College and Research Libraries


By E R N E S T J. R E E C E 

W i t h the Assistance of Students at the School of Library Service1 

College and University Library 

News, 1942'43* 

Mr. Reece is professor of library service 

at Columbia University. 

THE NINETEENTH periodic compilation of items relating to college and uni-
versity libraries appears in the pages that 

follow.3 A s in the past, the effort is to 

present a truthful picture rather than an 

exhaustive one. O n the whole the news is 

less copious than in some years, although 

the reports of accessions stand up well in 

volume and developments growing out of 

the war compensate in no small measure 

for meagerness at other points. T h e 

scantiness appears particularly in the cases 

of notable exhibits, money gifts, considera-

tion of purposes and functions, technical 

procedures, buildings, and organizational 

work on the part of librarians. Some of 

A b b r e v i a t i o n s used in footnotes: A . A . C . B . — A s s o -
ciation of American Colleges Bulletin; A . L . A . B . — 
A.L.A. Bulletin; C . & R . L . — C o l l e g e & Research Li-
braries; J . H . E . — J o u r n a l of Higher Education; L . J . — 
Library Journal; L . Q . — L i b r a r y Quarterly; P . W . — 
Publishers' Weekly; S . & S . — S c h o o l and Society 
W . L . B . — W i l s o n Library Bulletin. 

1 T h e students w h o helped to gather material are 
S u e J. Billings, Jean P . C u r r y , L o i s P. C u r r y , A l i c e 
M . D e l e h a n t y , M a r g a F r a n c k , H e l e n E . Goess, C l a y 
ton M . Hall, Elizabeth G. L i n d s e y , Elizabeth G. Mc 
K e r n a n , M a r i e S. Pike, E r n a L . Russo, K a t h e r i n e H 
S c h w a r t z , N a n c y W . S t i r l i n g , S u s a n n a P . Z w e m e r 

2 T h e series of which this summary is the latest 
has been sponsored largely by the C o n f e r e n c e of 
Eastern College L i b r a r i a n s at Columbia U n i v e r s i t y . 
T h e present article was read by title at the meeting 
on Jan. 29, 1944. It is based p r i m a r i l y on material 
appearing in publications issued between N o v . 1, 
1942, and Oct. 3 1 , 1943, inclusive. 

3 R e c e n t resumes were published in College and Re-
search Libraries 4:107-14, 127, M a r c h 1943; in Li-
brary Journal 66:1075-81, Dec. 15, 1 9 4 1 ; and for the 
y e a r s up to 1940 as shown in the article and listing 
in Library Journal 65:1071-77, Dec. 15, 1940. 

it may be due less to a paucity of sig-

nificant occurrences than to conditions in 

which depleted staffs are too pressed to 

report on the interests and activities of 

their libraries. 

Whatever the benefactions of other 

sorts, there is no marked slackening in the 

gifts of books and collections. Harvard 

acquired Arthur Houghton's and John 

Gregory's Keats material, 3000 of Philip 

Hofer's books on the graphic arts, 8000 

William James manuscripts, 105 volumes 

from Herman Melville's library, and 

quantities of matter associated with 

Gamaliel Bradford V I , Oliver Wendell 

Holmes, and Ralph W a l d o Emerson.4 

M . I . T . received early Diderot encyclo-

pedias;5 Bowdoin, 300 volumes from E . 

Parmalee Prentice's classic collection on 

agriculture ;6 Amherst, the library of Pro-

fessor Wendell T . Bush of Columbia;7 

and Brown, additions to the Harris Amer-

ican poetry and plays,8 a number of Boli-

var letters and other manuscripts of 

American interest,9 and sundry items from 

the Providence Government Research Bu-

4 H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y . Library Report. . . . 1941-42, 
P. 2-5. 

5 Massachusetts Institute of T e c h n o l o g y . Presi-
dent's Report, 1941-42, p. 59. 

6 Bowdoin College. President's Report, 1942-43, p. 
32. 

7 A m h e r s t College L i b r a r y . Report of Director . . ., 
1941-42, p. 2. 

8 B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y . L i b r a r i a n . Annual Reports, 
1940-41 and 1941-42, p. 19. 

9 C . & R . L . 4:262. 

v 148 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



reau.10 Dartmouth's "Friends" supplied it 

with a variety of pieces, including notable 

typescripts and first editions of contem-

porary and recent authors.11 Wesleyan 

secured further material from the Johns-

ton map collection.12 

Y a l e continued its gift record with the 

Frear M a r k T w a i n accumulation,13 the 

Coe Western manuscripts,14 the 25,000 

Hillhouse items,15 the Lambert material 

relating to Isaac W a l t o n and Charles 

Cotton,1 6 the 366 Winthrop miniatures,17 

several Eugene O ' N e i l l manuscripts,18 and 

numerous other important collections and 

pieces.19 Columbia received the 2000 

bound and 4000 unbound volumes on so-

cial legislation of Samuel M c C u n e Lind-

say,20 the Park Benjamin Knickerbocker 

literature and an accompanying group of 

manuscripts and first editions,21 consider-

able Boas material relating to the Ameri-

can Indian,22 and further Coykendall first 

editions of English poetry.23 N e w Y o r k 

University added much of the Adkins li-

brary of American literature24 and a va-

riety of microfilms, including some of 

manuscripts dealing with the early history 

of American colleges and universities.25 

T o Princeton there came new pieces 

from the Garrett collection,26 eleven 

10 B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y . L i b r a r i a n . Annual Reports, 
1940-41 a n d 1 9 4 1 - 4 2 , p. 18. 

