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When his will was read, it transpired that he had left his valuable book collection to Harvard. This included four folios of Shakespere, first editions of the "Fairie Queene," of Ben Jonson's works, of "Robinson Crusoe," of Gulliver's Travels," "The Vicar of Wakefield," the "Elegy in a Country...
Mrs. Widener's Generous Offer Accepted.
The ceremonies will be opened with a few remarks by Profesor A. C. Coolidge '87, of the History Department, Director of the University library. These will be followed by the actual laying of the connerstone by Mrs. Widener. The Hon. Joseph Francis Swayze '76, president of the Phi Beta Kappa...
Harry Elkins Widener, in whose memory the library is given, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 7, 1885. He en- tered College from the Hill School in 1903 and received his A.B. degree with the class of 1907. It was while in College that he developed a marked literary taste...
Widener Collection Contains Many Treasures.