College and Research Libraries Brief of Minutes ACRL Board of Directors M e e t i n g i n C h i c a g o J a n u a r y 3 1 , 1 9 5 6 Present were officers, directors and invited guests. President Vosper presided. Julia Bennett reviewed the scope of the Postal Classification Bill. She hoped for favor- able congressional action in the near future. T h e report of the Nominating Committee was read (for nominees, see the list, with bio- graphical information, in the March issue of C & R L ) . Mr. Hamlin reported the developments which led to the New York Times grant of $5,000 to finance the purchase of the news- paper's back file on microfilm by college li- braries. A C R L is to match this with a similar sum for the same purpose. About 26 applica- tions for U. S. Steel grants last November had specified need for the New York Times on microfilm, and he had presented this need to officers of the Times. Mr. T h o m p s o n suggest- ed that similar proposals be made to other leading newspapers. After brief discussion, it was voted that: The Board of Directors accept the grant of $5,000 from the New York Times for the purpose of placing back files of the Times microfilm edition in college libraries. Mr. Hamlin was asked to review progress with the College Reading Proposal, which had been approved by the board at its last meeting. T h e ALA Executive Board had con- sidered the proposal in November and ap- proved it in principle. Suggestions for im- provement had been made. Mr. Swank, a member of the Executive Board, had hoped to rewrite it, but had only been able to turn in certain criticisms and suggestions for re- vision. Mr. Hamlin expected to have a better draft for Executive Board approval in the spring. Mr. Vosper outlined plans for the ALA General Session which is to be arranged by A C R L and DCC. T h e scholarship of the Car- ibbean area will be emphasized. One speaker will be selected to represent Spanish speak- ing areas and the other, non-Spanish speaking areas. Hotels at Miami Beach were discussed brief- ly by Mr. Hamlin, who had just been to Flor- ida (see "Notes from the A C R L Office" in the March issue). H e reviewed A C R L policy for balanced conference of recreation, social con- tact, and intellectual fare. There was every opportunity for recreation at Miami Beach without scheduled events. A proposed trip to Cuba following the conference was described. This had been approved the previous day at an informal meeting of A C R L officers on con- ference arrangements. T h e Cuban tour had been cleared with ALA officers. Circles of In- formation could be comfortably accommo- dated in the Hotel Seville. T w o sessions on adjacent days were recommended. An A C R L luncheon would be held after one of these ses- sions. Necessary business would be conducted at the luncheon. It was voted that: The Board of Directors endorse the plan for a post-conference trip to Cuba, June 23-25,1956. Mr. Keyes Metcalf and Miss Lucile Morsch were present on invitation of President Vos- per to take part in the discussion of the Steer- ing Committee Report on the Implementa- tion of the Management Survey for its rela- tionship to ACRL. Both are members of the steering committee. Mr. Vosper reviewed the favorable action on the Management Survey at the last ALA annual conference. This plan provided freer opportunity for ALA groups to organize along lines of interest and provided for closer ad- ministrative control at ALA headquarters. Any expression by the board on the steering committee report would be presented to the A C R L membership that evening. As a preliminary to discussion, Mr. Logs- don was asked to give the A C R L field of in- terest statement recently prepared at the re- quest of the Steering Committee: In the organization pattern of the American Li- brary Association, the Association of College and 248 C( . L E G E AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Reference Libraries wishes to represent those libraries which support formal education above the secondary school level or which provide reference and research collections of significance. It desires to carry on a program of activities to advance the standards of library services, in the broadest sense, in these libraries, and the con- tinued professional and scholarly growth of those engaged in work therein. Miss Morsch reviewed recent changes in her committee's report and outlined the prin- cipal points, particularly the responsibilities assigned to type-of-library associations. By "syn- thesis of the activities of all units within ALA" was meant responsibility for being aware of everything that was going on in the type-of-work councils and to report on these to members. This was a watch-dog respon- sibility. Head librarians would have a par- ticular problem in keeping in touch with all that goes on in the councils. They would use the association to make sure that the councils provided for their needs. Discussion centered on ACRL's "operation of all programs that are in the exclusive in- terest of the association or which have been specifically assigned to it." Obviously, when ACRL functions were transferred to councils, its budget would be cut. Mr. Hamlin cited a number of specific operations now being car- ried on by ACRL. Certain of these were def- initely assigned to councils. A C R L would con- tinue to have responsibility for a topic such as standards for college libraries, but would draw on the councils for their information on certain standards. Mr. Vosper stated that "in a sense the councils would be on call as fact- finding organizations in general terms and the final development of building the educa- tional program in terms of the university li- brary would rest with ACRL." Mr. Metcalf hoped that the reorganization would entail at least some economies in opera- tion so that funds would be spent to better advantage. It was most important for ACRL to clear the decks of minor functions so that it could make good progress with important matters such as standards, improvement in student reading habits, and fund raising. Mr. Mead assured the directors that the seeking of foundation money was a clear-cut responsibility of ACRL. A possible change of name for ACRL was discussed. Would not "College and Univer- sity" or "College and Research" be desirable? Mr. Parker suggested that ACRL's statis- tical activity might be carried on by a subcom- mittee of the over-all statistical committee. He commended the dual focus of membership and said that the type-of-library division should in general represent librarians to the outside world. T h e public is not interested in librar- ians as catalogers or reference workers. Mr. McAnally felt that the reorganization would help to bring non-administrators to the fore in ALA. Financial support of A C R L was discussed. Both Miss Morsch and Mr. Mead stated that a division as strong as ACRL would certainly hold its own in the competition for support. Mr. Hamlin mentioned the long fight of college librarians to win financial support at ALA headquarters, as described in the Organ- ization Manual's historical article. Additional councils would involve more executive sec- retaries, more money spent on organization, and less money spent on program. T h e pro- ductiveness of the whole association might very well decrease. Mr. Mead felt that ALA should aim to build its program more through mem- bership participation than services of paid staff. At the request of President Vosper, Mr. Logsdon reread the field of interest statement (above). It was voted that: The Board of Directors accept the field of interest statement prepared by the ACRL Committee on the Implementation of the ALA Management Survey. It was voted that: The Board of Directors endorse the report of the ALA Steering Committee on the Im- plementation of the Management Survey. M e e t i n g i n C h i c a g o F e b r u a r y 1 , 1 9 5 6 T h e meeting was attended by committee chairmen as well as officers, directors, council members and a few guests. President Vosper called on Mr. Parker for the treasurer's report. T h e budget for the year was reviewed. Expenditures for the first four months are normal. T h e delay in getting out the ACRL Organ- ization Manual was explained by Mr. Hamlin MAY, 1956 249 as caused by the resignation of Mrs. Spigel- man. Mr. Kraus was praised for editing the manual. Mrs. Crosland, chairman of the Buildings Committee, outlined plans for a three-day buildings workshop at Georgia T e c h prior to the Miami Beach Conference. A new book on buildings was needed. Mr. Dix reported relatively no activity for the Committee on Relationships with Learned Societies. In this connection Mr. Vosper felt that need existed for A C R L to coordinate its work with that of learned societies and cer- tain national educational groups such as the American College Association. Mr. Dix felt that educational associations would be glad to cooperate on any important project. H e suggested a committee to study cooperation. Mr. Hamlin was requested to present his resolution on the educational role of the col- lege bookstore. H e reviewed his concern for the broad field of reading interests which had brought him into contact with many indi- viduals. Officers of one regional accrediting agency had been surprised to learn that some large institutions had no proper bookstores. Information on the bookstore would be re- quested as part of the accrediting procedure. Mr. Logsdon, an officer of Middle States, had suggested A C R L attack the college bookstore problem by writing many articles on the im- portance of bookstores for educational jour- nals. Mr. Hamlin proposed a resolution to be given wide publicity. It was voted that: The Board of Directors endorse the follow- ing resolution on the