The World's Columbian Exposition | Edward E. Ayer | Collectors and Collections, Private and Curatorial | Endowed Acquisition Funds | International Publication Exchange In the 1970's, under the auspices of Field Museum president E. Leland Webber, several new endowments were established to provide book acquisition funds for the Library. Along with the Library Fund, derived from the early donations of Edward Ayer, these four additional funds provide critical support for ongoing book acquisitions to the Library collections. The many thousands of titles acquired through these funds support all aspects of the Museum's mission by providing an essential research resource. The funds established during this time were: The Cherry Library Fund in Memory of Samuel M. Cherry, The Louis A. and Frances B. Wagner Library Fund, The Jane B. Tripp Library Fund, and the Marie-Louise Rosenthal Book Acquisition Fund.