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ON THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, 1913, THIS CORNERSTONE OF THE HARRY ELKINS WIDENER MEMORIAL LIBRARY WAS LAID BY MRS. GEORGE DUNTON WIDENER WHO GIVES THE BUILDING AS A MEMORIAL TO HER SON HARRY ELKINS WIDENER BORN JANUARY 3, 1885 GRADUATED FROM HARVARD COLLEGE IN 1907 LOST IN THE WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP TITANIC, APR. 15, 1912

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