The Writer’s Program is a forerunner of Evenings with Authors. It features writers such as André Gide, Henry Miller, Gertrude Stein, and Colette. Henry Miller is a noted habitué of the American Library in the early 1930s. His 1934 novel Tropic of Cancer was banned in the United States, but available at the Library upon request. Here is a letter he wrote requesting books from our collection.
A charitable gift from your estate is simple to implement and is easy to change if you should need to access the assets during your lifetime. If you would like to include a gift to the Library in your will, ask your estate planning attorney to add this suggested wording to your will or living trust. Please make sure to use the Library’s correct legal name appears in all final documents as: The American Library in Paris Inc.
Unrestricted Gift: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc, (insert dollar amount) Dollars* to be used for its general purposes.
Residuary Bequest: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc , (insert percentage amount) percent of the residue of my estate to be used for its general purposes.
