ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries September 1983 / 297 D a v i d G. E s p l i n , book selection and acquisi­ tions lib rarian at the University of T oronto L i­ brary, died after a long illness on July 10. A n d r e w H . H o r n , dean of the University of C al­ ifornia, Los Angeles, School of Library and Infor­ mation Science from 1959-1978, died on May 25. He also served as collection librarian at Occidental College (1957-1959), university librarian at the U niv ersity of N o rth C a ro lin a a t C h a p e l H ill (1954-1957), and assistant associate university li­ brarian (1951-1954), archivist (1950-1957), and assistant head of the D epartm ent of Special Collec­ tions (1948-1951) at UCLA. Horn held a Ph.D . in history from UCLA and a degree in librarianship from the University of California, Berkeley. J a n e R . M o r h a r d t , assistant librarian at H ar­ v ard ’s Lam ont Library, died on May 29. She had served at Lam ont Library for 15 years. A d a h M ay O b e n h a u s , chief cataloging librarian at Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, died on April 19, after eighteen years of service at th a t library. J a y R a s i e l , of the Science and Engineering Li­ brary, State University of New York, Buffalo, died on June 23. H e r m a n F. R o b i n t o n , c u ra to r em eritus and former business librarian of the New York Univer­ sity G raduate School of Business Administration, died on March 7. G e o r g e H . V r o o m a n , hum anities bibliogra­ pher at the Yale University Library since 1966, died on June 12. C o n s t a n c e M . W i n c h e l l , au th o r of the 7th (1951) and 8th (1967) editions of Guide to Refer­ ence Works, died on May 23 at the age of 86. W in­ chell joined the staff of the Columbia University Libraries in 1925 as a reference assistant and be­ cam e chief reference lib rarian at C olum bia in 1941. She held this position until her retirem ent in 1962. She had previously worked at the University of Michigan Libraries and the American Library in Paris. Long active in the American Library Associ­ ation, W inchell was aw arded the Isadore Gilbert M udge C ita tio n for d is t i n g u i s h e d service in 1960. ■ ■ News from the fie ld ACQUISITIONS • I l l i n o i s S t a t e H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y Library, Springfield, has acquired a collection of the letters and manuscripts of U.S. Senator Lyman Trum bull (1813-1896) to add to their existing collection of T rum bull family papers. Included are letters from T rum bull and his brothers and sisters to family m em bers in Jackson, M ichigan, m ostly d atin g from the 1840s and 1850s. • N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L ib r a r y has purchased a col­ lection of im portant papers and documents by and about H erm an Melville (1819-1891), including the first d raft of a portion of the author’s first published novel, Typee (1845), as well as hundreds of family letters and memorabilia. O ther rarities are a frag­ m ent from the short story “Bartleby the Scrivener,” three letters signed by Melville, and over 500 letters from Melville’s m other, wife, and other family members. The collection also contains three large family trunks and other artifacts. New York Public Library possesses one of the largest collections of Melville m aterial in the world. • O k l a h o m a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y Library, Stillwa­ ter, has received the papers of Paul Miller, now chairm an emeritus of the G annett Company. The papers, which record the beginnings and growth of news networks in America, include writings, pho­ tos, documents, news stories, and personal corre­ spondence th a t reflect Miller’s early career and his term as president of the Associated Press. •T h e P u b l i c A r c h i v e s o f C a n a d a , O ttaw a, re­ cently acquired the historical papers of the Mon­ treal Am ateur Athletic Association. The collection, dating from 1861 to 1934, comprises m inute books, annual reports, correspondence, posters, and sou­ venir programs. Established in 1881, the Associa­ tion was im portant in the history of am ateur sports in C anada. •T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f D e n v e r ’s C enter for the Study of Library Architecture has received, as a gift from David Kaser, his architectural consulta­ tion papers, plans, and program s for the years 1958-1975. Kaser, a former president of ACRL, has advised in the development of over 60 college and university lib ra ry buildings in th e U nited 298 / C &R L News States, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Among the library buildings represented in the gift are the