, useful, and valuable to the library."
— Gift of 418 volumes and 1435 pamphlets, from Herbert Bowen, formerly a member of the Library Board. "All were of a historical character, mostly local and relating to Michigan, or institutions and localities in the state."
Grand Rapids.Public Library. Gift of $150,000, for the erection and furnishing of a library building, from Martin A. Ryerson, of Chicago, the city to provide site and maintenance. The offer was made Feb. 14, 1901, and was at once accepted by the Mayor.
Iron Mountain.Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Ishpeming.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Jackson.Public Library. Gift of $70,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $7000 yearly for library support.
Marquette.Public Library. Gift of $5000, toward a new library building, from an anonymous donor.
Muskegon.Hackley Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a new two-story stack room, from Charles Henry Hackley.
Sault Ste. Marie.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Cloquet.Public Library. Gift of a site for a library building, valued at $2500, from Cloquet Lumber Company.
Duluth.Carnegie Library. Gift of $25,000, for a new library building, in addition to a former gift of $50,000, from Andrew Carnegie.
Mankato.Public Library. Gift of $40,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Minneapolis.Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for the erection of a branch library building, from ex-Governor J. S. Pillsbury.
St. Cloud.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
— Gift of $2000, towards the purchase of a site for the new Carnegie library building, from J. J. Hill, of St. Paul.
St. Paul.Public Library. Gift of $500, for purchase of children's books, from various friends of the library.
— Gift of their library of 430 volumes, from St. Paul Teacher's Association.
— Gift of 38 photographs of paintings, two pictures and a large cast of the Victory of Samothrace, from four donors.
Sleepy Eye.Dyckman Free Library. Gift of $8000, being the cost of the completed library building, from F. H. Dyckman.
Natchez.Fisk Library Association. Gift of $25,000, from Mrs. Christian Schwartz, on condition that the Association raise an additional $10,000.
— Gift of site, valued at $3000, and a library building, to cost $10,000, from Mrs. Christian Schwartz.
Yazoo.Public Library. Gift of a library building, to cost $25,000, as a memorial to the late Gen. B. S. Ricks, from his widow.
— Gift of $1000, from Mrs. K. C. Gardner.
De Soto.Railroad Library. Gift of $1000, for a library for railroad employes, from Miss Helen Gould, of New York.
Hannibal.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for the erection of a library building, to be known as the John H. Garth Public Library, from Mrs. John H. Garth and her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Goodlet.
Jefferson City.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a new library building, from Andrew Carnegie, upon condition that the city secures a site and appropriates $3000 a year for the maintenance of the library.
St. Joseph.Free Library. Bequest of $20,000, from Jarvis Ford.
St. Louis.Public Library. Gift of $1,000,000, for public library buildings, from Andrew Carnegie, provided the city will contribute the site and appropriate $150,000 yearly for the support of the library.
— Gift of $400,000, to lift incumbrance on block to be used for the new Carnegie Library, from four St. Louis citizens.
South St. Joseph.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Crete.Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a public library building, from T. H. Miller, provided the city furnish a site approved by the donor.
Lincoln.University of Nebraska. Bequest of 2000 volumes, of history, literature, and works on education, forming the library of the donor, from Simon Kerl, of Oakland,Neb. The books are never to be loaned outside the library rooms.
South Omaha.Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Derry.Benjamin Adams Memorial Library. Bequest of $10,000, for the erection of a town-hall and public library building, from Benjamin Adams.
Hanover.Dartmouth College. Bequest of $10,000, as a library fund for the Department of Philosophy, from Mrs. Susan A. Brown.
Pittsfield.Public Library. Gift of a library building, to be erected, value not stated, from Josiah Carpenter, of Manchester.
Rindge.Ingalls Memorial Library. Gift of $1000, as a fund, the interest to be used for the benefit of the library, from the Hon. Ezra S. Stearns.
Jersey City.Free Public Library. Gift of 819 volumes and 381 pamphlets, forming the medical library of the late Dr. S. W. Clark, from his widow.
Montclair.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Newark.Free Public Library. Gifts of 1125 periodicals and pamphlets, from three persons.
Perth Amboy.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $1200 yearly.
— Gift of a site for a public library building, value not stated, from J. C. McCoy.
— Gift of $1000, with which to purchase books when needed, from Adolph Lewisohn.
Princeton.Princeton University. Gift of $50,000, for library maintenance, from anonymous donor.
— Gifts of cash aggregating at least $16,000, from various sources.
