Professor Yuri Arenberg (Economics)
15 current textbooks in economics, business and statistics.
Professor Leonard Ashley (English)
An excellent and valuable collection of English literature
and history books valued at $14,997.
Professor Thomas Barrans (Modern Languages and
Literatures)
242 books in Russian literature.
Professor Alberto Blasi (Modern Languages and Literatures)
78 books in Spanish literature.
Professor Kenneth Bruffee (English)
188 books in the areas of English literature, English
writing skills, and children's literature.
Professor Herbert Druks (Judaic Studies)
26 books in the area of Judaic Studies.
Professor Abraham Eisenstadt (History)
285 books in various areas of history.
Professor Paula Fichtner (History)
35 books in various areas of history.
Professor Malva Filer (Modern Languages and Literatures)
66 books in the area of Spanish literature.
Mr. Robert Fontana
666 books exceptionally rich in art, history, and historical
biography.
Professor Barbara Gerber (English)
A copy of the book The Voices of Toni Morrison.
Professor Helen Ginsberg (Economics, retired)
85 books and more than 500 journal and government publications
in various areas of economics.
Professor Norman Levin (Biology)
100 books and pamphlets including long runs of journals
in various areas of biology and medicine.
Professor Gerald M. Oppenheimer (Health and Nutrition
Sciences)
22 books in the area of health and nutrition sciences.
Professor Melvyn Selsky (Biology)
69 textbooks in biology.
Professor Fred Schuster (Biology)
Long runs of various journals in biology and medicine.
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Weiss
4,800 titles in American history, politics, and labor
relations.
(Among the year's highlights was the cataloging of the
complete Weiss Collection. Each volume received a special bookplate, "Ruth
and Abraham Weiss Social Science Collection 1997," and a like series note
in its catalog record.)
The Music Library accepted gifts that included 1,461 scores, 479 books, and 602 sound-recordings. The value of these gifts is considerable, the scores averaging $45 each. Among the significant donations were:
Mark Berman
500+ rare long-playing records
The widow of Hein Juergensen (attorney and violist)
Performing editions of chamber music and study scores
Jennie Kallas (alumna)
220 instrumental and vocal methods books plus liturgical
music
The widow of Bernard Marcus (piano teacher)
300 piano music sheets
The son of Iris Mae Silvers (piano teacher and accompanist)
20 large boxes of piano music and vocal scores
The Society for the Study of Social Problems
Additional archival materials for the collection.
Central Depository, Brooklyn College
An additional cubic foot of records relating to Country
Fair.
Excelsior
Several cubic feet of photographs and negatives from
the Excelsior student newspaper dating from 1988 to the present.
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn
College
Additional archival materials.
Office of Alumni Affairs, Brooklyn College
10 cubic feet of records from the Alumni Affairs Office
and all of the completed masters theses for fall 1997.
Brooklyn College Library
Library Project records.
Registrar's Office, Brooklyn College
Additional archival materials.
Student Government, Brooklyn College
Additional archival materials.
Erasmus Hall Alumni Association
Records of the association.