1 1 D a r t m o u t h C o l l e g e . Library Bulletin 4 : 3 0 - 3 1 . 
1 2 W e s l e y a n U n i v e r s i t y . L i b r a r y . About Books 

1 3 : 6 - 7 . 
13 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 6 8 ; Yale University Library Gazette 

1 7 : 5 9 ; 1 8 : 1 - 5 . 
14 C . & R . L . 4 : 2 6 2 . 
18 Ibid: 4 : 1 6 8 ; Yale University Library Gazette 17: 

4 5 - 4 7 -
18 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 6 8 ; Yale University Library Gazette 

1 7 : 6 1 - 6 5 . 
17 L . J . 6 8 : 2 1 4 ; Yale University Library Gazette 1 7 : 

5 5 - 5 6 . 
18 Yale University Library Gazette 18:5-8. 
18 Ibid. 1 7 : 5 4 - 6 0 , 85-88; 1 8 : 1 5 - 1 8 , 35-38. 
20 C . & R . L . 4 : 8 4 ; W . L . B . 1 7 : 3 3 7 . 
21 I n f o r m a t i o n f r o m u n p u b l i s h e d s o u r c e s . 
22 I n f o r m a t i o n f r o m A c q u i s i t i o n s D e p a r t m e n t o f Co-

l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s . 
23 Ibid. 
21 Society for the Libraries of New York Univer-

sity Bulletin, M a r . 1943, p. 1 -2. 
25 Ibid., p. 3-4. 
26 Princeton University Library Chronicle 4 : 5 - 9 . 

manuscripts of Eugene O ' N e i l l ' s dramas,'27 

a number of sixteenth century items,28 and 

specimens of Japanese and Hindu rec-

ords.29 Bryn M a w r gained early scientific 

works which once belonged to Professor 

Benjamin A . Gould, of Harvard, to-

gether with rarities from other sources.30 

Swarthmore was enriched by the M u r r a y -

Bringhurst letters,31 and Penn State by 

the 5000 Robert H . H a y volumes, notable 

for their attention to American experi-

mental colonies and lesser religious 

groups.32 

Johns Hopkins acquired as a gift a 

vellum manuscript of A . D . 1350,33 and 

Duke a significant Whitman collection.34 

There were made over to Kentucky the 

books and records of the Louisville print-

ing firm of J. P. Morton and the Confed-

erate material treating the war record of 

General John Hunt Morgan.3 5 T e x a s 

Christian obtained the James R. Curtis 

music library;36 and T r i n i t y of Texas, 

subsequent to its merger with the Univer-

sity of San Antonio, several welcome dona-

tions.37 

Ira S. Wile's important library on so-

ciology and related sciences was given to 

Rochester,38 as were also the Irving items 

belonging to M r s . C . Schuyler Davis.39 

Hamilton received a polyglot Bible, a He-

brew commentary, and ancient Egyptian 

artifacts.40 Michigan added fifteen in-

27 Ibid. 4:86-89. 
28 Ibid. 4 : 1 4 1 . 
23 Ibid. 
30 B r y n M a w r C o l l e g e . Report of the President, 

1941-42, p. 35. 
31 C . & R . L . 4 : 2 6 2 . 
32 L . J . 68:842. 
33 J o h n s H o p k i n s U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . Ex Libris, 

v. 12, no. 4, J u n e 1943. 
M C . & R . L . 4 : 3 2 9 ; A . A . C . B . 29:300. 
33 C . & R . L . 4 : 3 2 9 . 
36 Ibid. 4 : 1 6 9 . 
37 Ibid. 4 : 2 6 4 . 
38 C . & R . L . 4 : 2 6 2 ; U n i v e r s i t y of R o c h e s t e r . L i -

b r a r y . Fortnightly Bulletin, v . 22, n o . 7 , S e p t . 25, 
1 9 4 3 . 

30 C . & R . L . 4 : 8 4 ; U n i v e r s i t y of R o c h e s t e r . L i b r a r y . 
Fortnightly Bulletin, v . 22, no. 7, S e p t . 25, 1943. 

