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Ann-Christe Galloway G r a n t s  a n d  A c q u i s i t i o n s  

New York University (NYU) and the Palmer 
School of Library and Information Science at 
Long Island University have been awarded 
$700,133 in federal funds for their dual­de­
gree scholar­librarian program. The program 
prepares students for careers in academic 
institutions, research institutes, cultural or­
ganizations, and other research settings by 
conferring two master’s degrees—one from 
NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Science 
and one in library and information science 
from the Palmer School. The grant from the 
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program of 
the Institute of Library and Museum Services 
will provide scholarships of $480,000 over 
the next three years. 

The Johns Hopkins University has been 
awarded $476,000 to collaborate with the 
Baltimore­based Afro-American Newspapers to 
open the 115­year­old newspaper company’s 
historic archives to access by scholars and 
others. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation­
funded project will involve the university’s 
Center for Africana Studies in the Krieger 
School of Arts and Sciences and the Center 
for Educational Resources at the Sheridan 
Libraries. Founded in 1892 by John Murphy 
Sr., a former slave, the Afro is the nation’s 
longest running family­owned African Amer­
ican weekly newspaper. The archives, com­
prising 2,055 linear feet of boxed materials, 
contain a rich collection of letters, business 
records, journals, personal correspondence, 
and photographs. 

Acquisitions 

The papers of Jack McDevitt and of E. E. 
Knight have been acquired as additions to the 

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 
(SFWA) Collection in the department of Rare 
Books and Special Collections at Northern Il­
linois University (NIU). NIU is one of eleven 
SFWA repositories across the United States 
receiving books nominated for the Nebula 
Award through the SFWA circulating book 
program. McDevitt is the author of 14 novels 
and numerous short stories, and is the win­
ner of the 2007 Nebula Award for his novel 
Seeker. Knight, an NIU alumnus, is the author 
of the Vampire Earth Series and the Age of Fire 
Series. Both collections contain early drafts, 
uncorrected proofs, and some unpublished 
materials from the authors. 

The papers of Meyer Schapiro (1904–96) 
educator, art critic, and professor of fi ne arts 
have been acquired by Columbia University’s 
Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Schapiro 
began teaching art history at Columbia in 
1928, becoming a full professor in 1952. He 
was named university professor, Columbia’s 
highest rank, in 1965 and became univer­
sity professor emeritus in 1973. The Meyer 
Schapiro papers are composed primarily of 
drafts of lectures, manuscripts, and published 
and unpublished articles. Also included in the 
collection is substantial correspondence with 
family members, arts institutions, and other 
artists and intellectuals. 

(“Staffing the dream” continued from page 
591) 

repositories not only have well­appointed 
reading rooms with thoughtful policies, they 
are also distinguished by user­focused archi­
vists who are active participants in the re­
search process. When the archivist­researcher 
relationship is at its best, new insights seem to 
pop out of every box that is brought from the 
stacks, and the documentary puzzle pieces 
fall into place. This kind of archival alchemy 
is surely a phenomenon that would regularly 
occur in the dream archive. 

C&RL News October 2007  602 

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