在美国图书馆事业的发展过程中,不仅出现国会图书馆、大学图书馆、公共图书馆,还出现大量的捐赠图书馆。例如,芝加哥的纽佰里图书馆(The Newberry Library)和克里勒图书馆(John Crerar Library),华盛顿的福尔杰·莎士比亚图书馆(Folger Shakespeare Library),就是私人捐赠的图书馆。纽佰里图书馆是用芝加哥商业家的先驱沃尔特·卢米斯·纽佰里(Walter Loomis Newb-erry)的遗产于1887年建立的。这所图书馆所收藏的书籍包括绘画史、历史、文学等,其中以历史、 In the course of the development of the library industry in the United States, not only the Diet Library, the University Library, the Public Library, but also a large number of donated libraries appeared. For example, The Newberry Library and the John Crerar Library in Chicago, and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC are private donated libraries. The Newbury Library was established in 1887 by the legacy of the Chicago merchant pioneer Walter Loomis Newb-erry. The collection of books in this library includes the history of painting, history, literature, etc., of which history,