40 H a m i l t o n C o l l e g e . L i b r a r y . Annual Report, 
1941-42, p. 3. 

MARCH, 1944 149 



cunabula and various other benefactions 

which are moderate in size but impor-

tant,41 and to its Clements Library the 

William Vernon Smith Indian material.42 

Northwestern received the collection as-

sembled by M r . and M r s . Charles G . 

Dawes; 4 3 Milwaukee-Downer M r s . G . E . 

White's 4000 volumes relating to art, 

travel, and Shakespeare;44 Wisconsin the 

W i g h t accumulation pertaining to 

France;4 5 Drake 5000 sheet music scores 

for band, orchestra, and choir ;46 and M i n -

nesota manuscripts of the composer 

Brescia.47 Scripps gained by the receipt of 

the 6000 pieces belonging to the late John 

I. Perkins, including rarities;48 and Stan-

ford's Business School by adding records 

of the Pacific Improvement Company.49 

Abroad, the Bodleian continued to gather 

in early books, documents, and autographs, 

its acquirements embracing Bacon items, 

Oriental manuscripts, and diversified 

pieces produced by a salvage drive.50 

Non-Gift Additions 

G r a t i f y i n g as are the donations, there 

have been notable additions which are 

not reported as in that class. Princeton 

came into possession of an Arabic book of 

hours,51 and Rochester arranged to receive 

early works on medicine from the Boston 

Medical Library, in exchange for a group 

of Paris theses.52 Michigan acquired 

thirteen incunabula and various early 

classical editions.53 Swarthmore gained 

4 1 U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n . President's Report, 
1941-42, p. 244, 248. 

42 L J . 68:853. 
43 N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y . President's Report, 

1941-42, p. 23. 
44 C . & R . L . 4:85. 
45 Ibid. 4:265. 
46 Iowa Library Quarterly 1 4 : 1 2 6 . 
47 L . J . 68:336. 
48 A . A . C . B . 28:490-91. 
49 C . & R . L . 4:86. 
80 Bodleian Library Record 2:72-83. 
51 Princeton University Library Chronicle 4:5-9. 
52 U n i v e r s i t y of Rochester. L i b r a r y . Fortnightly 

Bulletin, v. 22, no. 7, Sept. 25, 1943. 
63 U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n . President's Report, 

1941-42, p. 248. 

diversified items relating to the Society of 

Friends;54 and Lebanan Valley the Heil-

man library, with its valuable German 

and early American imprints.55 Fairleigh 

Dickinson Junior College bought at auc-

tion the 4000 volumes belonging to Arling-

ton Hall Junior College, whose plant has 

been taken for war uses.56 Johns Hop-

kins added three apparently unpublished 

Lieber letters.57 North Carolina contin-

ued to build its Latin American collec-

tion ;58 while T e x a s acquired 400 

nineteenth century dime novels;59 and 

California James W e s t f a l l Thompson's 

medieval history material and W . S. 

Kuno's collection relating to Japan.60 

T h e Bodleian bought several sets of let-

ters, including Selden correspondence.61 

A recent study of research resources in 

Virginia libraries, while not a product of 

1942-43, was reviewed within the year.62 

Although they are not numerous, sev-

eral money gifts promise to contribute in 

part to book resources. J. M . M c C a n d -

less put $10,000 at the disposal of Emory 

in honor of his mother, the income to be 

spent in the field of education ;63 and 

Goucher received pledges amounting to 

$5000 for books in memory of Anne K . 

Robertson.64 Cornell accepted from the 

Rockefeller Foundation $18,000 to gather 

and preserve upstate N e w Y o r k cultural 

source material.65 Forty-five thousand 

dollars were added to the Doane endow-

ment at Denison,66 and $50,000 an-

nounced to set up a trust fund for book 

64 C . & R . L . 4:262. 
85 A . A . C . B . 2 8 : 6 3 7 ; C . & R . L . 4:168. 
88 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 6 8 . 
67 J o h n s H o p k i n s U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . Ex Libris, 

v . 12, no. 1, N o v e m b e r 1942. 
88 L . J . 68:482-83. 
88 Texas Libraries 9 : 7 . 
60 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 7 0 . 
61 Bodleian Library Record 2:73-74, 83-84. 
« * L . Q . 13:74-75. 
63 C . & R . L , 4:264. 
64 C . & R . L . 4:262. 
«5 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 6 8 . 
66 A . A . C . B . 29:158. 

