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,
$9,821 in unrestricted funds and $4,131 for specified purposes
were received, making a total of $13,952. Such gifts from the
Friends over the past eleven years now amount to $183,527.

In addition to the monetary gifts, the Friends have during the
year augmented the Libraries' resources for research by present¬
ing rare books, manuscripts, and other items having an estimated
value of $100,917—a record-breaker for a single year. This brings
the eleven-year total of such gifts to $446,200. (The principal
items have been described in "Our Growing Collections".)

The comparative figures for contributions during the past years
are indicated in the following table.
 


 


 


 

Cash Gifts
 


 

Book and
 

Total
 


 


 


 

for special
 


 

inainiscript
 

value
 


 


 

Unrestricted    purposes
 

Total
 

gifts
 

of gifts
 

1950-52**
 


 

$ 4.348.00
 

$        41.00
 

S   4,389.00
 

$   2,515.00
 

S    6,904.00
 

1952-53
 


 

4,423.00
 

4,133.00
 

8,556.00
 

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52,209.00
 

'953-54
 


 

3,166.00
 

13,224.00
 

16,390.00
 

53,643.00
 

70,033.00
 

'954-55
 


 

2,413.00
 

29,930.00
 

32,343.00
 

15.251.00
 

47,594.00
 

'955-56
 


 

4,471.00
 

13,977.00
 

18,448.00*
 

22,381.00
 

40,829.00*
 

1956-57
 


 

3,755.00
 

28,975.00
 

32,730.00
 

17,937.00
 

50,667.00
 

1957-58
 


 

5,464.00
 

15,477.00
 

20,941.00
 

67,791.00
 

88,732.00
 

1958-59
 


 

5,516.00
 

8,811.00
 

14,327.00
 

13,299.00
 

27,626.00
 

1959-60
 


 

7,408.00
 

5,280.00
 

12,688.00
 

36,980.00
 

49,668.00
 

1960-61
 


 

7,642.00
 

1, 121.00
 

8,763.00
 

71,833.00
 

80,596.00
 

1961-62
 


 

9,821.00
 

4,131.00
 

13,952.00
 

100,917.00
 

114,869.00
 


 

^58,4:7.00
 

^125,100.00
 

5183,527.00
 

5446,200.00
 

5629,727.00
 

* Revised figure
 


 


 


 


 

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