Our Growing Collections

KENNETH A. LOHF

Abzuggift. Ms. Bella Abzug(LL.B., 1947) has added to the collec¬
tion of her congressional papers the files pertaining to her public
activities duringthe period 1968-1986. The approximately 81,500
items include correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photo¬
graphs, memorabilia, printed materials, and audio and video cas¬
settes and tapes that relate to organizations in which Ms. Abzug
played leading roles, such as Democratic Party National conven¬
tions. National Women's Political Caucus, National Advisory
Committee on Women, Women Strike for Peace, International
Women's Year. There are also materials for her congressional, sena¬
torial, and New York City mayoral campaigns. There is correspon¬
dence with many of the leading political figures of the period,
including Carl Albert, Frank Church, Edward M. Kennedy,
Edward I. Koch, George S. McGovern, Walter F Mondale, Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, and Andrew Young.

Barzungift. ProfessorJacquesBarzun (A.B., '27; A.M. '28; Ph.D.,
'32) has added to the collection of his papers approximately 1,800
letters that he has received from writers and colleagues, as well as
manuscripts of his articles, essays, and lectures for the period
1982-1988.

Blau family bequest. As a gift from Mrs. Rachel Blau DuPlessis and
Mrs. Judith B. Katz, daughters of the late Professor and Mrs. Joseph
Blau, we have received 1,850 volumes from the library of Professor
Blau (A.B.,' 31; A.M., '33; Ph.D., '45), who taught the philosophy
of religion and the history of philosophy at the University from
1946 to 1977. Religion, philosophy, and literature are the strengths
of the library, and amongthe eighteenth-century volumes in the gift
are: Joseph Bellamy, Theron, Paulinus, and Aspasio, Washington,
D.C., \79S;]ohanDan'ie\Gros,NaturalPrinciplesofRectitude, New
 

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