v 150 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



purchases at Knox.67 Rochester is in re-

ceipt of money for first editions of eight-

eenth century English authors.68 Indi-

ana was given funds to enlarge its Lincoln 

collection.69 T w o hundred and fifty 

pounds were left to the Bodleian for vol-

umes relating to the fine arts.70 T h e 

benefactions of the Carnegie Corporation 

to college libraries in recent years, al-

though not news of 1943, were collectively 

described by Barcus.71 

W h a t is being done with and for library 

collections may be as important as the col-

lections themselves. Indiana made its 

Oakleaf Lincoln material available,72 and 

Lincoln Memorial is devoting a room to 

items pertaining to the Civil W a r and to 

Lincoln.73 Bryn M a w r instituted a rare 

book room,74 while Drake opened a refer-

ence library of sheet music.75 Cataloging 

progress was reported from Penn State, 

where considerable work has been done on 

the Pattee library of American litera-

ture,76 and from Georgia, which has a 

General Education Board appropriation 

for general recataloging.77 N e w Hamp-

shire inaugurated a browsing room, with a 

reader's adviser in attendance ;78 and K u t z -

town Teachers College in Pennsylvania 

was able to give results of a year's ex-

perience with a browsing collection.79 

N e w Hampshire also organized circulat-

ing libraries in fraternity houses.80 Com-

munity services were described as being 

87 Ibid. 29:301; J . H . E . 14:103-04. 
«« C . & R . L . 4:84. 
69 Ibid. 4:265. 
''"Bodleian Library Record 2 : 7 1 . 
71 B a r c u s , T . R. Carnegie Corporation and College 

Libraries, 1938-43, 1943; C . & R . L . 4:323-24. 
72 Library Occurrent 1 4 : 1 2 4 : C . & R . L . 4:265. 
73 C . & R . L . 4:264. 
74 B r y n M a w r C o l l e g e . Report of the President, 

1941-42, p. 39-
75 Iowa Library Quarterly 1 4 : 1 2 6 . 
78 C . & R . L . 4:328. 
77 Ibid. 4:328-29. 
78 Journal of Home Economics 35:226-27. 
79 L . J . 68:439. 
80 U n i v e r s i t y of N e w H a m p s h i r e . Report of the 

President, 1942, p. 84-85. 

offered by various colleges for Negroes,81 

and generous rural facilities by T a l -

ladega.82 M a y v i l l e State Teachers Col-

lege in North Dakota also was portrayed 

as circulating books to the countryside.83 

Southwestern of Memphis made films on 

Latin America available off the campus.84 

N e w Hampshire has undertaken book re-

viewing over a Portsmouth radio station.80 

Such facilities as are mentioned above 

have been supplemented by fresh arrange-

ments and devices at some points. Swarth-

more has tried a browsing room offering of 

selected books from the stacks and un-

limited loans for the titles reserved in 

connection with honors work.86 Dart-

mouth has adopted new display and cir-

culating provisions for timely books.87 

Carleton has instituted an "extended loan" 

plan,88 and Florida State conducted a 

campaign to advertise its government pub-

lications.89 T h e Graduate School of Pub-

lic Administration at Harvard has devel-

oped a novel system for filing the press 

releases of war agencies.90 Cundiff dealt 

with the care and use of sound recordings, 

in an article indicating that such ma-

terials are coming to be widely employed 

in college teaching;91 and Tichenor treated 

service with instructional materials in a 

teachers college library.92 

Exhibits presumably have been utilized 

as formerly for promoting services, yet 

relatively few libraries indicate special de-

pendence upon them. North Carolina ar-

ranged displays for Pan-American week ;93 

81 Journal of Negro Education 12:181-88. 
82 Ibid. 
83 W . L . B . 1 7 : 3 1 5 - 1 6 , 724-26. 
84 C . & R . L . 4:329. 
85 New Hampshire Public Libraries 38:94. 
88 L.J. 68:204. 
87 W . L . B . i 7 : 5 4 S . 
88 C . & R . L . 4:250-52. 
89 W . L . B . 17:544-45. 
90 Ibid. 17:400-03. 
91 C . & R . L . 4:285-88, 332. 
92 Ibid. 4:76-78. 
93 L . J . M a y 15, 1943, inside f r o n t cover. 

MARCH, 1944 151 



Columbia gathered for view early kinder-

garten textbooks from its Plimpton collec-

tion ;94 and Colby Junior helped in spon-

soring a book fair.95 

For the moment at least the purposes 

and position of libraries seem to be ex-

pressed more in acts than in words. H o w -

ever, the Second W o r k Conference on 

Higher Education at Sewanee formulated 

conclusions as to the role of college li-

braries in higher institutions ;96 Hoole 

addressed another meeting on making li-

braries serve the teaching process ;97 the 

educational place of junior college libraries 

was considered from several angles;98 and 

the service areas of teachers college li-

braries were taken up by two authors.99 

T h e North Central Association launched 

a survey of college and university li-

braries.100 A s pointing to past, present, 

and future, an interesting trilogy appeared 

in Stewart's article on the sources of 

American college library history,101 in 

Johnson's account of measures to further 

relations with Latin America,102 and in 

Davidson's glance toward years ahead.103 

Administrative Problems 

Some attention was manifest within the 

year to the lines and principles of organi-

zation commonly accepted by students and 

experts on the subject. Statements as to 

the schemes of organization at Cali-

fornia,104 Harvard,1 0 5 and T e x a s 1 0 6 were 

followed by a discussion of them by 

Henkle.107 Realignments recently put into 

94 Ibid. 68:259. 
95 P . W . 144:1340. 
96 Southern Association Quarterly 6:468-71; T-H.E. 

14:370-73. 
97 Southern Association Quarterly 7:247-51. 
98 C . & R . L . 4:60-63, 64-66, 67-68, 142-48. 
99 Ibid. 4:69-70, 71-75. 
100 Ibid. 4:253-56. 
101 L . Q . 13:227-31. 
102 Illinois Libraries 25:85-91. 
103 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 1 5 - 1 9 . 
104 C . & R . L . 4:212-17, 232. 
105 Ibid. 4:218-27. 
106 Ibid. 4:228-32. 
107 Ibid. 4:277-84. 