educational role of the college bookstore. T h e Association of College and Reference Li- braries recognizes the great educational role of the well -equipped col lege bookstore, whether under private or institutional management. T h e As- sociation deplores the lack of adequate book- stores on or near many college campuses, and the tendency to limit bookstore stock to required textbooks and non-educational materials. T h e Association endorses the educational contribu- tion of those bookstores which provide at least modest stock of non-required, worthy books and free access to the stock for examination and read- ing. T h e Board of Directors hereby instructs the Executive Secretary to communicate to the re- gional accrediting associations this statement, and to express its wish that the regional accredit- ing associations request information on book- store facilities prior to institutional visitation, or otherwise use their influence to promote bookstores which emphasize educational values. Mr. Heintz described the Kenyon College bookstore which performs an important ed- ucational function and makes money in a very small community. Mr. Hamlin reviewed efforts to work closer with the American College Public Relations Association. Felix Reichmann had brought this need up in a letter to Past-President Lyle. In this he stated that public relations is one of the library world's weakest spots. Much more attention should be given to good public rela- tions. It was the wish of the Board to co- operate with ACPRA, but n o formal action was felt necessary. President Vosper praised the work of the Statistics Committee. Chairman Dale Bentz stated that at the committee's meeting the next day it would consider issuing the statis- tics in a separate reprint. N e x t year's ques- tionnaire might include a tearsheet for order- ing the reprint. H e mentioned the difficulty of getting valid student enrollment figures. T h e A-V data was not what it should be. T h e salary information was criticized, but Mr. Bentz felt it was the most used and the most helpful. Chairman Louis Shores reviewed progress of the Audio-Visual Committee. In addition to the collection of statistics, the committee had brought out a directory of A-V personnel. T h e committee had assisted with the A-V workshop in June and aided NEA's Division of Audio-Visual Instruction in publishing its Brochure No. 4 on A-V services in institutions of higher education. An audio-visual mono- graph is being prepared by Mr. Stone. T h e A-V Clearing House is a regular feature in C&RL. T h e committee is now planning motion pictures on recruiting for the profession and on orientation in use of the library. Mr. Hamlin presented a petition for chap- ter status from the College and University Li- brarians Section, Wisconsin Library Associa- tion. It was voted that: The Board of Directors designate the Col- lege and University Librarians Section of the Wisconsin Library Association as the Wisconsin chapter of the Association of College and Reference Libraries. 250 C( . L E G E AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Mr. Orr reported for Miss Renfro on the Committee on Committees. T h e vice pres- ident usually has the staggering task of mak- ing all appointments on all committees for his term of office as president. T h e committee suggests that each year a certain number be appointed for stated terms. T h e committee had drafted a policy on this. T h e President of ACRL now has no power to appoint a member of a committee beyond the President's term of office. Under the new plan, each new President would have this authority on a limited number of new appointments. It is normally expected that each of the com- mittees will be reorganized annually. T h e term of office of all appointive members shall begin upon the adjournment of the ALA Annual Con- ference. T h e President shall select a Chairman of each committee at the time new appointments are made. Appointed members are eligible for reappointment to a consecutive term. It is recom- mended that the President retain the authority to make special additional appointments to any committee for one year only. It was voted that: The Board of Directors adopt the recom- mendations outlined in the report of the Committee on Committees. Mr. Watson stated that the Committee on Recruiting had assisted the Joint Committee on Library Work as a career in putting out its Newsletter, stimulated members to write re- cruiting articles for non-library periodicals, and planned a pamphlet for guidance coun- selors (30-40 pages on the whole library pro- fession to sell for about 25c). T h e Standards Committee chairmanned by Mr. Yenawine is completing a monograph on standards. T h e committee hopes to have closer relationship with accrediting associations. Mr. Heintz stated that his Committee on Financing C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S had done very little because the headquarters peo- ple were getting plenty of advertising with- out committee assistance. Miss Herrick reported that the State Rep- resentatives worked for the propagation of the faith. Many representatives were doing useful work for ACRL in their areas. Mr. Orne, chairman of the Publications Committee, presented a statement which his committee had drafted. After brief discussion it was unanimously voted that the Board of Directors accept the following resolution of the A C R L Publications Committee: 1. The ACRL Publications Committee is unalterably opposed to the merger of COL- LEGE A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S with the ALA Bulletin. 2. Possibly certain types of materials from C & R L might be made available to the ALA Bulletin and dropped from C & R L to strengthen the ALA Bulletin, but that this must in no way prejudice the independent editorial policy and staff of C & R L . 3. Possibly other solutions short of merg- ing may be possible and ACRL would be glad to consider suggestions. Mr. Vosper pointed out that this publica- tion matter had no connection with the Man- agement Survey or Steering Committee re- port. Action looking forward to the demise of divisional publications had arisen in the ALA Executive Board. One of ACRL's significant developments was its publication program. C & R L had genuine prestige, which was not won through automation, but built on imag- ination, expenditure of time and effort and other basic human considerations. H e empha- sized the Association's genuine gratitude to Mr. Tauber for his services as editor. Mr. Tauber congratulated Mr. Smith and Mr. Hamlin on the successful switch of C & R L to a new printer with improvement in type and format. Mr. Samray Smith, ACRL's new publica- tion officer, reported briefly, C&RL'S publica- tion date was changed from the 1st to the 15th of the month. Statistics were for the first time reproduced from typewritten copy and ap- parently looked better than in type. T h e num- ber of libraries included was increased 30 per cent. Advertising for the January and March issues was far more than normal. Mr. Hamlin stressed that the success of the Foundation Grants Program depended on the cooperation of officers and members in put- ting the ACRL story before industrial lead- ers and heads of foundations. A C R L head- quarters cannot do all the contact work. Its publication on the ACRL grants program was designed for distribution by members. Any and all are urged to request this and to send it or take it to industries and founda- tions which offer aid to higher education. —Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary. MAY, 1956 2 5 1 F r o m the Executive Secretary For nearly seven years it has been my priv- ilege to serve A C R L members as their exec- utive secretary. T h i s period comes to an end on September 1 when I take over the position of librarian at the University of Cincinnati. I have enjoyed my job. T h e daily work, the planning for the future, the promotion of new projects, the organizational routine, the conferences and the travel are all as interest- ing and stimulating personally now as they were in November, 1949. I have always been and am today very proud of the honor of the office. I am very grateful to the members for their confidence and have certainly tried to be their good steward. T h e review of past years brings to mind not so much the accomplishments and failures with which I have had some connection as it does the visits to libraries and to meetings of librarians and other educators. I have had the oportunity to discuss problems and ob- serve the good works of librarians in every section of the country. From these contacts F r o m the President My personal respect and affection for Arthur Hamlin make this a particularly difficult note to write. However, I have had more opportu- nity than most of us to adjust to the change he proposes because I knew at the time I be- came president that Arthur felt a moral respon- sibility to shift, in the near future, back into working librarianship. W h e n he took over the office of executive secretary in 1949 there was considerable feeling within the profession that a person in such a position should count on a fairly short tenure of duty in Chicago in order that the national office should provide a variety of points of view. Several of us, how- ever, encouraged Arthur to stay on at Head- quarters some more time than he had original- ly planned because a number of major de- velopments were facing ACRL, developments that required his continuing attention. In the first place, our optimistic new program of foundation grants needed careful attention in its initial year, and I know very closely how successful Arthur was in bringing imagination and vigor to this program. Furthermore, all of us including Arthur felt