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...collection of glass flowers, one of the best-known possessions of the University, was begun in 1886, with the aid of a bequest from Mrs. Elizabeth C. Ware, of Boston, and Miss. Mary LeeWare, as a memorial to Dr. C. E. Ware 1834. It is the product of the skill of two Swiss naturalists, the late Leopoid Blaschka and his son Rudolph, who have constructed all the models without assistance of any kind. The collection is the only one of its kind in the world...
...Richardson '64, prominent Boston surgeon who died October 20, according to his will filed in Probate Court, left his library with the exception of the medical books to Harvard University. He also left a bequest of $100,000 for the endowment of a professorship of obstetrics and $40,000 for the establishment of the "Jeffrey Richardson Fellowship," the income to be used for the support of a deserving medical student...
...lonely widower had not lost his faith. In 1657 he bequeathed a fund, "to give some encouragement in those foreign plantations for the breeding up of hopeful youths." Harvard College came into possession of the bequest and in 1712 established its permanently unique tradition of Deturs: "lot it be given" to worthy students a book of rare value and beauty...
...gift was officially recognized in the Probate Court yesterday. Theodora Lyman of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was named as residuary legatee. The bequest will be known as the Andrew Preston Peabody Fund. The estate under the will, which was drawn in 1915, was estimated...
Unfortunately the will specifies that the bequest must be used for books, otherwise the fund might be used to extend the Library hours...