effect at Illinois108 and Maryland 1 0 9 were 

noted. Hanson reviewed several plans 

bearing on the choice between centralized 

and departmentalized systems.110 Initia-

tion of a department of printed books was 

reported from the Bodleian.1 1 1 

Administrative problems other than 

those of organizational form have received 

generous treatment. Haverford, Swarth-

more, and Bryn M a w r explored the possi-

bilities of cooperation ; 1 1 2 two conferences 

elsewhere dealt with means for it ; 1 1 3 while 

the Pacific Northwest Bibliographical 

Center brought toward fruition its par-

ticular effort in this direction.114 T h e 

Penn State staff studied systematically the 

administration of its own library.115 

Interest in service received notice in 

Reed's plea for more adequate reference 

w o r k ; 1 1 6 in the review of Daniel's study 

of the needs and interests of Negro fresh-

men ; 1 1 7 and in the response by Hiram to 

the call for training for teacher librari-

ans.118 Suggestions regarding collections 

came in a Muhlenburg study of what 

use is made of books after they reach 

the shelves;119 in Gosnell's thesis on ob-

solescence ;120 and in a proposal as to 

means of evaluation.121 Borrowers' eligi-

bility was defined at Arkansas;1 2 2 Battles 

and associates123 and Knapp working 

alone124 studied circulation routines and 

™Ibid. 4:57-58. 
109 Ibid. 4:168. 
1 1 0 L . Q . 13:132-35. „ 
111 Bodleian Library Record 2:79. 
112 B r y n M a w r College. Report of the President, 

1941-42, P- 39-40. 
1 1 3 C . & R . L . 4:233-38, 244, 331-32. 
" 4 J . H . E . 13:447. 
1 1 5 C . & R . L . 4:262. 
1 1 6 L . Q . 13:232-40. 
117 L . Q . 13:353-55. 
118 C . & R . L . 4:298-305. 
119 Ibid. 4:294-97. . 
120 Gosnell, C. F. " R a t e of Obsolescence in College 

L i b r a r y B o o k Collections, as Determined by an A n -
alysis of T h r e e Select L i s t s of Books for College 
L i b r a r i e s . " Unpublished dissertation submitted f o r 
degree of doctor of philosophy at N e w Y o r k U n i v e r -
sity, 1943. 

1 2 1 L . Q . 13:34-44. 
m L.T. 68:90. 
123 L . Q . 13:241-44. ™Ibid. 13:335-37. 

v 152 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



preparations costs respectively; Kerr dis-

cussed the professorial view of a card 

catalog;1 2 5 and Stokes took up the crea-

tion of demand for services.126 T h e 

staffs of the chemistry and physics li-

brary at Penn State essayed to relieve 

faculty members of some of the work of 

surveying the literature bearing on their 

war projects.127 V a n Hoesen set forth in 

an entertaining way the problems raised 

by well-meaning "Friends."1 2 8 T h e As-

sociation of College and Reference 

Libraries, with aid from the American 

Library Association office, produced the 

annual statistics of college and university 

libraries;129 and the United States Office 

of Education gave out its consolidated 

1940 figures.130 

Building operations are reported from 

a few places, although they have fallen off 

sharply. N e w homes for their libraries 

were added by Macalester,1 3 1 Davidson,132 

and St. Mary's of Indiana.133 Presbyterian 

of South Carolina, possibly following the 

Chattanooga example, achieved one jointly 

with the city of Clinton ;134 and the 

Carroll dedication took place.135 T h e 

M c M u r r a y 1 3 6 and the University of 

South Carolina137 buildings were de-

scribed, as was also the one proposed for 

Queens in N e w York. 1 3 8 Northwestern 

received M r . and M r s . Charles G . 

Dawes' home, presumably to house a col-

lection provided by the same donors;139 

and Washington Square Library of N e w 

1 2 5 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 3 4 - 4 1 . 
126 Ibid. 4:120-27. 
127 Ibid. 4:262. 
128 Ibid. 4:5-10, 17. 
129 Ibid. 4:153-62. 
130 P . W . 44:984; United States Office of E d u c a t i o n . 

