Helen Baer in her garden at Stamford, (Connecticut.

In Memoriam: Mrs. Albert M. Baer
 

The death of Helene Gilbert Baer on January 27 took from us one of the
prime movers behind the Friends of the Columbia Libraries. A member
of the original Council of the Friends (appointed January 16, 1952), Mrs.
Baer served faithfully, tirelessly, and enthusiastically in that capacit\' until
her death. She shared the responsibilities and duties of several special com¬
mittees of the Council: Memorial Book, Membership, Program, and
Bancroft Awards Dinner, acting as Chairman or co-Chairman of the
three last-named committees. Mrs. Baer had a deep love for Columbia.
She had been graduated cu7n laude in history from the School of General
Studies, later being a founder and director of its alumni association. She
w^as an ardent book collector. Her biography of the noted poet and
abolitionist, Lydia Maria Child, is to be published this spring by the
University of Pennsylvania Press.

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