Activities of the Friends

FINANCES

In the November issue we publish the annual statement of the
amount which has been contributed by the Friends during the
twelve-month period ending on March 31. During the year
$7,642.31 in unrestricted funds and $1,120.50 for specified pur¬
poses were received, making a total of $8,762.81. Such gifts from
the Friends over the past ten years now amount to $169,573.62.

In addition to the monetary gifts, the Friends have during the
year augmented the Libraries' resources for research by pre¬
senting rare books, manuscripts, and other items having an esti¬
mated value of $71,832.84—an all time high for a single year. This
brings the ten-year total of such gifts to $345,283.08. (The prin¬
cipal items have been described in "Our Growing Collections".)

The comparative figures for contributions by our members dur¬
ing the past years is indicated in the following table.

Cash Gifts                        Book and       Total

For special                       manuscript      value

Uvrestricted   purposes        Total              gifts         of gifts

1950-52*      % 4,348.00 J         41.00 It   4,389.00       %    2,515.00 $   6,904.00

1952-53             4,423.00        4,132.98        8,555.98            43,653.00      52,208.98

1953-54             3,166.00       13,223.50       16,389.50             53,643.00      70,032.50

1954-55             2,413.00      29,930.00      32,343.00             15,251.00      47,594.00

195 5~56             4470.50       13,977.00       18,477.50             22,380.80      40,828.30

1956-57             3,755.00      28,974.96      32,729.96             17,936.85       50,666.81

^951~S^             5,4'^3-5o       i5,477-i2       20,940.62             67,791.09      88,731.71

1958-59             5,516.20        8,8n.oo       14,327.20             13,299.25       27,626.45

1959-60             7,407.67        5,280.38       12,688.05             36,980.25      49,668.30

1960-61             7,642.31         1,120.50        8,762.81             71,832.84      80,595.65

$48,605.18 $120,968.44 $169,573.62        $345,283.08 $514,856.70
"December 1950-March, 1952. Subsequent years begin April i and end March 31.
 

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