that it would not have sprung many warm friendships with peo- ple of all ages, from Maine to California, and of high and low estate. These friendships and this rich travel experience are very treasured possessions. T h e executive secretary of an organization should be a strong and effective leader. Over a period of many years such a person tends to dominate an association to a degree which is undesirable, whereas a series of strong lead- ers will bring to the position varied expe- rience, abilities and emphases. If I have been a strong and effective leader it is clearly time for another personality to take over, and if I have not been strong and effective the resig- nation is obviously long overdue. Great contributions are made in various ways by people of diverse gifts and back- ground. Variety of leadership is desirable for this association and the profession which it serves. T h e officers of A C R L are now seeking a new executive secretary. I know that Pres- ident Vosper will appreciate receiving sug- gestions now for consideration by the Board of Directors at the Miami Beach Conference. —Arthur T. Hamlin. be well to have a major change at Headquar- ters until, as is now the case, the basic re- organization of the ALA structure had been decided upon. T h e University of Cincinnati is certainly to be congratulated in so successfully filling its librarianship. Few people, if any, are as thoroughly acquainted with the problems, needs and patterns of library service in the American academic world as Arthur Hamlin. There is n o doubt that his broad outlook will continue to be of national service to the pro- fession, even as he begins this summer to give particular attention to Cincinnati. This As- sociation will always be very much in his debt for the broad-gauged vigor, flexibility, and sense of responsibility that he has given it over the past seven years. Many of our most imaginative projects have developed from his own ideas, and to all of our projects he has brought statesmanlike and devoted attention. T h e details of his service to American librar- ianship will be reported in more detail later. At this point I want to tell him publicly that we all are deeply grateful to him and that we all offer him heartfelt good wishes in his new undertaking.—Robert Vosper. 252 C( . L E G E AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES News from the Field S U M M E R C O U R S E S A N D I N S T I T U T E S T h e School of Librarianship, University of California (Berkeley), will offer the following courses during the 1956 summer sessions: First Session—June 18 to July 28: Bibliog- raphy and Reference Materials (4 units), As- sociate Professor Fredric J. Mosher; School Library Administration (2 units), Robert G. Sumpter, Librarian, Capuchino High School, San Mateo; Library Work with Children (2 units), Leone Garvey, Lecturer in Librarian- ship and Supervisor, Boys and Girls Depart- ment, Berkeley Public Library. Second Session—July 30 to September 8: Selection and Acquisition of Library Mate- rials (2 units) and Special Problems in the Selection of Materials and the Evaluation of Collections (2 units), Professor LeRoy C. Mer- ritt; Municipal and County Library Admin- istration (2units), Professor Edward A. Wight; and Reference and Government Publications (4 units), Assistant Professor Louis D. Sass. All courses are a part of the school's reg- ular program for the Master of Library Sci- ence degree, which may be completed by stu- dents enrolling for three to four full summers of study. Admission requirements for the sum- mer sessions in the school are the same as for the regular sessions as noted in the school's announcement. Application for admission must be made to the school and to the sum- mer sessions office. T h e tuition fee is $51 for each session. T h e School of Library Science and the School of Music at the University of Southern California have planned a joint program for the training of prospective music librarians. T h i s program, designed for music majors, pro- vides a basic library school curriculum as well as electives in the School of Music; these elec- tives include bibliography and survey courses in the field of music. D u e to a growing demand for library train- ing for agencies engaged in scientific or in- dustrial research and development, a course called Technical Libraries will be offered at the University of Southern California begin- ning in the fall semester of 1956. A new course in Personnel Administration will also be offered in the fall semester of 1956, the purpose of which will be to acquaint li- brarians with the basic fundamentals of per- sonnel administration and supervision. During the coming summer session, June 25-August 3, a program of 17 courses in the general library school program will be pro- vided. A new course dealing with foreign and comparative librarianship is being offered in the spring session of Columbia University's School of Library Service. Organized as a sem- inar, the course is designed especially for fel- lowship students from foreign countries now at the library school, as well as for American students planning to carry on professional li- brary work in other countries. There is both consideration of European library develop- ment and of the agencies, activities, and prob- lems of international library cooperation. Spe- cial attention is being given to the potential- ities and means of library development in non-European countries and the problems of adapting American techniques and programs to other countries and cultures. In charge of instruction in the seminar is Dr. Dorothy Williams Collings. From 1948 to June, 1955, Dr. Collings served on the staff of UNESCO. From 1948 to 1952 she was head of the documentation section of the Education Clearing House; from 1952 to 1955 she was head of the library and regional clearing house of UNESCO's Arab States Fundamen- tal Education Centre in Egypt. In connection with her work at UNESCO Dr. Codings under- took missions and participated in seminars and conferences in India, Austria, Bolivia, Mexico, West Africa, Egypt and several other countries of the Near and Middle East. Mortimer T a u b e will offer a course in the theory of documentation in Columbia Univer- sity's summer session this year. T h e course is scheduled for double daily periods in the late afternoon during the last three weeks (July 30-August 17) of the regular six-weeks sum- mer session of the School of Library Service. Also to be offered at Columbia will be a course in Business and Economics Literature. T h e instructor will be Janet Bogardus, for- MAY, 1956 253 merly in charge of the Business Library at Columbia and now librarian of the Federal Reserve Bank, N e w York. T h e course, to which qualified librarians in service as well as regular students in the Library School will be admitted, is scheduled for a two-hour period, five evenings a week, for the three-week peri- od July 9-27. It will carry the full credit of a six-weeks summer session course. T h e program of the 21st Annual Confer- ence of the University of Chicago Graduate Library School, to be held June 13-15, will be on the topic "Toward a Better Cataloging Code." Among the participants will be Ruth F. Strout, Andrew D. Osborn, Paul S. Dun- kin, Raynard C. Swank, Richard S. Angell, Wyllis E. Wright, Arthur H . Chaplin, Her- man H. Henkle, Seymour Lubetzky, and Ben- jamin A. Custer. Information on the confer- ence may be had by writing to the Dean, Graduate Library School, University of Chica- go, Chicago 37, 111. "Salary Statistics of Large Public Libraries, 1956," a chart 26 by 27 inches including 1956 salary and 1955 operational statistics for 29 large public libraries, is available from the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Publications Of- fice, Baltimore, Maryland, at $1.15 each. A C Q U I S I T I O N S , G I F T S , C O L L E C T I O N S T h e Olin Downes music library has been purchased by Florida State University Li- brary. T h i s library represents the collecting of more than 50 years by Mr. Downes who served as the music critic for the New York Times from 1924 until his death. T h e library contains more than 1,500 volumes of books and music reference materials, approximate- ly 400 symphonic scores, 600 chamber music compositions, 200 operatic scores and 1,200 long-playing recordings. In addition there are unusually complete collections of minia- ture scores and opera libretti, a large collec- tion of sheet and choral music, and 110 vol- umes of folk music. T h e works of Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Bloch, Villa-Lobos, Sibelius and other twen- tieth-century composers are extensive. Many of the copies are unique collector's items since they were dedicated to Olin Downes and are annotated by the composers. T h e orig- inal score of Jederman, op. 83, by Sibelius is one of many which deserve mention. T h e collections of Scandinavian, Russian and Latin American composers are extensive. There is an almost complete collection of Scriabin, Sibelius and Villa-Lobos. Moreover, the collection includes such items as the Na- gel Archives, the Broude editions of Mozart, Corelli and Handel and the Ricordi edition of Antonio Vivaldi. T h e collection of sym- phonic and operatic recordings is distin- guished by such items as a three-volume Scan- dinavian collection, the Brazilian Festival from the World's Fair (1939) and many trans- criptions from the Boston Symphony Orches- tra in rehearsal. J. K. Lilly, Indianapolis corporation exec- utive and philanthropist, has given to In- diana University his collection of rare books, first editions, and manuscripts, constituting one of America's great private libraries. T h e gift is regarded by rare book authorities as