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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1921
Page
10
A sweeping Louvain library reconstruction plan unveiled with a U.S. American gift to honor German destruction. Cardinal Mercier lauds American generosity as Whitney Warren leads design for a 1925 completion, storing 2,000,000 books in a Gothic towered complex to be the new European American scholarly hub.
A long excerpt discusses Cardinal Mercier, King Albert of Belgium, and American allies as they plan rebuilding the University of Louvain library. It highlights American generosity led by figures such as Warren and Carnegie influences, the Belgians’ pride in resisting German destruction, and plans for a 1925 completion with a monument honoring the sacrifice. The piece notes fundraising by prominent Americans and European support for the project.
A damaged OCR fragment discusses a fire at a building near neighboring houses. It mentions a librarian not entering the library, no books or manuscripts taken, and a chance discovery of a manuscript by Professor van da Esen. The text references ownership, custody, and a legal dispute linked to historical hoards and a Leuven context, with garbled dates and names.
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