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Donation Spotlight

Cazenovia College Donations

In December of 2022 Cazenovia College announced that it would be closing after the Spring 2023 semester ends. Heather Whalen Smith, the library director at Cazenovia College, reached out to Milne Library to home some of their print collection. Reference and Instruction Librarian Alayna Vander requested books that would enrich the university's Women's and Gender Studies collection. The Milne Library deeply appreciates Cazenovia College's generosity of book donations and the positive impact it will have on the future students of Oneonta. 

Dr. Richard E. Lee Donations

Dr. Richard E. Lee, retired Provost & VP for Academic Affairs and Professor of English began his teaching at Oneonta in 1995. Over the years, he taught a variety of classes which included literature, composition, literary/culture theory, and short fiction. In 2023 he donated his collection of George Sanders books to the Milne Library. American author George Sanders has published children’s books, novels, short stories and essays. He has received a MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships and in 2013 he was named one of the worlds 100th most influential people in the world by Time magazine. This collection features his works translated in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.