College and Research Libraries Brief of Minutes A C R L Board of Directors Meeting, February 3, 1953, in Chicago. P r e s e n t w e r e officers, directors, section and committee chairmen, and A C R L representa- tives on A L A Council. President Severance presided. A n agenda w i t h supporting docu- ments had been prepared f o r the meeting. T r e a s u r e r Shipman called attention to his annual report f o r 1 9 5 1 / 5 2 which is printed in the J a n u a r y C & R L . T o t a l income w a s $ 2 2 , 1 7 4 . 5 0 , of which $ 1 9 , 4 1 9 . 2 0 w a s f r o m dues allotments and about $ 2 , 7 5 0 f r o m other sources. Since expenditures w e r e only $ 1 9 , 5 0 8 . 9 8 , a balance of $ 2 , 6 6 5 . 5 2 accrued. C a s h on hand Sept. 1 , 1 9 5 2 , w a s $ 1 3 , 9 6 5 . 3 0 . T h e required q u a r t e r l y t r e a s u r e r ' s report showed income of $ 9 3 . 5 0 (membership receipt data had not been received f r o m A L A ) and expenditures of $760.90. T h e balance on N o v . 30 w a s $ 1 3 , 2 9 8 . 3 5 . Since then ACRL Monographs had had several l a r g e bills, and the bank baance stood at $ 1 1 , 5 5 0 . 1 1 on F e b - r u a r y 3 . Since a balance of ten thousand dollars w a s normal, M r . Shipman recommended some in- vestment in s a f e commercial channels and perhaps more in short term government paper to bring 2 or 2 2 % interest. A L A stood ready to help w i t h investment on f o r m a l request. M r . H a m l i n reported that the B o a r d had authorized investment in a savings account at its last meeting. T h e t r e a s u r e r had f o u n d only a i i % return at savings banks. M r . Coney stated that the best investment f o r the A C R L balance w a s in a p r o g r a m of operations. " W e are in the business not of making money, but of doing things w i t h m o n e y . " M r . H a m l i n spoke to the need f o r a financial cushion or operating balance, which might be as l o w as 2 0 % of the annual budget. T h e distribution of College and Research Li- braries, which w a s financially successful, w o u l d never have been undertaken if A C R L had not had a respectable surplus. T h i s , M r . Coney stated, w a s p a r t of a p r o g r a m . C a s h l e e w a y w a s needed, of course, but thirteen thousand seemed more than required by the size of the operating budget. ( N o t e : See the last annual report, C & R L 1 3 : 3 7 4 f o r briet statement of this subject.) O n question, M r . H a m l i n stated that the current y e a r ' s operations are not expected to reduce the balance. Discussion t h e r e f o r e turned to projects. T h e ACRL Monographs w a s cited as a type of suitable activity. M r . T a u b e r asked w h e t h e r or not it w a s proper to seek f u n d s f o r a new edition of W i l s o n and T a u b e r ' s The University Library, which is now out-of-print. M i s s M a c P h e r s o n be- spoke the considerable need f o r a new edition of Who's Who in Library Service (it w a s reported l a t e r that C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y has this project under consideration). T h i s could be done f o r college and reference librarians, if not f o r all. I t w a s suggested that committees had been overbudgeting, and that more c a r e f u l planning w a s desirable. I n concurring with M r . Coney, M r . H a m - lin stated that an executive secretary w i t h a budget deep in the red w a s in a vulnerable position. T h e governing body should take f o r m a l action on the approximate sum re- quired f o r s a f e t y f a c t o r s and f o r normal op- erations. T h e Association could then assume additional responsibilities with the other f u n d s available. T h e stigma of an unbalanced budget w o u l d be removed, and a vigorous, u s e f u l p r o g r a m might be pursued. T h e r e w a s brief discussion of A L A prac- tice in budgeting. P r e v i o u s experience of A C R L should be studied. Intelligent action could not be taken without fact-finding and report. I t w a s voted that, the Executive Secretary be instructed to make a careful survey both of ACRL's present budget and financial status and in the light of the experience of past years, and as a result of this survey, he make recommendations to the Board in Los An- geles concerning a financial cushion for fu- ture operations and the money ACRL might have available to spend for publica- tion and other projects. APRIL, 1953 183 M r . Bennett reported f o r the A u d i o - V i s u a l C o m m i t t e e that 5 7 5 survey questionnaires had been coded and the data punched on I B M cards. Some basic tabulations had been done, and the report should be completed b e f o r e J u n e . T h e Buildings C o m m i t t e e w a s represented by the new chairman, M r . R o v e l s t a d . A t - tendance at the Buildings Institute held prior to M i d w i n t e r had been 95 in spite of e f f o r t s to hold it to 75. W a l t e r W . W r i g h t , chairman of the C o m - mittee on C o m m i t t e e Appointments, repeated his need f o r suggestions f o r people ( o r volun- t e e r s ! ) to serve on committees. T h e s e might be sent to members of the committee ( F r a n c e s L . M e a l s , M r s . E l i z a b e t h Seelv, D o n n a E . Sullivan, P a u l B i x l e r ) . N e i t h e r " C o n s t i t u t i o n and B y - L a w s " nor " D u p l i c a t e s E x c h a n g e U n i o n " had action to report. I n the absence of M i s s P a r k e r , M r . H a m l i n stated that hers w a s a service com- mittee to keep the exchange of duplicates in good w o r k i n g order. T h e C o m m i t t e e on Financing College and Research Libraries has been active. A d v e r - tising which has appeared in October and J a n u a r y issues or is under contract f o r A p r i l and J u l y already totaled $4,700, or more than twice the amount f o r any previous y e a r . M r . E l l s w o r t h , chairman of the Committee to Implement L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s Biblio- graphical P r o j e c t s , reported that he had been in consultation w i t h M r . C l a p p . T h e y had discussed procedures f o r implementing certain bibliographic projects. T h e L i b r a r i a n of C o n - gress stated at a recent A R L meeting that the H o u s e of Representatives A p p r o p r i a t i o n s Committee f e l t a lack of endorsement of L C p r o g r a m s f r o m l i b r a r i a n s elsewhere. " N e v e r once did he find that any C o n g r e s s m a n had ever had a statement f r o m any librarian in his a r e a about the w o r t h w h i l e n e s s of these p r o j e c t s . " T h i s situation should be remedied. M r . C a r l s o n , chairman of the N o m i n a t i n g C o m m i t t e e , reported the slate of nominees (see his report elsewhere in this i s s u e ) . C o m m e n t on the w o r k of the Publications C o m m i t t e e raised the question of the priority of claim on A C R L p r o g r a m papers by the Monographs and C&RL. T h e j o u r n a l should come first as it reached all members. M r . H a m l i n reported f o r the A C R L - A C L S J o i n t C o m m i t t e e on Selective Bibliography. N o considerable progress had been made. Publication of H a r v a r d ' s L a m o n t C a t a l o g might meet the committee's objective s u f - ficiently to w a r r a n t dismissal. M r . M c N e a l had j u s t been appointed as chairman of the S t a t e Representatives. A p - pointments w e r e j u s t about to be made. M i s s M a e P h e r s o n reported on a recent meeting of C N L A at which she represented A C R L w i t h M r . W y l l i s W r i g h t . Question w a s raised as to the need f o r C N L A . I s all this organization, meeting, committee w o r k , reporting, etc., w o n d e r f u l , and is it accom- plishing things, or is it j u s t double talk and nonsense that should be given u p ? M r . T a u b e r f e l t that C N L A ' s joint com- mittee on l i b r a r y education w a s doing u s e f u l w o r k . H i s subcommittee w a s studying the examinations being given f o r certification by state civil service agencies and hopes to deter- mine the validity of a national examination f o r certification. T h i s , it w a s stated, w a s not the problem. D i d not the function of C N L A logically be- long to A L A ? A L A has been ducking the issue and has not corrected the conditions which make it impossible f o r any of the special l i b r a r y associations to become p a r t of A L A . M r . C a r l s o n stated that C N L A w a s born when A L A w a s l a r g e l y a centrally dominated public l i b r a r y group. A L A has g r o w n into the kind of thing that C N L A w a s meant to be. " T h e time has come to re-examine the necessity of these t w o organizations and to see if A L A w i l l g r o w into a f u l l - f l e d g e d f e d e r a - tion of l i b r a r y associations. If so, w e don't need C N L A , or vice v e r s a . I t w i l l be a hard solution." P r e s i d e n t S e v e r a n c e reported the illness of M r . Sloane, the g e n e r a l session speaker, and the cancellation of the p r o g r a m meeting the f o l l o w i n g evening. H e also reported the r e a - sons f o r his decision to apply f o r an A C R L associate membership in the A m e r i c a n C o u n - cil on Education. A t his request the B o a r d voted, to approve the' expenditure of $25.00 for an associate membership of ACRL in the ACE. M r . H a m l i n stated that postal regulations prevented the mailing of the annual ballot in the A p r i l issue of C & R L . I t w a s voted that, the Executive Secretary is authorized to 184 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES send out the ballot of the Association to the membership and that funds to cover this expenditure are authorized. T h e 1 9 5 2 / 5 3 budget f o r College and Re- search Libraries w a s presented. M r . T a u b e r stated the $600 normally allotted f o r his sec- r e t a r i a l costs did not represent the f u l l cost to C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y . P o s t a g e , telephone and telegraph, stationery etc. ran over $ 2 5 0 . M r . H a m l i n said that he and M r . T a u b e r i n f o r - mally increased the number of pages in issues because of advertising (which increases reve- nue and decreases text space) and the backlog of accepted articles. M r . T a u b e r recom- mended a r e g u l a r policy of 1 1 2 pages f o r each issue. A s the Association g r e w , more papers became available. R e g u l a r f e a t u r e s , minutes, reviews, etc., leave only about half the issue f o r articles. H e reviewed some of his prob- lems in the selection of contributions. I t w a s voted that, the Executive Secretary and Editor Tau- ber be commended for their action in in- creasing the size of the October and Janu- ary issues of C&RL and that they are authorized to proceed in the future as they see fit with regard to extra pages, subject, of course, to the budget. T h e question w a s raised as to budget changes necessary to implement the above vote. M r . H a m l i n f e l t the cost w o u l d be f a i r l y small. T o make proper allowance w o u l d require many and difficult changes in the document. T h e increase in A L A production costs f r o m $ 8 5 0 to $ 9 5 0 w a s questioned (production costs and a possible change of printers w e r e the subject of a detailed statement sent in ad- vance to the B o a r d ) . According to A L A es- timates, the cost of production to them had doubled in t w o y e a r s . M r . H a m l i n believed that production could be handled outside f o r less. So long as production is handled by the Bulletin office, C&RL production w i l l take second place to Bulletin needs and may be delayed as much as a month. H e also re- ported an estimate f r o m a printer which w a s I 2 % - I 4 % less than the B a n t a contract. C h a n g e s in production and printer might in- volve redesign of the j o u r n a l . H e wished to take these steps cautiously, one at a time, and requested authorization f o r any production change which w a s m u t u a l l y agreeable to the President, E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y , and E d i t o r . T h e proposal w a s criticized as not s u f - ficiently concrete as to cost, etc. M r . H a m - lin requested a small sum f o r redesign of the j o u r n a l according to type and paper available at the new press. If the designer came up w i t h a happy solution, the change in printers could then be recommended. In r e g a r d to changes in production he f e l t this could be handled by the A C R L with $ 1 , 1 0 0 or $ 1 , 2 0 0 f o r part-time help. H e could not say exactly because he could not hire someone then to be- gin a part-time job next f a l l . H e needed the authorization and w o u l d then go out and do the best he could. F u r t h e r m o r e , it w a s only f a i r to give A L A advance notice. T h e question of paper w a s discussed. T h e proposed new printer w o u l d supply a com- parable paper. I t w a s an open question w h e t h e r C&RL required expensive, high- finish paper when it had so f e w pictures. A f t e r considerable discussion it w a s voted that, the Executive Secretary make a study of taking over entire production of the jour- nal with cost figures and report back to the Board. It was also voted that the budget prepared for College and Research Libraries be adopted. M r . Severance brought up policy regarding M i d w i n t e r M e e t i n g s which at present is to have p r o g r a m s so f a r as allowed by official interpretation of Council action. M r . Stieg reported on his function as chairman of arrangements f o r the L o s A n g e l e s C o n f e r e n c e . H e w o u l d help section chairmen with conference problems and w a s planning the p r o g r a m f o r the A C R L general session. H i s committee opposed a p r e - C o n f e r e n c e . T h e use of the U S C campus with auditorium and other facilities w a s o f f e r e d f o r T u e s d a y , J u n e 2 3 . T h e chief disadvantage w a s the bunching of section meetings at one time. T h e committee recommended the use of T u e s - day f o r the A C R L general session and f o r section meetings, w i t h the understanding that sections might have additional meetings or w o r k s h o p s on their own l a t e r in the w e e k . E m p h a s i s w a s on discussion groups, but sec- tion chairmen could choose any type of pro- g r a m . M r . Stieg reported that R e f e r e n c e w a s planning a p r o g r a m on specialized reference APRIL, 1953 185 services, p a r t i c u l a r l y those in studio l i b r a r i e s . T h e College Section expects to have discussion groups on standards f o r budgets and appor- tionment of book funds, aspects of book se- lection and discard, personnel, and related problems. L i k e w i s e the J u n i o r C o l l e g e Sec- tion w i l l continue its w o r k on j u n i o r college library standards. T h e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s Section w i l l be on " B r a n c h L i b r a r i e s , G o o d or B a d ? A P a n e l Discussion of C r e a t i v e F r u s t r a t i o n . " A f t e r some discussion of the best time f o r the general session, lunch problems, etc., it w a s voted that, the ACRL Board of Directors favors Tuesday as a general ACRL day at the Los Angeles Conference. I t w a s emphasized that meeting rooms ( e x - cept those on the c a m p u s ) should be requested of M i s s B e a t t y and that she should be in- f o r m e d of all plans f o r p r o g r a m s at U S C . M r . Stieg w a s planning a traditional pro- g r a m with a big name speaker on an educa- tional topic f o r the general session. H e welcomed any guidance f r o m the B o a r d . M r . Severance spoke briefly about W e d n e s - day morning's meeting of the A L A E x e c u t i v e B o a r d w i t h divisional representatives. I t w a s suggested that the discussion at N e w Y o r k should serve as guidance to the A C R L representatives. (Adjourned.) Meeting, February 5 , 1953. P r e s e n t w e r e officers and directors. President Severance raised the question of status of A L A continuing members w h o have been r e g u l a r A C R L members. A f t e r discus- sion of the memberships involved and of costs it w a s voted that, the Executive Secretary be instructed to send College and Research Libraries on a trial basis for a year to continuing mem- bers of ALA who have been ACRL mem- bers regularly in the past. P r e s i d e n t S e v e r a n c e ruled that A C R L w o u l d go along w i t h the ALA Bulletin plans f o r membership prizes and make C&RL a v a i l - able as necessary to any small number of w i n n e r s . T h e petition of the Illinois L i b r a r y A s s o - ciation's C o l l e g e and R e s e a r c h Section f o r A C R L chapter status w a s considered. I t w a s decided that a f o r m a l organization could petition through one officer, and that the w o r d i n g of the B y l a w s r e g a r d i n g the estab- lishment of chapters w a s purposely loose. I t w a s voted that, the ACRL accept the petition of the Col- lege and Research Section of the Illinois Library Association for chapter status in ACRL. M r . H a m l i n mentioned a r e a s of the coun- try which had expressed interest in chapter affiliation. H e had discouraged chapter a f - filiation in one case and generally r e f r a i n s f r o m active promotion. Southeastern's col- lege section had discussed affiliation w i t h A C R L as a chapter. Since it assembles only once in t w o y e a r s , it could not meet the B y l a w provision requiring annual meetings. I t w a s agreed A C R L should make it possible f o r Southeastern to come in if they wished. I t w a s voted that, the Committee on Constitution and By- laws be authorized to propose an amend- ment to the Bylaws referring to chapters which will permit the affiliation of associa- tions meeting every two years. M r . E a t o n sought guidance and w a s in- structed to f i x it so that Southeastern or S o u t h w e s t e r n could come in. T h e question of extending committee ap- pointments f o r m o r e than one y e a r w a s briefly discussed and dropped. I t w a s f e l t hard w o r k i n g people should be reappointed at least once and those w h o did little could be dropped. I t w a s voted that, fifty dollars additional be added to the budget already approved for the Pure and Applied Science Section. President Severance proposed at least $ 3 0 0 additional f o r the E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y ' s t r a v e l . M r . H a m l i n f e l t he w o u l d not spend that much, and stated p a r t of last y e a r ' s t r a v e l w a s charged to this y e a r ' s budget. In an- s w e r to a query as to w h a t he did on trips, M r . H a m l i n detailed his last one which w a s a short visit to K a n s a s C i t y — r e a s o n s f o r go- ing, people seen, business discussed, l i b r a r y tours, etc. M r . T a u b e r urged more appear- ances at l i b r a r y schools, and M r . H a m l i n mentioned a plan discussed at A L A , but not implemented, f o r A L A to attempt to a r r a n g e 186 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES a visit of some staff member to any l i b r a r y school once a y e a r . Obligations to get ad- vertising and representation at national edu- cational meetings increase the need f o r t r a v e l f u n d s . I t w a s voted that, the Executive Secretary's travel budget be increased by $300 additional for the cur- rent fiscal year. T h e P u b l i c L i b r a r i e s Division's new R e f e r - ence Section w a s discussed. Criticism w a s expressed of the slate presented by the N o m i - nating C o m m i t t e e because no public l i b r a r y reference people w e r e included. A C R L has been criticized f o r its neglect of r e f e r e n c e interests of the public l i b r a r i a n s . M r . T a u b e r said that he had tried to help their interests w i t h articles and f e a t u r e s in C&RL. President S e v e r a n c e read the definition of reference f r o m A r t i c l e I of the Constitution. T h i s includes public l i b r a r y reference de- partments. M r . H a m l i n said that he had known of the P L D move and f e l t nothing w o u l d be gained by opposition. M r . M c - A n a l l y f e l t that A C R L w o u l d inevitably ap- peal more to the l a r g e r reference departments. H e hoped the section w o u l d continue to ap- peal to all reference librarians w h o have the more complicated problems similar to those in the university field. M i s s M a c P h e r s o n said the new section w a s an established f a c t , and she hoped the new committee on divi- sional relationships w o u l d help in the estab- lishment of aims. M r . E a t o n urged that the A C R L p r o g r a m be developed so as to keep the interest and support of reference l i b r a r i - ans in l a r g e r public libraries. T h e B o a r d expressed serious concern in the problem and f e l t g r e a t e r emphasis should be placed on measures to hold the membership and interest of the group. M r . H a m l i n called attention to his state- ment in the agenda in f a v o r of institutes and discussion group p r o g r a m s . T h e Buildings Institute brought much f a v o r a b l e comment. T h i s device which w o r k s w e l l in the build- ings field might be cautiously extended into other fields. M r . M c A n a l l y f e l t the basic appeal of the institute is that l i b r a r i a n s ac- tually present proposals and problems f r o m their own institutions. Individual situations and not generalities are discussed, under a leader, and this has v e r y g r e a t appeal to others. H e said that this w a s a f u n d a m e n t a l approach that w o u l d be quite v a l u a b l e to A C R L and w o u l d strengthen its relations to members. T h e question w a s raised w h e t h e r or not a basic difference existed between building problems and operational problems. T h i s might be explored on a pilot basis. A good deal of leader preparation is required f o r suc- cessful results. A n element of success lies in the d r a w i n g out of the a v e r a g e member. I t is his opportunity to express himself and share experience and ideas with his f e l l o w s . " T h e case study approach can be carried over to some of these other p r o g r a m s . " I t w a s sug- gested that no subject except buildings would d r a w attendance if meeting a w a y f r o m an A L A C o n f e r e n c e . M r . H a m l i n suggested as a topic f o r a t w o day institute the assignment of book f u n d s to departments. H e said that all he w a s proposing w a s some extension of the institute-discussion-group method in A C R L . M r . E a t o n said that section chairmen should be encouraged to use the technique, and that an experiment, or two, w a s desirable when prospects looked v e r y good. " B y suc- c e s s f u l experimentation the thing w i l l g r o w if it is really a v a l u a b l e method used in connection with appropriate subjects." P l a n s f o r discussion groups at the L o s A n g e l e s C o n - ference w e r e described, as w a s past experi- ence of the P N L A , A C R L , and T e x a s L i b r a r y Association. M r . D a v i d s o n said that the C o l l e g e Section w a s trying to c a r r y the T h o r n t o n - H a m l i n discussion group plan a little f a r t h e r at L o s A n g e l e s . M r . W i l l i a m s o n suggested that the A C R L President prepare the type of important presi- dential address traditional in the A m e r i c a n H i s t o r i c a l Association. P a s t practice w a s discussed. M e m b e r s f e l t that the president should be encouraged to report on the a f f a i r s of the Association or on significant problems facing college and reference libraries. / (Note: The following discussion is re- ported in full by special direction of the Board.) President Severance reported on relationships w i t h A L A . H e f e l t that no action w a s needed but that the B o a r d should be informed. H e wished to keep the dis- cussion as impersonal as possible and related directly to positions and government. L a s t summer when he took office, the divisions led by A C R L and the A L A represented by the E x e c u t i v e B o a r d w e r e at odds over the APRIL, 1953 187 problem of financial support. D u r i n g the past nine months he had visited h e a d q u a r t e r s several times and had conversations w i t h the principal parties involved. H e f e l t definitely that the problem w a s " n o t a m a t t e r of w h e t h e r w e get $ 2 0 0 or $ 3 0 0 e x t r a or lose $2,000. T h e problem is, are w e getting closer all the time to the development of a l i b r a r y o r g a n i z a - tion in this country to the place w h e r e w e w i l l really become a federation and in which the m a j o r responsibility w i l l be placed on specialized units such as A C R L ? " President Severance said that the problems which have bothered A C R L are the same problems which are beginning to irk the public l i b r a r i a n s . T h e officers of A C R L had recently been em- phasizing w i t h A L A officials that the prob- lems involved w e r e not p r i m a r i l y financial. " W h a t w e really ought to be talking about is, are w e ready f o r the divisions to take on heavy responsibility? A r e all divisions at this s t a g e ? W h a t is o u r E x e c u t