ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries J u n e 1 9 9 3 / 3 4 7 dation to support a training program this sum ­ m er for 10 Russian librarians at the Library of Congress and selected local libraries through­ out the United States. Acquisitions Alice K ahler M arshall's private archives on w o m en ’s history, valued at nearly $300,000, have b e e n acq u ired b y T h e P e n n s y lv a n ia State U niversity. Thought to be the most ex­ tensive private com pilation o n the subject in the nation, the collection contains more than 6,000 books and hundreds of pam phlets, broad­ sides, buttons, postcards, posters, and games. Also included in the acquisition are more than 400 periodicals, including such rare n ew spa­ pers as Una (1853), the Free In q u irer (1832), and all 941 issues o f the 17th century periodi­ cal, th e O bservator (1681-1684). M arshall w orked o n the W ashington Post before joint­ ing the intelligence branch o f the 2nd Air Force in WWII. More recently, she w orked as a se­ nior research analyst for the state H ouse of Representatives and a speech w riter during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s for several political figures. V . S. N a ip a u l's manuscripts, correspon­ dence, and family memorabilia have b ee n ac­ quired by T he U n iv ersity o f Tulsa. Equally lauded for his fiction and his journalism, Naipaul is the author o f 10 novels, 10 books of nonfic­ tion, an d a collection o f short stories. Born in Trinidad to descendants of Indian immigrants, Naipaul w as ed u cated at O xford University. Naipaul first w on international acclaim in 1961 after the publication of his novel A House fo r Mr. Biswas. His m ost recent w ork, India: A Million M utinies Now, w as published in 1990. The papers of fam ed English biographer Elizabeth Pakenham have b een acquired by the Twentieth Century Archives at B o sto n U niver­ sity. Know n for h er notew orthy biographies of Q ueen Victoria, Q ueen Elizabeth I, and Sir Winston Churchill, Pakenham w as educated at Oxford earning h er degree in classical history and philosophy. Pakenham ’s major w orks in­ clude Victoria, M (1964), Wellington: The Years o f the Sword (1969), The Royal House o f Windsor (1974),- Churchill (1974), and B y ro n ’s Greece (1975). The collection includes P ak en h am ’s m a n u s c rip ts , re s e a rc h n o te s , d ia rie s, an d datebooks. Robert Penn W arren's private w o rk in g library and poetry collection have b een acquired by W estern K entucky U n iv ersity ’s Center for Robert P enn W arren Studies. T he collection contains 2,250 volumes, photographs, a Pulitzer medal, the Presidential Medal o f Freedom, the laurel w reath W arren received w h en he b e ­ came America’s first Poet Laureate, an d other memorabilia. W arren (1905-1989), best know n for his Pulitzer-prizing w inning novel, A ll The K in g ’s Men, left a b ody o f w ork that included 16 volum es o f poetry, 10 novels, a play, a vol­ um e o f short stories, a collection of critical es­ says, a biography, an d tw o studies of race rela­ tions in America. Seven hundred and forty-five watercolor paintings, pencil drawings, and prints by 19th- century artist John Rubens Smith have b een ac­ quired by T he Library o f C ongress. In his time an influential draw ing master, Smith cre­ ated som e o f the finest surviving sketches of America during the Federal period, including views o f Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Phila­ delphia, an d other Eastern seaboard cities. T ra d itio n a l Crafts o f J a p a n , a set of books an d videos on traditional Japanese arts and crafts has b ee n acquired by the Architec- tu re/F in e Arts Library at the U n iv e r s ity o f M anitoba libraries. A gift from the Soroptomist International, this set contains information on everything from ceramics to writing instruments, and will be of particular interest to scholars in the fields o f art, religion, history, textiles, and Asian Studies. This gift is part of a w orldwide distribution sponsored by Fuji Bank Ltd. Charles James A p p e rle y 's unpublished letters and personal papers have b ee n acquired by the U