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.
SUMMARY BY STATES OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS.
| No. | Gifts in money. | Money for buildings. | Books. | Miscellaneous. | Carnegie gifts. | ||||
| N. Atlantic Division | |||||||||
| Maine | 9 | $6,200 | $145,847 | .26 | $50,000 | ||||
| New Hampshire | 4 | 11,000 | 10,000 | + | |||||
| Vermont | 2 | 2,000 | 50,000 | ||||||
| Massachusetts | 44 | 280,550 | 500,000 | 6,508 | v.+ | art works, etc. | 25,000 | ||
| Rhode Island | 10 | 532,000 | 175,000 | 566 | v.++ | ||||
| Connecticut | 28 | 199,887 | 154,000 | 6,265 | v.+ | 842 mss.+ | 50,000 | ||
| 10,000 | pm. | ||||||||
| New York | 74 | 128,030 | .86 | 6,025,655 | + | 29,737 | v. | engravings. | 5,808,200 |
| 178 | pm. | ||||||||
| New Jersey | 15 | 72,000 | 50,000 | + | 7,623 | v. | 50,000 | ||
| 2,366 | pm. | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 45 | 1,635,906 | 285,000 | + | 13,149 | v. | dried plants. | 1,216,500 | |
| 2,705 | pm. | ||||||||
| S. Atlantic Division | |||||||||
| Delaware | |||||||||
| Maryland | 2 | 26,250 | 50,000 | 25,000 | |||||
| District of Columbia | |||||||||
| Virginia | 6 | 251,000 | 150,000 | law library. | 151,000 | ||||
| West Virginia | 1 | 75,000 | 75,000 | ||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | 70,000 | 5,000 | v. | services. | 20,000 | |||
| South Carolina | |||||||||
| Georgia | 2 | 20,000 | 960 | v. | 20,000 | ||||
| Florida | |||||||||
| Southern Cen. Div. | |||||||||
| Kentucky | 1 | 50,000 | |||||||
| Tennessee | 3 | 80,000 | 942 | v. | 80,000 | ||||
| 423 | pm. | ||||||||
| Alabama | 3 | 70,000 | yes. | 70,000 | |||||
| Mississippi | 4 | 26,000 | 38,000 | ||||||
| Louisiana | 1 | 10,000 | yes. | ||||||
| Texas | 3 | 1,000 | 1,100 | v.+ | 1,000 | ||||
| Arkansas | |||||||||
| Oklahoma Territory | |||||||||
| Indian Territory | |||||||||
| N. Central Division | |||||||||
| Ohio | 39 | 69,402 | 1,002,000 | 49,553 | v.+ | 280,000 | |||
| 1,817 | pm. | ||||||||
| Indiana | 22 | 94,700 | 370,000 | + | 5,275 | v.+ | ms. | 350,000 | |
| Illinois | 29 | 32,893 | .50 | 685,000 | 4,000 | v.+ | 615,000 | ||
| Michigan | 14 | 3,000 | 1,090,000 | 2,495 | v. | 885,000 | |||
| 3,367 | pm. | ||||||||
| Wisconsin | 40 | 90,993 | .54 | 543,700 | 3,258 | v. | paintings, etc. | 200,000 | |
| Minnesota | 10 | 500 | 162,500 | 430 | v. | art works, etc. | 90,000 | ||
| Iowa | 14 | 24,000 | 307,000 | + | 220,000 | ||||
| Missouri | 7 | 21,000 | 1,475,000 | 1,050,000 | |||||
| North Dakota | 1 | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||||
| South Dakota | 2 | 40,000 | 40,000 | ||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | 70,000 | 2,000 | v. | 60,000 | ||||
| Kansas | 4 | 6,000 | 40,000 | + | 40,000 | ||||
| Western Division | |||||||||
| Montana | |||||||||
| Wyoming | |||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | 128,000 | 108,000 | ||||||
| New Mexico | 2 | 2,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
| Arizona | |||||||||
| Utah | 2 | 125,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
| Nevada | |||||||||
| Idaho | |||||||||
| Washington | 2 | 250,000 | 250,000 | ||||||
| Oregon | 4 | 28,650 | 9,000 | v. | |||||
| California | 10 | 13,000 | 905,000 | 2,500 | v. | 865,000 | |||
| Cuba | public library. | ||||||||
| British Provinces | 10 | 2,800 | 374,000 | 360,000 | |||||
| Scotland | 3 | 575,000 | 575,000 | ||||||
SUMMARY BY SECTIONS OF COUNTRY.
| North Atlantic Division | 231 | $2,867,573 | .86 | $7,395,502 | .26+ | 63,848 | v.++ | art works, mss., | $7,199,700 |
| 15,249 | pm. | engravings, etc. | |||||||
| South Atlantic Division | 14 | 277,250 | 365,000 | 960 | v.++ | services. | 291,000 | ||
| South Central Division | 15 | 86,000 | 189,000 | 2,042 | v.++ | 151,000 | |||
| 423 | pm. | ||||||||
| North Central Division | 185 | 342,489 | .04 | 5,835,200 | + | 67,011 | v.++ | art works, mss., | 3,880,000 |
| 5,184 | pm. | etc. | |||||||
| Western Division | 23 | 43,650 | 1,433,000 | 11,500 | v. | 1,248,000 | |||
| 468 | $3,616,962 | .90 | $15,217,702 | .26+ | 145,361 | v.++ | $12,769,700 | ||
| Cuba | 20,856 | pm. | 1 library. | ||||||
| British Provinces | 10 | 2,800 | 374,000 | 360,000 | |||||
| Scotland | 3 | 575,000 | 575,000 | ||||||
| 482 | $3,619,762 | .90 | $16,166,702 | .26+ | $13,704,700 | ||||
Total Gifts and Bequests to American libraries from all sources, $19,786,465.16, 145,361 volumes, and 20,856 pamphlets. The above figures do not include several buildings and other gifts, the value of which was not stated. Statistics of this nature must ever remain mere approximations until some uniform system of gathering them is devised and carried out.
[REPORT OF THE A. L. A. PUBLISHING BOARD.]
By Joseph L. Harrison, Treasurer, Librarian of The Providence (R. I.) Athenæum.