Bruno Goossens has donated 3 foils that belonged to Hall of Famer and 2-time US foil champion, Gay Jacobsen.
Dick Berry, 2-time US Epee Champion, has donated some original photos, 3 award plaques, Michigan State University Fencing Team warm-up, fencing jacket, mask and pants.
Dernell Every, Hall of Famer / Olympic Bronze Medalist / 3-time US Foil Champion / Olympian 1928 - 1948 / has made a spectacular donation. Dernell had promised to give some of his memorabilia to the "just-started" Museum of American Fencing in Los Angeles in 1993. But before that package was sent, Mr. Every died. So in 1994, his medals and photos went to his closest friends, Pan Am fencer Grace Acel Hillyer Anderson and her husband Paul Anderson, who was instrumental in starting the fencing team at UConn in the 1940s. The Andersons promised to send me a selection of Mr. Every's collection as soon as they had the time. Sometime in the late 1990's I lost contact with the Anderson family and Dernell Every's fencing gifts. Fast forward to 2011....Paul Anderson's daughter, Valerie Gillen (who had inherited the Anderson's and Mr. Every's items) decided to donate these fencing riches to the Museum. Here is what was donated:
10 U.S. National Championship medals, 5 AFLA Metropolitan medals, U.S. Olympic belt buckle from Amsterdam 1928, U.S. Olympic belt buckle from Los Angeles 1932, 4 Yale University medals, 4 large Olympic medallions from Amsterdam 1928, Los Angeles 1932 and London 1948; a Centennial celebration letter opener from the Fencers' Club 1883 - 1983; 50 photographs from the 1948 U.S. National finals in the Roosevelt Hotel and photos from the 1948 London Olympics; a U.S. Olympic Committee pin in silver with an image of Big Ben from the 1948 Olympics; 2 I.F.A. medals; 4 U.S. Olympic team patches; 2 "concurrent"1928 Amsterdam Olympic metal clips; F. I. E. Organizing Committee credential for the 1958 World Championships in Philadelphia; a selection of U.S. Olympic pins; 1932 Los Angeles Olympics Identification card; 1932 Los Angeles Olympic metal identification badge for the Olympic Village and Games; 2 large Yale University awards; American Olympic Fencing Committee minutes from 1938 at the NYAC; biographies of all of the 1936 U.S. Olympic fencers; Robert Grasson's (Yale Coach) complete collegiate records; a button from a man's blazer with the colored Olympic patch of the United States.