Vassar College Library, the W estern Illinois Uni­ versity L ib ra ry , th e V an d erb ilt U niversity L i­ brary, and the University of Wisconsin Library. •T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f N o t r e D a m e Libraries, No­ tre Dame, Indiana, have received the first install­ m ent of a major collection of ten incunabula do­ nated by Astrik L. Gabriel, director emeritus of Notre D am e’s Medieval Institute. The first volume received is the Postilla cum serm onibus evange- lio ru m by N icholas D in k elsb u h l (S trassburg, 1496), one of only two copies known to exist in the United States. This work and the additional titles to be received will significantly enrich the libraries’ already strong collections in theology and medieval studies. •T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f P i t t s b u r g h Libraries have received a unique collection of unpublished draft m a n u sc rip ts by T om as G a rrig u e M asary k (1850-1937), the first President of Czechoslovakia. The manuscripts were presented to the Libraries by th e U n iv ersity ’s C zechoslovak N a tio n a lity Room Committee in a special ceremony on March 6, Masaryk’s birthday. The papers, either w ritten by Masaryk or by his instruction, are mostly un­ published drafts of letters, m em oranda, and mes­ sages in either English or Czech addressed to Amer­ ican an d E u ro p ean statesm en d u rin g th e final phase of W orld W ar I and in the early period of the country’s independence. • W i c h i t a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Kansas, has re­ ceived over 600 books and periodicals on mesmer­ ism, anim al magnetism, and hypnotism from Dr. Maurice M. Tinterow , editor of Foundations of Hypnosis. The collection includes works by Nicolas Bergasse, H ippolyte Bernheim, James Esdaile, Franz Anton Mesmer, the Marquis de Puységur, and other figures who contributed to the develop­ m ent of hypnosis. It also includes the only known copy of James Braid’s Satanic Agency and Mesmer­ ism Reviewed, in which the word “hypnotism” was coined. GRANTS • C e n t e n n i a l C o l l e g e o f A p p l i e d A r t s a n T e c h n o l o g y , Scarborough, O n tario , has been granted $151,710 from the O ntario Government for the creation of an autom ated vertical file index, compilation of film and videotape catalogs, and the development of a specialized trade magazine index. The index will be m ade available to other li­ braries and interested organizations. • D r o p s i e C o l l e g e f o r H e b r e w a n d C o g n a t e L e a r n i n g , Philadelphia, has received a $200,000 grant from the Pew Memorial Trust to upgrade and modernize its Main Library collection of works concerned w ith Semitic languages and literature, Arabic and Islamic studies, and Jewish studies and Rabbinics. Two of the project goals are to convert its classification to the Library of Congress system d and add OCLC terminals. The College has also been aw arded $41,000 by the National Endow ­ ment for the Humanities to preserve its collection of Genizah documents, p a rt of a vast trove of an ­ cient and medieval manuscripts found in the 1890s in a C airo synagogue’s storage area. The docu­ ments are being deacidified and sealed in polyester film. • H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y Library has been granted $249,834 under the Strengthening Research L i­ braries Resources Program of the U.S. D epartm ent of Education to support preservation microfilming in 1983-1984. The grant will pay the salaries of a small staff and enable the Library to preserve, dis­ seminate, and facilitate the use of approximately 1.2 million pages of fragile and rare publications and manuscripts. This year the Library will give special attention to its outstanding collection of E u ­ ropean publications of the W orld W ar II period and will continue its experimentation in the preser­ vation and bibliographic control of collections of ephemera. • I n d i a n a U n i v e r s i t y Libraries, Bloomington, have received a $230,080 Title II-C grant to im ­ prove nationwide bibliographic access to their col­ lection of folklore research materials. The project will include preservation microfilming of certain serial titles, adding the collection to the OCLC database, and organizing, indexing, and archivally storing materials in the Lilly Library’s Dorson Col­ lection. • J o h n s H o p k i n s U n i v e r s i t y ’s Milton S. Eisenho­ wer Library, Baltimore, has received a $71,456 Ti­ tle II-C grant for the bibliographic control and preservation of the James G. Birney collection of anti-slavery pamphlets. D ata on the collection of 1,200 items will be entered into the RLIN d ata­ base, and a short title index of the records will be compiled and distributed nationally. • N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y , Evanston, Illi­ nois, has been aw arded a grant of up to $57,000 by the Council on Library Resources to conduct an evaluation study of activities designed to teach the use of an online public access catalog. The study in­ volves the creation of an instructional model for the development of a training program th a t could be adopted in a num ber of different online catalogs in academic library settings. A key component of the model will be the utilization of online transaction monitoring as a source of data on user perform ­ ance. The project began on July 1 and runs for 16 months. • R i d e r C o l l e g e , Lawrenceville, New Jersey, has received a grant of $300,000 from the Pew Me­ morial Trust for a three-year autom ation project to broaden the library’s resource-sharing capability. The library plans a retrospective conversion using the OCLC database, installation of an online pub­ lic catalog and circulation system, and freezing the card catalog. • T u l a n e U n i v e r s i t y ’s William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archive, New Orleans, has been aw arded a Septem ber 1983 / 299 second grant of $25,000 by the Rockefeller Foun­ dation to continue the cataloging of popular music in p rin t and m anuscript form. The goal is to pro­ cess some 10,000 pieces, including sheet music, or­ chestrations, and band arrangem ents dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. •T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , Berkeley, has been aw arded a Title II-C grant to improve its Czechoslovak and Russian Pacifica collections. Two m ajor goals are the cataloging and preserva­ tion of the Masaryk-Beneš Collection and filling m ajor gaps in pre-1945 Czechoslovak periodical holdings. •T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s L ibrary, U rbana, has received a grant of $20,113 from the Illinois Hum anities Council for its project entitled, “W il­ liam Shakespeare: Not of an Age, But for All T im e.” Melissa Cain, English Library, and Mi­ c h a e l M u llin , E n g lish D e p a r tm e n t, a re c o ­ directors of the project, which prem iered at the an­ nual Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Bloomington, in July and August. It features an exhibit of Shake­ speare m aterial from the library’s collection, pre­ p e rfo rm a n c e le c tu re s given by h u m a n itie s scholars, a viewer’s guide and other printed educa­ tional m aterial dealing w ith the staging and in ter­ pretation of Shakespeare’s plays. The University L ibrary has also been given its largest single endow m ent fund. E. Kenneth Gray, a retired physician and Illinois graduate, gave over $450,000 through the University of Illinois Library Friends to support purchases of books for the Rare Book Room an d o th e r special collections. T he funds will eventually be used for the establishment of a $5 million endow m ent for library acquisitions. •T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f K a n s a s Library, Law rence, has been aw arded a $114,313 Title II-C grant for a project to catalog 5,000 C entral American titles. •T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f N e v a d a , Reno, has received a National E ndow m ent for the Hum anities grant to train a Basque librarian and to begin cataloging the internationally-know n Basque research collec­ tion. The funding creates a cooperative venture be­ tw een the UNR Library, the UNR Basque Studies P ro g ram , th e B asque governm ent (in V ito ria, Spain), and the newly-formed University of the Basque Country. The UNR Basque collection of 15,000 items is particularly known for its works on ethnic nationalism and Basque em igration patterns and was started 20 years ago w ith a core collection of 700 books from the personal library of noted French Basque scholar, Philippe Veyrin. NEWS NOTES • T h e A s s o c i a t i o n o f A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y S c h o o l s , S ta te C o lleg e, P e n n s y lv a n ia , has changed its nam e to the Association fo r Library and Inform ation Science Education (ALISE). The n am e change reflects th e m any developm ents w hich have taken place in the Association since it was founded in 1915. Its goal is to prom ote excel­ lence in education for library and inform ation sci­ ence as a means of increasing the effectiveness of li­ brary and inform ation services. • C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , New York, announced plans to build a new $3 million Rare Book and M anuscript L ibrary w ith funds raised through