i v e Secre- t a r y ' s relation to the old line A L A s t a f f ? " L a r g e l y through divisional leadership regu- l a r meetings of the divisional executive secre- taries w i t h the A L A E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y now take place. P r e s i d e n t S e v e r a n c e had at- tended one of these meetings in D e c e m b e r and w o u l d attend another l a t e r this w e e k . D i v i s i o n a l officers w e r e a l w a y s welcome at these meetings. T h e presidents of both P L D and A C R L w e r e present at a meeting of these executive secretaries in D e c e m b e r at which a resolution w a s adopted which might lay the g r o u n d w o r k f o r investigation of the prin- cipal problem in its broad sense. T h i s reso- lution r e a d s : RESOLVED that the Division Execu- tive Secretaries go on record as request- ing the ALA Committee on Boards and Committees to recommend to Council, at next Midwinter Meeting, the establish- ment of a Committee to study the rela- tions of the divisions to the ALA as a whole and to study the relations of divi- sions to each other; said Committee to in- clude Division representation; its respon- sibilities to be (1) to provide for continu- ous study of the relations of ALA and its divisions to the end that the association be strengthened (2) to recommend appropri- ate policy and/or constitution and bylaw provisions to achieve this objective" President Severance explained that prior to this meeting the A L A E x e c u t i v e B o a r d had appointed a subcommittee of three of its mem- bers to study divisional financial relationships. A C R L and P L D had objected to the subcom- mittee because this group did not have divi- sional representation to present the divisional point of v i e w on financial needs. " W e rec- ommended a new kind of committee to come out of Council, which is the policy making body of A L A . I think no ill w i l l or misun- derstanding is involved h e r e . " President S e v e r a n c e and M i s s R u t z e n had met with the other divisional presidents and explained the point of v i e w behind the above action. ( N o t e : T h e A L A C o m m i t t e e on B o a r d s and C o m m i t t e e s approved this committee, and action w a s taken to establish it at the next meeting of the A L A C o u n c i l . ) M i s s M a c P h e r s o n , a member of the C o m - mittee on B o a r d s and Committees, reported that her group w a s highly in f a v o r of the new committee and expected a g r e a t deal f r o m it. President D o w n s hopes that the best minds in the profession w i l l accept ap- pointment to the committee. President Severance reported on the meet- ing of the A L A E x e c u t i v e B o a r d with divi- sional representatives, " M y j u d g m e n t of the feeling of the meeting is that w e are all look- ing in the same direction and don't w a n t to fight about small things but w a n t to straighten out the big things so that w e can proceed on a high professional level. I don't think w e have solved at all the problem of relations in headquarters. T h e divisional executive secre- taries are still not given the responsibility or recognized as having the responsibility which w e as divisions have given them. T h i s is not recognized by the h e a d q u a r t e r s s t a f f . I think sooner or l a t e r the division executive secre- taries w i l l become the most important group at A L A h e a d q u a r t e r s . A t present the divi- sions are getting approximately 5 0 % of the income which comes f r o m membership dues. Y o u can haggle f o r e v e r about this exact dividing." H e mentioned briefly the many categories of membership and the problems involved in any apportioning. Six possible plans f o r a new f o r m u l a had been presented by the A L A accounting office. " E v e r y b o d y agreed y e s t e r d a y that one main thing neces- s a r y f o r the f o r m u l a to be w o r k e d out is that it be simple to understand and not subject to 188 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES interpretations which lead to controversy in its application." M r . H a m l i n mentioned the broad assignment of responsibility to the divisions by the A L A constitution. F e d e r a - tion and the place of C N L A w e r e briefly dis- cussed. M r . Severance said that he thought the w e a k e r divisions w i l l have to be strength- ened. T h e people in the leading offices " m u s t know our wishes, thoughts, and ideas. O n e proposal in the E x e c u t i v e B o a r d meeting w a s that perhaps the B o a r d should be changed to a meeting of divisional presidents. T h e term 'a federation of national library asso- ciations' has been used by A L A leaders a good many times in recent y e a r s . " M r . M c A n a l l y stated that " t h e w h o l e history of this g r a d u a l reorganization of A L A is a series of spas- modic e f f o r t s to achieve this goal ( f e d e r a t i o n ) , but each e f f o r t has made some progress t o w a r d the g o a l . " In reply to questions about possible action at the next A L A Council meeting President Severance said, " I don't know of any definite action needed at this time. I think probably the most important single thing involved is the w a y w e go about getting things done. Of all groups in the country librarians ought to be the people w h o operate in an intelli- gent, democratic, and A m e r i c a n fashion. I t is slow, but I think it is the w a y . " M r . H a m l i n f e l t that an important source of past friction w a s the lack of anyone at the E x e c u t i v e B o a r d meetings w h o w a s able to speak f r o m a very considerable knowledge of divisional needs and plans. A L A E x e c u - tive B o a r d members could not hope to keep completely informed themselves, and the divi- sional officers w h o w e r e best informed w e r e not called in when divisional problems w e r e under discussion. T h e proposed committee w o u l d serve an important function as the official spokesman on divisional problems be- f o r e the governing body of the Association. Adjourned. —Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary. A C R L Business Meeting Minutes Meeting Thursday evening, February IQ53, in Chicago. President Severance explained that the scheduled meeting on the evening previous had been canceled because of the illness of the principal speaker. In the absence of T r e a s u r e r Shipman, M r . H a m l i n reported the financial condition. L a s t y e a r ' s report w a s printed in the J a n u a r y C&RL. W h e n last y e a r ' s budget w a s prepared, a deficit of $ 5 0 0 0 or more w a s expected. A l l sorts of economy and diligence in finding income had helped to turn the expected deficit into a surplus of more than $ 2 6 0 0 f o r the y e a r . T h e C h a i r m a n of the N o m i n a t i n g Committee reported nominations f o r office, 1953-54- ( S e e the report and biographical sketches elsewhere in this issue.) President Severance reported briefly the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s action in designating T u e s d a y , J u n e 2 3 r d , as the date f o r a series of A C R L meetings and p r o g r a m s at the U n i v e r s i t y of Southern C a l i f o r n i a campus in connection with the A L A C o n f e r e n c e . M r . K u h l m a n spoke in f a v o r of a L o o p hotel location f o r the next M i d w i n t e r M e e t i n g . A m a j o r i t y of about three-fifths present voted that, "The Association of College and Reference Libraries go on record that the Midwinter Meeting should not be held in the Edgeiuater Beach Hotel but should be held in some downtown hotel, with the suggestion that if the cost of having the meeting is increased by being downtown, this could be made up by increasing the conference registration fee." —Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary. APRIL, 1953 189 Notes from the A C R L Office M i d w i n t e r M e e t i n g f o r A C R L started out w i t h a Buildings Institute on Sunday and M o n d a y . B u i l d i n g plans of a number of libraries w e r e presented and criticized in the t w o day session. T h e Institute w a s v e r y successful, and its proceedings w i l l be pub- lished shortly as an ACRL Monograph. T h e next buildings institute w i l l either be held in the f a l l at one of the n e w college l i b r a r y buildings or again at M i d w i n t e r . A n y w h o are interested in attending should apply to H o w a r d R o v e l s t a d , director of l i b r a r i e s at the U n i v e r s i t y of M a r y l a n d . M r . R o v e l s t a d is the new chairman of the A C R L Buildings Committee. The Code for the handling of reference inquiries received by mail w a s approved at the meeting of the R e f e r e n c e L i b r a r i a n s Section. T h i s w a s printed in the O c t o b e r 1 9 5 2 issue of C&RL ( 1 3 : 3 6 4 - 5 ) . A l l r e f e r - ence l i b r a r i a n s w i l l w a n t to keep this code handy as it can be the means of avoiding a g r e a t deal of w o r k (and quite properly, t o o ) . T h e code represents a small gain t o w a r d bet- ter relations and cooperation among libraries. O f course, an occasional distant letter in a childish hand asking f o r i n f o r m a t i o n about W a s h i n g t o n or L i n c o l n or E i s e n h o w e r can be a pleasant v a r i a t i o n to the college r e f e r - ence l i b r a r i a n , and I hope he w i l l disregard the rules and his dignity (on the sly, of c o u r s e ) and enjoy the f u n of a n s w e r i n g the request. A t its M i d w i n t e r b r e a k f a s t meeting on F e b . 3 r d , the A C R L Publications C o m m i t t e e , under C h a i r m a n L a w r e n c e S. T h o m p s o n , voted to set up a special editorial and m a n - a g e r i a l subcommittee to publish the ACRL Monographs, since this series is now w e l l es- tablished and paying its o w n w a y . T h e members of this new body are M r s . F r a n c e s B . J e n k i n s , D a v i d K . M a x f i e l d , Colton S t o r m , F r i t z V e i t , and H o w a r d W . W i n g e r . M r . M a x f i e l d , f o r m e r l y business m a n a g e r , w a s elected chairman, and has the brand new title of m a n a g i n g editor. A l l manuscripts, as w e l l as single copy and standing orders, should be sent to him at the U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois L i b r a r y , U n d e r g r a d u a t e D i v i s i o n , C h i c a g o 1 1 , Illinois. A n interesting publishing p r o g r a m is being developed. ACRL Monographs specializes in manuscripts longer than the typical j o u r n a l article, and yet shorter than a f u l l - l e n g t h book. T h e Monographs expect to maintain the editorial standards of C&RL and to publish m a t e r i a l of w i d e general interest to l i b r a r i a n s outside as w e l l as inside A C R L . A m o n g the topics being considered f o r f u - ture monographs, some l a r g e and some small, a r e : teaching of bibliography to u n d e r g r a d u - ates, engineering periodicals, l i b r a r y binding, audio-visual methods, college and university l i b r a r y buildings, subject divisional reading rooms, applied psychology f o r librarians, and college and university b y l a w s on the l i b r a r y . P l a n s f o r the L o s A n g e l e s C o n f e r e n c e in J u n e look good. A C R L has been invited out to the U n i v e r s i t y of Southern C a l i f o r n i a cam- pus on T u e s d a y , J u n e 2 3 r d , and w i l l have a f u l l day of activity there. M r . D a v i d s o n , chairman of the C o l l e g e L i b r a r i e s Section, is planning discussion groups on a wide v a r i e t y of professional problems. T h e A C R L G e n - e r a l Session and the U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s Section w i l l be at U S C . ( F o r p r o g r a m s see B r i e f of the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s meetings.) I v e r y much hope that much A C R L activity w i l l take place on this day so that every member can count on being attracted by t w o different p r o g r a m s most of the time. P r o - g r a m s are, of course, the responsibility of the section chairmen. A t last report M r . Stieg, director of l i b r a r i e s at U S C , w a s busy sign- ing up r e s t a u r a n t s f o r the day and m a k i n g other c o m f o r t i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s f o r the inner man. A t least some A C R L activities w i l l be held on other days, but m a r k T u e s d a y in red on y o u r calendar. T h e B r i e f of the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s min- utes makes mention of institutes and discus- sion groups