ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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Placement Service at Conference
The National Registry for Librarians, in co­

operation with the Illinois State Employment 
Service, is providing placement service dur­
ing the conference week.

It is suggested that employers in listing their 
positions, provide adequate descriptions of 
academic and experience requirements along 
with position content, opportunities for pro­
fessional growth, salary, and other benefits.

Applicants should provide adequate details 
of academic achievement and experience, 
specifying cities, states, and regions in which 
employment would be considered, and the 
minimum acceptable salary.

Employers and employees who registered in 
advance with the National Registry in Chicago 
should contact the conference placement cen­
ter upon arrival at the conference to confirm

registrations and to furnish conference ad­
dresses. Registrations will also be accepted for 
those who were unable to register in advance.

The policy of the U.S. Employment Service 
prohibits the acceptance of a job order which 
bears discriminatory specifications in respect to 
race, creed, age, color, sex, or national origin.

The placement center will be open during 
the following hours;

Monday, June 26, 9:00 a.m.-5;00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 27, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 28, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 29, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Friday, June 30, 9:00 a.m.-12;00 noon
The placement center will be located in 

Private Dining Rooms 16, 17, and 18 in the 
Palmer House. ■ ■

Allan Nevins Memorial Fund
The Trustees of the Huntington Library, 

San Marino, California, have enlisted the aid 
of noted author and scholar, Irving Stone, to 
set up a memorial fund in memory of Amer­
ica’s greatest historian, Allan Nevins, whose 
death in 1971 ended an eleven-year associa­
tion with the library.

The object of the fund is not only to per­
petuate the memory of an outstanding scholar 
and historian, but to continue his surge of 
creative work at the Huntington Library 
through the establishment of a permanent sen­
ior research associateship in American history, 
as well as annual fellowships and scholarships 
or grants for shorter periods of time.

Stone reports that he has been joined by 
many distinguished people in setting up the 
fund. Its board of directors, which will operate 
under his chairmanship, is composed of Elmer 
Belt, M.D., Edward W. Carter, chairman of 
the board of Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc., Doug­
lass Cater, author and director, Aspen Institute 
for Humanistic Studies, Henry Steele Com- 
mager, historian and author. The Honorable 
Alan Cranston, United States Senator, Cali­
fornia, Glenn S. Dumke, chancellor, California 
State University and Colleges, Charles J. Hitch, 
president. University of California, The Hon­
orable Edward Kennedy, United States Sen­
ator, Massachusetts, Clark Kerr, chairman and 
executive director, Carnegie Commission on 
High Education, Willard F. Libby, Nobel 
Laureate, Chemistry, William J. McGill, presi­
dent, Columbia University, Thomas Reddin,

chief of police, Los Angeles (retired), A. L. 
Rowse, historian and author, Henry J. Seldis, 
art critic, Los Angeles Times, Millard Sheets, 
artist and architectural designer. The Honorable 
John V. Tunney, United States Senator, Cali­
fornia, and The Honorable Earl Warren, Chief 
Justice, United States Supreme Court (retired).

Allan Nevins, a senior research associate at 
the Huntington Library at the time of his 
death, March 5, 1971, was generally regarded 
as the nation’s greatest historian. He was a 
dedicated and prolific scholar, the author and 
editor of more than one hundred books. His 
own vivid narratives, and particularly the 
eight-volume history of the Civil War com­
pleted just before his death. The Ordeal of the 
Union, were packed with excitement and fresh 
insights. American Heritage magazine was the 
result of his belief that sound history could be 
made popular.

Although Nevins was known as an expert on 
the Civil War, his interests—his books and his 
years of teaching at Columbia University— 
ranged over the entire history of the nation, 
from colonial days to the present.

The present interested Nevins particularly, 
hence he was confidant and advisor of presi­
dents, from Harry Truman to Eisenhower and 
Kennedy, and edited President Kennedy’s 
speeches for publication. He was also the father 
of the Oral History Program, now in nation­
wide use, to record for future historians the 
views of today’s greats and near-greats. ■ ■