Our Growing Collections

KENNETH A. LOHF

Blake gift. Mrs. Edith Blake has presented the papers of her late
husband, Henry Beetle Hough (B.Litt., 1918), publisher and editor
of the Vineyard Gazette, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, from
1920 to 1965, and author of numerous books of essays about the
Vineyard and the editingof a country newspaper, as well as of short
stories and magazine articles. In addition to lengthy files of
manuscripts and research materials, the more than twenty thou¬
sand items contain extensive correspondence relating to the
editorial and financial matters ofthe Gazette, Hough family history,
and the personal interests of both Henry Beetle Hough and his first
wife, Elizabeth Bowie Hough (B.Litt., 1919), such as wildlife con¬
servation, bird watching, and various civic interests. Among the
correspondents are Calvin Coolidge, Max Eastman, Emily Post,
Helen Keller, and John F Kennedy. There is also a lengthy file of
letters from James Reston, who purchased the Gazette from the
Houghs in 1965. Accompanying the papers is a collection of 350
volumes from the library of Mr. Hough, including many of his
own publications, books presented and inscribed to him by fellow
residents on the Vineyard, and books that were owned by the
Hough family.

Bulliet gift. Approximately 450 letters and manuscripts have been
donated by Professor Richard W Bulliet for addition to the papers
of his grandfather, the drama critic Clarence Joseph BuUict, includ¬
ing correspondence from Edward F. Albee, Edward Everett
Horton, Robert B. Mantefl, and Vera Zorina; numerous
manuscripts of poems, short stories, and articles on the theatre; and
photographs, primarily from the 1920s, of performers in the
theatre, film, ballet, and fashion worlds. Also presented by Pro¬
fessor Bulliet are several hundred political pamphlets, press books,
 

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