the largest and most valuable benefaction of its kind ever made to an American univer- sity. T h e library, assembled over a period of 30 years, includes the first printed accounts of the discovery and exploration of America. It contains also most of the great works in English and American literatures. Equally im- portant and valuable are many works on early science, medicine, and American history. As its rare books librarian and professor of bibliography, the university recently appoint- ed David A. Randall, manager for many years of the rare books department of the Scribner Book Store, N e w York, and author of numer- ous books and articles on book collection. T h e main areas of the Lilly library are literature, history and science. During his col- lecting career, Mr. Lilly's interest in English literature remained constant. His books cover the entire field, beginning with Bede's His- toria (ca.1475) and extending well into the twentieth century. England's first printer, Caxton, is represented by two items, the Can- terbury Tales of Chaucer and the Confessio Amantis of Gower. Other important books include the four folios of Shakespeare, the five editions of the Compleat Angler which were published during the lifetime of Izaak Walton, and a remarkable Robert Burns col- lection, featuring the manuscripts of "Auld Lang Syne," "O My Love's Like the Red, 254 C( . L E G E AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Red Rose" and "Scots Wha Hae Wi' Wal- lace Bled." T h e modern period is highlight- ed by the manuscript of Sir James Barrie's Peter Pan, presented by the author to Miss Maude Adams, who created the role on the stage. American literature has received an even greater emphasis from Mr. Lilly, who gave particular attention to the early period and to early fiction. T h e outstanding collection in the nineteenth century relates to Edgar Allan Poe, with a complete set of first edi- tions from Tamerlane on, numerous man- uscripts, his correspondence with Sarah Helen Whitman and their application for a mar- riage license. There are the dedication copy of James Fenimore Cooper's The Spy and the first editions of such classic American au- thors as Longfellow, Whitman, and Twain. Complete holdings are also found of the moderns as, for example, Hemingway. T h e creative outburst of Hoosier literary talent at the turn of the present century has been reassembled with virtually all the works of Indiana authors, some 1,400 manuscripts of James Whitcomb Riley, the files of Gen- eral Lew Wallace with all of his books in manuscript, including Ben Hur, and the orig- inal manuscript of Edward Eggleston's Hoos- ier Schoolmaster. Greek and Latin classics are abundantly present, as can be illustrated by the first fif- teenth century printings of Homer, Aristo- phanes and Aristotle, and by the De Imita- tione Christi (ca.1470) of Thomas a Kempis. Marco Polo's travels in a Latin edition of 1483 and Machiavelli's II Principe (1532) are illustrative of the Renaissance. A section of Continental literature includes fine original editions of French and German authors from Racine, Voltaire and Goethe to Romain Rol- land and Marcel Proust. In American history, or in the great Amer- icana items, the Lilly library traces the devel- opment of America from its discovery through the Civil War. Headed by two copies of the famous printed "Letter" of Christopher Co- lumbus, Rome, 1493, the period of explora- tion is thoroughly covered by the chief books of Cortes, Martyr, Vespucci and the other his- torians of the New World. There is a prac- tically complete set of the Jesuit Relations, all four contemporary editions of Champlain's Voyages, Hawthorne's copy of Hubbard's In- dian Wars, Captain John Smith's Map of Virginia (1612), both American and English printings of Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes, and the Famous Eliot Indian Bibles, the sec- ond edition being a presentation copy from Increase Mather. T h e Revolutionary period is strong, hav- ing one of the 13 recorded copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, together with an important letter from John Hancock about it, and the copy of the Bill of Rights which George Washington presented to his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson. T h e Civil War period is represented by a signed copy of the Emancipation Proclama- tion, a manuscript of the Thirteenth Amend- ment signed by Lincoln and all senators and congressmen, formerly owned by the great abolitionist Charles Sumner, an autographed copy of General Robert E. Lee's famous "General Order No. 9" for the surrender of the Southern forces and the manuscript of the song of the War, "Dixie." Other sections of the Lilly library are de- voted to the history of science and thought. Among the books that have influenced west- ern thought are found such diverse items as the Federalist Papers, the Communist Mani- festo and Das Kapital of Karl Marx, Hitler's Mein Kampf, the works of Lenin, Kierkega- ard, Schopenhauer and Kant, all in original editions. T h e classics of science and medicine are present in the library, from the first print- ing of Euclid, Copernicus, Kepler, Boyle and Harvey's De Motu Cordis, through the eight- eenth and nineteenth centuries, and down to the first editions of our contemporary sci- entists, Einstein, Banting, Fleming and Jonas Salk. T h e sum of $5,000, given to Northwestern University by a corporation for use in the humanities, has been made available to the library for developing its collections of Amer- ican, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish poetry and underlying art theories from the late nineteenth century to the pres- ent or, in terms of "isms," from symbolism to surrealism. Important shipments have al- ready been received from several countries. Legend has it that the Italian poet Lodov- ico Ariosto, who lived from 1474 to 1533, was one day captured by a party of banditti; MAY, 1956 255 and no sooner had the banditti chief found out that his prisoner was the author of Or- lando Furioso (a work that has been called "the greatest poem of its kind in any lan- guage"), than he immediately released him, expressing his most humble apologies. T h e point of the story is not so much the erudi- tion of the sixteenth century banditti, who after all had no T V to distract them from their reading, but the fame of Ariosto. North- western has added to its rare book collection a first edition of his comedy Li Soppositi (Venice, 1524), which has been translated into English as The Pretenders. (The library has also a copy of the second edition—and, of course, several later editions—of Orlando Furioso.) Northwestern University has recently ac- quired a collection of 83 French plays, print- ed and in some cases performed around the time of the French Revolution. Most of theplays are light comedies, farces, or one-act operas. Among the authors represented by first edi- tions are Ansiaume, Favart, Hele, Tuillerie, and Voltaire, whose original issue of the com- edy L'lndiscret (Paris, 1725) is judged to be the most important volume of the lot. T h e extensive and important private li- brary of Carl Sandburg. Illinois-born poet and writer, will have a permanent home at the University of Illinois. Directors of the University of Illinois Foundation approved a $30,000 allocation for purchase of the col- lection on January 11. It will be the largest of many gifts to the university library made through the founda- tion. In the collection are books, manuscripts, letters, pictures, sound recordings, and an extensive collection of material about Abra- ham Lincoln. There are copies of practically every edition of Sandburg's own works, many with inscriptions or handsome binding. T h e first editions are valued at thousands of dol- lars. Manuscripts of many Sandburg poems showing his revisions and rewriting will be of special value to students of literature and creative writing. Sandburg's correspondence, including poets, statesmen, academicians, and admirers, is of great historical value. There is a great amount of material Sandburg brought together and classified in prepara- tion for books not yet written, and other files 256 C( which exceeded the author's need in books completed. Sandburg's collection of contemporary po- etry runs to several thousand volumes, many inscribed, and with Sandburg's comments, which themselves are of great interest to stu- dents in this field. His Lincoln material is extensive. While some of it duplicates mate- rial already in the university library, the whole will make the Lincoln collection at Il- linois outstanding. Among the material are letters and other sources and innumerable notes used by Sandburg in writing his mon- umental biography of Lincoln. More than a thousand stereoscopic photographs and many photographs by Sandburg's famous brother- in-law, Edward Steichen, are included in the library, as well as recordings and transcrip- tions of broadcasts and lectures given by Sandburg. All of the material will be of great value to students in American history and literature. T h e correspondence will give light on many matters, great and small, in the first half of the twentieth century. B U I L D I N G S Western Reserve University dedicated the new I. F. Freiberger Library Building on Sunday, February 5. T h e building is at the center of the university circle area. It is ar- ranged on the "open stack" principle, and it centralizes holdings formerly housed in T h w i n g Hall and in other campus buildings. Housed in the building is the School of Li- brary Science and its Center for Documenta- tion and Communication Research, and the Cleveland Regional U n i o n Catalog. Princi- pal speakers at the opening ceremonies were Paul H. Buck and Ralph