The Brown University Library has received many wonderful gifts to
expand its collection in recent months. While it is not possible to
list every gift here, we have selected a small sampling of gifts to
share with our readers.
10 boxes of photos, artwork and memorabilia belonging to the late
WWII correspondent Robert Benney.
Gift of Alma R. Berson
Autograph letter from Horace Mann to R.J. Hemphill, dated June 2,
1846
Gift of Frederick Bloom, '40, Member of the Corporation of Brown University
Many gifts were made to the Scott Chanchien Memorial Library Fund.
Established in 2002 by members of the Class of 1992 in memory of Scott
Chanchien '92, the fund supports expansion of the Library's information
resources and projects concerning public service, music, or travel.
26 volumes in the fields of Latin American history and literature
Gift of Dartmouth College Library
17 volumes in the field of economics (mostly in Japanese)
Gift of Yoshiyuki Fukuda
The Irene Heneghan Stamp Collection including 93 mounted stamp albums
and several hundred early 20th century U.S. postcards with cancelled
one-cent stamps.
Gift of the Estate of Irene Heneghan Tramm
26 volumes by S.J. Perelman, '25
Gift of W.W. Keen James
359 monograph volumes in Chinese, Japanese and English
Gift of Ying-Mao Kau, Professor, Department of Political Science
5 feet of papers, including photocopied transcriptions in Russian
of reminiscences of Nikita Khrushchev, correspondence, clippings and
other materials.
Gift of Sergei Khrushchev, Senior Fellow, Watson Institute for International
Studies
361 volumes, primarily on World War II and the English Monarchy
Gift of D. Edward Nichols
Approximately 900 volumes in the field of American history
Gift of James Patterson, Professor Emeritus, Department of History
Approximately 15 items relating to donor's military and prisoner of
war experiences in World War II.
Gift of John Pryke
The Pembroke Club of Providence made a gift in memory of Henry Weatherhead,
'50, brother of Susan Weatherhead, Pembroke '42, for the Pembroke
Club Book Fund.
Gifts to the Brown University Library are greatly appreciated. If
you are interested in making a gift to the Library, please contact
Patricia Putney, Head of Acquisitions, at (401) 863-2954 or via e-mail
at 
Patricia_Putney@brown.edu.
Thank you for your continued support!
