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If we open the front cover of both books, our eyes meet the Goucher College Library’s seal that indicates that it is a gift from Dalsheimer. Helen Miller Dalsheimer was a distinguished leader in the Jewish community, both nationally and in her native Baltimore. She has a distinguished career as a volunteer whose contributions helped bring women, both volunteers and professionals, into positions of leadership previously occupied only by men. She was born in Baltimore on April 16, 1900, and she grew up with an older brother, Howard, in Baltimore, where she attended Goucher College from 1917 to 1919, and married Hugo Dalsheimer, business executive in 1921. Helen Miller died on December 25, 1974. The fact that she attended Goucher College and had a very successful career explains the reasons why she gifted the college this precious artifact. In addition, we also understand that she was among the group of subscribers of the Limited Editions Club, as well as a person very interested in the arts.

This book is currently still owned by Goucher College’s library in the Special Collections section. It is indicated that it has been owned by the college since 1972 (two years before Helen died) and is now given a call number, which is another mark of provenance.