as conference devices which o f t e n o f f e r more than the standard meeting w i t h three papers or a panel of experts. T h e J a n u a r y ALA Bulletin had a v e r y interesting article by M a r g a r e t E . M o n r o e on this sub- ject. T h e C o l l e g e Section and the P u r e and Applied Science Section have both had dis- cussion group p r o g r a m s recently. In spite of considerable difficulty in finding suitable 190 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES space and time, these discussions have been popular and u s e f u l . A t M i d w i n t e r y o u r sec- r e t a r y w a s in the a l a r m i n g position of sub- stituting on short notice fc>r R a l p h S h a w as a discussion leader. A l t h o u g h I knew v e r y little about the subject, people w h o came knew a g r e a t deal. T h e y contributed their experience and ideas, and everyone learned quite a bit. I wish that A C R L w o u l d have more discussion groups at L o s Angeles. A C R L has done very w e l l w i t h its t w o buildings institutes. I cannot believe that w h a t w o r k s so w e l l f o r the building problem cannot be made to w o r k w e l l f o r at least a f e w other important problems. W e can't be like the man w h o w o u l d n ' t join a church because in each one he f o u n d some imperfec- tion. H e finally found a p e r f e c t one, but, of course, it couldn't let him in, as he didn't meet the qualifications. T h e A C R L T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g Section has proposed a joint committee of the section and of the A m e r i c a n Association of Colleges f o r T e a c h e r Education to w o r k on the A A C T E schedule which concerns the visitation and evaluation of libraries as a p a r t of the ac- crediting p r o g r a m . D i s s a t i s f a c t i o n in the present schedule w a s widespread, and it w a s f e l t that the assistance of l i b r a r i a n s w o u l d be u s e f u l in j u d g i n g and r e w r i t i n g the present l i b r a r y schedule. T h i s action is constructive, and I have hoped more of this could be done through the leadership of the Committee on A d m i n - istrative P r o c e d u r e s (momentarily lacking a c h a i r m a n ) . A t M i d w i n t e r w e w e r e busy selling ACRL Monongraphs. I t w a s a pleasure also to have on display J u l e s A d e l i n e — A d e l i n e ' s Art Dictionary, a standard reference w o r k which has j u s t been brought back into print by J . W . E d w a r d s of A n n A r b o r (price $ 6 . 6 0 ) . T h i s publication is important because it is the f i r s t f r u i t of the w o r k of the A C R L - A R L joint committee on the reproduction of biblio- graphical and reference w o r k s . T h e publisher has taken this project on as a service to the profession, and I sincerely hope that a modest number of orders w i l l encourage him to un- dertake other out-of-print titles which the committee is promoting. * * * T h i s issue of College and Research Li- braries is unique f o r the very considerable number of advertisements. R e v e n u e f r o m this source has been considerably above ex- pectations and finances a l a r g e r issue than w o u l d otherwise be possible. A good w o r d f o r C & R L helps a g r e a t deal w h e n e v e r or w h e r e v e r spoken, but p a r t i c u l a r l y when orders are placed. I t certainly w o u l d be appreciated if members w o u l d suggest C&RL as a good advertising medium to businesses which do not now use it. A l l of these advertisements are placed here in the belief that the important services and products w i l l contribute to the operations of many college libraries. Some of these ad- vertisements represent unusual services or de- velopments. F o r example, the f r e e standing wooden stack which can be erected and dis- mantled by any stack boy without a single tool is a development of the past f e w y e a r s which is not sufficiently w e l l known. S e v e r a l of the steel stack m a n u f a c t u r e r s have new types of compact storage shelves, each one of which has advantages f o r certain uses and situations. Publishers' Weekly f o r J a n u a r y 1 7 carried a story about a new self-service bookstore opened recently at H a m i l t o n C o l l e g e . T h e stock is limited to good paperbound reprints. Sales f o r the first t w o days paid f o r the initial outlay, reported the librarian, W a l t e r P i l k i n g - ton. H e expects to have the best of foreign as w e l l as domestic reprints. T h i s news note is of special interest as it is j u s t another ingenious method being used to encourage u n d e r g r a d u a t e s to use, enjoy, and own good books. W h i l e the pleasant burden of stimulating the young mind depends on the individual contact of teacher and l i b r a r i a n with the student, many devices exist to smooth the w a y to a l i f e with books. Exhibits, home l i b r a r y contests, semester or y e a r long loans of pictures and groups of books, author talks and author readings, displays, special collec- tions, book sales, and many, many other de- vices are u s e f u l in attracting people to pick up and dip into good books. A l l these means should be used as time and circumstance permit. —Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary. APRIL, 1953 191 News from the Field H a v e r f o r d C o l l e g e has Acquisitions, Gifts, received a significant Collections collection of r a r e books, mostly of the R e n a i s - sance periods, as a result of the bequest l e f t by the late W i l l i a m P y l e Philips of N e w Y o r k . In recognition of the Philips collec- tion and of the donor's other contributions to H a v e r f o r d C o l l e g e , a special celebration w a s held on D e c e m b e r I . T h e collection is unique in certain respects. I t is believed to be impossible f o r a p r i v a t e collector to dupli- cate M r . Philips' achievement unless one private collection in S w i t z e r l a n d is put on sale. A l s o these r a r e books and first editions are unusually complete and in good condition. F o r the f i r s t time it w i l l be possible f o r a qualified u n d e r g r a d u a t e at H a v e r f o r d to use first folio editions of Shakespeare in his class w o r k . B y fitting celebration, H a v e r f o r d C o l - lege made m a n i f e s t its g r a t e f u l appreciation f o r the Philips collection of r a r e books. B u t more importantly, the celebration expressed W i l l i a m P y l e Philips' devotion to the humani- ties and his belief in their v a l u e to the w o r l d of a f f a i r s . S t a r t i n g in an a f t e r n o o n session at 3 o'clock and continuing through an eve- ning meeting at 8 : 3 0 o'clock, the f o l l o w - ing spoke on the g e n e r a l theme of the continuing vitality and relevance f o r the w o r l d of a f f a i r s of the Renaissance w r i t e r s : J o h n N a s h D o u g l a s B u s h , p r o f e s s o r of E n g l i s h , H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y ; M a r g a r e t W e b s t e r , actress and d i r e c t o r ; and A r c h i b a l d M a c - L e i s h , Boylston p r o f e s s o r of rhetoric and o r a t o r y , H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y , and f o r m e r l y L i b r a r i a n of C o n g r e s s . A descriptive and commemorative volume w a s distributed to scholars and l i b r a r i e s at the time of the C e l e b r a t i o n , containing a biographical sketch of M r . P h i l i p s ; an essay on Books of the Renaissance by R a l p h M . S a r g e n t , p r o f e s s o r of E n g l i s h at H a v e r f o r d ; and a descriptive catalog of the collection by C . W i l l i a m M i l l e r , associate p r o f e s s o r of E n g l i s h , T e m p l e U n i - versity. A collection of T h e o d o r e R o o s e v e l t m a - terial, considered the finest in private hands, has been given to the C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y L i - b r a r y by M r . and M r s . W . J . C r a w f o r d , J r . of C l e v e l a n d , Ohio. T h e 5 7 6 books and 2 0 cases of pamphlets and speeches by and about R o o s e v e l t cover the entire adult l i f e of the man w h o has beep called " o u r most l i t e r a r y president" and indicate his wide interests in history, w i l d l i f e and politics. A m o n g the items is R o o s e v e l t ' s first publication, The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Frank- lin County, N.Y., a list published by Roose- velt and a H a r v a r d classmate in the summer of 1 8 7 7 , f o l l o w i n g their f r e s h m a n y e a r . T h e y o u t h f u l enterprise received high-level praise. P r o b a b l y the r a r e s t item in the collection is the Bylaws of the Little Missouri River Stockmen's Association. T h e r e are only t w o known copies of this pamphlet, which reflects R o o s e v e l t ' s experience as a rancher in the D a k o t a t e r r i t o r y . T h e collection also includes the first printing of R o o s e v e l t ' s f a m o u s essay on The Strenuous Life. A " t r e a s u r e " room in the U n i v e r s i t y of M i n n e s o t a L i b r a r y has been built to house the J a m e s F o r d B e l l collection of r a r e books relating to events which led to the discovery of A m e r i c a and to the exploration and settle- ment of the N o r t h w e s t . T h e trustees of the f a b u l o u s book collection have decided to m a k e the university the depository of the collection believing that in time it w i l l be t r a n s f e r r e d by deed to the university or to the benefit of some similar educational or public institution, according to M r . B e l l , f o u n d e r of G e n e r a l M i l l s and a university regent. U n d e r the terms of the trust, M r . B e l l explained, the U n i v e r s i t y of M i n n e s o t a is to have p r e f e r - ence provided it demonstrates continuing in- terest in and support of the collection during the interim period. B e c a u s e of his close asso- ciation w i t h the university, of which he is a g r a d u a t e , M r . B e l l is p a r t i c u l a r l y desirous, he asserted, that his collection eventually go to the university. T h e new room being installed in the uni- versity l i b r a r y is a g i f t f r o m M r . B e l l . I t s design w i l l be that of the l a t e E l i z a b e t h a n period—in keeping w i t h the e r a of discovery and exploration associated w i t h the E n g l i s h race. W a l l s of the room, which w i l l occupy the f i r s t floor a r e a f o r m e r l y housing the a r - chives department, w i l l be panelled in English oak delicately carved to resemble folded linen. O n e w a l l w i l l consist of a w i n d o w of stained glass bearing heraldic designs set in a deep bay spanned by three arches supported on 192 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES carved stone columns. A r t i f i c i a l light w i l l be directed through the w i n d o w to illuminate the room. A massive stone fireplace, vaulted ceiling and plank floor are all p a r t of the room's E l i z a b e t h a n design. Furnishings w i l l be specially selected. T h e room and its storage v a u l t s w i l l be air-conditioned to pre- serve the r a r e books. T h e B e l l collection is built around one of the most romantic of all themes: the dis- covery and exploration of the N o r t h A m e r i - can continent beginning with the search f o r a " r o a d to C a t h a y . " T h i s search is reported in a 1 4 7 7 edition of Marco Polo's Travels, a book of such r a r i t y that only one other copy is known to be in the United States. T h e first L a t i n edition of the letter w r i t t e n by C o l u m b u s on the return f r o m his first voyage and the first dated edition of the letter de- scribing Vespucci's third voyage are t w o other examples of early A m e r i c a n a acquired by M r . B e l l . Presenting an outstanding record of the early history of t r a v e l and exploration in eastern and central C a n a d a , the R e d R i v e r and U p p e r Mississippi valleys and the G r e a t L a k e s region and expeditions in search of a N o r t h w e s t P a s s a g e to the Pacific Ocean by w a y of H u d s o n B a y , the collection contains accounts of the daring voyages of J a c q u e s C a r t i e r , F r a n c i s D r a k e , S a m u e l de C h a m - plain, L a Salle, F a t h e r Hennepin, J o n a t h a n C a r v e r , H e n r y S c h o o l c r a f t and others. O f g r e a t rarity and significance is the collection's almost complete set of the so-called Jesuit Relations. Sol. H . E s a r e y , retired attorney of Indian- apolis, has presented his private l i b r a r y of several thousand volumes to E v a n s v i