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Our library received this offer to donate a primarily German-language collection on papermaking and paper/chemistry texts from the Erie County Historical Society. It does not fit our collection, but the director of the society gave me permission to share this with the ARLIS/NA community, in case anyone has a collection devoted to paper art and paper making that would benefit from this donation. If you are interested, please contact him directly at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Best, Walter Schlect Librarian US Liaison Translation Funding Program Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place New York, NY 10003 USA Toll free +1 877 GOETHE1 Tel +1 212 439 8697 Fax +1 212 439 8705 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.goethe.de/newyork<http://www.goethe.de/newyork> www.onleihe.de/goethe-institut<http://www.onleihe.de/goethe-institut> [Facebook klein]<https://www.facebook.com/goetheinstitut.nyc> [Twitter klein] <https://twitter.com/GI_NewYork> [Instagram_klein] <https://www.instagram.com/gi_newyork> [YouTube klein] <https://www.youtube.com/user/GoetheInstitutNY> Von: George Deutsch [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Gesendet: Freitag, 6. April 2018 13:42 An: Lorimer, Katherine <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Betreff: German technical library Dear MS. Lorimer: The Erie County Historical Society has in its collection a number of volumes that had belonged to the Hammermill corporate library in Erie. After the plant closed down, they were transferred to Penn State Behrend's library. Eventually they came into our possession. Now, we have revaluated our policies and judged that they do not fit our historical holdings policy. The collection consists of papermaking and paper/chemistry texts, all in German, including volumes brought to the US by Otto Behrend, the founder of Hammermill Paper (taken over in the 80s by International Paper) when he emigrated from Germany in the 19th century. They continue right up to 1940 at the beginning of WWII. Drawing on my limited German, they appear to be cutting edge papermaking technology of the times. I am writing to you, to ask if the Gothe Institut might be interested in obtaining this historical trove. Thank you in advance for your consideration. Sincerely, George Deutsch George E. Deutsch Executive Director Erie County Historical Society 356 West 6th Street Erie, PA 16507 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 814.454.1813 Ext.25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~