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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
3
The Wooster University library dedicates a major gift from Henry Clay Frick, detailing plan of the library and a band portrait of H. Erick. The event marks the official transfer of the Frick collection and property to the university.
The Wooster University dedicates its new library in a ceremony at Kauke Chapel on December 11 1900. The project and its $35 000 funding came from donor H C Frick of Pittsburgh with initial $25 000 and a $10 000 topup to ensure fireproof construction.
An architect thanks patrons and Wooster officials as the new library building is dedicated. He praises modern fireproof construction, the stack room design, and delivery systems while noting the library’s role in Wooster’s future development and architectural harmony with the campus.
A trustee speech celebrates a generous gift to Wooster University Library. The speaker praises libraries as preservers of civilization, sources of knowledge, and centers of human progress, highlighting education, history, and the moral life shaped by books and authors.
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