Our Growing Collections

ROLAND BAUGHMAN
 

Barzun gift. Dean Jacques Barzun (A.B., 1927; Ph.D., 1932) has
made generous and important additions to the collections he has
established in Special Collections and Columbiana. Of particular
note are nearly fifty items for inclusion in the Hector Berhoz
CoUection—recordings of Berlioz compositions, scores, books,
programs, notes, and pictures. The Barzun Collection of Modem
Poetry, Fiction, and Criticism has been enriched by another fifty
items, many of them inscribed by the authors. Fifteen items are
destined for Columbiana, including the B.A. diploma received by
Charles Bancroft on October 6, 1840. For the Barzun Papers,
seven boxes of correspondence and related items were received,
in addition to two boxes on the subject of Berlioz.

Nor should we overlook mention of three rare and desirable
printed books: the anonymous Conversations d'Emilie, Lyon,
1802, in two volumes; Edward, Earl of Clarendon's History of
the rebellion, Oxford, 1702-4, in three magnificent folio volumes;
and William Cowper's The diverting history of John Gilpin,
London, 1828, with six illustrations by George Cruikshank.

Bunkazai Hogo linkai gift. Through the generosity of the Na¬
tional Committee for the Protection of Important Cultural
Properties (Bunkazai Hogo linkai), the East Asian Library has
received a collection of 149 items dealing with the repair and
reconstruction of shrine, temple, and other historical buildings in
Japan. In addition to a detailed textual study, each work con¬
tains a profusion of illustrations and plans, and serves as excellent
source material for students of architecture and art history.
Because each item was issued locally by the committee in charge
of repairs, an extensive collection of these works is extremely

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