COLLEGE ACQUIRES 228 BOOKS OF GORE LIBRARY

With the recent addition of over 200 classical books to the College Library, the library of Christopher Gore, of the Class of 1776, is now completely in the possession of Harvard University with the exception of a set of volumes kept as heirlooms by James Gore King '89, who donated the books.

Christopher Gore was one of Harvard's greatest benefactors, and the library which stood on the site of the present Widener Library Building from 1838 until it was torn down in 1912, was built from his bequest to Harvard College. The building was called Gore Hall, and the name was transferred to the dormitory of that name on its erection in 1914.

The 228 volumes of classic authors are prized mostly through their associations with Christopher Gore, and the descendants of his friend Rufus King '76: James Gore King I, of the class of 1810, James Gore King II '39, Edward King '53, and James Gore King III '89. The latter is a New York lawyer, and with the approval of his son, J. G. King Jr. '20, gave the books to Harvard.

None of the books are dated later than 1798 and a good many of them come from the first quarter of the seventeenth century.