November 8, 1602 - The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public.

April 5, 1768 - The first US Chamber of Commerce was founded, in New York City.

November 8, 1793 - French revolutionary government opened Musée Central des Arts in Grande Galerie of the Louvre (after more than two centuries as a royal palace begun by King Francis I in 1546 on the site of a 12th-century fortress built by King Philip II to serve as his royal residence).

January 26, 1802 - Congress passed an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol.

October 16, 1844 - The Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane formed in Philadelphia, PA with 13 members; first U.S. psychiatric association.

December 24, 1851 - Fire devastated Library of Congress in Washington, DC., destroyed about two-thirds of its 55,000 volumes, including most of Thomas Jefferson's personal library, sold to the institution in 1815. 

August 22, 1864 - The International Red Cross inaugurated: Twelve nations signed an international treaty, commonly known as the Geneva Convention (for the Amelioration of the "Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field"), agreed to guarantee neutrality to sanitary personnel, to expedite supplies for their use, to adopt special identifying emblem - in virtually all instances a red cross on a field of white; 1901 - Dunant the first-ever Nobel peace prize.

February 16, 1868 - Charles Algernon Sidney Vivian, English-born actor, member of British fraternity known as Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, founded Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks formally organized in New York City; declared purposes to practice its four cardinal virtues, Charity - Justice - Brotherly Love - and Fidelity; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to Quicken the spirit of American Patriotism; and to cultivate good fellowship.

February 10, 1870 - YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) formed (New York City).

November 24, 1871 - The National Rifle Association  incorporated; first president named: Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.

July 1, 1874 - First zoo in United States opened, in Philadelphia, PA.

March 10, 1880 - The Salvation Army arrived in United States from England.

November 15, 1881 - The American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded.

February 17, 1897 - Alice McLellan Birney founded National Congress of Mothers, forerunner of Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), in Washington, DC as traditional "maternalist" organization; depended for its legitimacy on simultaneous avowal of mothers' rights to influence public policy, disavowal of women's rights leading to sex "equality"; greatest success was nationwide campaign for "mothers' pension" legislation,  afforded small stipends to "deserving" single mothers, usually white widows, formed basis for Aid to Dependent Children program of New Deal; 1924 - renamed National Congress of Parents and Teachers.

May 1906 - Bancroft Library (UC-Berkeley). Contents of library of Hubert Howe Bancroft (1852 - began his career as a bookseller in San Francisco, built largest book and stationery business west of Chicago, developed a passion for collecting materials on the western regions of North and South America, from Alaska to Patagonia), ferried across the bay to University of California, Berkeley; contained about 60,000 items (rare manuscripts, maps, books, pamphlets, transcripts of archives); signaled the beginning of the University as a research institution; evolved into the most accessible and heavily used special collections library in the country.

May 19, 1907 - Group of prominent New York City business people, philanthropists founded the Japan Society; 1911 - produced its first exhibition; annual lecture series initiated; 1922 - first film screening (four-reel film of crown prince's 1921 visit to Europe); 1928 - Education Program initiated with display of Good Will Dolls sent to America by more than 2,500,000 school children in Japan; 1952 - activities slowly resumed, stewardship of John D. Rockefeller 3rd (to 1978) led to unified vision, firm financial foundation with revitalized mission "to bring the people of the United States and of Japan closer together in their appreciation and understanding of each other"; 1953 - Performing Arts Program introduced American audiences to more than 500 programs of Japan's vibrant contemporary, revered traditional dance, music theater; facilitated Eleanor Roosevelt's participation in Intellectual Interchange Program; 1971 - Japan House, designed by architect Junzo Yoshimura, opened; 1972 - Toyota Language Center began with single class.

July / August 1907 - Sir Robert Baden-Powell held experimental camp on Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset to test ideas on giving greater variety in training of boys in good citizenship; brought together 22 boys, some from public schools and some from working class homes, put them into camp under his leadership; resulted in the foundation of World Scout & Guide Movements.

February 8, 1910 - William D. Boyce incorporated The Boy Scouts of America.

March 14, 1913 - John D. Rockefeller gave $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation.

