About two years ago a gentleman interested in transvestism and transsexualism phoned and then came down to use our resources. He was surprised at the range of books and data that we had managed to accumulate ... so much so that he felt obliged to fill what he felt were a few gaps in our resources. His contribution of about eight titles helped to expand our library holdings to nearly a full shelf in this area. Some of these intriguing items are: Homer Dickens, What a Drag (London: Angus and Robertson, 1982); Jan Walinder, Transsexualism: A Study of Forty-three Cases (Sweden: Akamemiforlaget, 1967); Julie Wheelwright, Amazons and Military Maids: Women Who Dressed As Men In Pursuit of Life, Liberty, and Happiness (London: Pandora, 1989).

As a result of a general tour given one warm Sunday afternoon, another gentleman involved prominently with the arts community and on the verge of retirement offered us the pick of pertinent titles from his library. After a fascinating tour of his personal art collection and with wine glass in hand, several of our staff surveyed the wall-to-wall holdings and selected eighty titles to add to our library. Our arts section now contains many valuable additions, such as: Arnold Haskell, Balletomania: Then and Now (New York: Knopf, 1977); Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Epistemology of the Closet (Berkeley: University of California, 1990), and Virginia Woolf, The Diary of Virginia Woolf, five vols. (London: Hogarth Press, 1977-84).

Many of our staff keep a sharp eye for opportunities to purchase new titles at reduced prices. At a recent publishers' clearance sale one of our charter members found about three dozen titles to flesh out areas of our collection. Some of these choice titles are: The Gay Teen: Educational Practice and Theory for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents (New York: Routledge, 1995); Annamarie Jagose, Lesbian Utopics (New York: Routledge, 1994); Jeffery Richards, Sex, Dissidence and Damnation: Minority Groups in the Middle Ages (London: Routledge, 1991).

In addition, over the years the James Fraser Library has received numerous donations of new lesbian and gay titles directly from publishers. Presses such as Cleis, ECW, and Harrington Park have been generous in donating titles to us, and Black Rose Books has just donated a copy of Gary Kinsman's second, revised edition of The Regulation of Desire.

We of the James Fraser Library are most grateful to all of the above and to any other donors who help to enhance our book collection. Remember ... all donations of pertinent material that does not duplicate our holdings are eligible for a tax receipt.