VOL. III. NOVEMBER 1953 NUMBER i.
THE FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA LIBRARIES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface by the Librarians
Carl M. White...........i
Richard H. Logsdon..........2
Columbia Wakes Up!
Mary A. Benjamin..........5
The "Fifty Books" over Thirty Years
Roland Baughraan......... 16
Our Growing Collections
Roland Baughman..........20
The Editor Visits the East Asiatic Library.....29
Korean Type
Howard P. Linton..........33
Activities of the Friends..........36
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE
Mary A. Benjamin heads the firm of Walter R. Benjavtin Autographs,
in New York City. She is author of Autographs: A Key to Collect¬
ing ......Roland Baughman is Head of Special Collections, Columbia
University Libraries......Howard P. Linton is Librarian of the East
Asiatic Library.