College and Research Libraries


T h e L o c a l His-

East tory and Genealogy 

Reference Section of 

the L i b r a r y of Congress has acquired an 

eight-volume typewritten index of mar-

riages reported in the Massachusetts Cen-

tinel and the Columbian Centinel f r o m 

M a r c h 24, 1784, to A p r i l 29, 1840. T h e 

value of the list lies in the fact that the 

Centinel copied marriage records from all 

newspapers received in exchange f r o m 

various parts of the country, including 

many f r o m the South and W e s t . T h e 

list was compiled w i t h W . P . A . aid by the 

A m e r i c a n A n t i q u a r i a n Society and in-

cludes about eighty thousand names. 

A n excellent collection of the w o r k s of 

W a s h i n g t o n I r v i n g has been given to the 

University of Rochester L i b r a r y by M r s . 

C . Schuyler D a v i s of Rochester. T h e 

g i f t consists of about seventy-five titles, 

most important of w h i c h is a complete set 

of the first edition parts of the Sketch 

Book. W i t h f e w exceptions, the run of 

I r v i n g firsts is complete. A n I r v i n g letter 

is also in the collection. 

M r s . C h a r l e s H o e i n g of Rochester has 

given the library of the U n i v e r s i t y of 

Rochester a fund f r o m w h i c h first editions 

of eighteenth century English authors are 

being purchased. D r y d e n , Pope, G a y , 

S w i f t , and D e f o e items are the specialties 

which have been acquired, together w i t h 

other material of significance to the liter-

ary history of the period. John R . Russell 

is librarian of the U n i v e r s i t y of Rochester. 

T h e F r a n k l i n D . Roosevelt L i b r a r y at 

H y d e P a r k has recently received the cor-

respondence of President Roosevelt cover-

ing his activities as a leader in N e w Y o r k 

State politics d u r i n g the years 1913-20. 

O t h e r papers received include a diary cov-

ering the first three years of his service as 

Assistant Secretary of the N a v y , 1 9 1 3 - 1 6 . 

News from 
A m o n g the new collection of papers of 

G e n e r a l W i l l i a m T e c u m s e h Sherman pre-

sented to the L i b r a r y of Congress by Elea-

nor Sherman Fitch, of N e w Y o r k C i t y , 

granddaughter of G e n e r a l Sherman, are a 

d r a f t largely in G e n e r a l Sherman's o w n 

hand of his Memoirs and a group of copies 

of letters w r i t t e n by G e n e r a l Sherman to 

other military leaders during the memor-

able march f r o m Tennessee through G e o r -

gia and the Carolinas, 1862-65. A l s o 

included are more than eighty letters from 

G e n e r a l G r a n t to G e n e r a l Sherman, most 

of them autograph letters, signed, contin-

uing f a r beyond the w a r period through 

G r a n t ' s presidency. 

Since M a y 1942 the L i b r a r y of C o n -

gress has been issuing in mimeographed 

form a Monthly Public Information Bul-

letin. I t contains notes about exhibits, 

important acquisitions, library publica-

tions, library schedules, and other infor-

mation of interest to the public. Copies 

of the Bulletin may be obtained free upon 

application to the Publications Office of 

the L i b r a r y of Congress. 

A library of t w o thousand volumes and 

more than four thousand unbound books 

and pamphlets dealing w i t h significant so-

cial legislation of the past f i f t y years in 

the U n i t e d States, P u e r t o Rico, and G r e a t 

Britain has been given to the C o l u m b i a 

U n i v e r s i t y Libraries, C . C . W i l l i a m s o n , 

director, by Samuel M c C u n e Lindsay, 

professor emeritus of social legislation. 

Unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, 

and reports are also included in the col-

lection, w h i c h relates to the official and 

unofficial activities of Professor Lindsay 

during half a century of teaching, re-

search, and public service. 

84 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



the Field 
A Netherlands studies unit has been 

established in the L i b r a r y of Congress 

under the auspices of the Foundation for 

Netherlands-American C u l t u r a l Activities 

of N e w Y o r k C i t y . T h e new project w i l l 

prepare special bibliographies and w i l l act 

in a consultant capacity, surveying the li-

brary's collections and answering difficult 

inquiries in this field. D r . Bartholomew 

Landheer, of the Netherlands Information 

Bureau, N e w Y o r k , has been appointed 

director. 

T h e A t l a n t a Jun-

South ior M e m b e r s have 

compiled a Georgia 

Authors' Bibliography, 1900 to J940, 

which includes books w r i t t e n by Georgians 

during this period. I t is mimeographed 

and copies may be secured f r o m T e r e s a W . 

