Our Growing Collections

KENNETH A. LOHF

Gifts

Alexander gift. A'Ir. Brooke Alexander has presenred the diaries of
the late Mr. Andrew Mills, the third President of the Dry Dock
Savings Bank, covering the period 1933-1946. The ten volumes
contain notations, drafrs of speeches and essays, newspaper clip¬
pings, printed ephemera, and letters, all of which document and
reflect the problems and changes in banking during rhe depression
and war periods.

Bauke gift. Profesor Joseph Bauke (Ph.D., 1963) has presented
the following two limited editions of works by Gerhart Flaupt-
mann hitherto lacking from our Hauptmann Collection: Der
Weisse Heiland, Berlin, 1920, one of 210 copies signed by the
dramatist; and Die Weber, Frankfurt, 1917, one of 175 copies,
with illustrations by Kathe Kollwitz.

Brand gift. To the collection of his papers iVIr. Alillen Brand (A.B.,
1929) has added his correspondence files and journals for 1969.

Caldwell gift. Mr. Robert N. Caldwell (A.B., 193 2), the New Jer¬
sey publisher, has presented a collection of 362 autograph and
typewrirten letters written to him by Profesor A4ark Van Doren
from 1949 to 1969. This exceptionally long and intimate series of
letters deals with many subjects of interest to the two writers, in¬
cluding literature, journalism, philosophy, politics, and various
events of the day. In addition, there are carbon copies of Mr.
Caldwell's lerrers covering the same period, numbering more than
seven hundred pages.

Cary Trust gift. To our collection of fifteenth century prinring
the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust has added a volume of

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