n iv ersity o f V irginia Library’s Marion duPont Scott collection o f sporting books. Con­ sidered by some the first great sports journal­ ist, A pperley w rote vivid, detailed accounts of fox hunting and horse racing in 1820s and 30s u n d er the n om de plum e Nimrod. Eagerly read th ro u g h o u t England an d th e U nited States, A pperley (1778-1843) w as know n for his lively, anecdote-filled accounts, w ritten mainly for The Sporting M agazine, o n e o f the most popular 3 4 8 /C&RL News sports journals of its day. Brilliant, vain, and pompous, Apperley peppered his personal let­ ters with juicy gossip, details about his hunting tours, complaints about other writers’ work and the casually dropped names of prominent mem­ bers of royalty, nobility, and the sporting world. The 11-volume archive, containing some 1,200 of Apperley’s letters, papers, and manuscripts, was purchased from a New York rare book and manuscript dealer with funds from the Scott endowment. The Sol Eisen Collection of Canadiana has been acquired by the U niversity o f Wa­ terloo Library. The collection contains 170 rare volumes, including one of the few books pub­ lished in the Montagnais dialect, Nehiro-Iriniui A iam ihe M assinahigan, printed by William Brown in 1767. Also included in the collection are several imprints of great rarity not listed in Patricia Fleming’s Upper Canadian Imprints, 1801-1841; A Bibliography. Included in this category are a children’s book, First Book fo r Children, printed in 1826; an 1839 edition of Wilson's Border Tales; and two almanacs which were previously unknown: The Upper Canada A lm a n a c a n d D irectory o f 1831 an d The Toronto Farm er’s a n d M echanic’s A lm anac (1838). The collection also contains the only known extent copies of Swift’s York Country Al­ manac and the Upper Canada Almanac for 1837. Over 2 00 letters and documents w ritten by and to Sam Houston (1793-1863) have been acquired by Rice University. Included in the acquisition are correspondence from would-be Texas colonizers, Henri Castro and Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, and documents and letters pertaining to Indian affairs, including correspon­ dence with Houston’s Cherokee foster father John Jolly and with Bowles, chief of Texas’s Cherokee Nation. Another portion of the col­ lection focuses on Sam Houston’s term as Presi­ dent of the independent Republic of Texas and his administrations’ relations with the U.S. gov­ ernment, including letters and documents to and from Daniel Webster, Zachary Taylor, John C. Calhoun, and James Buchanan. ■ (Washington Hotline continued from page 342) Selected other library FY 1993 FY94 Admin. and related program s Approp. Request GPO Superintendent of Documents 29,082 33,707 Natl. Center for Educ. Statistics 77,850 125,000 NCLIS 889 904 Library of Congress 334,316 364,352 National Agricultural Library 17,715 17,915 National Archives 160,045 189,182 Natl. Endowment for the Arts 174,460 174,593 Natl. Endowment for the Humanities 177,413 177,491 Natl. Hist. Pubs. & Records Com. 5,000 4,000 National Library of Medicine 116,743 116,979 (incl. Medical Lib. Asst. Act) Postal revenue forgone 121,912 91,434 connected college and research libraries will share resources electronically with schools and public libraries. HEA library program s are needed to help these libraries put their re­ sources on the network for access beyond their own campuses. Strong Congressional Support Shown Library Legislative Day participants on April 20 helped library champion Representative Dale Kildee (D-Mich.) solicit cosigners on a letter Kildee spearheaded to support restoration of HEA and LSCA programs proposed for elimi­ nation to FY93 levels of funding. At this writ­ ing, Kildee’s office was putting the letter in fi­ nal form with signatures of 76 House members. The letter was addressed to Chairman William Natcher (D-Ky.) of the Labor, Health and Hu­ man Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over li­ brary program funding. Academic and research librarians w ho have not yet contacted their leg­ islators to urge restoration of the zeroed out library programs could still do so. ■