RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE HUMANITIES 283
International Program
Cultural Interchange through Libraries
Bibliothgque Nationals. General Catalogue
The Society of the Friends of the Bibliotheque
Nationale, Paris, has received from The Rockefeller
Foundation the sum of 26,000 toward the
expenses of printing volumes of the General
Catalogue of the library to be issued between
July 1, 1935, and June 30, 1936. This assistance
will enable the society to sell these volumes in
America at $10 each.
In 1929 the Foundation appropriated 212,000,
payable at the rate of 21»000 a year, to assist in
preparation of materials for a general catalogue
of the Bibliotheque Nationale. With the assurance
of a steady rate of production, one hundred
American libraries agreed to pay 210 a volume
for the estimated ninety-six volumes to complete
the set. The plan worked satisfactorily until the
autumn of 1933 when exchange rates increased
greatly, with a consequent loss of subscribers in
this country. In June 1934 the Foundation made
an additional appropriation of 25,000 toward the
expenses of printing the volumes of the Catalogue
issued between January 1, 1934, and June 30,
1935. This action, by making possible the sale of
the catalogue in the United States at 210 a volume,
enabled American libraries to continue
their subscriptions.
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