ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

Acquisitions

A collection of more than 8,500 books,1,100 periodicals, personal papers, and other materials has been acquired by Abilene Christian University Library, Texas, from the family of Dr. LeMoine Gaunce Lewis, a biblical studies professor at the university from 1949 to 1985. An omnivorous reader and collector, Lewis specialized in early church history. His collection includes materials written in a variety of languages, among them German, French, Hebrew, and Latin.

The papers and professional library ofJohn Eliot Allen, professor emeritus of geology and author of more than 240 monographs and articles, have been acquired by the Branford Price Millar Library at Portland State University. Allen’s library consists of over 900 pieces, including books, serials, pamphlets, and maps. Among the papers are geologic field manuals, typescripts of Allen’s articles and books, and his professional and personal correspondence.

The book collection of John Beaufort, formany years the international drama and film critic for the Christian Science Monitor has been acquired by Teikyo Post University’s Traurig Library and Learning Resources Center in Water-bury, Connecticut. The collection, consisting of approximately 1,900 volumes of drama and literature, was donated by Beaufort’s widow, Francesca Bruning.

An extensive collection of literary andhistorical first editions in English and American literature has been acquired by the University of Delaware Library. An especially rare item is the Audubon edition, The Birds of America from Original Drawings‚ published in 1860. It has chromolithography by Julius Bien and contains 105 double elephant plates depicting 150 species of birds. Only 49 copies of the volume are known to exist. The gift was given by C. Porter Shutt of Montchanin, Delaware. ■