l l e C o l - lege. O n e thousand volumes have already a r r i v e d at the college. M r . E s a r e y is a brother of the late L o g a n E s a r e y , Indiana historian. H i s private collection of books reflects his interest in l a w and international a f f a i r s as w e l l as in his t w o m a j o r avoca- tions, f a r m i n g and teaching Sunday school, w i t h titles on A m e r i c a n and E u r o p e a n his- tory, political science, religion and philosophy, l i t e r a t u r e and botany making up the bulk of his l i b r a r y . A n outstanding collection of books and periodicals illustrated by G e o r g e and R o b e r t C r u i k s h a n k has been presented to the U n i - versity of O r e g o n L i b r a r y by C . W a r d I n g h a m of E u g e n e . C r u i k s h a n k illustrations are gen- erally associated with the writings of C h a r l e s Dickens and W i l l i a m H a r r i s o n A i n s w o r t h , and the collection contains the 1846 edition of Oliver Twist by Dickens and Ainsworth's Magazine f o r 1842, both illustrated by G e o r g e C r u i k s h a n k . T h e brothers often collaborated in single volumes, the most f a m o u s of which is probably Pierce E g a n ' s Life in London published in 1 8 2 1 . T h e first issue of the first edition of this volume is in the collection, with its illustrations in perfect condition. P e r h a p s the finest single item in the entire collection is a set of The English Spy in original uncut parts. M a y o r E l m e r E . Robinson of San F r a n c i s c o has presented S t a n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y with a r a r e copy of the J a p a n e s e Peace T r e a t y nego- tiated at the G o l d e n G a t e city in September 1 9 5 1 . A l s o included in M a y o r Robinson's g i f t is an autographed p o r t r a i t of A b r a h a m Lincoln made by the f a m o u s C i v i l W a r photographer, M a t h e w B . B r a d y , and 300 v o l - umes of historical and biographical w o r k s . S t a n f o r d President W a l l a c e Sterling and D r . N a t h a n van P a t t e n , p r o f e s s o r emeritus of bibliography, accepted the g i f t s f o r the uni- versity. T h e treaty is one of a very f e w certified copies with its protocol, t w o declara- tions, and exact facsimiles of the delegates' signatures, which w e r e made f o r the signatory powers. M a y o r Robinson, w h o is honorary c u r a t o r of A m e r i c a n a f o r the S t a n f o r d L i b r a r i e s , es- tablished the collection which bears his name in 1940. I t already contains many r a r e books important to research in A m e r i c a n history. A m o n g them is a collection of colonial and early A m e r i c a n newspapers believed to be the finest in the W e s t . A valuable collection of e a r l y classics in international l a w and diplomacy has been given to the W i l l i a m s C o l l e g e L i b r a r y by D r . Philip M a r s h a l l B r o w n , an 1898 g r a d u a t e of W i l l i a m s C o l l e g e . Some of the 40 books date f r o m the early 1 7 t h century. T h e volumes rep- resent the first aspirations of w e s t e r n mankind f o r the rule of l a w among nations and are among the first e f f o r t s ( a f t e r M a c h i a v e l l i ) to analyze the n a t u r e of p o w e r politics in the modern state system. T h e r e is a second edi- tion ( 1 6 3 1 ) of De lure Belli ac Pads by H u g o G r o t i u s , the " f a t h e r of international l a w , " and successive l a t e r editions of the monumental treatise on the l a w of nations. T h e second edition w a s in the personal li- APRIL, 1953 193 h r a r y of C a r d i n a l M a z a r i n . T h e J o h n R a n d o l p h H a y n e s and D o r a H a y n e s F o u n d a t i o n L i b r a r y has been given to the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a at L o s A n - geles. T h e decision to give the l i b r a r y to U C L A w a s made when the trustees of the H a y n e s F o u n d a t i o n w e r e notified that the present foundation h e a d q u a r t e r s w a s to be condemned to m a k e w a y f o r the n e w H a r b o r F r e e w a y . T h e l i b r a r y w i l l be housed in the B u r e a u of G o v e r n m e n t a l R e s e a r c h , w h e r e its extensive collections in the subjects of r e - gional and local planning, C a l i f o r n i a w a t e r problems, population statistics, municipal ad- ministration, and southern C a l i f o r n i a regional economics w i l l , as in the past, be available to students of C a l i f o r n i a government. D r . J o h n R a n d o l p h H a y n e s , a f o r m e r r e - gent of the University^of C a l i f o r n i a , and one of the principal f o u n d e r s of the H a y n e s F o u n d a t i o n , w a s a L o s A n g e l e s physician, active f o r many y e a r s in local government. H i s papers and collections f o r m the nucleus of the foundation l i b r a r y , m a k i n g an especially f r u i t f u l source f o r study of C a l i f o r n i a state and local elections, the acquisitions of O w e n s V a l l e y and C o l o r a d o R i v e r w a t e r f o r the southern C a l i f o r n i a area, and the movement f o r direct legislation, both in C a l i f o r n i a and the U n i t e d States. A n o t h e r important p a r t of the l i b r a r y con- sists of the papers, correspondence, and docu- ments collected by F r a n k l i n H i c h b o r n during f i f t y y e a r s as a j o u r n a l i s t and one-time legis- lative reporter at S a c r a m e n t o . Besides C a l i - f o r n i a legislative history since about 1 8 9 5 , there is much m a t e r i a l , including many r a r e documents, on the San F r a n c i s c o G r a f t Prosecutions, including transcripts of G r a n d J u r y testimony. T h e B a n c r o f t L i b r a r y of the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a , which has the principal collection of the F r a n k N o r r i s m a t e r i a l s , is attempting to reassemble the manuscript of M c T e a g u e , one leaf of which w a s placed in each set of the A r g o n a u t M a n u s c r i p t Edition of the col- lected w o r k s of F r a n k N o r r i s , ( 1 0 volumes, D o u b l e d a y , D o r a n , 1 9 2 8 ) . T h r o u g h the co- operation of some f i f t y contributors the B a n - c r o f t L i b r a r y has now reassembled approxi- mately t w e n t y per cent of this manuscript, either in original or photocopy, and hopes to be able to reconstitute the w h o l e manuscript. A s no other manuscript of a m a j o r N o r r i s w o r k is known to exist and as the M c T e a g u e manuscript has a l r e a d y t h r o w n new light on N o r r i s ' s w r i t i n g methods, the project has real scholarly significance. R e a d e r s of College and Research Libraries w h o know of the w h e r e a b o u t s of sets of the A r g o n a u t N o r r i s a r e asked to communicate w i t h R o b e r t E . B u r k e , B a n c r o f t L i b r a r y , U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i - f o r n i a , B e r k e l e y 4, C a l i f o r n i a . T h e nucleus of the new F i n e A r t s R e a d i n g R o o m opened this f a l l at the C h i c a g o U n - d e r g r a d u a t e Division of the U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois L i b r a r y w a s a v a l u a b l e g i f t of 2000 volumes f r o m the rich architectural l i b r a r y maintained f o r many y e a r s up until 1946 by the C h i c a g o f i r m of H o l a b i r d and R o o t . T h e total holdings of this n e w divisional reading room n o w number 6000 volumes, 8000 stereopticon slides, and 40 current periodicals. T r i n i t y C o l l e g e on N o v e m b e r 8 D •/ ,• dedicated a new l i b r a r y which in Buildings . . , J. less than three months g r e w f r o m an ordinary u n d e r g r a d u - ate collection to one of the l a r g e s t and most significant college l i b r a r i e s in the nation. T h i s change, probably unique in A m e r i - can college history, w a s effected by merging the 1 2 9 - y e a r - o l d collections of the college w i t h the f a b u l o u s l y v a l u a b l e but little known W a t k i n s o n L i b r a r y of H a r t f o r d in a new building today housing more than 3 5 5 , 0 0 0 books and w e l l o v e r 100,000 documents and pamphlets. T h e new building is functionally designed w i t h provisions f o r f u t u r e changes as the l i b r a r y g r o w s to a f u l l capacity of 625,000 volumes on five levels. F o r m a l dedication of the H o n n o l d L i b r a r y f o r the Associated C l a r e m o n t C o l l e g e s w a s made in October. T h e $ 1 , 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 building w a s the g i f t of M r s . W i l l i a m L . Honnold and the late M r . H o n n o l d . D r . J a m e s A . B l a i s d e l l , president emeritus of C l a r e m o n t C o l l e g e and originator of the Associated C o l - leges plan, and D r . D a v i d W . D a v i e s , li- b r a r i a n f o r the Associated C o l l e g e s spoke at the ceremonies. In connection w i t h the dedication ceremonies, a joint convocation of the Associated C o l l e g e s w a s held at which W i l l i s H . K e r r , l i b r a r i a n emeritus of C l a r e - mont C o l l e g e , received an h o n o r a r y doctor of letters degree and D r . L o u i s B . W r i g h t , director of the F o l g e r Shakespeare L i b r a r y , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . , spoke on " L i b r a r i e s and 194 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES the A d v a n c e m e n t of L e a r n i n g . " P l a n s f o r reviving the library building project at Sterling College, Sterling, K a n s a s , w e r e made at the annual f a l l meeting of the B o a r d of T r u s t e e s . T h e n e w building w i l l cost about $ 1 5 5 , 0 0 0 . O f that amount over $76,000 w a s raised in a campaign in 1 9 4 5 . T h e s t r u c t u r e w i l l be built of steel beam fire resistant construction. A r e g u l a r p r o g r a m of li- lt,/- 77 b r a r y exhibits is being de- MisceLlaneous , , , TT . . veloped at the University of K a n s a s . S e v e r a l exhibit cases have been resurrected and put into s e r v - ice and more have been purchased or made. Some of the exhibits w i l l come f r o m the li- b r a r y ' s collections, others w i l l be rented or b o r r o w e d . T h e plan calls f o r special ex- hibits, w h e n e v e r possible, that relate to p a r t i c u l a r p r o g r a m s on the campus. T h e development of the p r o g r a m is under the direction of M i s s H e l e n L a d d w h o had con- siderable museum experience b e f o r e she joined the r e f e r e n c e staff at K a n s a s U n i v e r s i t y . F o r the f o u r t h consecutive y e a r the L i - b r a r y C o m m i t t e e of W a s h b u r n U n i v e r s i t y , T o p e k a , K a n s a s , is sponsoring a series of f a c u l t y lectures. F o u r lectures are given each y e a r . M e m b e r s of the f a c u l t y appre- ciate this opportunity to share their scholarly interests. F o r the c u r r e n t y e a r , t w o lectures w i l l be given by p r o f e s s o r s w h o have studied abroad during the past y e a r . T w o new chapters of A l p h a B e t a A l p h a , the national u n d e r g r a d u a t e L i b r a r y Science F r a t e r n i t y have recently been i n s t a l l e d — D e l t a , at the U n i v e r s i t y of A l a b a m a , on J a n u a r y 1 0 ; and Epsilon, at M u r r a y S t a t e C o l l e g e , K y . , on J a n u a r y 1 7 ; the sponsors of the t w o chapters are M r s . P a u l i n e F o s t e r and M i s s R e z i n a Senter. P r e p a r a t i o n s are now under w a y f o r the establishment of three addi- tional chapters during the spring. T h i s pro- fessional f r a t e r n i t y w a s established on M a y 3 , 1 9 5 0 , at N o r t h w e s t e r n S t a t e C o l l e g e of L o u i s i a n a ; and recruiting is its m a j o r goal. E u g e n e P . W a t s o n , l i b r a r i a n at N S C L , is its executive secretary. T h e M i d w e s t I n t e r - L i b r a r y C e n t e r in C h i - cago has released its third annual report, covering the f i r s t y e a r of actual operations in its n e w three-million-volume-capacity li- b r a r y building. D u r i n g this first y e a r the center t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m its fifteen member libraries 300,000 volumes of books and pe- riodicals and 12,693 volumes of newspapers. T h e s e storage deposits, together w i t h i n f r e - quently-used research materials received f r o m other sources, add up to more than a third of a million volumes acquired during the first t w e l v e months of operations. T h e cen- ter-operated truck travelled 