August 1916 - Boys’ and Girls’ Bureau committee formed at  Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition in Springfield, MA to raise funds for general advancement of activities for boys and girls; 1919 - Junior Achievement started, headed by Theodore N. Vail, president of AT&T; February 27, 1920 - committee changes its name to the Junior Achievement Bureau; October 1920 - Horace A. Moses, president of the Strathmore Paper Company, becomes chairman of the Junior Achievement Bureau (serves for 27 years); April 18, 1921 - Junior Achievement incorporated.

 1918 - Horace Moses, President of Strathmore Paper Co.,  Theodore Vail, president of American Telephone & Telegraph co-founded Junior Achievement; February 1920 - committee changed name to Junior Achievement Bureau; October 1920 - Horace A. Moses named chairman (serves for 27 years).

March 15, 1919 - The American Legion founded in Paris; November 10, 1919 - held first national convention in Minneapolis.

January 15, 1936 - Henry Ford established Ford Foundation as legal device with which Ford family could escape then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "soak the rich" taxes. The foundation received a 95 percent equity on all non-voting Ford stock, while the family retained a five percent equity of all voting common stock. Without the restructuring, the Ford family would have had to pay over $321 million in federal inheritance taxes. To pay, the family would have had to sell so much of their stock that they would have lost control over the company. By the end of 1955 - foundation had disposed of $875 million of the family fortune, announced plans to diversify its assets by selling 7,000,000 million shares of Ford stock. at its height, the Ford Foundation had assets of $4 billion; promotes: population control, famine prevention,  the arts and educational media, peace and the protection of the environment.

1936 - Joseph Knapp held first organizational meeting of Ducks Unlimited; January 29, 1937 - incorporated in Washington, DC to conserve, restore, manage wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl.

February 5, 1936 - National Wildlife Federation formed.

January 3, 1938 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, adult victim of polio, founded National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, later renamed March of Dimes Foundation; non-partisan association of health scientists and volunteers that helped fund research for a polio vaccine and assisted victims on the long path through physical rehabilitation; at a fundraiser, celebrity singer Eddie Cantor jokingly urged the public to send dimes to the president, coining the term "March of Dimes"; public took his appeal seriously, flooded the White House with 2,680,000 dimes and thousands of dollars in donations; 1941 - foundation provided funding for the development of an improved iron lung, which helped polio patients to breathe when muscle control of the lungs was lost; 1949 - March of Dimes appointed Dr. Jonas Salk to lead research for a polio vaccine; 1955 - Salk developed and tested the first successful polio vaccine.

1939 - Women's Volunteer Service for Civil Defense in London, UK prepared, delivered meals to disadvantaged neighbors (homeless after German planes bombarded English soil); brought refreshments in canteens to servicemen during World War II; canteens came to be known as "Meals on Wheels"; first organized nutrition program; January 1954 - Margaret Toy, social worker in Philadelphia's Lighthouse Community Center, pioneered program to provide nourishment that met dietary needs of homebound seniors, other "shut-ins" in area who otherwise would have to go hungry; requested by Philadelphia Health & Welfare Council, funded by grant from Henrietta Tower Wurtz Foundation; charged fee ranging from 40 to 80 cents per day based on individual's ability to pay; first American home-delivered meal program; Columbus, OH was second city to establish community based meals program; 1958 - city of Rochester, NY began home-delivered meal program.

February 4, 1941 - United Service Organizations, civilian agency,incorporated in New York State; formed by pooled resources of YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic Community Service, the National Jewish Welfare Board, the Traveler’s Aid Association and the Salvation Army to handle the on-leave recreation needs for the members of the Armed Forces; sent many actors, musicians, and other performers to entertain the troops; 1948 - original USO disbanded; 1949 - formed again, still exists, provides recreation, entertainment, children's programs and other services to U.S. military families.

October 5, 1942 - Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (Oxfam) met for first time; aim: to high-light the problems created by the Nazi occupation of Greece, and requesting that relief be sent to those in most urgent need; Canon T R Milford of the University Church and Professor Gilbert Murray, a member of the national Committee and former Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford, are founding members; 1943 - registers as nonprofit.

