GIFTS OF 1956-1957

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HE LIBRARY has always received a portion of its books and manu-
Tscripts as gifts from generous alumni and friends. This year we
again were indebted to many donors for such gifts. Dr. George F.
Bowerman, ’92, who represented his class at the Commencement cere-
monies in June, gave $22.50 for the purchase of current books. Mrs.
Charles Hoeing gave one hundred dollars for the purchase of books for
the Treasure Room in memory of the late Dean Hoeing. Mr. and Mrs.
Will Lapidus, Mr. and Mrs. Earle E. Levy, Miss Barbara Olsan, and
Mrs. Jule C. Thursam gave a total of one hundred and fifty dollars for
the Hiram Olsan fund which is used to purchase rare books. A group
of research workers at the Naugatuck Chemical Company gave fifteen
dollars in memory of Dr. Victor Chambers.

Mrs. Harrison E. Howe gave a copy of the Hoovers’ translation of
De re metallz'ca by Agricola, autographed by President Hoover. Several
books presented by Dr. Scherp were formerly in the Russian Imperial
Palace at Tsarskoye Selo, and one of them bears the autograph of the
Grand Duchess Olga. From the University of Wisconsin Library we
received a set of microcards reproducing the forty-three volumes of
Linnaea, a botanical journal that had long been in our want list. Miss
Constance Wood’s gift included a note and a letter written by Elizabeth
Peabody to Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, when the latter was mistress of
the W’hite House. A large number of books and pamphlets on Canada
were received as gifts from Canadian alumni.

Mrs. Craig P. Cochrane added several letters to the Porter Papers
which she placed on deposit several years ago. Governor and lVIrs.
Dewey presented several documents for the Thomas E. Dewey Collec-
tion, including the reading copy of the address he gave at our june
Commencement. Mrs. Paul H. Gillan gave a collection of papers and
other material relating to the work of her father, Henry L. Ward, son
of Henry A. Ward, whose papers constitute one of the valuable manu-
script collections in our library. Mr. Horace Hart presented additional
material for the Leo Hart Printing Company Collection, and four filing
cases. Mr. Edwin F. jaeckle gave four boxes of correspondence, clip-
pings, pamphlets, and addresses. From Mr. R. Longstreet came the
diary of Warren Stone Gordis, ’88, describing his activities as a student.

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