Pratt bequest: Dallas Pratt, M.D. (1941), has left to
the Library a portrait of John Masefield by William
Strang, a fine Aubrey Beardsley drav\ing, and an
Abraham Lincoln letter dated November 19,
1860. A member of the Friends of the Columbia
Libraries since 1951 and long an editor of Library
Columns, Dr Pratt was the co-founder of the
Ainerican Museum in Bath, England. During the
five decades of his association with the Rare Book
and Manuscript Library, he contributed numer¬
ous rare books and manuscripts to the collection,
including important works by Ptolemy, the
Duchess of Marlborough, Jonathan Swift,
Alexander Pope, and John Keats.

I\(u>sn 'I'll 0-/JI: To flieir earlier gift of the papers of
painter Stephen Haweis, members of the family of
Mrs. John Roosevelt and Mr P. James Roosevelt
have added three oil paintings by Haweis and
other materials relating lo the artist and his life on
the island of Dominica,

Rothkopf gifl: Ms. C:an)l Roihkopf (A.M., 1952)
has added a number of volumes to the modern lit¬
erature collections. Her donation includes,
among many other tides, three books written by
Bernard Stone and illustrated by Name To Come:
Emergency Mouse: A Story (1978), Inspector Mouse
(1980), and Quasimodo Mouse (1984), autographed
by the author and illustrator, with drawings by the
latter; and a group of audiocassettes of the music
of composer Georges Antheil.

Salisbury bequest: An extensive and invaluable col¬
lection of manuscripts and books from the libraiy
of the late Mr. Harrison Salisbury (LL.D., 1973)
were received b)' bequest in late 1993 and added
to the Rare Book and Maiiuscripl Libraiy collec¬
 

tions in the spring. As a correspondent in Russia
during World War II and later as a traveler, jour¬
nalist, and historian in post-war Europe and
China, Mr Salisburv' witnessed many of the most
critical political encounters and social upheavals
of the twentieth century. His papers, including
both his own major contributions to international
dialogue and his correspondence with leaders of
all the countries pla)'ing a major role in world pol¬
itics, document with remarkable vividness the
course of modern history. Among the more than
three thousand volumes added to the Columbia
collections from his librar)' are inscribed and asso¬
ciation copies of his own books and those of his
contemporaries, and a large collection of long-
unavailable Russian periodicals and publications
from the former Soviet Union.

Sassoon purchase: A collection of autograph and
typed letters and cards to British poet Siegfried
Sassoon, as well as letters from Sassoon to ofliers,
including E. M. Forster and Lady Ottoline
Morrell, has been purchased with the Rare Book
and Manuscript Fund.

Saxon gijt: Mrs. Nancy Saxon (A.B., 1994, B.) has
added twenty-six waiercolors and charcoal draw¬
ings to the extensive collection of works by her
late husband. New Yorker cartoonist Charles
Saxon (A.B., 1940). His subjects range from top¬
less dancers to Santa Glaus, his settings from the
beaches of southern France lo the streets of New
York.

\\,.'/ ; Mr James L. Weil has added two more
contributions to the fine collection of poetiy by
William Bronk that he has given to us over the
years: Bare Bones and Flxcmplaiies (both New
Rochelle: James Weil, 1994).
 

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