— Gift of $5000, for library of Germanics, from the class of 1891.
— Bequest of 2739 volumes and 860 pamphlets, from Prof. William Henry Green.
— Gift of 1000 volumes, from the library of the late Dr. Samuel Miller, presented by Samuel Miller Breckinridge.
— Gift of 310 volumes, from D. H. Smith, of New York.
— Gift of 255 volumes, from Prof. Henry Van Dyke.
Trenton.Public Library. Gift of books, forming the Women's Christian Temperance Union Library, to the Public Library.
— Gift of about 2500 volumes, comprising books in "A. L. A. catalog" not already in library, from Ferdinand W. Roebling, president of the board.
Albuquerque.Free Public Library. Gift of a two-story brick building, valued at $25,000, on condition that it be used forever as a public library and that $1000 additional be raised by the citizens, from J. S. Reynolds.
— Gift of $2000, for the purchase of books, raised by popular subscription.
Albany.Young Men's Association Library—Pruyn Branch Library. Gift of building, furniture, and equipment, cost about $20,000, from Mrs. William G. Rice, in memory of her father, the late Chancellor J. V. L. Pruyn.
— Gift of $525, from various persons.
Angelica.Free Library. Gift of $12,000, for a library building, from Mrs. Frank Smith.
— Gift of a building lot for a library building, value not stated, from Frank S. Smith.
Brooklyn.The Brooklyn Library. Bequest from Mr. James A. H. Bell of sixteen-seventy-fifths of his estate. This bequest is estimated to be worth about $10,000. Mr. Bell also left the library 1523 volumes, collected since he gave his library of 10,425 volumes, three years ago.
— Long Island Historical Society. Gift of $6500. This amount was raised by popular subscription, and is to be known as the "Storrs Memorial Fund," the income to be devoted to the increase of the library.
— Bequest of $1000, the income to be expended in "the enlargement of the department of ecclesiastical history," from Richard S. Storrs, D.D., late President of the Society.
Caldwell, Lake George.Dewitt C. Hay Library Association. Bequest, valued at about $13,300, consisting of 100 shares of Amer. Bank Note Co. stock, 35 shares of C. M. and St. Paul R. R. stock, and $2000 in Duluth and Iron Range R. R. stock, to be held in trust, the income to be spent for new books, pictures, and objects of art, from Mrs. Marietta C. Hay, of Tarrytown, N. Y. This library is established in memory of the donor's husband.
Catskill.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Cohoes.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Gloversville.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for new library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $3000 for library maintenance.
Greene.Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from William H. and James H. Moore, founders of the Diamond Match Co., of Chicago.
Hempstead, L. I.Public Library. Gift of$25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
Homer.Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for the erection of a public library building, from George W. Phillips.
Ithaca.Cornell University. Gift of $12,000, as an endowment fund for the Flower Veterinary Library, the income alone to be used for the increase of the collection, from Mrs. Roswell P. Flower.
— Gift of $1126, as a contribution toward printing the catalogue of the Dante collection, from Willard Fiske.
— Bequest, estimated at about $2000, from C. H. Howland, class of 1901. This is to form an endowment fund, the income to be used for the purchase of works in the English language for a circulating library for the use of students and officers of the university, and is not payable until after the death of the testator's father, who is still living.
— Gift of $575, for the increase of the White Historical Library, from the Hon. Andrew D. White.
— Gift of 330 volumes, from the family of the late Prof. S. G. Williams.
— Gift of 300 volumes, from Theodore Stanton, class of '76.
Johnstown.Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site and appropriate $2500 yearly for maintenance.
Middletown.Thrall Library. Bequest of $31,500, with which a fine library building has been erected, from Mrs. S. Marietta Thrall.
Mount Vernon.Public Library. Gift of $35,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
New Rochelle.Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city must furnish site and a yearly maintenance of $4000.
New York City.American Geographical Society. Gift of $4455 to building fund, from various persons.
— Am. Institute of Electrical Engineers. Gift of Latimer Clark collection of electrical works, 6000 v., from Dr. S. S. Wheeler.
— American Museum of Natural History. Gift of 4539 volumes, pamphlets, etc., on Natural History, including 73 maps, of a value of not less than $4200, from Gen. Egbert L. Viele.
— Gift of 3166 volumes of Bibles, dictionaries, travels, cyclopædias, etc., valued at $6500, from N. Y. Ecumenical Council.
— Gift of 243 volumes and 33 pamphlets, handsomely bound and valued at $2000, from Frederick A Constable.