2 1 , 7 0 0 miles d u r - ing the y e a r , made 83 trips to member li- braries, and transported 5 , 1 5 9 boxes of books and periodicals. T h e heaviest deposits w e r e in f o u r classes: state documents, 5,855 lineal f e e t ; college catalogs, 5,090 f e e t ; dissertations, 3,900 f e e t ; and textbooks, 2,900 feet. W h e n the reference collection of the R i d e r C o l l e g e L i b r a r y required relocation to l a r g e r q u a r t e r s recently, members of A l p h a G a m m a Upsilon F r a t e r n i t y there volunteered to do the job. Seven members of the f r a t e r n i t y de- voted t w o precious nights of their e x a m i n a - tion w e e k to moving and r e a r r a n g i n g over 20,000 volumes in three rooms and in the stacks. T h i s task w a s accomplished w i t h no interruption in service and w i t h a minimum of confusion. L i b r a r i a n , T h e o d o r e Epstein, stated, " T h i s is merely one of many construc- tive acts of assistance to the l i b r a r y p e r f o r m e d by f r a t e r n i t i e s and sororities at R i d e r C o l - l e g e . " T h e C h r i s t o p h e r A . B u c k l e y L i b r a r y C o l - lection of more than 2,500 books on n a v a l subjects w a s relocated in its new q u a r t e r s on D e c e m b e r 1 8 , 1 9 5 2 , in simple ceremonies at which Christopher A . B u c k l e y , J r . and offi- cials of the U . S . N a v a l P o s t g r a d u a t e School, M o n t e r e y , C a l i f . , w e r e present. T h e l i b r a r y represents all periods of n a v a l history f r o m the late 16th century through W o r l d W a r I I . Some of the volumes are r a r e and v a l u - able. A l l of them are considered to be of g r e a t interest to the professional naval officer. G e o r g e R . L u c k e t t is l i b r a r i a n of the school. T h e R o y a l Photographic Society of G r e a t B r i t a i n celebrates its C e n t e n a r y in 1 9 5 3 and w i l l hold an I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e on the Science and Applications of P h o t o g r a p h y in L o n d o n , September 1 9 - 2 5 , 1 9 5 3 . T h e conference w i l l cover many aspects of the science, technique and applications of photography and w i l l be divided into sections dealing w i t h : I . Photographic Science; I I . C i n e m a t o g r a p h y and C o l o u r P h o t o g r a p h y ; I I I . T e c h n i q u e and Applications of P h o t o g - APRIL, 1953 195 r a p h y ; I V . Photomechanical P r o c e s s e s ; V . H i s t o r y , L i t e r a t u r e (including abstracting and documentation) and T r a i n i n g in P h o t o g r a p h y . A l l persons taking an interest in photography or its applications are cordially invited to at- tend the conference. F u r t h e r details w i l l be sent on application to the H o n . S e c r e t a r y , R . P . S . C e n t e n a r y C o n f e r e n c e , 16 Princes G a t e , L o n d o n , S . W . 7 . " M a n a g e m e n t R e s e a r c h in L i b r a r y A d - ministration," a three-week w o r k s h o p adapt- ing modern management principles to l i b r a r y operation, w i l l be o f f e r e d J u l y 6-24 by the School of L i b r a r y Science at W e s t e r n R e s e r v e U n i v e r s i t y , C l e v e l a n d . L e a d e r of the intensive p r o g r a m f o r l i b r a r y administrators w i l l be D r . R a l p h R o b e r t S h a w , l i b r a r i a n of the U . S. D e p a r t m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e . T w o important titles issued n //• . • by the C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y Publications ' . . . . J P r e s s are 01 special interest to college and university li- brarians. J o h n D . M i l l e t t ' s Financing Higher Education in the United States ( 1 9 5 2 , 503 p., $ 5 . 0 0 ) is a comprehensive analysis of the administrative and financial conditions and needs of higher education today. T h e volume is the Staff R e p o r t of the C o m m i s - sion on Financing H i g h E d u c a t i o n and w a s three y e a r s in the making. D r . M i l l e t t w a s executive director of the commission. T h e book has five p a r t s : T h e O b j e c t i v e s of H i g h e r Education, Sources of Income, Possibilities f o r F u t u r e Planning, and T h e T a s k A h e a d . L i b r a r i e s are discussed on pages 1 2 4 - 2 6 . A s of 1950, the total cost of l i b r a r y activities w a s $52,706,978, as compared to $ 9 , 3 9 1 , 3 6 7 in 1 9 3 0 , and $ 1 8 , 3 1 4 , 1 2 2 in 1940. T h e R e p o r t s t a t e s : " A g a i n and again at the institutions w e visited w e have found dissatisfaction with and confusion about the l i b r a r y services of higher education." Consideration is given to the size of the college library collection, and note is taken of the development of such ex- periments as the L a m o n t L i b r a r y . A t t e n - tion is also given to e f f o r t s at cooperation in reducing the costs of operating libraries, and mention is made of the N e w E n g l a n d Deposit L i b r a r y and the M i d w e s t I n t e r - L i b r a r y C e n t e r . T h e second volume, Nature and Needs of Higher Education ( 1 9 5 2 , 1 9 1 p., $ 2 . 5 0 ) , is a series of conclusions of the commission as a group. " T h i s volume dis- cusses the n a t u r e of higher education, di- versity as the key to f r e e d o m , the economic problems of higher education, and the sources of support. T h e college and university are accepted as essential parts of the A m e r i c a n w a y of l i f e . T h e y both need the continued and extended support of all agencies which have helped them in the past. T h e U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois L i b r a r y , C h i - cago U n d e r g r a d u a t e Division, D a v i d K . M a x - field, l i b r a r i a n , has issued in its I n f o r m a t i o n C i r c u l a r , N o . 1 3 0 , N o v e m b e r 19, 1 9 5 2 , " R e a d - ing and Study S k i l l s , " a series of questions which students might ask themselves about their reading habits, as w e l l as a selected list of books to aid them in reading and study. Selections from Bayle's Dictionary, edited by E . A . B e l l e r and M . du P . L e e , has been issued by the Princeton U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s ( 1 9 5 2 , 3 1 2 p. $ 6 . 0 0 ) . In addition to the se- lections f r o m B a y l e ' s Historical and Critical Dictionary, f i r s t published in F r e n c h in 1697, the editors' introduction gives an account of B a y l e ' s life, a discussion of his w r i t i n g s , and an estimate of his importance. A n o t h e r re- cent Princeton imprint is G e o r g e A d a m s B o y d ' s Elias Boudinot, Patriot and Statesman, 1740-1821 ( 1 9 5 2 , 3 2 1 p. $ 5 . 0 0 ) . M r . B o y d consulted many printed and manuscript sources in w r i t i n g this biography of an important f i g u r e in R e v o l u t i o n a r y and early Republican history. T h e Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y Gazette, October, 1 9 5 2 , contains articles on the H e n r y L . Stimson Collection, by J . B . R i g g s , and the C o e Ornithological Collection, by S. D . Ripley. T h e F r a n c i s H a r v e y G r e e n L i b r a r y , State T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , W e s t C h e s t e r , P a . , has issued t w o publications dealing w i t h " T h e W i l l i a m P y l e Philips L e g a c y . " O n e deals w i t h The Shakespeare Folios, prepared by D o r o t h y R a m s e y , and the other with A Re- view and Summary of the Biographies of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence by John Sanderson, prepared by C h a r l e s W . H e a t h c o t e . Select List of Standard British Scientific and Technical Books, edited by E . R . M c - C o l v i n and compiled at the request of the B r i t i s h Council has been issued by A s l i b , 4 P a l a c e G a t e , L o n d o n , W . 8 , in its 4th edition ( 1 9 5 2 , 72p., 6s to members, 7s.6d. to non- m e m b e r s ) . V o l u m e 6, covering the period M a y 1 7 8 1 196 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES to M a r c h 1 7 8 4 , of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, edited by J u l i a n B o y d , has been issued by the Princeton U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s ( 1 9 5 2 , 668p., $ 1 0 . 0 0 ) . T h e volume includes m a t e r i a l relating to the end of J e f f e r s o n ' s term as g o v e r n o r , the period of his personal depression of 1 7 8 1 - 1 7 8 2 , and his g r e a t legis- lative w o r k in the Continental C o n g r e s s of 1 7 8 3 - 1 7 8 4 . A m o n g the many interesting and important documents in this volume are his correspondence with G e o r g e R o g e r s C l a r k , J o h n Sullivan, I s a a c Z a n e , A r c h i b a l d C a r y and others about Indians, white N e g r o e s , moose, fossil bones, and other subjects l a t e r incorporated into his f a m o u s Notes on Vir- ginia. T h e L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s has issued D e - partmental and D i v i s i o n a l M a n u a l N o . 20, Order Division ( 1 9 5 2 , 63p., 45^, order f r o m C a r d D i v i s i o n ) . V o l . 1 , N o . 1 , of the List of Titles of Motion Pictures and Filmstrips for Which Library of Congress Cards Are Available has also been issued by the C a r d Division of L C . R o b e r t T . O l i v e r is author of Verdict in Korea ( B a l d E a g l e P r e s s , S t a t e C o l l e g e , P a . , 1 9 5 2 , 207p., $ 4 . 0 0 ) . College and University Business Admin- istration, vol. 1 , compiled by T h e N a t i o n a l Committee on the P r e p a r a t i o n of a M a n u a l on C o l l e g e and U n i v e r s i t y Business A d m i n - istration, has been published by the A m e r i c a n Council on E d u c a t i o n ( W a s h i n g t o n , 1 9 5 2 , 2 i 7 p . , $ 4 . 5 0 ) . T h e l i b r a r y is treated at v a r i - ous points. T h e M i d - E u r o p e a n Studies C e n t e r ( n o W . 57th St., N e w Y o r k C i t y ) has issued " S e - lected W o r k s on Polish A g r a r i a n H i s t o r y and A g r i c u l t u r e : A Bibliographical S u r v e y , " by M a t t h e w M . F r y d e ( 1 9 5 2 , 87P. 5 0 ^ ) . T h e Office of A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Services, U . S . D e p a r t m e n t of C o m m e r c e , has issued United States Department of Commerce Publications, compiled under the direction of W a n d a M a e J o h n s o n , librarian ( G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t i n g O f - fice, 1 9 5 2 , 795p., $ 2 . 7 5 ) . T h i s selected list ( w i t h subject index) is a valuable guide f o r librarians. This Was Publishing: A Chronicle of the Book Trade in the Gilded Age, by D o n a l d Sheehan, has been published by the Indiana U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s (Bloomington, 1 9 5 2 , 288p., $ 3 . 7 5 ) . M r . Sheehan, in preparing this vol- ume, had access to the files of Scribner, H o l t , H a r p e r , D o d d , M e a d , and other houses. A m o n g the topics treated in this interesting book are the philosophy and business of pub- lishing, antagonisms and friendships, contracts between authors and publishers, private pub- lishing and public speech, creativeness of pub- lishing, machinery of wholesale distribution, the assault on the consumer, and problems of competition and self-regulation. L e s t e r K . B o r n has compiled Unpublished Bibliographical Tools in Certain Archives and Libraries of Europe: A Partial List ( L i b r a r y of Congress, Processing D e p a r t m e n t , 1 9 5 2 , 25p., 25^, order f r o m C a r d D i v i s i o n ) . T h e U n i v e r s i t y of O k l a h o m a L i b r a r y , N o r - man, O k l a . , has resumed its series of lists of new books and has also issued a " L i s t of Periodicals and N e w s p a p e r s Received R e g u - l a r l y . " D o n a l d E . Dickason has prepared An Out- line of Nonacademic Personnel in Higher Education ( 1 9 5 2 , 35p., $ 2 . 0 0 ) . Copies avail- able f r o m the author, 809 S. W r i g h t , C h a m - paign, 1 1 1 . T h e Bibliographical Society of the U n i - versity of V i r g i n i a has issued two parts of English Prose Fiction. T h e first p a r t covers 1 6 0 0 - 1 6 4 0 and the second, 1 6 4 1 - 1 6 6 0 . A third p a r t w i l l deal w i t h the period, 1 6 6 1 - 1 7 0 0 . P r e p a r e d by C h a r l e s C . M i s h , the parts are $ 1 . 0 0 each. C a r r o l H . Q u e n z e l ' s Samuel Snowden, A Founding Father of Printing in Alexandria ( 1 9 5 2 , 29p., $ 1 . 