April 25, 1944 - United Negro College Fund incorporated with 27 member colleges; 1943 - Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, President of Tuskeegee Institute, wrote an open letter in the Pittsburgh Courier to the presidents of other private black colleges; urged them to pool their financial resources and appeal to the nation's conscience.

November 4, 1946 - The Constitution of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) became effective (headquarters if n Paris); November 16, 1945 - charter was signed by 37 states in London; main objective is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication.

December 11, 1946 - General Assembly of the United Nations voted to establish United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), organization to help provide relief,  support to children living in countries devastated by war; two countries have failed to ratify the treaty--Somalia (does not currently have an internationally recognized government) and the United States (because of concerns about its potential impact on national sovereignty and the parent-child relationship).

1949 - Walter Paepcke, Chairman of Container Corporation of America and Trustee of University of Chicago, organized Goethe Bicentennial Convocations in Aspen, CO, 20-day celebration of the 200th birthday of German poet and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; 1950 - created what is now Aspen Institute; Institute's Executive Seminar (patterned on Great Books program at U. of Chicago) - leaders better understand human challenges facing organizations, communities they serve; Institute supported 15 policy programs directed by leading policymakers, practitioners: international peace and security, democracy and citizenship; economic opportunity; social innovation through business; the nonprofit sector; community initiatives for children and families.

December 12, 1955 - The Ford Foundation made the biggest donation to charity the world had ever seen: $500,000,000 to hospitals, medical schools, and colleges.

1956 - John D. Rockefeller 3rd founded Asia Society; initially established to promote greater knowledge of Asia in U.S.; today a global institution (offices throughout U.S. and Asia) that fulfills educational mandate through wide range of cross-disciplinary programming; programs have expanded to address Asian American issues, effects of globalization, pressing concerns in Asia (human rights, status of women, environmental and global health issues).

May 8, 1956 - Henry Ford II resigned as chair of Ford Foundation. 

1958 - Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, retired high school principal, founded American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) to promote independence, dignity, purpose for older persons, to enhance quality of life for older persons, to encourage older people "To serve, not to be served"; had founded National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA) in 1947  to promote productive aging, need of retired teachers for health insurance; 1999 - changed its name to AARP

May 28, 1961 - Amnesty International, human rights organization, founded as British lawyer, Peter Benenson, launched an Appeal for Amnesty '61 with publication of article, "The Forgotten Prisoners" in The London Observer newspaper, London (UK) about imprisonment of two Portuguese students who had raised their wine glasses in toast to freedom; appeal reprinted in other papers across world; organization; based mandate on United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (document created through work of American Eleanor Roosevelt, adopted by United Nations General Assembly in December 1954); created on principle that people have fundamental rights that transcend national, cultural, religious, ideological boundaries; worked to obtain prompt and fair trials for all prisoners, to end torture and executions, to secure release of prisoners of conscience; July 1961 - first international meeting with delegates from Belgium, UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and the United States decides to establish "a permanent international movement in defense of freedom of opinion and religion."

1962 - Felice N. Schwartz founded Catalyst to help women enter the workforce; first board of directors comprised five college presidents (Smith, Wellesley, Lawrence, Mills, Sarah Lawrence) who endorsed idea of organization to expand options for women; 1969- first national survey of employer attitudes towards hiring women for part-time management positions; 1971 - established National Network of Career Resource Centers; 1977 - created Corporate Board Placement service; 1980 - established Career and Family Center; 1986 - created Center for Career and Leadership Development; 1993 - established national benchmark for women's progress in corporate America.

June 30, 1966 - 28 persons attending Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women founded National Organization for Women in Washington DC.

