Word: desiderata
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...library and the reference system. Despite wartime conditions during the first six years of its existence as part of the University, the library has expanded from 10,000 to 40,000 volumes in the 14 years since its acquisition. Additions are constantly made, based on lists of desiderata drawn up by the scholars and fellows, and financed by the Bliss endowment...