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Our Growing Collections                           31

World War II, our collection has increased to more than two
million pieces. Most of that growth is the result of gifts—and
many of those gifts have come from faculty and alumni.

Let it be emphasized again, then, O alumnus or faculty mem¬
ber, that when some other university approaches you, you
should remember that anything they can do, Columbia can do
better! And we want to be given the chance to prove it.

Altenhein gift. Dr. Margarete Reckling Altenhein (Af.A., 1931)
has presented a beautifully illuminated and lettered manuscript
of St. Francis of Assisi's "Hymn to the Sun," translated into
German by Franz Brentano. The handwork was done in 1948 by
the Polish refugee, Alfred Jahn.

Barnett Gift. Mr. James Barnett, knowing of our great interest
in the productions of the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco, has
presented two early specimens of the work of the Press. One of
the items is Stevenson's Diogenes in London, issued shortly after
the Press was established in San Francisco in 1920. The other is
James Rorty's What Michael Said to the Census-Taker, 1922.
Both books are in fine condition and will make distinguished
additions to our Grabhorn collection.

Barzun gift. Dean Jacques Barzun (A.B., 1927; Ph.D., 1932)
has again added substantially to the Berlioz Collection and the
Jacques Barzun Papers. Among the many items in the current
gift are four files of the Dean's recent professional correspondence.
Specific mention should be made of two rare bits of Beriioz
iconography—a lithographic caricature of the composer hold¬
ing the rolled score of his opera, Les Troy ens, undated but
signed "Ft. Carjat;" and a lithograph clipped from a newspaper
of 2 April 1857, entitled "Souvenir du Grand Festival des Or-
pheonistes; Aspect de la SaUe . . . Alliance de la Telegraphie et
de la Musique."
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