September 26, 1971 - 'Greenpeace' founded by 12 activists who set sail on the Phyllis Cormack from Vancouver, BC across the Gulf of Alaska for Amchitka Island, a tiny island off the West Coast of Alaska, which is one of the world's most earthquake-prone regions, site of US underground nuclear testing. Amchitka was the last refuge for 3000 endangered sea otters, and home to bald eagles, peregrine falcons and other wildlife. US still detonated the bomb, but the voice of reason had been heard. Nuclear testing on Amchitka ended that same year, and the island was later declared a bird sanctuary; July 10, 1987 - Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior, flagship of international conservation group, sinks after French agents in diving gear plant a bomb on the hull of the vessel in Aukland Harbor, New Zealand; had been preparing for a protest voyage to a French nuclear test site in the South Pacific. French authorities denied responsibility in the bombing and continued to do so even after New Zealand police arrested two French secret service agents. Later in the year, however, a British newspaper uncovered evidence of French President Francois Mitterrand's authorization of the bombing plan, leading to several top-level resignations in Mitterrand's cabinet and an admission by French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius that the agents had sunk the vessel under orders; two agents pleaded guilty to the lesser charges of manslaughter and willful damage and were each sentenced to 10 years in prison. Following negotiations with the French government, New Zealand released them a year later; 1992 - President Mitterrand ordered a halt to French nuclear testing; 1995 - resumed.

1976 - Millard Fuller, his wife, Linda, co-founded Americus, Georgia-based Habitat for Humanity; two goals: build as many houses as it can, using the principles of sweat equity, no interest, no-profit, volunteer-driven construction- one house, one family at a time-in every corner of the world; make housing a matter of conscience everywhere.

1982 - Gael Greene , restaurant critic for New York magazine, and James Beard founded Citymeals-on-Wheels, raised private funds to supplement government-funded weekday meal delivery program conducted through City's Department for the Aging; collected $30,000, provided 6,000 holiday Christmas and Hanukkah meals; June 30, 2006 - funded preparation, delivery of over 2 million meals to more than 17,000 homebound elderly New Yorkers.

1982 - Helen verDuin Palit, soup kitchen worker, founded City Harvest; noticed that neighboring restaurants were wasting good food every day; gathered volunteers and borrowed cars and vans to transport the food from where it was not needed to where it was needed; has distributed more than 100 million pounds of food to network of more than 800 emergency food programs throughout New York City; delivers average of 53,000 pounds of food daily; cost to deliver a pound of food is 24 cents,.

January 20, 2004 - The Salvation Army announced donation likely to exceed $1.5 billion from estate of Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc.

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(Arizona Historical Society), C.L. Sonnichsen (1984). Pioneer Heritage: The First Century of the Arizona Historical Society. (Tucson, AZ: Arizona Historical Society, 230 p.). Arizona Historical Society--History.

(Atlantic Philanthropies), Conor O'Clery (2007). The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune. (New York, NY: Public Affairs, 352 p.). Former Foreign Correspondent for The Irish Times in London, Moscow, Beijing, Washington, and New York. Feeney, Chuck; Duty Free Shoppers; Philanthropists -- Biography. One of greatest untold retail triumphs of 20th century, one of greatest, most mysterious American philanthropists in modern times; 1988 - 23rd on Forbes richest list; secretly transferred all his wealth to  foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies; one of greatest, most mysterious American philanthropists in modern times. 

(Battelle Memorial Institute), George A.W. Boehm, Alex Groner (1986). Science in the Service of Mankind: The Battelle Story. (Columbus, OH: Battelle Press, 197 p. [4th ed.]). Battelle Memorial Institute--History; Research institutes--Ohio--History.

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(Cambridge University Library), J.C.T. Oates (1986). Cambridge University Library: A History. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, vol. 1). Cambridge University Library--History; Academic libraries--England--Cambridge (Cambridgeshire)--History. Incomplete Contents: [1] From the beginnings to the Copyright Act of Queen Anne.

(Cambridge University Library), David McKitterick (1986). Cambridge University Library: A History: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 812 p., Vol. 2). Cambridge University Library--History; Academic libraries--England--Cambridge (Cambridgeshire)--History.

(Carnegie Foundation), Ellen Condliffe Lagemann (1983). Private Power for the Public Good: A History of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 246 p.). Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching--History.

(Carnegie Foundation), Ellen Condliffe Lagemann (1992). The Politics of Knowledge: The Carnegie Corporation, Philanthropy, and Public Policy. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 347 p.). Carnegie Corporation of New York--History; Endowments--United States--History; United States--Social policy.