E. Ellsworth, di- rectors of libraries at Harvard and the State University of Iowa respectively. B O O K N O T E S T h e first issue of the Mental Health Book Review Index, which will be published semi- annually, is now available without charge to librarians who have long been seeking this kind of periodical assistance in an important area of interest. T h e new publication indexes reviews of books in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and related subjects, appear- (Continued on page 264) .LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Personnel About July 1 , 1 9 5 6 , W A Y N E S. Y E N A W I N E , circulation librarian, University of Illinois, will become director of libraries and dean of the School of Library Science at Syracuse University. His ap- pointment ends an extensive and pro- longed survey by the Syracuse administra- tion to find a highly qualified professional librarian to fill this major post. Y e n a w i n e w i l l bring to his new posi- tion a varied back- ground of academic preparation and experience. A native of St. Louis, he was granted his first baccalaureate degree by Washington University in 1933. Subsequently, he acquired three degrees from the University of Illinois Library School: B.S., 1934, M.A., 1938, and Ph.D., 1955. At the be- ginning of his professional career, he was on the Illinois staff in several capacities, includ- ing four years as assistant to the director of the library. He left Illinois in 1941 to become successively associate director of libraries, Uni- versity of Georgia, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 ; acting director, 1 9 4 3 - 4 6 ; and librarian, Air University Library, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1 9 4 6 - 4 8 . Yenawine returned to Illinois in 1948 as cir- culation librarian and to become a candidate for a doctorate in the library school. In addition to the excellent academic and professional preparation which Yenawine will take to the Syracuse position, he has the abil- ity to an extraordinary degree to win friends among students, faculty members, and his li- brary colleagues. As head of one of the prin- cipal public service divisions at Illinois for over seven years he has developed a strong esprit de corps among his associates and cor- dial relations with library users in general. Thus there is much to assure Yenawine's suc- cess in his important and responsible assign- ment at Syracuse.—Robert B. Downs. Dr. V E R N O N D. T A T E resigned as director of libraries at Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology on January 3. Dr. Tate, who will retain the rank of pro- fessor at the Institute, was granted a leave of absence of one year, beginning January 1. He is now in Italy, undertaking a survey of libraries for the Department of State. He will also conduct seminars at various universities in library techniques. "Under Dr. Tate's direction, the libraries have had their greatest period of growth in the history of the Institute," Dr. Julius A. Stratton, provost, said, at the announcement of Dr. Tate's change of status. "He has made a notable contribution to our library system and his service is greatly appreciated by M.I.T." Dr. Tate came to M.I.T. in 1947 from Washington, where he had been since 1935 as first director of photography at the Na- tional Archives. During his period at the In- stitute the Charles Hayden Memorial Library was built, the Dewey Library was established at the School of Industrial Management and the total of volumes in the libraries grew from 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 to 5 5 0 , 0 0 0 . A specialist in microphotography, he has increased the use of scientific aids in libraries at M.I.T. and was one of the leaders in estab- lishing a national plan by which doctoral theses are made available in microfilm form all over the country. He headed an M.I.T. group which undertook the technical work of microfilming the Adams papers in coopera- tion with the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Adams Manuscript Trust. Prior to joining the National Archives staff, he had been engaged by the Library of Congress to microfilm documents in Mexico for the his- torical collection of the United States. A native of Mt. Carmel, 111., Dr. Tate re- ceived his bachelor's, master's and doctor's de- grees at the University of California. Dr. W I L L I A M N . L O C K E has been appointed to succeed Dr. Tate as director of libraries at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A native of Watertown, Mass., Dr. Locke did his undergraduate work at Bowdoin College and took the degrees of master of arts and W A Y N E S . Y E N A W I N E MAY, 1956 257 doctor of philosophy at Harvard University. H e has been head of the department of mod- ern languages at M.I.T. since 1945. Prior to his appointment at M.I.T., he was a member of the faculty at Harvard. During World War II, he served with the Office of War Information. Dr. Locke has long been interested in the problems of the modern technical library and in problems relating to scientific aids to learn- ing. H e is especially well known for his in- terest in the complex field of mechanical translation and in the application of scientific knowledge to the study of language. H e was co-editor of the book Machine Translation of Languages and currently co-edits the quarter- ly journal Mechnical Translation. H e is regional representative for N e w Eng- land of the American Association of Teachers of French, a former vice-president of the as- sociation, and a member of its executive com- mittee. H e is vice-president of the French Center of N e w England and for three years he served as president of the Alliance Fran- ^aise of Boston. H e is a trustee of the French Library in Boston and of the Beaver Country Day School in Brookline. Western Reserve University has awarded Dr. Paul H. Buck, director of the Harvard University Library, the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, and Dr. Ralph E. Ellsworth, director of the State University of Iowa Li- braries, the degree of Doctor of Laws. Dr. John S. Millis, president of Western Reserve, presented the degrees on February 5 with the following citations: " P A U L H . B U C K : scholar, teacher, admin- istrator. Because you have enriched the store of human knowledge through your historical scholarship and writings; because you have guided America's oldest university through a period of national emergency as one of its chief executive officers; because you are now turning your brilliant talents to the manage- ment of our greatest university library; and because through your distinguished career as a teacher, scholar, and administrator, you have brought additional renown to your na- tive state of Ohio, and to your alma mater, our sister institution, the Ohio State Univer- sity, we delight to honor you. " R A L P H E . E L L S W O R T H : alumnus, teacher, administrator, and imaginative planner. Be- cause you have pioneered in the functional design of university library buildings; because you have seized the opportunity to make the university library a direct and vital tool of teaching and scholarship; because by your enthusiasm you have reached a position of leadership in your profession; because by your distinguished career you have brought credit to this, your alma mater, we delight to honor you." J A M E S V. J O N E S , formerly assistant director of libraries at St. Louis University, became director of libraries on July 1, 1955. H e suc- ceeds Father Joseph P. Donnelly, S.J., who has been assigned to a teaching position at Creighton University. A native of Ohio, Mr. Jones received his B.S. degree from John Carroll University in 1948 and his M.S. in L.S. from Western Re- serve in 1950. After working for a brief period as reference assistant in the West- ern Reserve University Library he was ap- pointed librarian of the St. Louis University School of Commerce and Finance. In 1952 he was made assistant director of libraries at St. Louis. In this capacity Mr. Jones was respon- sible for planning a complete revision of the circulation system, a central serials record, and a self-survey of the library. Since 1952 he has been working toward a Ph.D. in American history. In addition he has found time to participate actively in pro- fessional organizations. H e is currently pres- ident of the Greater St. Louis Library Club and a member of the executive board of both the Catholic Library Association, Greater St. Louis Unit, and the College and University Division of the Missouri Library Association. Mr. Jones' appointment coincides with a major expansion program at St. Louis Uni- versity in which the new Pius X I I Memorial Library is a major element. H e is deeply in- volved in plans for the new building, and he can be counted u p o n to contribute substan- tially to the reorganization and improvement J A M E S V . J O N E S 258 C( . L E G E AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES of library services which the new building will make possible in the years ahead.—An- drew Eaton. D A V I D A. R A N D A L L , formerly manager of the rare book department of the Scribner Book Store in N e w York, has been appointed librarian of Indiana University's rare book collection. T h e appointment will be effective on July 1, 1956. Randall will have the title of professor of bibliography and will lecture on rare books and bibliography in the de- partment of English. A native of Pennsylvania, Randall studied mining engineering at Lehigh University and law at Harvard. Subsequently he turned his interest to rare books and began a series of associations with New York rare book firms. While with the Scribner Book Store he han- dled some of the most important single items and collections that have passed through the rare book market in the United States. Indiana University's rare book collections, most of them gifts, are recognized by book- men throughout the west as outstanding. T h e y include the Oakleaf Lincoln Collection, one of the most extensive of all Lincolniana col- lections; the Ellison Collection of Western Americana; the Watkins, Wordsworth Collec- tion; the Daniel Defoe Collection; the Gard- ner Collection on General Lafayette; and spe- cial collections on the American Revolution, Thomas Paine, and the War of 1812.