Re: Walking Weidner--Radio broadcast

[David Klappholz <d.klappholz@worldnet.att.net>]

I believe I heard an inaccuracy in the story of the library as a monument 
to Harry Elkins Widener.  The librarian claimed that, after the library was 
built, Mrs. Widener, for the rest of her life continued to buy books for 
Harry's collection.  My understanding, from recollections of having read 
Wolf & Fleming's Rosenbach a number of times -- but not recently -- is that 
Mrs. Widener bought numerous books from, and/or thru, Dr. R., to be put 
into Harry's collection, as though they'd been his during his lifetime, but 
that immediately after the dedication she had nothing further to do with 
the library.

Am I right?

Dave



At 01:02 PM 11/23/2004, you wrote:

> WBUR's program "Here & Now" did a nice piece on
> Widener library at Harvard University.
>
> http://www.here-now.org/shows/2004/11/20041123_17.asp
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