ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 118 / C &R L News ★ ★ ★ News from the field A C Q U IS ITIO N S •The C l a r e m o n t C o l l e g e s - Honnold Library, Claremont, California, has received the personal collection of working papers of Irving W allace, best-selling author of T h e Prize and other novels. The papers include rough notes for his 28 books, galleys, correspondence, contracts, research mate­ rials, photographs, movie screenplays, posters, and audio and videotaped interviews with W allace, Marlene Dietrich, Raymond Chandler, and Pablo Picasso. The collection also contains documents re­ lating to the writings of W allace’s wife, Sylvia, who has published two novels, and his son David Wallechinsky and daughter Amy who have collab­ orated on the P e o p le ’s A lm an acs and B o o k o f Lists. In return the library has offered W allace online ac­ cess to his working files via a home computer termi­ nal . The arrangement permits his continuing use of the files while ensuring their protection. • H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y ’s Botanical Museum has acquired the Tina and Gordon Wasson Ethnomv­ cological Collection as a research adjunct of the museum’s Econ om ic Botany L ib ra ry of Oakes Ames. The collection, donated by mycologist R. Gordon Wasson, consists of approximately 2,400 books, periodicals, and pamphlets, ranging from the 15th century to the present, dealing with hallu­ cinogenic mushrooms in art, religion, and folklore. Material on the chemistry and pharmacology of mushrooms is also included, as well as books on lin­ guistics and dictionaries of unusual languages. In addition, the collection contains numerous archeo­ logical artifacts associated with mushroom wor­ ship in Mexico and Guatemala: an excellent collec­ tion of Chinese lin g-chih and Japanese netsuke in the form of mushrooms in jade, ivory, deer-horn, w ood, and m eta l; and ch a rts, painting s, and posters relating to mushrooms, many of them Jap a­ nese or Chinese. • S t a n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y ’s Hoover Institution Ar­ chives have made available the first 28 reels of the 266-reel Herman Axelbank Film Collection, an im­ portant film resource for the study of Russian his­ tory. Much of the footage on these reels, dating from about 1901 to 1921, is extremely rare. The subjects covered include Czar Nicholas and his family, scenes of Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil W ar, with espe­ cially good coverage of Trotsky’s role and of Siberia and the Far East. Funds to describe, index, and produce preservation and use copies of these 28 reels were donated by Alexander E . Kulakoff. • T e x a s A & M U n i v e r s i t y , College Station, has purchased a significant proportion of original re­ search collections from the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. A major part of the book col­ lection of approximately 13,000 volumes dates from the late 19th century through the 1930s and covers specialized fields of science and technology as well as general areas in the arts, history, and mil­ itary science. One highlight is the H erbert T . Walker Collection of Locomotive Engines consist­ ing of drawings, photographs, blueprints, and en­ gravings that traces the early history of steam loco­ motives in England and America. Also included in the purchase were two editions of Denis Diderot’s and Jean d’Alembert’s E n c y c lo p e d ic . the Paris Neuchâtel edition (1751-1780) and the Livorno (1770-1779). •The U n i v e r s i t y o f A r i z o n a ’s Center for Crea­ tive Photography. Tucson, has received the Marion Palfi Photo Archive as a gift of the Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas. A contemporary of Dorothea Lange and M argaret Bourke-W hite, Palfi portrayed the abandoned, the neglected, and the victimized until her death in 1977. From 1940 through the 1970s she traveled across the United States to photograph people in poverty-stricken ar­ eas. Especially notable are her photos of the Hopi, Navajo, and Papago Indians on their reservations and in urban relocation and acculturation centers. The gift consists of over 1.500 master prints, 10,000 work prints, hundreds of glass plate and film nega­ tives, contact sheets, several unpublished book manuscripts, and two boxes of correspondence. •The U n i v e r s i t y o f T e x a s . Austin, has acquired a collection of documents relating to the poet Rob­ rt Lowell (1917-1977). Included in the collection re 8,000 pages of Lowell’s manuscript works, gal­ eys and page proofs of his last five books of poetry, nd nearly 2,000 pages of correspondence from lit­ rary figures such as Adrienne Rich, Allen Tate, lizabeth Bishop, and Allen Ginsberg. GRANTS • L e w i s a n d C l a r k C o l l e g e . Portland, Oregon, as received an $85,360 library grant from the Na­ ional Endowment for the Humanities for a 15- onth program to improve public understanding f human life in the Pacific Northwest from prehis­ oric times to the era of exploration and settlement. he grant funds a “Perspectives on Our Past” series f lectures, films, library exhibits, and dramatiza­ ions expected to attract a number of leading arche­ e a l a e E h t m o t T o t April 1983 / 119 ologists, anthropologists, and historians. Begin­ ning in March 1983 and running through the spring of 1984, the lectures and exhibits will raise public awareness of the resources that academic li­ braries provide on the cultural history of the re­ gion. • R u t g e r s U n i v e r s i t y Library, New Brunswick, New Jersey, has received a grant of $9,280 from the New Jersey Committee for the Humanities to cre­ ate a SPINDEX generated index to the extensive collection of New Jersey maps in their Special Col­ lections and Archives Department. The resulting database of 3 ,0 0 0 -5 ,0 0 0 maps will provide de­ tailed cartographic information for each map. •The U n i v e r s i t y o f M ic h ig a n Library, Ann Ar­ bor, has received $56,747 from the Council on Li­ brary Resources and $110,000 from the Mellon Foundation to investigate the use of technology to improve the accessibility of collections in storage. Under the grants, RLIN records will be created for American culture materials stored in the library’s closed stacks facility, allowing enhanced access to these volumes. The project involves the installation of RLIN terminals in three academic departments in the humanities. Faculty will be given extensive training in using the online system and will partici­ pate in several surveys and group interviews during the grant period to evaluate their acceptance of storage and technology. The grant project will aid in the removal of nearly 2 million volumes to a closed access facility, and at the same time intro­ duce an online system that will ensure greater ac­ cess to stored materials. •The U n i v e r s i t y o f N o r t h C a r o l i n a . Chapel Hill, Library has been awarded a grant by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in Winston-Salem to produce and distribute a COM catalog of their holdings and the holdings of Duke and North Caro­ lina State Universities. The microfiche catalog is an interim stage of the catalog automation project un­ dertaken by the three universities. Eventually the collections will be accessible through online termi­ nals. NEWS NOTE • T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M a r y l a n d B a l t i m o r e C o u n t y . Catonsville, dedicated and renamed its li­ brary in honor of its first chancellor. Albin O. Kuhn, in a ceremony last December. Kuhn retired last summer as executive vice president of the Uni­ versity of Maryland system after 42 years with the university. The main address of the ceremony was given by Richard W. Couper, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Founda­ tion and former president of the New York Public Library. ■ ■ At Midwest Library Service, We Take Th e Team Approach To Assist Your Library T o best serve your needs, we have form ed five problem -solving service team s to help take the hassle out o f book-buying. 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