—L. S. Thompson. R I C H A R D C H A P I N , former assistant director of the University of Oklahoma Library School, is now associate librarian at Michigan State University. H e has the rank of associate pro- fessor and is primarily responsible for reader and research services. H e holds an undergrad- uate degree from Wabash College, a profes- sional degree from the University of Illinois Library School, and a doctorate in the field of communications from the University of Il- linois. J A M E S SKIPPER has been appointed assistant librarian in charge of technical services at Michigan State University. Formerly an as- sistant in the history division of the Cleve- land Public Library, he did his undergrad- uate work at Carleton College and received a subject master's degree from Columbia Uni- versity before earning his professional degree at the University of Michigan. Appointments C. P E R R Y A R M I N leaves the staff of the Mid- land College Library, Fremont, Nebraska, to become reference librarian at Colorado A. and M. College on July 1, 1956. D O R I S B E N N E T T is assistant librarian of the Jacksonville (Alabama) State Teachers Col- lege. G R A C E P A T T E N B O W S E R is librarian at Bab- son Institute of Business Administration, Wellesley, Mass. She resigned last year from the staff of Harvard University Libraries after 28 years of service. J O Y C E H . BRODOWSKI is order librarian at the New Jersey State Teachers College, Tren- ton. M R S . D O R O T H Y B R O D Y C L A R K is law librar- ian of the University of Kansas City (Mo.). C H A R L E S W. D A V I D , librarian of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania until his retirement last year, is director of the Longwood Library of the E. I. duPont de Nemours Company in Philadelphia. T h e collection centers on the industrial revolution and the history of in- dustry. D O N A L D C. D A V I D S O N , librarian of the San- ta Barbara College of the University of Cal- ifornia, has been appointed acting dean of Applied Arts. H e will continue as librarian, dividing his time between the two offices. R O B E R T F. D E L Z E L L , formerly associated with the Air University Library, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, is now administrative assistant in the University of Illinois Library. E L E A N O R R. D E V L I N , formerly catalog re- viser of the University of Pennsylvania, is now reference librarian at Ohio University, Athens. R A Y D I C K I N S O N , formerly librarian of the Colorado School of Mines, is now librarian of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, T e n n . R E V . C O L M A N J. F A R R E L L , O.S.B., is librar- MAY, 1956 259 ian of the Abbey Library, St. Benedict's Col- lege, Kan.; and H E L E N B A I R D is assistant li- brarian. S A R A I N N I S F E N W I C K has been appointed as- sistant professor of library science in the Graduate Library School, University of Chica- go. She replaces M A R G A R E T H A Y E S who is leav- ing the field of teaching to bring her doc- toral research to completion. G R A Y G I L L I A M is law librarian at the Uni- versity of Georgia, Athens. R I T A G O O D F L E I S C H is head of circulation at Pratt Institute. E M M E T T E . G O O D W I N , formerly with the Veterans Administration in Montgomery, Ala., is chief of the acquisitions branch of the Air University Library, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. M A R K M . G O R M L E Y who has been Librar- ian of the Janesville (Wis.) Senior High School Library will become special assistant on the staff of the Colorado A. and M. Col- lege Library on July 1, 1956. Mr. Gormley will also teach the courses in librarianship of- fered by the college. J A M E S F . G O V A N is head of the circulation department of the University of Alabama Li- brary. P R E S C O T T H A R M O N , JR., is head of science reference at Pratt Institute. L. E . J . H E L Y A R is a senior member of the acquisitions staff of the University of Kansas Library on a two-year visiting appointment. He has been on the staff of the National Cen- tral Library in London since 1947. S A U L H E R N E R is head of the Technical In- formation and Library Planning Group of the Atlantic Research Corporation in Alex- andria, Va. J E A N L . H O L T , assistant librarian at Ander- son College, Anderson, Ind., since 1952, is now head librarian. M A R I O N J A M E S has been appointed assistant professor in library science at the Graduate Library School, University of Chicago. K L A U S W . J O N A S , now a cataloger in the Yale University Library, is also a member of the German Department at Yale and a cu- rator of the Center of Maugham Studies in New Haven. D A V I D K A S E R is chief of acquisitions for Washington University Libraries, St. Louis. He was on the staff of the University of Michigan Library. 260 CC D O R O T H Y E. K E I T H is librarian of Bryant College, Providence, R. I. A L A N R. K R U L L is director of the library of the Marquardt Aircraft Co., Van Nuys, Calif. He was librarian of the Technological Insti- tute, Northwestern University. FREDERICK IRVING K U H N S is director of the library and professor of library science at Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Mont. K A R L K U P , adviser to the Spencer Collec- tion of Illustrated Books in the New York Public Library since 1934 and curator of the Prints Division since 1942, is now also chief of the Art and Architecture Division. M R S . L I L L I A N K W A N G is now cataloger in the Library of the University of Bridgeport, Conn. L O U I S E C. L A G E was promoted from assist- ant chief librarian to chief librarian, the Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis. M A R Y L E E is engineering librarian at Pur- due University, Lafayette, Ind. R O B E R T R . M C C O L L O U G H , formerly senior reference librarian in the University of Ore- gon, is now head humanities librarian in the same university. K A T H E R I N E C. M C N A B B , head cataloger at the Santa Barbara College of the University of California since 1947, is now assistant li- brarian, processes. J O H N D A V I D M A R S H A L L , formerly reference librarian at Clemson College, has been ap- pointed reference librarian of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. F A Y E M I T C H E L L is acquisitions librarian of Clemson College. A U D R E Y N O R T H , formerly head of technical processes, American University of Beirut (Lebanon) Library, is order librarian of Pur- due University. R O B E R T O R A M is administrative assistant to the librarian of the University of Missouri. B A R B A R A P A R K E R is head of circulation and reference at Yale University's Divinity School Library. G E R T R U D E SANDERS is head of the circula- tion department of the University of South Carolina Library. M R S . A L I C E F . SCHATTSCHNEIDER has been promoted to head of the acquisitions depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania Li- brary. W I L L I A M H. O . S C O T T is associate librarian LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES of Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Ruston. M R S . D O R O T H E A M . SINGER is librarian of the School of Commerce, Accounts, and Fi- nance at N e w York University. M R S . G A Y S P I V E Y is assistant librarian of Guilford College (N. C.). M R S . H A R R Y L E E S W I N T is head of the cir- culation department of the Joint University Library, Nashville, T e n n . W I L L I A M S . STODDARD is divisional librar- ian of the College of Business and Public Service of Michigan State University. M R S . B E T T Y B U L L I N G T O N T H R E A D G I L L i s chief cataloger at the University of Kansas City (Mo.). J O H N J . W A T E R S is librarian of the techni- cal information section, Rome (N. Y.) Air Development Center. E S T H E R W E B E R is on leave of absence from her post as librarian of Hesston (Kan.) Col- lege. K E N N E T H W . STEIDER is acting librarian during her absence. J . E D D I E W E E M S is head cataloger at Baylor University, Waco, T e x . D O R E E N M. Y O R K S T O N is documents librar- ian at the Oregon State Library, Salem. Retirements Most genial of men and able administra- tor, R. M A L C O L M ( M A C ) SILLS, librarian of Fenn College since 1949, retired September 1. N o t only the proverbial scholar and a gen- tleman, but also a kind and understanding boss; not only a connoisseur of books, but also a collector of coins and stamps; an ex- pert at applying Goren's contract bridge pre- cepts, a man of youthful enthusiasm with a quick boyish smile, Mr. Sills entered spirited- ly into all Fenn activities. During his six years at Fenn, Mr. Sills ac- complished two major tasks, the supervision of the recataloging of the entire library, and the balancing of the book collection. Thanks to his wide knowledge and careful purchases, Fenn has a well-balanced collection of which it can be proud. Mr. Sills brought 15 years experience as owner of a book business to the library pro- fession. H e obtained his library degree from Columbia in 1932. His career started at Yale University Library where he was first assist- ant to the