Library Building Appeal
A donation from the Rockefeller Foundation was provided for a new library building on the condition their donation of $250,000 was matched by $50,000 from other funding sources by June 1962. To raise the amount stipulated by the Rockefeller Foundation, SOAS established a Library Building Appeal. Mat...
| Date(s) of creation: |
c1959-Sep 1973 |
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| Level: |
Sub-series |
| Format: | Archive |
| Summary: |
A donation from the Rockefeller Foundation was provided for a new library building on the condition their donation of $250,000 was matched by $50,000 from other funding sources by June 1962. To raise the amount stipulated by the Rockefeller Foundation, SOAS established a Library Building Appeal. Material in this file relates to the Rockefeller Foundation donation and donations raised through the Building Appeal, which was managed by an Appeal Committee, chaired by Sir Neville Gass.
See also: New Building Appeal Committee minutes and papers (Ref: SOAS/COM/05/01/03/01/02) and press cuttings (Ref: SOAS/EST/01/03/01/17/02). |
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| Extent: |
8 folders |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| Scripts: |
Latin |
| Format: | Archive |