Education for Victory. Sept. 1, 1943, p. 1 1 . 
131 A . A . C . B . 28:637; C . & R . L . 4 : 1 6 9 . 
132 C . & R . L . 4:264. 
133 Library Occurrent 14:141-42. 
334 C . & R . L . 4:85. 
135 A . A . C . B . 28:487; C . & R . L . 4:85. 
138 L . J . 67:1087-90. 
137 Ibid. 68 = 554-56. 
138 Ibid. 68:547-50. 
139 N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y . President's Report, 

1941-42, P. 23. 

York University moved its main stock and 

facilities from the tenth to the first floor 

of the college building in which they long 

have been quartered.140 

Effects of War 

W a r effects on libraries cumulate as 

the national effort intensifies. W e l c h 

traced them back to the changes forced 

upon the colleges, from which in part they 

take their rise.141 Brown,1 4 2 Orne,1 4 3 

and Ver Nooy 1 4 4 pictured the possible 

contributions of libraries in the emergency, 

and Stewart145 and Hirsch146 treated the 

exigencies faced at the liberal arts col-

leges. Little's article on activities dealt 

to some extent with the securing and 

financing of needed acquisitions,147 toward 

which it may be added that N e w York 

University's "Friends" appropriated $200, 

earmarked for technical books.148 

Actual war activities grew more and 

more diversified, as revealed by Little's 

thoroughgoing report149 upon them and 

otherwise. T h e widespread centers have 

become marked by special attention to 

pamphlets and government publications,150 

by the displaying and distributing of 

popular war books, 1 5 1 by the stocking and 

showing of films,152 by the sponsoring of 

radio programs,153 by enhanced use of 

microfilm copies of periodicals,154 and by 

the issue of a pamphlet to make informa-

140 Society for the Libraries of New York Univer-
sity Bulletin, M a r c h 1943, p. 7. 

441 Illinois Libraries 25:56-59. 
142 Iowa Library Quarterly 14:118-20. 
143 Illinois Libraries 2 5 : 1 1 - 1 4 . 
144 Ibid. 25:14-16. 
145 L . J . 67:1093-96. 
148 Ibid. 68:192-95. 
147 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 9 7 - 2 1 1 . 
148 Society for the Libraries of New York Univer-

sity Bulletin, M a r c h 1943, p. 3. 
149 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 7 9 - 2 1 1 ; A . L . A . B . 37:179-82. 
150 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 9 4 - 9 5 ; A . L . A . B . 3 7 : 1 8 1 ; P u r d u e 

U n i v e r s i t y . Report of the President, 1941-42, p. 123. 
1 5 1 C . & R . L . 4:196-97. 
352 U n i v e r s i t y of Rochester. L i b r a r y . Fortnightly 

Bulletin, v. 22, no. 7, Sept. 25, 1943; T e x a s L i b r a r y 
A s s o c i a t i o n . News Notes, A p r i l 1943, p. 21. 

153 C . & R . L . 4:202-03. 
154 U n i t e d S t a t e s Office of E d u c a t i o n . Education 

for Victory, J u l y 15, 1943, p. 21. 

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tion services known.155 Facilities were 

extended to Army, N a v y , and auxiliary 

branches156 and include the assignment of 

building space,157 opportunities for re-

search,158 lengthening of hours of open-

ing,159 instruction in the use of libraries,160 

and availability of collections of records 

and of light fiction.161 General and 

typical descriptions of war contributions 

have been provided by Christoffers,162 

Thompson,1 6 3 Knollenberg,164 and 

Kampenga.165 

Staff dislocations multiply. Osborn 

dealt both with those due to decreased 

demands and with those attributable to 

shortage of help.166 Other writers re-

ported the recruiting of girls as pages as 

well as in clerical capacities,167 the dis-

covery of competent workers among the 

wives of language students,168 and the 

supplementing of staff members by 

volunteers.169 

Agreement seems approaching on the 

financial basis for library service to the 

armed forces at college training centers. 

Early in the year Charles H . Brown dis-

cussed this as well as other issues entailed 

in library operation at such centers;170 and 

more recently a correspondence between 

American Library Association officers and 

Secretary Stimson foreshadowed improved 

155 New Mexico Library Bulletin, N o v e m b e r 1942, 
P- 2-3. 

1 5 6 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 9 0 ; A . L . A . B . 3 7 : 1 8 1 ; T e x a s L i b r a r y 
A s s o c i a t i o n . News Notes, A p r i l 1943, p. 19-20; 
L o u i s i a n a L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n . Bulletin, M a r c h 1943, 
p. 1 5 ; C . & R . L . 4 : 1 9 0 - 9 1 . 

1 5 7 T e x a s L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n . News Notes, A p r i l 
1943. P- 19-20; C . & R . L . 4 : 1 6 8 , 190. 

