Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-27 | Page 13 | Famous Library Sold to University

FAMOUS LIBRARY SOLD TO UNIVERSITY CHICAGO. Feb. The John H. W r e n n ! t b r a ry . n collection of o r i sri r. a 1 r-an us .-ripts ? r-i nrst editions dating from the rfe-Snskesear.?-xu period, was s-Mi tonicht ro tve T-n;Vens:tv ot Texas for ?CJ mh.VV The mme v" for fhe pur- re vis a ci;!. from Maor George V. Li t tlf nei 1 rJ .VusMn. Tx. . a member of cho hca'-d of rr'ents of 'he university. The ! i l'T1- rv w ) i -'"'i!e 'ted thf late jn'-p H. V. "re nn Cm.i-io. who ob'amel n-cinv of the b.-.- a nd tiuUiUM-ripts. in ! bl-i.-.land. It (onpl-et;y rovers fclnglish I :i:e-ature and p.lso m--iu-'"s manv -alua-I h A "T-iCtin mar scripts. tiTe rs of i ''n m ? " v to $ t n . have been re f u s e d ! for some of tva ho."kp. atc-"rd In s to Prts-! Prts-! ident Robert I-D. Vinson of tha T "niversitv i of Texas, who rame her to comple-te the 1 ?ale. n aopnaiser for the university estimated es-timated : 'i e v ' i i u e of the 1 : b ra r ;.- a t 5 7 ' C 0 v . a. c o o r d n c to ?.. r. Vinson. The km-arv w'll be tra ns: erred to th.e I'nive-s'tv of Te.xas imme.iiately. wheie lit wtd be ktm: as a perpetual memorial I to the !a"e AA rem.