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Brockhoff gift. Miss Adele C. Brockhofl^ has donated a collection
of 29 letters which she received from, among others, Harry F.m-
erson Fosdick, Pauline Hemingway, Helen Keller, Pat Nixon,
Nancy Reagan and Polly Thomson, as well as the following books
signed and inscribed to her: Nella Braddy, Anne Sullivan Macy:
the Story Behind Helen Keller, 1934, signed by both Helen Kel¬
ler and Anne Sullivan Alacy; F'rnest Hemingway, For Whom the
Bell Tolls, 1940, inscribed by the author, and Winner Take Noth¬
ing, 1933, autographed by the author; and Helen Keller, Let Us
Have Faith, 1940, inscribed by the author.

Brown gift. A major addition to the papers of James Oliver Brown
has been made by Mr. Brown with the recent gift of i ,084 Erskine
Caldwell letters that he received while serving as Caldwell's liter¬
ary agent. Covering the period, 1951-1965, the letters concern the
publication, foreign editions and reprints of numerous novels and
collections of Caldwell's short stories, including The Courting of
Susie Brown, The Complete Stories, Love and Money, Molly Cot¬
tontail, Claudelle Inglish, When You Think of Me, Jenny by
Nature and Close to Home. There are approximately nine thou¬
sand pieces of additional correspondence and documents pertain¬
ing to the writer's lectures and to publicity.

Cantor gift. Author, lawyer and printing executive Air. Eli Cantor
has established a collection of his papers with the gift of more than
five hundred manuscripts, pieces of correspondence, and printed
materials relating to his novels, short stories, poetry and non-
fiction writings. Included are the corrected drafts, typescripts and
proofs for his novels. Enemy in the Mirror, 1977, The Rite, 1979,
The Nest, 1980, and Love Letters, 1980. There are also files of
magazines containing contributions by Air. Cantor, including Es¬
quire and Coronet, and printed works issued by Gallery 33 of the
Composing Room, which Air. Cantor headed from 1961 to 1971.