Friends Receives Gift from Goldberg Family Foundation of Overland Park, KS

Due to the generosity of the Goldberg Family Foundation, Friends of Axe has been able to purchase several educational DVDs for the library’s film collection. The titles are:

Comedies of William Shakespeare (As You Like It; Taming of the Shrew; The Tempest; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Merchant of Venice)

Tragedies of William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Macbeth; Julius Ceasar; Othello)

Nat Turner : A Troublesome Property

Race : The Power of an Illusion

National Geographic Special Presentation : Guns, Germs and Steel

Inside the World’s Mightiest Bank : The Federal Reserve

eBay : Managing Success

Los Murales de la Ciudad de México: El Murode las Celebraciones

Rigoberta Menchú: Cassandra and Crusader

Victor Hugo : Les Misérables

Complete "Walking With" Collection:
Walking with Dinosaurs, Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts

Walking With Cavemen (not part of collection above)

Silkwood

In a letter which accompanied the donation, Lynn K. Intrater, trustee of the Goldberg Family Foundation, said “My father, Stanley Goldberg was born and raised in Pittsburg...and moved up to Kansas City in 1947. Although I never had the opportunity to visit the city with him, I did go down and see Pittsburg for myself. I saw his homes and the locations of my grandparents’ (Lewis and Bessie Goldberg) store, The Leader on Broadway…. My dad always spoke so fondly of growing up in Pittsburg and from my short visit; I got the sense of what a warm friendly community it is. So, in essence, we would like to give something back….Our gift comes to you in memory of Lewis, Bessie and Stanley Goldberg.” Friends of Axe is very grateful for the funds as well as for Ms Intrater’s kind letter. The items will be cataloged and in the library collection by October, 2006.