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Late KU librarian’s estate gives $655K to former workplace

photo Univ. of Kansas
photo Univ. of Kansas

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The estate of a late librarian at the University of Kansas in Lawrence is doling out another gift of hundreds of thousands of dollars, this time to the place where she worked.

The Lawrence Journal-World  says Ann Hyde has bequeathed $655,000 to the Kenneth Spencer Research Library.

Hyde retired in 2000 after a long career as manuscripts librarian and died in June 2014.

Her estate previously has donated nearly $500,000 to the Lawrence Humane Society and $230,000 to the Lawrence Public Library.

As part of her job at the library, Hyde catalogued manuscripts and wrote records of what they were, along with assisting people who were interested in using them.

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