ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL N e w s ■ N o v e m b e r 1 9 9 9 / 863 G r a n t s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n s A n n -C h riste Y o ung The In st itu te o f M u se u m a n d L ib ra ry Services h a s a w a rd e d m o re th a n $10 m illion to in stitutions o f h ig h e r e d u c a tio n , m u se u m s , a n d re la te d o rg a n iz a tio n s a c ro ss th e c o u n try fo r e x e m p l a r y l e a d e r s h ip in lib ra ry a n d i n f o r m a t io n s c i e n c e . 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F o r d e ta ils a b o u t th e a w a rd projects, s e e h ttp ://w w w .im ls .g o v . H e rita g e C o lle g e re c e iv e d a $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 g ra n t fro m th e W illiam H. G a te s F o u n d a tio n to a u to m a te t h e lib ra ry . T h e g ra n t in c lu d e s H e rita g e C o lle g e ’s s h a r e o f th e c o s t o f th e O n lin e P riv a te A c a d e m ic L ibrary Link (OPALL) C o n s o rtiu m ’s E n d e a v o r V o y a g e r s y s te m , p lu s c o m p u t e r h a r d w a r e , in fra s tru c tu re , tra in in g c o sts, a n d a 4 0 -w e e k p a id i n te r n s h ip fo r a n e w MLS g r a d u a te o r g r a d u a te s t u d e n t to a ssist w ith e n d u s e r tra in in g . OPALL is a c o n s o rtiu m o f i n d e p e n d e n t c o lle g e lib ra rie s in O r e g o n a n d W a s h in g to n . Ed. note: Send y o u r new s to : G rants & A cq u isitio n s, C&RL News, 50 E. H u ro n St., C hicago, IL 60611-2795; e -m a il: a yo u n g @ a la .o rg . U niversity o f Nevada, Reno, has received tw o m a jo r gifts o f m o r e t h a n $90,000 fro m t h e E. L. C o rd F o u n d a tio n . T h e gift w ill fu n d t h e e s ta b lis h m e n t o f a c o m p u tin g la b , a c o m ­ p u tin g h e lp d e s k , a n d a c o m p u tin g in s tru c ­ tio n r o o m in th e m a in library. T h e la b is th e la rg e s t g e n e r a l-a c c e s s c o m p u tin g la b o n th e c a m p u s . A n o th e r m a jo r gift fro m Dr. a n d Mrs. C lin to n C h a s e o f B lo o m in g to n , In d ia n a , e s ­ t a b lis h e d th e P a tric ia L. C h a s e S tu d y A rea, w h ic h in c lu d e s a la rg e ro o m fo r q u ie t s tu d y , se v e ra l c o n fe re n c e ro o m s fo r g r o u p s tu d y a n d se m in a rs , a n d a n i n s t r u c tio n /te a c h in g ro o m fo r m u ltim e d ia p r e s e n ta tio n s . P a tric ia C h a se g r a d u a t e d fro m t h e U n iv e rs ity o f N e v a d a , R e n o , in 1957 w ith a d e g r e e in p s y c h o lo g y . A n g lo State U niversity has received a g ift o f $ 1 25,000 fro m E va C a m u n e z T u c k e r fo r th e W e s t T e x a s C o lle c tio n . M o s t o f t h e gift ($ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 ) w ill b e u s e d t o sta rt a n e n d o w m e n t fu n d . T h e in te re s t fro m t h e e n d o w m e n t w ill b e u s e d fo r s u p p l e m e n t in g t h e sa la ry o f th e in d iv id u a l in c h a rg e o f t h e c o lle c tio n a n d v a rio u s fo rm s o f c o lle c tio n d e v e lo p m e n t. T h e re m a in d e r o f th e gift is fo r a n im m e d ia te sa la ry e n h a n c e m e n t fo r t h e h e a d o f t h e c o ll e c t io n a n d fo r a o n e - y e a r , p a r t- tim e c o lle c tio n s sp e c ia lis t. A c q u i s i t i o n s The D e m