Atkinson, Insurance L i b r a r y Association, 

534 H u r t Building, A t l a n t a . 

T h e Presbyterian C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , W i l -

lard Jones, librarian, has been completed 

and is now occupied. It was constructed 

as a W . P . A . project costing $130,000 and 

is owned jointly by the city of C l i n t o n , 

S . C . , and the college. It has a book 

capacity of one hundred thousand volumes. 

T h e C a r r i e r M e -

Middle West m o r i a l B u i l d i n g 

which houses the 

C a r r o l l C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , W a u k e s h a , W i s . , 

w a s dedicated on M a y 17 w i t h C a r l M . 

W h i t e , University of Illinois L i b r a r y , 

as the speaker. It is modern in design and 

w i l l house seventy-five thousand volumes. 

H a n n a Elsa K r u e g e r is acting librarian. 

T h e informal Conference of C o l o r a d o 

C o l l e g e Librarians has now completed t w o 

of its projects and has a preliminary re-

port on the third. T h e completed projects 

a r e : ( 1 ) A compilation of all periodicals 

currently received by the various Colo-

rado college libraries; ( 2 ) A list of the 

course offerings of the various institutions 

by subject field, which has been rechecked 

by all the institutions and which w i l l be 

turned over to the Association of C o l l e g e 

Presidents in the near future. A pre-

liminary fifty-two-page report on coopera-

tive cataloging has been prepared and w i l l 

constitute the basis for the discussion of 

the conference this year. 

T h e C h a p m a n M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y of 

M i l w a u k e e - D o w n e r College has received 

a g i f t of four thousand volumes f r o m M r s . 

G . E . W h i t e , of M i l w a u k e e . T h e col-

lection is particularly rich in books of art, 

travel, and Shakespeareana. M a u d e 

M i t c h e l l is librarian. 

T h e U n i o n C a t a l o g of A r t Books in 

Chicago, in process of compilation since 

A u g u s t 1940, n o w offers assistance in lo-

cating books in the fields of art, archaeol-

ogy, book arts, landscape architecture, 

numismatics, etc. I t contains some f i f t y 

thousand main entries, representing the 

art material in the A r t Institute of Chi-

cago ( R y e r s o n and B u r n h a m ) , C h i c a g o 

Public, Field M u s e u m , John C r e r a r , 

N e w b e r r y , and University of C h i c a g o li-

braries. 

T h e catalog, sponsored by the D e p a r t -

ment of A r t of the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o 

and housed in the art building on the 

university campus, was assisted by a grant 

from the Carnegie Corporation of N e w 

Y o r k to provide an editor for three years 

and by the C h i c a g o P u b l i c L i b r a r y 

( W . P . A . ) O m n i b u s P r o j e c t which sup-

plied a number of workers. T h e editor, 

R u t h E . Schoneman, w i l l be glad to an-

swer inquiries. 

DECEMBER, 1942 85 



T h e R o c k y 

W est M o u n t a i n Screen 

C l u b has presented 

an endowment of five thousand dollars 

for a library of M o t i o n Picture A r t s and 

Sciences to be housed in the M a r y Reed 

L i b r a r y . T h e principal books and jour-

nals in the field w i l l be bought, together 

w i t h stills, programs, and other miscel-

laneous items. 

T h e library of the G r a d u a t e School of 

Business, S t a n f o r d University, has re-

ceived as a g i f t the m a j o r portion of the 

account books, minute books, and cor-

respondence of the Pacific Improvement 

C o m p a n y and its subsidiaries. T h e col-

lection consists of 2 7 9 ledgers, journals, 

and minute books, 42 transfer cases of 

correspondence, and 150 drawers of vouch-

ers. T h e period covered is f r o m 1868 to 

1925. T h e Pacific Improvement C o m -

pany is the successor to t w o earlier com-

panies formed by Stanford, H u n t i n g t o n , 

Hopkins, and C r o c k e r : the construction 

and finance company w h i c h built the C e n -

tral Pacific and the W e s t e r n Develop-

ment C o m p a n y w h i c h was organized to 

construct the Southern Pacific Railroad. 

L o i s E . Engle-

Personnel man, f o r m e r l y li-

brarian of Frances 

Shimer C o l l e g e , M o u n t C a r r o l l , 111., has 

been appointed librarian of C o l b y Junior 

College, N e w L o n d o n , N . H . , to succeed 

M r s . M i l d r e d Peterson M c K a y , w h o has 

joined the staff of the Springfield, M a s s . , 

C i t y L i b r a r y Association. 

M a r s h a l l S t e w a r t , for the past t w o 

years in charge of the W . P . A . library 

project in Tennessee, has been appointed 

librarian of the State T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e in 

Memphis. 

