Special Collections: Whist

A collection of 500 books on whist, the card game from which bridge evolved, was given to the library in 1917 by the widow of Mr. Walter Hammond Barney, a lawyer and avid whist player. Mr. Barney participated in local and national whist tournaments, and his collection contains many reports of these tournaments as well as a few obscure whist periodicals. The collection is thought to be the only one of its kind in America.