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June 15, 1898
The Salt Lake Herald
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
What is this article about?
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst donates a library building to Anaconda, Montana, honoring her late husband Senator George Hearst, who built his fortune there. She continues their shared vision by planning expansions at the University of California, Berkeley, for broader education.
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THE HEARST FREE LIBRARY.
Three years ago Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, widow of the late Senator George Hearst, gave to the city of Anaconda a free library. The gift was a noble one, but the library was housed in temporary quarters. Mrs. Hearst has now supplemented that gift with a library building. It is a beautiful structure, the architecture noble and simple. To Anaconda it will ever be a source of architectural pride; to the memory of Senator Hearst it will ever be a fitting tribute. To the Anaconda he owed much of his large fortune and his widow recognizes this in a most gracious and princely manner.
What were the ambitions and ideals of Senator Hearst's soul is made evident to all by the work that Mrs. Hearst is now doing. It was his fortune to have accumulated the means for realizing them. In his wife he had one who was in complete sympathy with him in all things, and who is making real the dreams of a long life. Truly is she a noble woman and nobly is she doing her work. At Berkeley she is developing plans for the university that will be a monument to her forever and forever. And grand as will be the visible, material monument, grander still will be the spiritual, intellectual monument that will come through the higher, broader, more liberal education of generations of American youth. The homage and reverence they will bear to her memory and that of her husband will be their best and truest monument.
Three years ago Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, widow of the late Senator George Hearst, gave to the city of Anaconda a free library. The gift was a noble one, but the library was housed in temporary quarters. Mrs. Hearst has now supplemented that gift with a library building. It is a beautiful structure, the architecture noble and simple. To Anaconda it will ever be a source of architectural pride; to the memory of Senator Hearst it will ever be a fitting tribute. To the Anaconda he owed much of his large fortune and his widow recognizes this in a most gracious and princely manner.
What were the ambitions and ideals of Senator Hearst's soul is made evident to all by the work that Mrs. Hearst is now doing. It was his fortune to have accumulated the means for realizing them. In his wife he had one who was in complete sympathy with him in all things, and who is making real the dreams of a long life. Truly is she a noble woman and nobly is she doing her work. At Berkeley she is developing plans for the university that will be a monument to her forever and forever. And grand as will be the visible, material monument, grander still will be the spiritual, intellectual monument that will come through the higher, broader, more liberal education of generations of American youth. The homage and reverence they will bear to her memory and that of her husband will be their best and truest monument.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Family
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Library Donation
Philanthropy
Hearst Legacy
Anaconda Library
Berkeley University
Educational Monument
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst
Senator George Hearst
Where did it happen?
Anaconda And Berkeley
Story Details
Key Persons
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst
Senator George Hearst
Location
Anaconda And Berkeley
Event Date
Three Years Ago
Story Details
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst gave a free library to Anaconda three years ago and now supplements it with a library building as a tribute to her late husband Senator George Hearst. She is also developing plans for the university at Berkeley to realize their shared ambitions for education.