158 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 9 - 2 0 , 185-90. 
1 5 9 T e x a s L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n . News Notes, A p r i l 

1943, p. 20; C . & R . L . 4 : 1 9 0 - 9 1 . 
100 L . J . 6 8 : 6 4 5 - 4 8 ; C . & R . L . 4 : 1 9 1 - 9 2 . 
1 6 1 C . & R . L . 4:190-91. „ 
162 Ibid. 4 : 1 8 - 2 4 . 
103 Ibid. 4 : 1 1 - 1 7 . 
™ Ibid. 4:25-28. 
lttr> Ibid. 4:79-83. 
108 W . L . B . 1 8 : 4 3 . 
167 L . J . 6 7 : 9 1 8 - 1 9 ; W . L . B . 18:53-
108 W . L . B . 1 8 : 5 3 . 
1 6 9 C . & R . L . 4:329. 
1 T O L . J . 68:333. 

understandings, for one military arm at 

least.171 

Publications 

T h e number of publications by libraries 

and librarians is modest. It is of interest, 

however, that Hampton began its periodi-

cal Notes,172 and that at Michigan there 

appeared the first number of the occa-

sional Quarto.1"3 Western Reserve issued 

a list entitled Twenty-Five Books on 

Inter-American Relations;174 N e w Y o r k 

University produced a fifth section of its 

Index to Early American Periodical 

Literature;175 and Wesleyan published a 

fourth edition of its Handbook.1™ Carl 

Weber of Colby edited a group of Edwin 

Arlington Robinson letters;177 and Colton 

Storm of the Clements Library has been 

assisting the Bowker company with 

American Book Prices Current,178 Pub-

lications attributable to organizations are 

the tenth list of American dissertations,179 

produced under the auspices of the Asso-

ciation of Research Libraries; and two 

compilations emanating from the confer-

ence of Colorado college librarians, one 

listing the periodicals received by college 

libraries in the state and one the course 

offerings, by subject, in the several educa-

tional institutions represented.180 

In organizational work college and uni-

versity librarians apparently have been 

less active than in some years. Keyes D . 

Metcalf's term as American Library Asso-

1 7 1 I b i d . 68:850, 852. 
1 7 2 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 6 9 . 
1 7 3 P . W . 1 4 4 : 2 8 6 . 
1 7 4 W . L . B . 1 7 : 7 7 6 . 
175 N e w Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y . L i b r a r y . I n d e x to Early 

American Periodical Literature, I728-1870. No. 5. 
French Fiction. 1943. 

m W e s l e y a n U n i v e r s i t y . Library Handbook. 
F o u r t h edition, 1942-43. 1942. 

1 7 7 P . W . 1 4 4 : 5 9 1 . 
178 Ibid. 1 4 2 : 2 0 5 1 . 
1 7 9 H e n r y , E . A . Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by 

American Universities, 1942-43. ( N o . 10) 1943. 
180 C . & R . L . 4 : 8 5 . 

v 154 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



c i a t i o n president e x p i r e d and he w a s suc-

ceeded by a l e a d e r f r o m the public l i b r a r y 

f i e l d . 1 8 1 J . H . L a n c a s t e r of H e i d e l b e r g 

served as a v i c e president of the O h i o 

L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n . 1 8 2 

Personnel Changes 

T h e r e h a v e been a n u m b e r of i m p o r t a n t 

r e t i r e m e n t s . T h e y i n c l u d e those of C . C . 

W i l l i a m s o n at C o l u m b i a , 1 8 3 F r a n k K . 

W a l t e r at M i n n e s o t a , 1 8 4 J o h n C . F r e n c h 

at J o h n s H o p k i n s , 1 8 5 M a r y E . B a k e r at 

T e n n e s s e e , 1 8 6 and B e t t y P r i t c h e t t at 

C o e ; 1 8 7 a n d , a m o n g teachers colleges, 

Sadie K e n t at S o u t h e a s t in M i s s o u r i 1 8 8 

and O d e l l a N a t i o n at P i t t s b u r g in 

K a n s a s . 1 8 9 L e w i s S t i e g resigned at H a m -

ilton to assume the assistant d i r e c t o r s h i p 

at the U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s L i b r a r y 

S c h o o l . 1 9 0 T h e losses by death t h a t h a v e 

come to notice are those of W i l l i a m A . 

A l e x a n d e r of I n d i a n a , 1 9 1 W a l t e r B . 

B r i g g s of H a r v a r d , 1 9 2 and C a r r i e M . 

W a t s o n , l i b r a r i a n e m e r i t a at K a n s a s . 1 9 3 

U n d o u b t e d l y scores of m e m b e r s of col-

l e g e and u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r y s t a f f s are in 

service w i t h the a r m e d forces. T h e list is 

k n o w n to i n c l u d e such names f r o m the 

h i g h e r r a n k s as those of J . P e r i a m 

D a n t o n , 1 9 4 O s c a r C . O r m a n , 1 9 5 R a l p h H . 