0 0 ) and H o w a r d S. M o t t ' s Collecting Southern Amateur Fic- tion of the Nineteenth Century ( 1 9 5 2 , 14P., 5 0 ^ ) w e r e also issued by the society. A Guide to Audio-Visual Materials in In- dustrial and Labor Relations has been com- piled by J . J . J e h r i n g ( N e w Y o r k S t a t e School of I n d u s t r i a l and L a b o r Relations, C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y , 1 9 5 2 , 56p., 2 5 / ) . S t e c h e r t - H a f n e r Book News f o r October, 1 9 5 2 , contains a lead article, " E i g h t y Y e a r s of Stechert S e r v i c e , " prepared by the editor of the Book News. In addition to a description of the historical development, there is also in- cluded a statement of the present organization of the company. P i e r r e Bourgeois, director of the S w i s s N a - tional L i b r a r y , is the author of " T h e S w i s s N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y , " in the S t e c h e r t - H a f n e r Book News, N o v e m b e r , 1 9 5 2 . T h e U n i v e r s i t y of Idaho L i b r a r y has pub- lished an interesting report on the survey of its holdings completed during the f i r s t six months of 1 9 5 2 by a team of l i b r a r y staff APRIL, 1953 197 members aided by student assistants (its Book- mark, v . 5 , N o . i , September 1 9 5 2 ) . T h e survey w a s intended to assess the strength or weakness of the collections in certain broad a r e a s representing the c u r r i c u l a r patterns of the university's instructional p r o g r a m . T h e 1 9 5 1 Yearbook of the United Nations has been published by the C o l u m b i a U n i v e r - sity P r e s s in cooperation w i t h the U n i t e d N a - tions ( 1 9 5 2 , I030p., $ 1 2 . 5 0 ) . T h i s v o l u m e , which deals w i t h the o r g a n i z a t i o n a l questions, functions, and s t r u c t u r e of each of the m a j o r organs of the U n i t e d N a t i o n s continues the high level of the previous yearbooks. I t is one of the most u s e f u l reference guides on in- ternational relations available. F I D E S , centre d'editions et de biblio- graphic ( 2 5 St. J a m e s St. E . , M o n t r e a l 1 , Q u e . , C a n a d a ) has a C a r d C a t a l o g Service f o r n e w F r e n c h C a n a d i a n publications and f o r a selection of books published in F r a n c e and B e l g i u m . R e z i a G a u n t is the author of " A S u r v e y of the C a t a l o g i n g and O r d e r D e p a r t m e n t of the R a c i n e P u b l i c L i b r a r y " ( R a c i n e , W i s . , 1 9 5 2 , I5P-, $ 2 . 0 0 . ) T w o important publications of the U n i v e r - sity of F l o r i d a P r e s s are The Caribbean: Peoples, Problems, and Prospects, edited by A . C u r t i s W i l g u s ( 1 9 5 2 , 24OP., $ 4 . 5 0 ) , and the Handbook of Latin American Studies: 1949 ( N o . 1 5 ) , prepared by T h e H i s p a n i c F o u n d a t i o n of the L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s , ed- ited by F r a n c i s c o A g u i l e r a ( 1 9 5 2 , 289P., $ 7 . 0 0 ) . T h e W i l g u s v o l u m e contains schol- arly appraisals on contemporary C a r i b b e a n p r o b l e m s : H e a l t h , L a n d , T r a d e , C u l t u r e and D i p l o m a c y . T h e Handbook, w e l l known to l i b r a r i a n s as an excellent bibliography, is a welcome addition to the r e f e r e n c e shelf. Periodica Medica, Abbreviated Titles of Medical Periodicals, by W a l t e r A r t e l t , E d i t h Heischkel, and C a r l W e h m e r has been issued in a 4th, revised and enlarged edition by G e o r g T h i e m e V e r l a g , S t u t t g a r t . R u t g e r s U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s published on F e b r u a r y 1 2 The Collected Works of Abra- ham Lincoln ( 9 vols., $ 1 1 5 . 0 0 ) . T h e editor of this monumental project, which cost more than $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 in preparation, is R o y P . B a s l e r , L i n c o l n authority and chief of the R e f e r e n c e Division of the L i b r a r y of C o n - gress. T h e assistant editors are M a r i o n D . P r a t t and L l o y d A . D u n l a p , and the editorial board consisted of B e n j a m i n P . T h o m a s , P a u l M . A n g l e , and J . G . R a n d a l l . T h e editors w e r e aided by L i n c o l n scholars and collectors throughout the w o r l d . M u c h new m a t e r i a l , including revealing letters, memo- r a n d a , orders, and even some unknown speeches w e r e found. A l l libraries interested in A m e r i c a n history w i l l w a n t to add this excellently printed v a l u a b l e set to their col- lections. V o l u m e 9 is a detailed index, and w i l l be ready in M a y . Studies in Bibliography, Papers of the Bibli- ographical Society of the University of Vir- ginia, vol. 5, 1 9 5 2 - 1 9 5 3 , edited by F r e d s o n B o w e r s ( C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e , 1 9 5 2 , 230p., $6.00. $ 4 . 5 0 to m e m b e r s ) includes articles on lit- e r a r y executorship, E m i l y Dickinson, W y n k y n de W o r d e , Shakespeare, M i l t o n , The Specta- tor, 18th century type, S a m u e l J o h n s o n , Booth T a r k i n g t o n , M a c h l i n i a , 1 7 t h century p l a g i a r - ism, D r y d e n , D ' U r f e y , F i e l d i n g , Case of the Planters of Tobacco in Virginia, B a s k e r v i l l e & W h a t m a n , G o l d s m i t h , Gibbon, Southey, J e f f e r s o n , W a l t W h i t m a n , and binding stamps. W h i l e many of the studies included in this volume should be of interest to l i b r a r i a n s , N o r m a n H . P e a r s o n ' s " P r o b l e m s of L i t e r a r y E x e c u t o r s h i p " is especially pertinent. L i - b r a r i a n s w h o are concerned w i t h the papers and l i t e r a r y remains of authors w i l l find P r o - f e s s o r P e a r s o n ' s comments enlightening. The Catholic Booklist, 1953, edited f o r T h e C a t h o l i c L i b r a r y Association by Sister S t e l l a M a r i s , is now available ( S a i n t C a t h e r i n e J u n i o r C o l l e g e , St. C a t h e r i n e , K y . , 7 5 / ) . Poland: History and Historians, three bibliographical essays by B e r n a r d Z i f f e r , has been issued by M i d - E u r o p e a n Studies C e n t e r ( N e w Y o r k , 1 9 5 2 , io7p., $ 1 . 5 0 ) . J o h n s o n R e p r i n t C o r p o r a t i o n now has available reprinted volumes of Annual Re- view of Biochemistry, V o l u m e s 1 - 5 ( 1 9 3 2 - 1 9 3 6 ) , V o l u m e s 8 - 1 1 ( 1 9 3 9 - 1 9 4 2 ) , V o l u m e s 1 4 - 1 5 ( 1 9 4 5 - 1 9 4 6 ) . T h e s e volumes, which had been out of print, w e r e reproduced with the permission of the original publishers and are available in cloth bound edition in a f o r - mat m e a s u r i n g 5 I " X L i b r a r i a n s , teach- ers, and researchers are thus a f f o r d e d the opportunity to complete their sets of this w e l l - known series which reports the principal ad- vances in the entire field throughout the period under r e v i e w . T h e reprinted volumes are priced at $ 1 1 . 0 0 each and may be o r - 198 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES dered from technical bookdealers or directly from Johnson Reprint Corporation, 125 East 23 Street, New York 10, New York. On December 4, 1952 the Stanford Univer- sity Library staff held a reception in honor of D r . and Mrs. Nathan van Patten. Dr. van Patten has served as director of li- braries and professor of bibliography at Stanford, and after his retirement last Sep- tember he was appointed curator of the Memorial Library of Music at Stanford. A Festschrift containing articles by some thirty contributors and bound in full morocco was presented to him at the reception. Con- tributions include papers from Luther Evans, Verner Clapp, and James B. Childs of the Library of Congress; Lawrence C. Powell of the University of California at Los Angeles; Edwin T . Coman of the University of Cali- fornia at Riverside; Lome Pierce of Queen's University; Lawrence S. Thompson of the University of Kentucky; and many other friends of D r . van Patten. Miss Jeannette Hitchcock of Stanford compiled an exhaus- tive bibliography of Dr. van Patten's extensive writings. Friends of the Austrian National Library The Gesellschaft der Freunde der Oesterreichischen Nationalbibliothek, founded shortly after World W a r I and suspended in 1938, hsfs been reorganized under the direction of D r . Josef Stummvoll, director general of the library. The purpose of the society is to strengthen the library's collections and services by making funds available for the purchase of books that cannot be bought from the meagre appropriation that the Austrian state is able to grant at present. The membership already includes a representative cross-section of Austrian cultural, sci- entific, political, and economic life, and the honorary presidency of the society has been accepted by the President of the Republic, The'odor Korner. The enthusiastic support of the society is symbolic of the fact that Austrians consider the great Oesterreichische National- bibliothek as much of a symbol of their national life as the Danube or St. Stephen's. All friends who wish to acknowledge the services of the Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek to the world of scholarship are invited to join, irrespective of nationality or residence. For individuals the annual contribution is $2.00 ( U . S. cy.), for institutions $6.00. Annual sus- taining memberships are available for $10.00, and founders make one payment of $200.00. Of course, additional gifts will be welcome at all times. Payment may be made to the Post- sparkasse Wien, Scheckkonto No. 30,450, directly to the director general of the Oester- reichischen Nationalbibliothek, or by check to Lawrence S. Thompson, University of Ken- tucky Library, Lexington, who will forward all checks to Austria. Members of the society will receive regularly the new quarterly periodical Biblos, Oester- reichische Zeitschrift fiir Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, Dokumentation und Bibliographie. The two issues that have appeared thus far contain important articles on scholarly activities in the library and on the work of Austrian and German libraries. There are also plans to issue special publications for bibliophiles. In addition, all members may purchase the library's publications at a reduced price.—Lawrence S. Thompson, University of Kentucky Library. Appeal T h e ALA Nominating Committee solicits proposals from A C R L members for 1954 ALA officers and members of the Executive Board and Council. Please send your suggestions to reach one of the following committee members by May 15. Dorothy Ethlyn Cole, Walter H . Kaiser, Esther J . Piercy, Maryan E. Reynolds, Ralph T . Esterquest, chairman. APRIL, 1953 199 Personnel W I L L I A M S. D I X took over one of the most important assignments in our profession when, on February i, he succeeded Julian P. Boyd as head librarian at Princeton. (As has been previously an- nounced, Dr. Boyd has given up the li- brarianship in order to devote more of his time to editing The Papers of Thomas Jefferson.) For the past five years Bill Dix has William S. Dix b e e n making an im- pressive record for himself as librarian of Rice Institute. His transfer to a position out of the state will leave vacant a post to which he was elected last year: first vice-president and president- elect of the Texas Library Association. Un- til recently he was chairman of the ALA Committee on Intellectual Freedom, a com- mittee which received national prominence at the special pre-convention conference in New York City last summer. A native Virginian, Dix holds bachelor and master degrees from his state university. His doctorate was secured from the University of Chicago where he chose for the subject of his dissertation, "The Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio, 1854-1875"—a subject which reflects the fact that he has interests other than li- brary administration. Whether, in conversa- tion with him, the topic turns to art, music, literature, education, engineering, politics, philosophy, social issues, science, or sports, his friends discover a lively curiosity, a flexible but independent mind, and a modest willing- ness to carry his share of the discussion. Prior to coming to Rice Institute, Dix was assistant personnel director of the Radio Re- search Laboratory, and instructor in English, at Harvard ('44-46). He had previously taught English at Williams College ('42-44) and at Western Reserve University ('40-42). While in Cleveland he also directed the Com- mittee on Private Research, an adult educa- tion experiment financed by the Carnegie Corporation. An active member of the AAUP, ALA, and the Texas Library Association, Bill Dix has been not only a regional but a national leader among those whose lives (to use the words from one of his own articles) are dedicated to ". . . working with books to make man free." For the benefit of our colleagues who have not yet met this fellow, let us add a quick way of recognizing him: if you see a nice looking, slender man with a friendly twinkle in his eye, and if you get a strong whiff of Edgeworth tobacco,, that's Bill. He is as inseparable from that pipe as he is from his books.