(City Parochial Foundation), Victor Belcher (1991). The City Parochial Foundation, 1891-1991: A Trust for the Poor of London. (Aldershot, Hants, England: Scolar Press, 378 p.). City Parochial Foundation (London, England)--History; Charities--England--London--History; Poor--England--London--History.

(Cleveland Foundation), Diane Tittle (1992). Rebuilding Cleveland: The Cleveland Foundation and Its Evolving Urban Strategy. (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 328 p.). Cleveland Foundation--History; Endowments--Ohio--Cleveland--History; Social responsibility of business--Ohio--Cleveland--History; Cleveland (Ohio)--Social conditions.

(Cleveland Museum of Art), William Mathewson Milliken (1975). A Time Remembered: A Cleveland Memoir. (Cleveland, OH: Western Reserve Historical Society, 187 p.). Milliken, William Mathewson, 1889- ; Cleveland Museum of Art; Cleveland (Ohio)--Social life and customs. 

(Cleveland Museum of Art), William Mathewson Milliken (1977). Born Under the Sign of Libra: An Autobiography. (Cleveland, OH: Western Reserve Historical Society, 299 p.). Milliken, William Mathewson, 1889- ; Cleveland Museum of Art; Museum directors--United States--Biography.

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(Consumers Union), Editors of Consumer Reports Books with Monte Florman; introduction by Walter Cronkite (1986). Testing: Behind the Scenes at Consumer Reports, 1936-1986. (Mount Vernon, NY: Consumers Union, 166 p.). Consumers Union of United States; Commercial products--Testing.

(Detroit Museum of Art), Margaret Sterne (1980). The Passionate Eye: The Life of William R. Valentiner. (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 407 p.). Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958; Detroit. Museum of Art; Museum directors--United States--Biography.

(Dublin Chamber of Commerce), L.M. Cullen (1983). Princes & Pirates: The Dublin Chamber of Commerce, 1783-1983. (Dublin, IR: Dublin Chamber of Commerce, 126 p.). Dublin Chamber of Commerce--History; Dublin (Ireland)--History.

(Ducks Unlimited), S. Kip Farrington, Jr. (1945). The Ducks Came Back, The Story of Ducks Unlimited. (New York, NY: Coward-McCann, inc., 138 p.). Ducks Unlimited; Ducks; Duck shooting; Ducks--Protection of.

(Ducks Unlimited), Jon R. Tennyson (1977). A Singleness of Purpose: The Story of Ducks Unlimited. (Chicago, IL: Ducks Unlimited, 127 p.). Ducks Unlimited; Waterfowl management--North America--History.

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(Glenmore Museum), Fred M. Diehl (1989). A Gentleman from a Fading Age: Eric Lafferty Harvie. (Calgary, AB: Devonian Foundation, 200 p.). Harvie, Eric Lafferty, 1892-1975; Petroleum industry and trade--Canada--History; Lawyers--Canada--Biography; Businesspeople--Canada--Biography; Philanthropists--Canada--Biography.

(Goodwill Industries of America), Beatrice Plumb (1965). Edgar James Helms, the Goodwill Man. (Minneapolis, MN: T. S. Denison, 231 p.). Helms, Edgar James 1863- ; Goodwill Industries of America.

(Goodwill Industries of America), John Fulton Lewis (1977). Goodwill: For the Love of People. (Washington, DC: Goodwill Industries of America, 456 p.). Goodwill Industries of America--History.

(Goodwill Industries of Mississippi), Lynda Sowell (1988). Thirty Years of Good Wll: The History of Goodwill Industries in Mississippi. (Jackson, MI: Goodwill Industries of Mississippi, 104 p.). Goodwill Industries of Mississippi--History; Vocational rehabilitation--Mississippi--History--20th century.

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(International Rescue Committee), Andrew F. Smith; foreword by Henry A. Kissinger (2002). Rescuing the World: The Life and Times of Leo Cherne. (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 223 p.). Cherne, Leo, 1912- ; International Rescue Committee--History; Refugees--Services for; Human rights workers--Biography; Human services personnel--Biography.