P a r k e r , 1 9 6 J o h n M a c k e n z i e C o r y , 1 9 7 

J e r r o l d O r n e , 1 9 8 and B o n i f a c e E . M o l l . 1 9 9 

181 L . J . 68:629; S . & S . 5 8 : 2 4 ; P . W . 144:46. 
182 P . W . 142:2044. 
183 C . & R . L . 4:306-08; L . J . 68:486, 522. 
184 C . & R . L . 4 : 3 0 9 - 1 1 ; L . J . 68:590, 616; Minnesota 

Libraries 14:67-68. 
C . & R . L . 4 : 3 1 5 , 3 i 7 . 

188 L . J . 68:782. 
187 C . & R . L . 4:171. 
3SS L . J . 69,1732. 
189 C . & R . L . 4 : 8 6 ; S . & S . 58:343. 
100 L J . 68:782. 
1111 Ibid. 

192 S . & S . 58:369. 
193 L.T. 68:854. 
194 C . & R . L . 4:171. 
195 A . L . A . B . 3 7 : 1 7 8 . 
196 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 7 2 . 
197 A . L . A . B . 37:242. 
198 S . & S . 58:279-
199 A . L . A . B . 37:242. 

P a r t l y because of the r e t i r e m e n t s pre-

v i o u s l y m e n t i o n e d , n o t a b l e a p p o i n t m e n t s 

h a v e been f a i r l y n u m e r o u s . C a r l M . 

W h i t e w e n t to the head position at C o -

l u m b i a , 2 0 0 R o b e r t B . D o w n s to I l l i n o i s , 2 0 1 

E . W . M c D i a r m i d , J r . , to M i n n e s o t a , 2 0 2 

H a r r i e t D . M a c P h e r s o n to S m i t h , 2 0 3 

H o m e r H a l v o r s o n to J o h n s H o p k i n s , 2 0 4 

W i l l i a m H . Jesse to T e n n e s s e e , 2 0 5 A l a n 

R . L a u r s e n to K n o x , 2 0 6 and L e w i s C . 

B r a n s c o m b to S o u t h C a r o l i n a ; 2 0 7 w h i l e 

W i l l i a m H . C a r l s o n became associate 

l i b r a r i a n at W a s h i n g t o n , 2 0 8 M r s . E m i l y 

M i l l e r D a n t o n a c t i n g l i b r a r i a n at T e m -

ple, 2 0 9 and J . Isaac C o p e l a n d a c t i n g 

l i b r a r i a n at P r e s b y t e r i a n of S o u t h C a r o -

l i n a . 2 1 0 A l i c e L . H o s k i n s o n took c h a r g e 

at R o c k f o r d , 2 1 1 E l i z a b e t h W i n d s o r at 

C o e , 2 1 2 J a n e t A g n e w at S w e e t B r i a r , 2 1 3 

W e n d e l l W . S m i l e y at M e r c e r , 2 1 4 E v a 

W r i g l e y at F u r m a n , 2 1 5 W i l l i a m P . 

T u c k e r at M a c a l e s t e r , 2 1 6 and S t e l l a M . 

R o b b i n s at W i l l i a m P e n n . 2 1 7 

H e a d posts in j u n i o r c o l l e g e s w e r e 

filled by L o i s E . E n g l e m a n , w h o w e n t to 

C o l b y J u n i o r , 2 1 8 and by H . M a r g a r e t 

H a r d i n at F r a n c e s S h i m e r in I l l i n o i s . 2 1 9 

I n the l i b r a r i e s of teachers c o l l e g e s and 

n o r m a l schools, G r e t c h e n W e s t e r v e l t be-

came head at P o t s d a m in N e w Y o r k 

(Continued on page 160) 

200 L . J . 6 8 : ? 8 5 , 655. 
201 C . & R . L . 4:312-14; L . J . 68:678. 
202 C . & R . L . 4:274. 
203 S . & S . 58:120. 
204 C . & R . L . 4 : 3 1 6 - 1 7 . 
205 L . J . 68:854. 
206 S . & S . 58:279. 
207 C . & R . L . 4:171. 
208 Ibid. 4 : 8 6 ; Columbia U n i v e r s i t y . S c h o o l of Li-

b r a r y S e r v i c e . Library Service News 1 1 : 8 . 
209 Columbia U n i v e r s i t y . School of L i b r a r y Ser-

vice. Library Service News 11:17. 
210 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 7 1 . 

L . J . 68:854. 
2 1 2 C . & R . L . 4 : 1 7 1 . 
213 Ibid. 
214 Ibid. 4 : 1 7 2 . 
215 Ibid. 4 : 1 7 1 . 
216 A . A . C . B . 28:637; C . & R . L . 4:169. 
217 Columbia U n i v e r s i t y . School of L i b r a r y Ser-

vice. Library Service News 1 1 : 1 8 . 
218 C . & R . L . 4:86; C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y . School of 

L i b r a r y S e r v i c e . Library Service News 1 1 : 8 . 
219 L . J . 68:854. 

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