Records, 1892-1946.

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Records, 1892-1946.

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Records include the minutes (1892-1921) of the Committee on Investments and Finance and an incomplete set of the Committee's annual reports to the Board of Trustees (1921-1922, 1928, 1931-1946).

1 cubic ft. (2 boxes and 2 volumes)

Newberry Library

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Newberry Library

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Newberry Library. Board of Trustees. Committee on Investments and Finance.

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Established by the Board of Trustees on 16 June 1892, the Committee on Investments and Finance was responsible for administering the Library's endowment. From the description of Records, 1892-1946. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 26442369 ...

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...