Library Gifts
THROUGH THE FRIENDS of the Dartmouth Library, the College in recent months has received a variety of valuable manuscripts and volumes to add to its collections in Baker Library. Noteworthy among the acquisitions are the first draft of Newspaper Days, together with a number of clippings and articles relating to the Hatrack Case, the gift of H. L. Mencken; and a collection of 116 volumes relating largely to the theatre, the gift of John Palmer Gavit, author and editor, who received the honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Dartmouth in 1935.
Two Dartmouth authors who have made gifts are Willis S. Fitch 'l7 and Marshall McClintock '26. The former has given the typescript of his Tomorrow May NeverCome and the latter has given the typescript of his Millions of Books. Ben Ames Williams 'lO has contributed the holograph manuscript of his latest novel, TheStrange Woman.
A copy of President Roosevelt's speech on the Lend Lease Bill, autographed by the President, has been presented to the College by Basil O'Connor 'l2. Charles K. O'Neill '3l has contributed the typescripts o£ some of his plays, and Joseph K. Ross '23 has given the Library a copy of the limited edition of Science and Health, printed on handmade English paper with special type designed by William Dana Orcutt. Kimball Flaccus '33 has presented a copy of Virgil bearing the autograph of Aldous Huxley, who used the volume as a student.
Other gifts have been made to the Library by Frederic R. Colie 'lB, Willard Connely 'll, John D. Gilchrist '35, Professor Thomas Le Due, Dr. Frank L. Meleney 'lO, Edward C. Newman '4a, Prof. John B. Stearns 'l6, Philip Young '96, and Eugene Zagat '3O. Several privately printed books, together with other material, have been presented by Mrs. Bella C. Landauer of New York City, mother of James D. Landauer '23.