—Howard F. McGaw. R U T H C. R I N G O has been serving as asso- ciate director of libraries at the University of Tennessee since July, 1952. She had been chief of the Order and Process- ing Division since 1947, having been ap- pointed full professor 1950/51. A graduate of Tennessee College, her library degree was earned at the University of Illinois. She was a cataloger at the Cincinnati Public Library and at the University of Tennessee from 1934 to 1938. From 1938 to 1940, she did cataloging in the Department of Justice Library, and was brought back to the University of Tennessee by M a r y E. Baker, then librarian, in 1940, as head of the Order Department. This position she held until 1947, when she became chief of the Order and Processing Division. However, in 1944 the Order De- partment was expanded into an Acquisitions Department, and it was during this period that Miss Ringo first began to assume wider responsibility for the development of the Uni- versity of Tennessee collections to meet the tremendous growth in the graduate and re- search programs which all similar institutions felt, but which were made doubly urgent here because of the University of Tennessee con- tracts with the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies to give the graduate work Ruth C. Ringo 200 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES offered to its highly specialized personnel. In the case of mathematics, for example, this practically amounted to developing a research collection of a high order from an under- graduate teaching collection core. As chief of the Order and Processing Divi- sion, Miss Ringo, the victim of a split per- sonality professionally, relentlessly insisted on organizing, systematizing, and joutinizing all divisional procedures; at the same time, however, she was impatient with recurring procedures being handled by professional li- brarians. This attitude was adopted by de- partment heads and others to an extent amounting to policy proportions which finally placed the University of Tennessee with the lowest percentage of professional staff to total staff of any major university in the country. Among other things, Miss Ringo became impatient with the professional time wasted locally classifying books according to a deci- mal system which was once Dewey. In 1948, one year after her talents began to be exploited on the broader bases of the Order and Processing Division, the university was able to attract Dale M . Bentz, who, as head of the Processing Department, worked with Miss Ringo to effect a reclassification by the LC schedules. With the resignation of Archie L. Mc- Neal, Readers' Division chief, in January 1952 to become director of libraries, Uni- versity of Miami, it seemed desirable to survey U - T needs before replacing him. Careful scrutiny seemed to indicate that the period of organization had been passed in both divisions. In Readers', for example, new branch (not departmental) libraries had been developed by M r . McNeal to ease an overly centralized system. Tennessee's pat- terns of acquisition, processing, and service, good or bad, seemed to be fairly well estab- lished. As associate director, Miss Ringo will attempt to maintain, re-examine, and try to improve these patterns.—William H. Jesse. H O W A R D W . W I N G E R has been appointed assistant professor and dean of students in the Graduate Library School, University of Chicago. D r . Winger, who holds degrees from Manchester College (Indiana), George Peabody Col- lege for Teachers, and the University of Illinois, had been as- sistant professor in li- brary science at the University of Wis- consin. He has also taught in the library schools at the universities of Texas and Illinois, and served on the library staff in the latter institution as circulation as- sistant and book stacks librarian. He is the present editor of the Association of American Library Schools Newsletter, and the author of Public Library Holdings of Biased Books about Russia and Regulations Relating to the Book Trade in London, /J57_/5$7- Howard IV. Winger Appointments Mrs. Eleanor B. Allen, formerly associate librarian of the Lippincott Library of the University of Pennsylvania, has been ap- pointed librarian of the Lippincott Library. Kenneth S. Allen has been appointed science librarian at the University of Washington Library, Seattle. Frank W . Badger has been appointed head librarian of Morris Harvey College, Charles- ton, West Virginia. Charles H. Brown, librarian emeritus of Iowa State College, served as consultant in bibliography to the University of Florida Libraries for a two month period which began February 1, 1953. In addition to his work as a consultant, M r . Brown worked on a revi- sion of his list of the most frequently cited scientific periodicals in the fields of mathe- matics, physics, chemistry, botany and physi- ology. Raymond B. Clark, Jr., formerly of the staffs of Yale and the University of Virginia Libraries, has been appointed to the staff of the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Flora L. Deibert has been appointed head of the reference department of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania Library. Dorothy Dodd, acting librarian of the Flor- ida State Library since the death of W . T . Cash in 1951, has been appointed Florida State librarian and secretary of the Florida State Library Board. APRIL, 1953 201 Mary E. Feeney has been appointed li- brarian at University Hospital Library, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Thomas J . Gibson I I I has been appointed librarian of the Texas State Library and Historical Commission, Austin. M a r t h a Hackman has been appointed head of public services, Occidental College Library, Los Angeles, California. Marian Harman is catalog librarian at the University of Illinois Library. Laona Kay Harris has been appointed chief revisor and catalog librarian of the Temple University Library. M r s . Eleanor M . Howard is the librarian of the Humanities Graduate Library of the Ohio State University. Margaret S. Irby has been appointed li- brarian at the New Mexico Military Insti- tute, Roswell, New Mexico. William V. Jackson is librarian of the University of Illinois Undergraduate Library. Anne F. Jones has been appointed librarian of Robert College in Istanbul-Bebek. Harold D. Jones, formerly librarian of Fairmont State College, has been appointed head of the circulation department of the Brooklyn College Library. Miriam Jones is reference assistant, Duke University Library. John P. McDonald has been appointed head, reserve book department at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania Library. Sidney E. Matthews, Jr., is the new head of the serial division of the Ohio State Uni- versity Libraries. Blanche Moen is now head of the refer- ence department, University of Minnesota libraries. Mildred Moore was appointed engineering librarian of the University of Kentucky in September 1952. Edward C. Newman, formerly head cata- loger of the Yakima Valley Regional Li- brary, has been appointed supervisor of tech- nical processes at the Temple University Li- brary. Paul Parham has been appointed librarian at Panhandle A. and M . College, Goodwell, Oklahoma. T . E. Ratcliffe, Jr., former undergradu- ate librarian at the University of Illinois Library, became reference librarian on Sep- tember 1 upon the retirement of Alice S. Johnson. M r . Ratcliffe was graduated. George P. Rawley has been appointed li- brarian of Southwestern University, George- town, Texas. Sarah R. Reed is assistant professor, School of Library Science, University of North Carolina. Russell Shank, personnel officer of the Milwaukee Public Library, is now librarian of the Engineering and Physical Science Li- braries, Columbia University. Elizabeth Sheppard has been appointed librarian of Brevard College at Brevard, North Carolina. John F. Spellman has been appointed as- sociate director of libraries of Kansas State College. M a r j o r i e Ann Stuff has been appointed head librarian at Nebraska Wesleyan Uni- versity Library. J. Ronald Todd has been appointed chief reference librarian of the University of Washington. Helen M . Welch, acting acquisition li- brarian at the University of Illinois Library in the absence of George B. Brown on mili- tary leave, was appointed acquisition li- brarian upon his resignation September 1, 1952. Retirements Marguerite D. Renshaw retired recently. She was senior reference librarian at Howard- Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University. Christopher Urdahl Faye, Bibliographic Consultant and Cataloger at the University of Illinois Library retired on September I after 26 years of service. A native of South Africa, M r . Faye received degrees from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, the Univer- sity of Minnesota, and the University of Illi- nois Library School. He began his service to the library as an order assistant, and in 1927 joined the Catalog Department as a linguist and specialist in the cataloging of rare books and manuscripts. Among M r . Faye's publications have been Fifteenth Century Printed Books at the Uni- versity of Illinois, issued by the University 202 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Press in 1949, and the forthcoming First Supplement to the De Ricci-Wilson Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, to be published by the Medieval Academy of America. Alice S. Johnson, for forty-three years a member of the University of Illinois Library staff, retired on September 1 from her posi- tion as reference librarian and assistant pro- fessor of library science. Miss Johnson received her B.L.S. and A.B. degrees from the University of Illinois and for two years was a cataloger at the Univer- sity of Minnesota Library. She returned to the University of Illinois in 1909 as a cata- loger reference assistant, was a member of the Catalog Department for one year and joined the Reference Department as a refer- ence assistant in 1909. In 1920 she became reference librarian and lecturer in Library School. She is one of the three authors of Guide to the Use of Libraries, a text book for teaching Undergraduates the use of the library, which was published in five editions. Necrology Ida F. Tod, Education, Philosophy and Psy- chology librarian, emerita, at the University of Illinois, died in Urbana, Illinois, December 28, 1952. Miss Tod received her library train- ing at the University of Illinois Library School and her B.S. in Education at the Uni- versity of Illinois in 1923. She joined the University of Illinois Library staff as a cata- loger in 1922; in 1923 she was placed in charge of the Education, Philosophy and Psy- chology Library and served as its Librarian until her retirement in 1942. Robert Stillman Fletcher, Otis Librarian Emeritus at Amherst College, died January 2, at the age of 78. He was librarian at Am- herst from 1911 until his retirement in 1939, succeeding his father, William Isaac Fletcher, to the post. Foreign Libraries Sir Frederic George Kenyon, director and principal librarian of the British Museum from 1909 to 1930, died on August 23, 1952. Oscar Wieselgren retired as librarian of the Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm, on October 13, 1952. Uno Willers, director of archives in the Swedish Foreign Office, since 1950, has been appointed director of the Kungliga Biblio- teket, Stockholm. Corrections The College and University Library Statistics (Group I I I ) in the January 1953 issue in- clude data for "St. John (Cleveland)." The data are actually for St. John's University Li- brary at Collegeville, Minn. Robert M . Lightfoot, Jr., is librarian, Air W a r College, and not assistant librarian, Air University Library, as stated in the January, 1953, issue. In the announcement of Palle Birkelund's appointment as Denmark's Rigsbibliotekar (Janu- ary, 1953), it was erroneously stated that in this capacity he is the "administrative head of the Danish library system." As Rigsbibliotekar (State Librarian), Palle Birkelund is chief librarian of the Royal Library as well as coordinator of this library and the University Library, both in Copenhagen. T h e state supported public libraries, however, are under the supervision of the State Library Inspectorate, headed by Library Director Robert L. Hansen. APRIL, 1953 203