James T . R u b e y , assistant professor, 

School of L i b r a r y Science, Simmons C o l -

lege, has been given leave of absence for 

the school year 1942-43 to accept the posi-

tion of supervisor of training of the H o o d 

Rubber Company, the footwear division 

of the B . F . G o o d r i c h C o m p a n y , W a t e r -

town, M a s s . 

L e o t a Johns, formerly librarian of the 

Consumer Education L i b r a r y of Stephens 

College, has been appointed librarian of 

the general library and assistant coordi-

nator. B . L a m a r Johnson continues as 

librarian and dean of instruction. 

W i l l i a m H . Carlson, for several years 

librarian of the University of A r i z o n a , 

was appointed associate librarian of the 

U n i v e r s i t y of W a s h i n g t o n , Seattle, ef-

fective A u g u s t 15, 1942. Frederick 

C r o m w e l l , assistant librarian of the U n i -

versity of A r i z o n a , T u c s o n , is now acting 

librarian. 

L e r o y C . M e r r i t t has been appointed 

librarian and associate professor of library 

science at V i r g i n i a State T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , 

F a r m v i l l e . 

D a v i d J o l l y , librarian of the U n i v e r -

sity of N e w Hampshire f r o m 1940-42, 

became librarian of H a m p t o n Institute, 

H a m p t o n , V a . , on September 1. 

T h e l m a Brackett, for several years 

librarian of the N e w Hampshire State 

L i b r a r y , is the new librarian of the U n i -

versity of N e w Hampshire. 

O d e l l a N a t i o n , librarian of the Kansas 

State T e a c h e r s College, Pittsburg, f r o m 

1903-42, retired as librarian in June. 

R a l p h A . F r i t z , professor of education, 

succeeded M i s s N a t i o n as librarian. 

G u y R . L y l e , librarian of the W o m a n ' s 

C o l l e g e , U n i v e r s i t y of N o r t h C a r o l i n a , 

has been granted a leave of absence to 

accept a position for the year 1942-43 in 

the University of Illinois L i b r a r y School 

as assistant professor of library science. 

86 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



The Encyclopaedia of Sports, 
Games, and Recreations 

T \ U E TO T H E P R E S E N T W O R L D c o n d i -

^ tions, active w o r k on the proposed 

Encyclopaedia of Sports, Games, and 

Recreations is being suspended. A c t i o n 

to this effect was taken at the M i l w a u k e e 

meeting of the Board of Directors of the 

Association of C o l l e g e and Reference L i -

braries, on the recommendation of the en-

cyclopaedia committee. T h i s action has 

the unofficial approval of the A m e r i c a n 

Association for H e a l t h , Physical Educa-

tion, and Recreation, the cosponsors. 

W h i l e completion of the plans for this 

project are thus postponed, it in no sense 

means that the project w i l l be dropped. 

T h e committee is being kept intact w i t h 

the definite purpose of maintaining the 

organizational setup so that progress may 

continue at the earliest possible favorable 

moment. 

T h e status of the project at the time it 

w e n t on the inactive list w a s this: Pre-

liminary plans, including a tentative 

budget, estimate of length, details of edi-

torial supervision, and an outline of scope 

and procedure were in the hands of the 

f u l l joint committee at the time of P e a r l 

H a r b o r . Before replies and criticisms 

w e r e returned to the general chairman 

for consolidation, events took place that 

made material changes necessary. It is 

hardly necessary to add that rising prices 

# 

and priorities—both as to materials and 

personnel—made it desirable if not neces-

sary to delay final plans. T h e whole-

hearted support that this project demands 

and which it had had previous to Pearl 

H a r b o r , is for obvious reasons not present 

today. 

W h i l e w e regret our inability to pro-

ceed at this time, w e feel that the project 

is w o r t h y of the best and therefore w o r t h y 

of delay. T h e general chairman and 

others of the joint committee w i l l devote 

such time and effort as w a r conditions 

permit to perfecting the plans and w o r k -

ing out kinks of procedure w i t h the view 

to having the final plans ready soon after 

peace is obtained. It is believed that the 

need for an Encyclopaedia of Sports, 

Games, and Recreations w i l l be even 

greater w h e n the w a r is over. Interest 

and participation in these activities, as 

after the last w a r , is expected to increase 

materially. 

Persons desiring more complete details 

regarding the project or w h o have sugges-

tions or criticisms to offer are encouraged 

to communicate w i t h the undersigned. 

