Our Growing Collections

ROLAND BAUGHMAN

Gifts
 

Cole gift. The estate of the late Mr. Harry Cole (A.B., 1913)
has presented important materials from his library. These include
books, manuscripts, and a fine collection of classical phonograph
records.

Dag Hammarskjdld Library gift. Some 2,000 issues of architec¬
tural and city planning periodicals, 1961-1963, from many parts
of the world, have been presented to Avery Library by the Dag
Hammarskjdld Library of the United Nations.

Durgin gift. A-lrs. James H. Durgin has presented a letter from
Nathan Sanford to John L. Lawrence, 23 January 1817.

Eberstadt gift. iMr. Lindley Eberstadt (A.B., 1932) has presented
a valued volume from Chancellor James Kent's library, compris¬
ing rhe two parts, 1792 and 1794, of Transactions of the Society
instituted in the State of New-York, for the Proniotiojt of Agri¬
culture, Arts, and Manufactures. The volume contains Kent's
copious notes on the preliminary leaves and his autograph on the
first title-page.

English Department gift. Further important letters from the files
of the English Department have been sent to be included with
our manuscripts. Among the current lot are two letters from
Dwight D. Eisenhower, and one each from Theodore Henley
Jack, Harold J. Laski, and Frank Raymond Leavis.

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