chief of the order department and then supervisor of the Mason-Franklin col- lection. N e x t he went to Harvard as first as- sistant in the reference department. H e came to Fenn from the University of Massachusetts where he had been head of the Fort Devon Library. Mr. Sills served as first lieutenant in the U. S. Army, 1917-18, and as director of U.S.O. clubs at Clarksville, T e n n . , and Goldsboro, N. C., 1943-44. While at Yale he contributed to the Yale Library Gazette. H e is the author of A Selec- tion of One Hundred Items from the Benja- min de Forest Curtiss Collection of Books, Watertown, Conn., 1937, and "The Trum- bull Manuscript Collections and Early Con- necticut Libraries" in Papers in Honor of Andrew Keogh, 1938. At their May 1955 meeting the Fenn Col- lege faculty passed the following resolution honoring Mr. Sills: Whereas our librarian, Mr. R. Malcolm Sills, has announced his intention of retiring at the end of the academic year, And whereas he has decided to return to the East, where he and his wife can be closer to their family, And whereas in the all too few years he has served us he has brought to the library the benefit of his wide experience, excellent judg- ment and personal charm, And whereas the recataloging of the library and the series of outstanding exhibits are but examples of the success and originality of his administration; Be it hereby resolved that the Faculty express its gratitude for his service to the college and its wishes for a long and happy period of re- tirement for him and his wife. —Imo Elizabeth Beam. M U R I E L B A L D W I N retired as chief of the Art and Architecture Division after 30 years of service with the N e w York Public Library. J O H N T A S K E R H O W A R D retired as head of the Americana Section of the Music Division of the New York Public Library after 15 years of service. MAY, 1956 261 Necrology N A T H A N V A N P A T T E N , 68, professor of bib- liography, emeritus, at Stanford University, died on March 17 after a period of failing health. Dr. van Patten was a native of Niskayuna, N. Y., was educated at the U n i o n Classical Institute, and in 1936 was awarded the de- gree of Doctor of Letters from Dartmouth College. H e was a teacher in the public schools, 1907-17; librarian, Walcott Gibbs Li- brary, College of the City of N e w York, 1917- 20; reference librarian, Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, 1920-21, and assistant li- brarian, 1921-23; chief librarian, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; di- rector, Stanford University Libraries, 1927- 47; professor of bibliography, 1948-52; pro- fessor emeritus since 1952; and curator, Me- morial Library of Music, 1952-55. H e acted as adviser on the World War Collection, Yale University Library, and was honorary con- sultant in Canadiana at the Library of Con- gress. In addition he served as lecturer in chemical literature at Stanford University and in medical literature at the University of California Medical School. H e belonged to the Library Association (Great Britain) of which he was a Fellow, American Library Association, California Li- brary Association, Bibliographical Society of America, Bibliographical Society of the Uni- versity of Virginia, Theta Chi, Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, Grolier Club of N e w York City, and the Rowfant Club of Cleve- land. H e founded the Arthur Machen Society and, in addition to having what is probably the most complete collection of the Welsh novelist's works, was considered the authority in the field. H e participated actively in professional or- ganizations and was a frequent contributor to bibliographical, chemical, and medical journals. In addition he was the author of Bibliography of the Corrosion of Metals; Literature of Lubrication; Index to Bibliog- raphies and Bibliographical Contributions Relating to the Work of American and Brit- ish Authors (1923-1932); Printing in Green- land; Catalogue of the Memorial Library of Music at Stanford University. For 20 years Dr. van Patten served as direc- tor of the Stanford University Libraries dur- ing which time the book collections more than doubled in size. H e had a great interest in the Lane Medical Library which was re- flected in the growth of its splendid collec- tion of medical history. As a result of his acumen and foresight the libraries possess many outstanding and valuable research col- lections. During these years there also came, by gift and by purchase, many significant special collections, such as the Charlotte Ash- ley Felton Memorial Library (American and English literature from the mid-nineteenth century to date), the Sir Isaac Newton Col- lection, and the Memorial Library of Music. W h e n Dr. van Patten became professor of bibliography in 1947, he was able to devote full time to the acquiring of further gifts, to teaching, and to developing the Memorial Library of Music which has attracted musi- cologists, music-lovers, and musicians from around the world. At the time of his retirement in 1952 he was presented with a beautifully bound vol- ume of essays written in his honor by many American and foreign scholars and librar- ians—a tribute to his years of fine and fruit- ful work. H e had been a resident of Palo Alto and the campus for more than 30 years. W i t h his wife and his daughter Dolores, he resided at the family home in Stanford. W I N I F R E D G R E G O R Y G E R O U L D , distinguished editor and bibliographer, known both na- tionally and internationally, died December 10, 1955, at Williamsburg, Va. Her friends and professional associates will miss her gen- ial personality, her sense of humor and her zest for living. Her enthusiasm for work or play was transmitted to her friends and fel- low workers. Her professional contributions to library literature were and will continue to be indispensable tools for librarians and those whose primary interest is research. A midwesterner, born in Iowa, Winifred Gregory attended the Universities of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. From the last she obtained her degree in library science in 1910. Her first professional appointment was as 262 C( . L E G E AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES librarian of the School of Mines, University of Minnesota. During her five years of serv- ice there, she compiled an extensive Bibli- ography of Minnesota Mining and Geology. During World War I she served as hospital librarian at Asheville, N. C. Later her experi- ence was broadened by her work in the tech- nology divisions of the St. Paul Public Li- brary and the Carnegie Library of Pitts- burgh. Specialization began in 1924 with editorial work for the American Library Association and the Bibliographical Society of America. This led to research in national and univer- sity libraries in Europe during the thirties. The American Library Association honored her by an appointment as its representative to attend the meeting in Rome of the Inter- national Congress on Bibliography, 1930. Winifred Gregory's overseas contacts were cherished throughout her life and it is safe to assume that no librarian or publisher whom she met abroad failed to get in touch with her when visiting the States. Her administrative ability and skill in re- search led to the editorship of two editions of Union List of Serials in Libraries of the United States and Canada; List of Serial Pub- lications of Foreign Governments; American Newspapers 1821-1936 Available in the Li- braries of United States and Canada; Inter- national Congresses and Conferences, 1840- 1937. In December, 1940, Winifred Gregory and Dr. James Thayer Gerould, who had retired from active service as librarian of Princeton University, were married in Washington, D. C. Shortly after, Williamsburg, Va., be- came their home. It was not difficult for the Geroulds to adapt their lives to the leisurely pace of the historic southern city. Mrs. Gerould took a constructive interest in the small local library and contributed much of her spare time to civic activities. Dr. and Mrs. Gerould collaborated on A Guide to Trollope, published by the Prince- ton University Press in 1948, completed an unpublished guide to Jane Austen, and were considering one to Galsworthy when Dr. Gerould died several years ago. Winifred Gregory was a member of the ALA and the Bibliographical Society of Amer- ica. She served as a member of the microcard joint committee of the two organizations. She leaves to the library world a rich leg- acy of research resources, and to her friends many happy recollections.