Simon Gallo, then head of the collections department, recalls the event: “When she died, her grandson, Peter Riva, called the Library, saying that he had 1700 books that belonged to Marlene Dietrich. The next day, a moving truck arrived with the whole set of books.” Dietrich had the habit of writing in her books, sometimes making funny or angry comments in the margins. Read more and see her marginalia in this New Yorker magazine article.
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.
