The comprehensive collection totaled 176 000 198, representing 1.1% of the state total.
The system's collection of books and other library materials totals over three million.
Sotheby's now estimates that the collection will total more than $7 million.
The collection now totals 11 volumes, with another in press.
Together with matching grants from some of the firms, the collection totaled $135,246 - a 70 percent increase over last year's effort.
As of 2000, the library's collection totals more than 621,113 items and is increasing by nearly 20,000 each year.
Combined with an earlier gift of $72,696, their collection totals $126,714.
By 1965, the library had 7,872 registered borrowers, and the collection totaled over 30,000 books.
His collection of ancient postcards totaled more than 1,500 pieces.
The museum's particularly strong archival collection totals approximately 25,000 pieces.