Activities of the Friends
 

Finances. General purpose contributions for the twelve-month per¬
iod ended June 30, 1990, totaled $33,269. Special purpose gifts,
designated for book and manuscript purchases, for the establish¬
ment of new endowments, and for the increase of the principals of
established endowments, amounted to 1476,976; this figure
includes $400,000 received in a residuary distribution from the
estate of Louise T Woods. The appraised value of gifts in kind
received from individual Friends for the same period was 1710,116.
The total of all gifts and contributions since the establishment of the
Friends in 1951 now stands at $8,790,435.

Fall reception. On Wednesday afternoon, December 5, from 5:00 to
7:00, the Vanguard Press exhibition will open with a members pre¬
view reception in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. On view
will be first editions, autograph letters, original manuscripts, proofs,
and photographs of notable Vanguard Press authors, such as Saul
Bellow, Patrick Dennis, James T Farrell, Marshall McLuhan, Joyce
Carol Oates, Dr. Seuss, Upton Sinclair, Edith Sitwell, and Calder
Willingham.

New Council members. Mrs. Janet Saint Germain and Mr. G.
Thomas Tanselle have been elected to serve on the Council of the
Friends as members of the Class of'93.

Future meetings. A members reception on Wednesday afternoon,
March 6, 1991, will open the exhibition of first editions and manu¬
scripts of contemporary poets—Allen Ginsburg, Frank O'Hara,
Daniel Berrigan, among many others—selected from the extensive
collection recently presented by Mrs. Lita Hornick. The annual
Bancroft Awards Dinner will be held in the Rotunda of Low Memo¬
rial Library on Wednesday evening, April 3, 1991.
 

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