Word: schiff
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...museum is to cost $50,000 and is given by Mr. Jacob H. Schiff of New York. The amount available for increasing the collections is now $19,240 which is for the most part the money given by others than Mr. Schiff before he doubled his first gift of $25,000, and was originally intended for the building fund...
Last. January, Mr. Jacob H. Schiff of New York, offered the sum of $25,000 toward the erection of a Semitic Building at Harvard provided an equal sum from other sources could be secured by July 1 last. The object of this offer was to provide a suitable home for the Semitic Museum, the departmental library, and the Semitic instruction. At present the museum collections are in the Peabody Museum, the library in Sever Hall, and the instruction divided between several buildings, In asking for contributions toward the enterprise, the curator of the Semitic Museum set forth its many advantages...
...vigorous campaign was entered upon in Boston and Vicinity, and the response was generous. But as July 1 drew near there was still a lack of several thousand dollars. Mr. Schiff was informed of the situation, but instead of consenting to an extension of the time, he offered to increase his gift to $50,000 provided the other subscribers would allow their contributions to "go to the fund from which purchases for the collection are being made." This offer was accepted without dissent, and the University will accordingly have the desired Semitic Building in addition to $19,240 for increasing...
...amount to $135, and additional subscriptions for the present use of the Herbarium, paid to the same date, $3,750. From Andrew P. Peabody $200 additional has been received for prizes for students in the Semitic languages for the academic year 1891-92. From Jacob H. Schiff $1,000 for book for a Semitic department reference library. From Charles Fairchild $2,500 for the present use of the Geological department. From Henry L. Higginson $8,877.53 to pay for grading and other expenses relating to The Soldiers' Field. From the class of '79 an additional gift...
...sets of prizes are announced. For students of Semitic languages, $200 has been given by Dr. Peabody, and $250 by Mr. Schiff. This money will be distributed in fourteen prizes to students taking elective courses in Semitic languages. For students of ethics, Robert Treat Paine '55 has given $200 for two prizes of $100 each "for the best essays by any student of the University on the ethical aspect of the modern social questions." This year, for the first time, the Crowninshield scholar-ships are available, - two with an income of $200 each. The Henry B. Humphrey Fund has been...