ocratic P arty o f H aw aii records (1 9 6 0 -9 0 ) h a v e b e e n a c q u i r e d b y t h e U n i­ v e rsity o f H a w a ii at M a n o a . In m a k in g th e gift, th e P a rty C hair, J u d g e W alter H e e n , re c ­ o g n i z e d th a t t h e r e c o r d s w o u l d c o m p le m e n t t h e lib ra ry ’s o t h e r p rim a ry s o u r c e m a te ria ls re la tin g to H a w a ii’s political h isto ry sin c e sta te ­ h o o d . T h e s e in c lu d e th e gifts th a t fo rm th e c o rn e rs to n e s o f th e lib ra ry ’s n e w ly e sta b lish e d H a w a ii C o n g re s s io n a l P a p e rs C o lle c tio n : th e C o n g re s s io n a l P a p e r s o f S e n a to r S p a rk M. M a tsu n a g a , d o n a t e d to th e lib ra ry b y h is fa m ­ ily in 1997, a n d t h e C o n g re s s io n a l P a p e rs o f S e n a to r H ira m L. F o n g , d o n a te d b y t h e S e n a ­ t o r in 1998. http://www.imls.gov mailto:ayoung@ala.org 864 / C&RL N e w s ■ N o v e m b e r 1999 Extensive collections o f works by John Dos P a s s o s a n d R o c k w e ll K e n t— a s w e ll a s p u b l i ­ c a tio n s b y D y la n T h o m a s , W illiam F a u lk n e r a n d J o h n B a rth — h a v e b e e n d o n a te d to J o h n s H o p k in s U niversity b y a lu m n u s R ich a rd Frary. T h e D o s P a s s o s c o lle c tio n i n c lu d e s t h e n o v ­ e ls M a n h a tta n T ra n s fe r a n d USA, d ra m a , p o ­ e try , h isto ry , a n d c o n tro v e rs ia l w o r k s fro m e v e ry s ta g e o f h is c a re e r. A 1927 p a m p h l e t h e w r o t e in s u p p o r t o f S a c c o a n d V a n ze tti is in c l u d e d w ith a 1959 b o o k b y th e c o n s e rv a ­ tiv e W illiam F. B u c k le y Jr., fo r w h ic h D o s P a s s o s w r o t e a n in tro d u c tio n . K e n t’s c o lle c ­ tio n in c lu d e s r e p r o d u c t io n s o f h is p a in tin g s , a c a ta lo g o f ra is o n n e o f h is p rin ts , a n d b o o k illu s tra tio n s h e c r e a te d fo r w rite rs a s d iffer­ e n t a s S h a k e s p e a re , t h e ’20s h u m o ris t G e o rg e C h a p p e ll, a n d K e n t h im self. A lso a n a u th o r o f n o n fic tio n , K e n t b a s e d h is w o r k o n h is p e r s o n a l e x p e r ie n c e , a n d p r o o fs o f th e p ic ­ tu r e s fo r o n e o f h is b o o k s , N b y E— a n a c ­ c o u n t o f a v o y a g e t o G r e e n l a n d in 1929— a re a m o n g t h e h ig h lig h ts o f th e c o lle c tio n . A collection o f papers from the Blow fam ­ ily, a p r o m in e n t f a m ily in S o u th s id e , V irginia, is o w n e d b y th e C o lle g e o f W illiam a n d Mary. T h e c o ll e c t io n d o c u m e n t s m e r c a n t i le a n d p la n ta tio n life th ro u g h v o lu m in o u s c o rre s p o n ­ d e n c e , l e d g e r s , d r a w i n g s , l e g a l p a p e r s , m e m o r a n d u m b o o k s , bills a n d re c e ip ts , a n d c o v e r s s e v e ra l g e n e r a ti o n s o f B lo w s fro m 1 7 5 0 -1 9 0 0 . T h e p e n a n d in k s k e tc h b e lo w is o f m e r c h a n t a n d s h i p o w n e r R ic h a rd B lo w o f “T o w e r H ill,” in S u s se x C o u n ty , V irginia. It is o n e o f a n u m b e r o f o rig in a l s k e tc h e s fro m t h e B lo w F a m ily P a p e rs . ■ Richard Blow seated at his desk. This sketch is fro m th e Blow Family Papers in Swem Library at th e College o f W illiam and Mary.