Activities of the Friends
 

Finances. General purpose contributions for the twelve-month
period ended on June 30, 1987, totaled $35,799. Special purpose
gifts, designated for book and manuscript purchases and for the
establishment of new endowments, reached $177,419. These totals
represent new highs for the third consecutive year. The value of
gifts in kind was $239,862 for the same period. The total of all gifts
and contributions since the establishment of the association in
1951 now stands at $6,781,835.

Fall reception. A reception to open the exhibition, "The Library of
Alan H. Kempner," will be held on Wednesday afternoon, Dec¬
ember 2, from 5 to 7 p.m., in the Kempner Exhibition Room in the
Rare Book and Manuscript Library. On display will be a selection,
from the gift by Mrs. Margaret Kempner, of rare editions from the
fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, early illuminated manuscripts,
master prints from Dijrer to Grant Wood, fine illustrated books,
and press books bearing the Aldine, Baskerville, Bodoni, Elzevier,
and Kelmscott imprints.

New Council member. Mr. Frank S. Streeter has been elected to
serve on the Council of the Friends as a member of the Class of' 8 8.

Future meetings. A members' preview will open the winter exhibi¬
tion, "The Double Lives of EUery Queen," on Wednesday after¬
noon, March 2, 1988, in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library;
and the annual Bancroft Awards Dinner will be held in the Rotunda
of Low Memorial Library on Wednesday evening, April 6, 1988.