reviews 388 College & Research Libraries July 1997 through in the originals were corrected in the reprint. An “apparatus” that ap- pears at the end of the facsimiles lists what corrections were made. However, actual errors such as typographical ones were left uncorrected. The 1723 catalog was the first college library catalog printed in the United States. Three supplements from 1723, 1725, and 1735 also are included. The 3,000-volume catalog is organized first by size (folio, quarto, and octavo). Within each size, the books are ar- ranged alphabetically for the first letter of the author or title with no further al- phabetization. For example, Poole is followed by Picatoris, Preston, and Prac- tice. Each entry includes the author ’s last name and an abbreviated first name, a title, the place and date of pub- lication, and shelf location. The 1773 catalog was the first to ex- plicitly select books appropriate for use and study by undergraduates. This catalog is organized by a single alpha- betical sequence based on the author. Each entry includes the author, title, for- mat, and shelf location. In 1790, in an attempt to make the catalog more useful, Harvard organized the catalog by subject. This catalog is divided into two parts: one for books and one for pamphlets. “Pars I” catalogs books alphabetically under fifty-four subjects, and “Pars II” catalogs pam- phlets alphabetically under fourteen subjects. Each entry includes author, title, edition, number of volumes, and place and date of publication. No shelf locations are included, probably be- cause of the size of the catalog. This volume is successful because of the comprehensive index the editors created. Without it, this would just be a very nice facsimile of three early library catalogs. This index addresses many of the difficulties of using the original cata- logs. In the 1723 catalog, the books are organized by size, which makes locat- ing a title difficult. In the 1790 catalog, if there was no obvious subject heading, the title was put under the heading “Mis- cellanea,” which consists of more than twenty-four pages. To create this index, Bond and Amory used Harvard’s card and online catalogs in order to identify each entry. This allows the user to search all three catalogs by author. Varying forms of names in the catalogs are cross-referenced to a modern form, usually based on the pre-1956 National Union Catalog. Anonymous works are listed by title and cross-referenced to the author if he or she can be identified. Incorrect titles are cross-referenced to their correct form. Finally, the authors c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e t r a n s l a t o r s t o t h e original author. Each entry in the in- dex also includes a page reference preceded by a letter indicating which catalog to search. For example, C33 is page 33 of the 1790 catalog. Unfortunately, this book will appeal to a limited audience. However, for those inter- ested in the history of the book, early American history, or the history of librar- ies, this book will be an exciting and worth- while resource.—Edwin C. Schroeder, Yale Uni- versity, New Haven, Connecticut. Reclaiming the American Library Past: Writ- ing the Women In. Ed. Suzanne Hildenbrand. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex (Information Management, Policy and Services), 1996. 324p. $59.50 cloth. ISBN 1-56750-233-4. $24.50 pa- per. ISBN 1-56750-234-2. LC 95-43839. With publication of this book, women’s history now has a place in librarianship. This historical reexamination of Ameri- can library history moves women from the margins of the profession to its cen- ter. The editor, Suzanne Hildenbrand, a professor of cataloging and online bib- liographic retrieval in the School of In- formation and Library Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo, enriches our understanding of women’s experiences in librarianship with these biographical sketches and essays. Book Reviews 389 Through a persuasive analysis of women’s networks of community, poli- tics, kinship, and friendship, the book of- fers insight into women’s consciousness as librarians. While adding breadth and depth to the existing literature on the educational and professional history of women librarians, this book also chal- lenges the myth that the “femininization of librarianship” is a factor contributing to the profession’s downgraded image. Christine Jenkins in her essay also con- fronts what Geraldine Joncich Clifford described in the preface as “misconcep- tions about women librarians’ roles in defense of intellectual freedom.” The volume contains two parts. The first is full of colorful and informative accounts of heroines and tireless work- ers whose contributions often have been omitted or overlooked in the chronicles of library history. Each article illustrates the activism and enterprise of women from Jean Blackwell Hutson to Adelaide Hasse to Julia Brown Asplund to Anne Carrol Moore, describ- ing the vanguard that definitely shaped the librarian profession. Of all the ar- ticles, my favorites, “Dorothy Porter Wesley: Bibliographer, Curator, and Scholar” and “Librarian, Literary Detec- tive and Scholar: Fannie Elizabeth Ratchford,” reminded me of myself. All articles include endnotes, and some in- clude bibliographies of sources. Not every woman worthy of inclu- sion is found among the chapters in this monograph. The editor states in chap- ter one that “There are still many early library women to identify and study, in- cluding women of different races and ethnicities and lesbian women.” But one can hardly find fault with this effort. It also is argued that the burgeoning field of women’s history in librarianship should do more than tell stories of sex- ism and oppression. Instead, writes Geraldine Joncich Clifford, “in order to advance the historiography of librar- ianship beyond the herstory phase of feminist scholarship, it is necessary to do more than introduce female con- tributors into the saga. Rather, the ideo- logical foundations and structural op- erations of differentiated gendered ex- perience also need to be revealed and explained.” Which is just what part two aims to do—rescue women from the margins to which conventional histories have as- signed them. It contains articles, from four women librarians, that grapple with misperceptions and lack of awareness inherent in HIStory, by considering the experiences and institutional status of women. Clearly, the need exists for more studies of this kind, especially re- search that compares the experiences of men and women librarians. This is an essential book, one that will be of enduring value to students, re- searchers, and anyone interested in a fuller, richer understanding of library history. There is a detailed subject in- dex and a delightful cited author index. Also, I am pleased that placement of the notes is at the end of each chapter. One minor flaw is the small print, which detracts from the book’s readability. Nevertheless, I wish the widest possible readership for such a good work.— Gladys Smiley Bell, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. Reed-Scott, Jutta, principal author. Schol- arship, Research Libraries, and Global Index to advertisers ACRL 394 BIOSIS 309 Blackwell’s cover 3 Brooklyn College 354 Information Quest 296 Library Technologies 322 OCLC 291 Primary Source Media 292 Readmore 337 R.R. 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