do­ 300 / C &RL News nor contributions. The library will occupy portions of the top floors of Butler Library on Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus. Walls and partitions throughout the interior will be prim arily glass, while floors and furnishings will be oak. The li­ brary, designed by New York architects Cain, F ar­ rell and Bell, is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1984. • T he L i b r a r y C o m p a n y o f P h i l a d e l p h i a hosting a project, organized by the State and Uni­ versity Library of Göttingen, West Germany, to record every item printed in the German language in America before 1830. W erner Tannhoff of the Göttingen Library has made the Library Company his American headquarters for the project and is compiling information on books, broadsides, and almanacs printed as early as 1729. The final prod­ uct will be a multi-volume work entitled The First C entury o f German Language Printing in the United States o f North America, expected to be published in 1985. The entire project is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Association), an organization similar to the National Endowm ent for the Humanities. The Göttingen Project coincides with the 300th anni­ versary of the founding of G ermantown, Pennsyl­ vania, in 1683. Many German-American imprints in the collections of the Library Company and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania will be featured in the joint “Germantown 300” exhibit to open in October, 1983. ■ ■ C LR Invites Applications for the 1984-85 Internship Program The Council on Library Resources invites ap­ plications for the 1984-85 Academic Library Management Intern Program. A maximum of five librarians will be chosen to spend nine months working with directors and senior ad­ ministrative staff at host libraries. Each intern will be awarded a stipend equal to basic salary and benefits (up to $25,000) for the nine-month period. Some assistance with moving and other expenses will also be pro­ vided. Applicants must be citizens of the United States or C anada, or have perm anent resident status in either country. Experience, education, references, and other factors will be considered in selecting interns. Nearly all past interns have had at least five years of professional library ex­ perience. Applications must be postmarked no later than October 3, 1983. For further information and application materials, write Academic Li­ brary Management Intern Program, Council on Library Resources, 1785 Massachusetts Ave­ nue, N .W ., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 483- 7474. is G enre Term s Genre Terms: A Thesaurus fo r Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, pre­ pared by the Standards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, has just been published by ACRL. It contains an alphabeti­ cal list of terms th a t can be entered in field 655 of a MARC record. Some examples of terms are: emblem books, courtesy books, livres d ’ar- tistes, and keepsakes. Genre Terms has 43 pages and its ISBN is 0-8389-6612-8. It is available prepaid from the ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611, at $5.50 for ACRL members and $7.50 for non-members. AFRICANA AWARD The Archives-Libraries Committee of the Afri­ can Studies Association (U.S.) seeks nominations for the third biennial Helen F. Conover-Dorothy B. Porter Award for excellence in Africana bibliog­ raphy or reference work. Any Africa-related refer­ ence work, bibliography or bibliographic essay published separately or as p art of a larger work during 1981, 1982 or 1983 can be nominated for the 1984 aw ard, which includes a prize of $300. Nominations must be received before the end of December, 1983. Conover was senior bibliographer in the African Section of the Library of Congress, serving 32 years before her retirement in 1963. Porter was librarian of the Moorland-Springarn Research Center, Ho­ w ard University, retiring after 45 years of service in 1973. The 1980 aw ard was presented to Julian Witherell for his The United States and Africa: G u id e to U.S. O ffic ia l D o c u m e n ts and Government-Sponsored Publications on Africa, 1785-1975 (W ashington: L ib rary of Congress, 1978). The 1982 aw ard went to Roger Hilbert and Christine Oehlmann for their Foreign Direct In ­ vestments and Multinational Corporations in Sub- Saharan A fric a : A B ib lio g ra p h y (F ra n k fu rt: Campus-Verlag, 1980). To recommend a title or for further information, please contact: Joseph J. Lauer, Chairm an, ASA Subcommittee on Bibliography, Technical Ser­ vices D epartm ent, University Research Library, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024. ■ ■