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Library of Congress - Congress passed an act allowing the Library of Congress to establish a trust fund board

Time: 1965

Place: Washington D.C., U.S.

Details: In 1965, Congress passed an act allowing the Library of Congress to establish a trust fund board to accept donations and endowments, giving the library a role as a patron of the arts. The library received the donations and endowments of prominent individuals such as John D. Rockefeller, James B. Wilbur and Archer M. Huntington.

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