 On October 15, 1932, the Carnegie Corporation of New York informed that a grant of $1,500 would be donated to the library over a period of three years which was used for the foundation of the library.In addition, in 1938, the French Government donated a gift which allowed the library to purchased books to the value of $800 and the foundation of the Society of Friends of the Library of the University of Ottawa was founded to help the library restore.The University of Ottawa Museum of Classical Antiquities was established in 1975 as a teaching collection, operated by the Department of Classical and Religious Studies.