The Brenau Trustee Library recently acquired a premier collection of titles written by and about British writers C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. More than 100 books were donated by Warren Jones, who presented the generous donation in honor of his wife, Bobbie Jean Collins Jones, WC ’64.

Jones’ gift also helped fund a two-day symposium, hosted by Brenau University and Grace Episcopal Church, called Love Letters to Jack, Love Letters to God: An Exploration of the Works of Joy Davidman & C.S. Lewis.

Among the event’s featured speakers was author Don W. King, an English professor at Montreat College in Montreat, North Carolina, and noted scholar of Lewis and Davidman. He has numerous published works on Lewis and the women who influenced him, including Davidman and poet Ruth Pitter.

“This is far beyond anything I originally envisioned,” Jones said of the event. “I only proposed a lecture for Dr. King to come, but all these ideas grew out of it, and I am most pleased.”

More information on the C.S. Lewis collection is available at http://libguides.brenau.edu/cslewis.