2017.02.23 _ Resident Leaves $390,000 for Library in Will
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2017.02.23 _ Resident Leaves $390,000 for Library in Will
Subject
Public Library--Benefactors
Public Library--Philanthropist
Description
Former library patron, Alice Maram, left a gift fund of $390,000 to the John C. Hart Memorial Library.
Creator
Marschhauser, Brian
Source
"John C. Hart Memorial Library Historical News Clippings" Binder, Volume 3, 1991 -
Publisher
Yorktown News
Date
2017-02-23
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News clippings
Language
English
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Text
Coverage
Yorktown (New York)
Shrub Oak (New York)
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A Shrub Oak resident and long-time library user who died in April .2013 donated a large portion of her estate to the John C. Hart Memorial Ilibrary; said Library Director Patrioia Hallinan.
According to Hallinan, Alice Maram left $390,954 for the library, which was notified of the windfall nearly a year after her death. Legal issues tied up the release of the money, which has now been added to the library's Trustees Gift Fund. The funds will be put to use over the next few years to implement planned renovations of the library building.
"It had been our hope that the money would help meet the cost of updating the library bathrooms and making them com pletely handieapped accessible," Hallinan said. "It is now clear that not only will this gift allow the library board to complete that project without drawing on Yorktown tax dollars but will also enable us to proceed with plans for an adult room ren0vation."
Not much is known'of Maram, who Hallinan described as a private person. According to a brief obituary published in The New York Times, Mararn died April 15, 2013, at Fieldhome in Cortlandt Manor.
Maram and her sister, Cora Sanders, grew up in the Bronx and summered in Shrub Oak Cohmy in a house built by their father, Sal Ma.ram, who was born in Russia. Cora and her husband eventually made the Shrub Oak house their year-round home, with Mice joining them on weekends and during vacations. She Became a permanent resident after her retirement.
Maram was a teacher, an art collector and a naturalist. She hiked and canoed in the Adirondacks and was an active member of the Nature Conservancy Her estate was divided among organizations and institutions that were important to her in in life: Amnesty International, the Nature Conservancy, Planned Parenthood, Compassion and Choices, the New York Public Library and the John C. Hart Memorial Library.
"The Library Board of Trustees will ensure that her gift to the library will provide a lasting benefit to library users in the town of Yorktown," Hallinan said.
According to Hallinan, Alice Maram left $390,954 for the library, which was notified of the windfall nearly a year after her death. Legal issues tied up the release of the money, which has now been added to the library's Trustees Gift Fund. The funds will be put to use over the next few years to implement planned renovations of the library building.
"It had been our hope that the money would help meet the cost of updating the library bathrooms and making them com pletely handieapped accessible," Hallinan said. "It is now clear that not only will this gift allow the library board to complete that project without drawing on Yorktown tax dollars but will also enable us to proceed with plans for an adult room ren0vation."
Not much is known'of Maram, who Hallinan described as a private person. According to a brief obituary published in The New York Times, Mararn died April 15, 2013, at Fieldhome in Cortlandt Manor.
Maram and her sister, Cora Sanders, grew up in the Bronx and summered in Shrub Oak Cohmy in a house built by their father, Sal Ma.ram, who was born in Russia. Cora and her husband eventually made the Shrub Oak house their year-round home, with Mice joining them on weekends and during vacations. She Became a permanent resident after her retirement.
Maram was a teacher, an art collector and a naturalist. She hiked and canoed in the Adirondacks and was an active member of the Nature Conservancy Her estate was divided among organizations and institutions that were important to her in in life: Amnesty International, the Nature Conservancy, Planned Parenthood, Compassion and Choices, the New York Public Library and the John C. Hart Memorial Library.
"The Library Board of Trustees will ensure that her gift to the library will provide a lasting benefit to library users in the town of Yorktown," Hallinan said.
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Marschhauser, Brian, “2017.02.23 _ Resident Leaves $390,000 for Library in Will,” John C Hart Library Archive, accessed May 16, 2024, https://hartarchive.omeka.net/items/show/9.