— Gift of 45 rare volumes on Mineralogy, valued at $250, from Ernest Schernikow.
— Association of the Bar. Gift of $10,000, received Jan. 1, 1901, source not given.
— Columbia University. Gift of $10,000, from "A Friend of the University," for additions to the library.
— Gift of $5000, from "A Friend of the University" (another friend), for special purposes.
— Gift of $2250, with which to complete the library's set of English Parliamentary Papers, from the Hon. William S. Schermerhorn.
— Gift of the "Garden Library" of 2279 volumes and 145 pamphlets, consisting of works by Southern authors or bearing on Southern history, from The New York Southern Society.
— Deposit of the library of the Holland Society, consisting of books and pamphlets, mostly in the Dutch language, many of which are rare.
— General Theological Seminary. Gift of 2700 volumes, a part of the library of the Rev. B. I. Haight, D.D., from C. C. Haight, Esq.
— Gift of 1000 volumes, a part of the library of the Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., from Prof. William B. Potter.
— Gift of books, number not stated, to the value of $3850, from the Society for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New York.
— Mechanics' Institute Library. (General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.) Bequest of $5000, from estate of Charles P. Haughan.
— New York Free Circulating Library. (New York Public Library.) Bequest of $20,000, from Oswald Ottendorfer.
— Bequest of $11,250, from Proudfit Estate. This library is now absorbed by the New York Public Library—Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.
— New York University. Gift of over 1200 volumes, from the library of the late Prof. Ezra Hall Gillett, D.D., from his two sons.
— Public Library—Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Gift of $5,200,000, for the erection of 65 branch library buildings, the city to furnish the sites and guarantee the maintenance of the libraries, from Andrew Carnegie.
— Gift of 1304 volumes, from the Union League Club.
— Gift of 738 volumes, from Hon. Robert P. Porter.
— Gift of 592 volumes, from the Misses Ely.
— Gift of 497 volumes, from Mrs. Gertrude King Schuyler.
— Gift of 393 volumes, from estate of S. V. R. Townsend.
— Gift of 343 volumes, from Dr. R. G. Wiener.
— Gift of 287 volumes, from H. V. and H. W. Poor.
— Gift of 280 volumes, from Edmond Bruwaert.
— Gift of 923 groups of steel engravings, all"engravers' proofs," chiefly the works of the donor's father, from James D. Smillie.
— Gift of a large and valuable collection of Japanese engravings and chromo-xylographs, formed by Captain Brinkley, of theJapan Mail,from Charles Stewart Smith.
— New York Society Library. Bequest of $1000, from Maria B. Mount.
— Bequest of $20,004.86, from Charles H. Contoit; during the previous year $137,000 was paid to the library by this estate.
— 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.
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.
Fargo.Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
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.
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.
Braddock,Duquesne,andHomestead. 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.SeeBraddock.
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.SeeBraddock.
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 $27,500towards a "Library Endowment Fund," raised through the efforts of thepresident of the college, Dr. W.W. Keen, within a period of eighteenmonths, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wheeling.Public Library. Gift of $75,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie.
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.
Whitewater.Public Library. Gift of $3000, for a memorial collection of books, from Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Cook.
Note.—Foreign gifts include: For British provinces, Vancouver Public Library, $50,000 from Andrew Carnegie—For Canada, McGill University of Montreal four gifts ($14,000, $1300, $1000, $500) for various purposes: Ottawa Public Library, $100,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Windsor Public Library, $20,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Sidney Public Library, $15,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Winnipeg Public Library, $100,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Halifax Art School and Public Library, $75,000 from Andrew Carnegie—For Trinidad, Cuba, bequest for public library from Mary B. Carret—For Scotland, Glasgow district libraries, £100,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Greenock, £5000 from Andrew Carnegie; Hawick, £10,000 from Andrew Carnegie.
Note.—Foreign gifts include: For British provinces, Vancouver Public Library, $50,000 from Andrew Carnegie—For Canada, McGill University of Montreal four gifts ($14,000, $1300, $1000, $500) for various purposes: Ottawa Public Library, $100,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Windsor Public Library, $20,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Sidney Public Library, $15,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Winnipeg Public Library, $100,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Halifax Art School and Public Library, $75,000 from Andrew Carnegie—For Trinidad, Cuba, bequest for public library from Mary B. Carret—For Scotland, Glasgow district libraries, £100,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Greenock, £5000 from Andrew Carnegie; Hawick, £10,000 from Andrew Carnegie.