—Helen T. Stein- bar ger. JAMES I. W Y E R , who died November 1, 1955, was one of the real leaders of the li- brary profession. A graduate of the Univer- sity of Minnesota, he received his library training at the New York State Library School. He later obtained a master's degree at the school and was awarded a doctorate in pedagogy by the New York State College for Teachers. Before entering librarianship he had worked for a period in banking. After experience at the New York State Library and the Minneapolis Public Library he became acting librarian at the University of Nebraska, 1898-99, then served as librarian and professor of bibliography until 1905. He returned to the New York State Library, where he held several positions in the school and the library. He was director of the school from 1908 until 1926 and head of the New York State Library, 1908-38. In addition to various offices in the American Library As- sociation, he served as its president, 1910-11. He made significant contributions to the pro- gram of Army and Navy library services dur- ing the first World War. Dr. Wyer was frequently consulted by members of the profession for advice on li- brary problems. He was always ready to help in this direction, and was a constant source of information to his many students in the field. He served as president of the National Association of State Libraries, the Associa- tion of American Library Schools, and the New York Library Association, and was ac- tive in the Bibliographical Society of Amer- ica and various philatelic groups. His contri- butions to professional literature covered government publications, college and univer- sity librarianship, reference work, and many other subjects. W H I T M A N D A V I S , librarian of Mississippi State College from 1905-18 and 1921-28, and subsequently librarian of the University of Mississippi for 25 years, died January 20, 1956, in Oxford, Miss. H E L E N BINNINGER SUTLIFF , associate librar- MAY, 1956 263 ian emerita of Stanford University, died Feb- ruary 5. Born in Lawrence, Kan., a graduate of the University of Kansas, she became head cataloger of that institution before going to Stanford in 1905. She was made head of the Stanford cataloging department in 1907. A year before her retirement in 1933 she was appointed associate librarian. L U D W I G L E W I S O H N , librarian and professor of comparative literature at Brandeis Univer- sity, Waltham, Mass., died at the age of 72. H e was a well-known novelist. A L I C E S E A R C Y W Y M A N , librarian emerita of the University of Alabama, died at the age of 80. News from the Field (Continued from page 256) ing in 50 subject journals. Created and ed- ited by the Subcommittee on Book Appraisal of the Adult Education Board of the Amer- ican Library Association, the Index is avail- able as Supplement to Vol. VII, No. 3, Jan.- Feb., 1956, of Psychological Newsletter, N e w York University, N e w York 3, N e w York. Communications concerning the index should be addressed to Miss Lois Afflerbach, Paul Klapper Library, Queens College, Flush- ing, L.I., N e w York, a member of the sub- committee. Chairman is Margaret M. Kin- ney, Chief Librarian, U. S. Veterans Admin- istration Hospital Library, Bronx, N e w York. Serving with Miss Kinney and Miss Affler- bach on the subcommittee are: Ilse Bry, Neu- ropsychiatric Library, N e w York University —Bellevue Medical Center; Laura Cum- mings, Columbia University Libraries; Marga Franck, Bibliographic Index, H . W. Wilson Co.; Joseph E. Hansbery, N e w York Public Library; Sylvia Mechanic, Brooklyn Public Library; Christine L. Meyer, Columbia Uni- versity Libraries; Donald Read, Psychology Library, Columbia University Libraries. Lawrence G. Starkey's Descriptive and An- alytical Bibliography of the Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, Press from Its Beginning to the Publication of Eliot's Indian Bible in 1663 is available in microcard form from the Univer- sity of Kentucky Press. (Kentucky Micro- cards. Series A. Modern Language Series, spon- sored by the South Atlantic Modern Lan- guage Association, no. 4. 10 cards. $2.50 to subscribers; $3.50 to others.) T h e first printing press in British North America arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1638, and the first item of any size printed on it was The Bay Psalm Book (1640). Until 1675 all printing in the colonies was done on this press. T h e present study is a history of the Cambridge Press in the light of the most recent information, and it provides a detailed and exhaustive study of the printing done by the press in the first quarter-century of its operation, concluding with the year 1663 when John Eliot's translation of the Indian Bible was completed. Dr. Starkey bases his inves- tigation on intensive bibliographical exam- ination of the books printed by the Cam- bridge Press, and for the period covered he examined nearly 90 per cent of all extant copies. M E L C H E R S C H O L A R S H I P F U N D T h e Children's Library Association of the American Library Association has created the Frederic G. Melcher Scholarship Fund as an expression of gratitude to Mr. Melcher, the donor of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals awarded annually for outstanding contribu- tions to children's literature. It will encourage the recruiting of children's librarians by pro- viding an annual scholarship for professional education in library work with children. T h e goal for the fund is $25,000, of which $15,000 has already been received. T h e Chil- dren's Library Association hopes that it may be joined in this project by other friends of Mr. Melcher and by others interested in chil- dren's books and in library service to chil- dren. Each individual or group who contributes to the fund will be listed in the leather vol- umes presented to Mr. Melcher. Contributions may be sent to Mildred Bat- chelder, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago 11, Illinois. Checks should be made payable to the Mel- cher Scholarship Fund. 264 C( . L E G E AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Books Received Archiv fiir Druck und Papier. Archives for Print- ing, Paper, and Kindred Trades. Berlin: Buch- u n d Druckgewerbe-Verlag, 1955. Nos. 1-4. American Testament: The Story of a Promised Land. By Cornel Lengyel and Noah Ben- Tovim. New York: Grace Books, 1956. 576p. $5. Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1955. Wash- ington: Library of Congress, 1956. 130p. Arctic Research: The Current Status of Research and Some Immediate Problems in the North American Arctic and Subarctic. Ed. by Diana Rowley. Ottawa: Arctic I n s t i t u t e of N o r t h America, 1955. 261p. Armenian Manuscripts. An Exhibition at the University of Kansas Library, December 1955. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 1955. 16p. Catalogue of the Library Company of Phila- delphia. 1741. A Facsimile of the Edition of 1741 Printed by B enjamin Franklin. Phila- delphia: 1956. 55p. The Catholic Booklist. 1956. Ed. by Sister Stella Maris, O.P. St. Catharine, Kentucky: St. Catha- rine J u n i o r College, 1956. 72p. 75c. The City Library of Detroit. 1817-1837: Michi- gan's First Public Library. By Russell E. Bid- lack. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michi- gan, 1955. 33p. (University of Michigan, Dept. of Library Science Studies . . . 2.) Classical Myth and Legend in Renaissance Dic- tionaries. By DeWitt T . Starnes and Ernest William T a l b e r t . Chapel Hill, N.C.: Univer- sity of N o r t h Carolina Press, 1955. 517p. $7.50. Contemporary German Book Design. F r a n k f u r t am Main, Johannes Weisbecker, 1955. 36p. Free. (Available f r o m L. S. T h o m p s o n , Univer- sity of Kentucky Library, Lexington, Ky.) The Essentials of Educational Statistics. By Francis G. Cornell. New York: J o h n Wiley & Sons, 1956. 375p. $5.75. Geography of Yugoslavia: a Selective Bibliogra- phy. Comp. by Borivoje Z. Milojevic. Wash- ington: Library of Congress, 1955. 79p. 70c. (Available from the Card Division, Library of Congress.) Index of the American Ecclesiastical Review. Vols. 101-130. July, 1939-June, 1954. Comp. by James Riley. Ed. by Joseph W . Sprug. Wash- ington: T h e Catholic University of America Press, 1956. 200p. $3.75. Leaders of Twentieth-Century China: An An- notated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Bio- graphical Works in the Hoover Library. By Eugene W u . Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Uni- versity Press, 1956. 106p. $2.50. (Hoover In- stitute and Library Bibliographical Series IV.) Library and Reference Facilities in the Area of the District of Columbia. 5th ed. Washington: Library of Congress, 1955. 183p. (Available from Card Division, Library of Congress, $1.35.) Louis R. Wilson: a Biographical Sketch. By Maurice F. T a u b e r . Chapel Hill, N.C.: Friends of t h e Library, 1956. 18p. Manual of Principles on Limited Cataloging for the Air University Library. T h i r d D r a f t . Max- well Air Force Base, Alabama: March 1956. 44p. ( m i m e o g r a p h e d ) . Master's Theses in Education. 1954-1955. No. 4. Ed. by T . A. Lamke and H. M. Silvey. Cedar Falls, Iowa: Research Publications, 1956. 172p. $3.75. A Methodist Book Classification. Prepared by Lucy W . Markley. Evanston, 111.: T h e Library, Garrett Biblical Institute, 1955. 63p. The Mitchell Library Index to Periodicals. July 1949-December 1951. Sydney, Australia: Trus- tees of the Public Library of New South Wales, 1955. 360p. 1.1.0. (Available from the Mitchell Librarian, T h e Mitchell Library, Macquarie St., Sydney, N.S.W.) Preliminary Inventories, the National Archives of the United States. No. 91, "Cartographic Records of t h e Panama Canal." Comp. by James Berton Rhoads. Washington: National Archives, 1956. 72p. Preliminary Inventories, the National Archives of the United States. No. 92, "Records of the Office for Emergency Management." Comp. by Henry T . Ulasek. Washington: National Ar- chives, 1956. 20p. Records of the General Conference. Eighth Ses- sion. Montevideo, 1954. Proceedings. Paris: UNESCO, 1955. 977p. (Available from t h e U. S. National Commission for UNESCO, Dept. of State, Washington 25, D.C.) Sixth Annual Report of the Midwest Inter-Li- brary Center. From July 1, 1954, to J u n e 30, 1955. Chicago: T h e Midwest Inter-Library Center, 1955. 23p. Sources of Information and Unusual Services. 4th ed. 1956-57. Ed. by Raphael Alexander. New York: Informational Directory Co., 1956. 64p. $2. Special Library Grants Provide Valuable Re- search Materials in 1953-55 Biennium. Knox- ville, T e n n . : University of Tennessee, 1956. 14p. (The University of Tennessee News Let- ter, January, 1956) Trade Barriers to Knowledge. Paris: UNESCO, 1955. 364p. $5. T h e A - V C l e a r i n g H o u s e , o m i t t e d f r o m this issue, w i l l b e r e s u m e d i n the n e x t issue w i t h a d i r e c t o r y o f n e w e q u i p m e n t . MAY, 1956 265