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...Henry Tate in 1890, as an auxilliary to the National Gallery. Not only did he provide the ?80,000 needed for the new building, but also collection of 65 modern British pictures to go in it. The founder on the inscription on the building, refers to its own gift as "a thank offering for a prosperous business career of 60 years." Sir Joseph Duveen, father of the present bearer of that title, a prominent art dealer, later donated the Turner collection and several extra rooms...
...gift of 70,000 square feet of land to the University was announced last night. Situated at the corner of Avenue Louis Pasteur and Longwood Avenue, the land is just opposite the Medical School and is intended to be the site of the new medical dormitory...
...Medical School Alumni Association has begun a campaign to make a dormitory possible and this gift, which comes from the trustees of the Francis Estate, will mark the first step in the campaign. Subscriptions to cover the cost of the building are being raised and the plans for the construction are already begun...
Some of the gifts which President Eliot received are also included in the exhibition. Among them are a drawing of Harvard Hall in the New York Harvard Club, presented by the Club; the volume bearing the name of John Eliot, the Apostio of the Indians, a gift from Dr. James B. Munn '12 of New York; and an autograph of Sir Walter Mildmay, the founder of Emmanuel College, given to President Eliot by Mr. Issac N. Lewis...
...Business School, Chemistry Department, and Department of Fine Arts are the special objects for whose benefit the drive has been instituted. The gift of $1,250,000, made by Harvard graduates and announced at the Sanders exercises in honor of President Eliot on March 20, is the first subscription to the fund...