(JSTOR), Roger C. Schonfeld (2003). JSTOR: A History. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 412 p.). Research Associate at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. JSTOR (Organization)--History; JSTOR (Computer file); Periodicals--Databases. 

(Junior League of Denver), Ellen Kingman Fisher (1993). Junior League of Denver: Leaders in Community Service, 1918-1993. (Denver, CO: Colorado Historical Society, 160 p.). Junior League of Denver--History; Women--Colorado--Denver--Societies and clubs--History; Women in community organization--Colorado--Denver--History.

(W. K. Kellogg Foundation), Mary B. Cohen (2005). From Vision to Innovative Impact: W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Seventy-Five Years of Philanthropy. (Battle Creek, MI: W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 328 p.). W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Endowments--United States; Social action--Case studies; Community development--Case studies.

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--- (1993). Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 103 p.). Library of Congress--History; National libraries--United States--History.

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(Library of Congress), James Conaway; foreword by James H. Billington; introduction by Edmund Morris (2000). America's Library: The Story of the Library of Congress, 1800-2000. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 226 p.). Library of Congress--History; National libraries--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century; National libraries--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century.

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(Lincoln Center), Alan Rich (1984). The Lincoln Center Story. (New York, NY: American Heritage Pub. Co., 128 p.). Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

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(Memorial Art Gallery), Elizabeth Brayer (1988). Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. (Rochester, NY: The Gallery, 206 p.). University of Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery.

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(MOMA), Alice Goldfarb Marquis (1989). Alfred H. Barr, Jr.: Missionary for the Modern. (Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 431 p.). Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902- ; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)--History; Art museum directors--United States--Biography.

(Pierpont Morgan Library), Pierpont Morgan Library; foreword by Charles E. Pierce, Jr.; introduction by Jean Strouse (2007). The Morgan Library: An American Masterpiece. (New York, NY: The Library, 174 p.). Pierpont Morgan Library; Rare book libraries--New York (State)--New York; Research libraries--New York (State)--New York. Illustrated tribute to historic landmark.

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(Rotary Club of Queenstown Singapore), Lim Kuang Hui (1980). A Year of Service: Dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of Rotary International. (Singapore: Rotary Club of Queenstown, 154 p.). Rotary Club of Queenstown, Singapore--History; Rotary International.

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(Rotary Club of Sacramento), F. Melvyn Lawson (1986). A Saga of Service, 1913-1985. (Sacramento, CA: Rotary Club of Sacramento, 247 p.). Rotary Club of Sacramento--History.

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(Rotary Club of Vienna), Erich Heintel (1975). 50 Jahre Rotary Club Wien, 1925-1975: Jubilaumsfestschrift. (Wien, Austria: Rotary Club Wien, 176 p.). Rotary Club, Vienna.

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(Royal Ontario Museum), Lovat Dickson (1986). The Museum Makers: The Story of the Royal Ontario Museum. (Toronto, ON: Royal Ontario Museum, 214 p.). Royal Ontario Museum--History.

(Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust), Lewis E. Waddilove (1983). Private Philanthropy and Public Welfare: The Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust, 1954-1979. (London, Uk: Allen & Unwin, 237 p.). Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust -- History; Great Britain Charities Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust 1954-1979.

(Salvation Army), Edward Bishop (1964). Blood and Fire; The Story of General William Booth and the Salvation Army. (London, UK: Longmans, 114 p.). Booth, William, 1829-1912; Salvation Army.

(Salvation Army), Bernard Watson (1964). A Hundred Years’ War. The Salvation Army: 1865-1965. (London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 318 p.). Salvation Army--History.

(Salvation Army), Richard Collier (1965). The General Next to God; The Story of William Booth and the Salvation Army. (New York, NY: Dutton, 320 p.). Booth, William, 1829-1912; Salvation Army.

(Salvation Army), Bernard Watson (1970). Soldier Saint: George Scott Railton, William Booth’s First Lieutenant. (London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 254 p.). Booth, William, of the Salvation Army; Railton, George Scott.

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(Salvation Army), Lowell Tarling (1980). Thank God for the Salvos: The Salvation Army in Australia 1880 to 1980. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 127 p.). Salvation Army--Australia--History.

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