Our Growing Collections

ROLAND BAUGHlVIAN

Authors' ■mamiscripts. Mr. Millen Brand (A.B. 1929), Professor
Talbot F. Hamlin (B. Arch. 1914), iMrs. Helen Train Hilles, and
Mr. Wilhelm Obkircher added significant materials to the Li¬
brary's increasing stock of authors' manuscripts. Professor Ham¬
lin's contribution, presented to Avery Library, was his study of
Benjamin Henry Latrobe; Mr. Brand and .Mr. Obkircher added to
materials which they had already presented, and Mrs. Hilles con¬
tributed a considerable packet of literary criticisms by Professor
Mabel Louise Robinson of manuscriprs that had been submitted
for her comment.

Barnouw gift. Professor Adriaan J. Barnouw presented a rare
iUustrated book, Prael-Treyn verrykt door ry-benden. . . Meche-
len [1775?], with numetous engravings depicting various equip¬
ages of a procession.

Barrett gift. Mr. C. AValler Barrett presented a superb run of 29
rare editions and variants of the published writings of Stephen
Crane. Included in the gift, which was inspired in part by our
plans for a Crane exhibition, are: the rare first state of The Red
Badge of Courage, 1895; an almost unbelievably pristine copy of
Crane's first novel, Maggie "by Johnston Smith," [ 1893 ]; and one
of three known copies in full vellum binding of The Black Riders,
1895.

Mr. Barrett is also lending us, for use in the exhibition, all of
his own Crane material, including association copies, original
manuscripts, letters, excerpted writings for magazines and news¬
papers, and contemporary criricism.