ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL N ew s •  D e c e m b e r 2001 / 1133

G r a n t s  a n d  A c q u i s i t i o n s Ann-C hriste Young

Rutgers University w as awarded $73,126
by the U.S. D e p artm en t o f  th e  In terio r’s “Save 
A m erica’s H eritage” grant p ro g ram  to p re serv e  
the R oebling Collection. T he collection consists 
o f p a p e rs o f  father a n d  so n  b rid g e  en g in eers 
Jo h n  A. an d  W ashington Roebling; d esigns a n d  
o ther d o c u m e n ta tio n  for 24 brid g es a n d  o th e r 
structures, including the Brooklyn Bridge; papers 
o f several ge n era tio n s o f family m em bers, 
including W ash in g to n ’s wife Emily W arren 
R oebling (w h o  directly su p e rv ise d  th e  building 
o f th e  B rooklyn Bridge w h e n  W ashington 
b ecam e ill) a n d  his b ro th er F erdinand Roebling, 
w h o  direc te d  a w ire ro p e  business; reco rd s of 
th e  J o h n  A. R o e b lin g ’s S o n s C o m p a n y ; 
W ashington R oebling’s Civil W ar journal a n d  
his h a n d -d ra w n  w artim e m aps.

The Special Collections Department of the
U niversity o f N evada, R eno (UNR) Libraries 
has re c e iv e d  a gift o f $10,000 from  th e  M oran 
Family Trust F u n d  to  e stablish a n  e n d o w m e n t 
fo r th e  p re se rv a tio n  a n d  m a in te n a n c e  o f rare 
d o c u m e n ts a n d  c o llections. P ro fe sso r B ruce 
M oran h a s b e e n  a m e m b e r o f th e  UNR fac­
ulty for 25 y e ars a n d  B arbara M oran h as b e e n  
a  te a c h e r fo r th e  W ashoe C o u n ty  S chool D is­
trict sin c e  1976. E arnings fro m  th e  e n d o w ­
m e n t m ay also b e  u s e d  to  p u rc h a s e  p re se rv a ­
tio n  e q u ip m e n t, s u p p o rt th e  efforts o f  th e  
B lack Rock Press, a n d  u n d e rw rite  staff/stu- 
d e n t travel to  a tte n d  a p p ro p ria te  c onferences.

The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)
Libraries h a s  re c e iv e d  a $20,000 g ra n t from  
t h e  T e x a s  S ta te  L ib r a r y  a n d  A r c h i v e s ’ 
T exT reasures p rogram . T he g ra n t will partially 
fu n d  a p ro je c t c a lle d  T ejan o  Voices, w h ic h  
will p ro v id e  im p ro v e d  a cc ess to  77 o ral h is­
tory in te rv iew s c o n d u c te d  d u rin g  th e  1990s 
b y  UTA p o litical sc ien c e  professor, J o s e  A n­
gel G utierrez. T h e  p ro je c t w ill ru n  from  S e p ­
te m b e r 1, 2001, th ro u g h  A ugust 31, 2002. T he 
interview s e m p h a size  th e  p e rso n a l stories a n d  
stru g g les o f  T ejan o  lea d ers, m a n y  o f  w h o m  
a re  th e  first individuals o f  M exican d e s c e n t in 
th e ir c o m m u n itie s e le c te d  o r a p p o in te d  to  
g o v e rn m e n t office. T ejano Voices w ill fe atu re

a  W eb site, w h ic h  w ill p ro v id e  a c c e s s to  
s tre a m e d  a u d io  o f th e  in te rv iew s a n d  to  th e  
in te rv iew  transcripts.

The U n iv ersity o f Nebraska Lincoln Li­
b ra rie s h a v e  re c e iv e d  a gift o f  $3.3 m illion 
fro m  th e  e state  o f M ildred O th m e r P e te rs o n  
(1902-2001). P e te rs o n  a tte n d e d  th e  U niver­
sity o f  N e b ra sk a  fro m  1921 to  1923, w h e re  
sh e  w o rk e d  as a stu d e n t a ssistant in th e  li­
brary. She la te r b e c a m e  a n o te d  w o rld  trav ­
eler, writer, lecturer, librarian, a n d  civic leader. 
She w a s a w rite r a n d  sp e c ia l a ssistant fo r ALA 
from  1935 to  1959 a n d  w ro te  fo r th e  Chicago 
Tribune from  1941 to  1959- P e te rs o n  w a s a c ­
tive in  m a n y  c o m m u n ity , n a tio n a l a n d  in te r­
n a tio n a l org a n iz atio n s, a n d  s h e  c o -fo u n d e d  
th e  P a n  A m erican  C ouncil in 1939 a n d  th e  
P a n  A m erican  B o a rd  o f E d u ca tio n  in 1956.

A c q u i s i t i o n s

The Tho m as and K ath le en  C larke C o l­
le c tio n  h a s b e e n  a c q u ire d  b y  B o sto n  C ollege. 
C larke w a s th e  re v o lu tio n a ry  le a d e r o f th e  
Irish R ep u b lic an  B ro th e rh o o d  a n d  th e  first 
signer o f  th e  Proclam ation o f  th e  Irish Republic, 
w h ic h  w a s r e a d  a lo u d  o n  E aster M onday, 
A pril 2 4 ,  1916, d u rin g  w h a t b e c a m e  k n o w n  as 
th e  E aster Rising. T h e  u p risin g  w a s th e  first o f 
a se ries o f  e v e n ts th at c u lm in a te d  in  th e  
e sta b lish m e n t o f th e  Irish Free State in 1921. 
F o r his p a rt in th e  E aster Rising, C larke w a s 
e x e c u te d  w ith  th e  first g ro u p  o f  le a d e rs at 
K ilm ainham  Jail in May 1916. In th e  a fte rm a th  
o f  th e  E aster Rising, K ath leen  C larke e n te re d  
p o litics a n d  in 1939 b e c a m e  th e  first w o m a n  
m a y o r o f D ublin. T h e  collection, p re s e rv e d  by  
th e ir s o n  Em m et, is rich  in b o o k s, letters, 
p h o t o g r a p h s ,  n e w s p a p e r s ,  m a n u s c r ip ts , 
p a m p h le ts , a n d  e p h e m e ra  d ra w n  from  th e  
o riginal c o lle c tio n  c o m m e n c e d  b y  C larke a n d  
his w ife. ■

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