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Million Dollar Campaign Funds Cantonment Library Plan
The Library War Council led by Franklin A. Vanderlip and Newton D. Baker launches a nationwide drive to raise over a million dollars for Cantonment and Training Camp Libraries for U S soldiers. Twenty five public libraries and the Rockefeller Foundation back the effort, funding 32 libraries, traveling depots, and 250 deposit stations to stock books magazines and newspapers for troops. Donors receive book plates in exchange for contributions, with $5 buys five book plates and $1 buys one, aiding library services for recruits and deployed servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library War Council
Newton D. Baker
Frank Vanderlip
New York City
U. S. Army
Committee
Wilson
Raymond R. Fosdick
American Red Cross
Fosdick
American Library Association
Ceip
Frank A. Vanderlip
Asa G. Candler
P. P. Claxton
James H. Flaherty
E. T. Statesbury
Theodore F. Vail
Harry A. Wheeler
J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr
John H.finley
Josiah Cowles
Knights of Columbus
Andas
Secretary of War
United States
Rockefeller Foundation
George E. Vincent
Library War Fund
War Service Fund
Bessie R. Baldwin
Ja Memorial Library