W I L S O N M . R A N C K , 

General Chairman 

Encyclopaedia of Sports, 

Games, and Recreations 

DECEMBER, 1942 87 



Association of College and 
Reference Libraries 
Publications Committee 

TH E P U B L I C A T I O N S C O M M I T T E E o f t h e A . C . R . L . , appointed by President 
C o n e y , consists of the chairman, a repre-

sentative f r o m each of the six sections of 

the A . C . R . L . , and the editor of College 

and Research Libraries ex officio. T h e 

representative of the A . C . R . L . on the 

A . L . A . Editorial Committee is also an 

ex officio member of the publications com-

mittee. A t present he is a member of the 

U n i v e r s i t y Libraries Section. 

T h e committee wishes to emphasize at 

the outset that it does not contemplate an 

elaborate program of publication planning. 

If the times w e r e normal, it might prop-

erly begin its activity by circularizing a 

select group of the membership f o r an 

opinion regarding fundamental needs in 

publication. T h i s in itself is not a diffi-

cult or expensive task but w i t h o u t an in-

tensive follow-up, w o r k may have a w a y 

of becoming buried in the chairman's files. 

Furthermore, if the committee w e r e to em-

bark on an extended program of initiating 

publications and research now it w o u l d 

probably have to find funds f r o m some 

external source. Such funds as are n o w 

available f r o m internal sources should be 

devoted to the support and development 

of College and Research Libraries. T h i s 

is not to say that the committee is opposed 

to individual or organized research at this 

time. T h e r e is opportunity in a number 

of fields of the Association's activities for 

individual research and publication and 

there are also many desirable publication 

projects beyond individual resources which 

must necessarily be planned and carried 

out w i t h the help of adequately equipped 

and financed organizations. Since this is 

true, it w o u l d seem that the publications 

committee, representing all sections of the 

Association, w o u l d be the logical body to 

aid in planning and c a r r y i n g out coopera-

tive projects. 

F o r a trial period, at least, the commit-

tee feels that its immediate task is to con-

sider projects or publications that may be 

presented to it, either by individuals or 

organized groups of the A . C . R . L . , and to 

report such publications w i t h its recom-

mendations to the A . L . A . Editorial C o m -

mittee. A cordial invitation is extended 

to all members of the Association to com-

ment on proposals w h i c h should be under-

taken or on projects n o w under w a y . 

T h e committee w i l l normally meet once 

a year at the annual conference to discuss 

projects or publications w h i c h have been 

presented to it. I t is understood, of 

course, that much of the committee's plan-

ning activity, consideration of outlines, 

manuscripts, etc., w i l l likely be done by 

mail and that decisions w i l l not have to 

a w a i t a f u l l meeting of the committee at 

midwinter or annual conferences. 

R U T H B I R D 

E T H E L M . F E A G L E Y 

A R D I S L O D G E 

W H A R T O N M I L L E R 

C L A R E N C E S . P A I N E 

R A L P H R . S H A W 

C A R L M . W H I T E 

G U Y R . L Y L E , Chairman 

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MJNUTES OF THE M E E T I N G OF T H E 

A.C.R.L. B O A R D OF D I R E C T O R S 

A T M I L W A U K E E . 

T h e members of the Board of Directors 
met at luncheon in Parlor B of the Schroeder 
Hotel on June 23. T h e directors present 
were President Donald Coney, Vice Presi-
dent Mabel L . Conat, Past-President Rob-
ert B. Downs, Secretary Benjamin E. 
Powell, A . C . R . L . Directors Etheldred A b -
bot and Winifred V e r Nooy, Section Direc-
tors: Fina C . O t t , College Libraries, Lois E. 
Engleman, Junior College Libraries, M a r y 
Floyd, Libraries of Teacher-Training Insti-
tutions, and Robert A . Miller, University 
Libraries. Section chairmen present w e r e : 
Lucia Haley, Agricultural Libraries ( T h e 
Agricultural Libraries Section meeting was 
held on Monday, June 22), Anna M . T a r r , 
College Libraries, Maysel O ' H . Baker, 
Junior College Libraries, Charles V . Park, 
Libraries of Teacher-Training Institutions, 
Fanny A . Coldren, Reference Librarians, 
and Harold L . Leupp, University Libraries. 
Others present by invitation were Charles 
F. McCombs, A . C . R . L . representative on 
the A . L . A . Council; Ralph E. Ellsworth, 
chairman of A . C . R . L . Committee on College 
and University Library Buildings; Samuel 
W . McAllister, chairman, A . C . R . L . Com-
mittee on Constitution and B y - L a w s ; 
Thomas P. Fleming, A . L . A . Committee on 
Importations; Wilson M . Ranck, chairman 
of Committee on Encyclopaedia of Sports 
and G a m e s ; C a r l M . White, editor in chief, 
College and Research Libraries. 

In view of publication in the June 1942 
number of College and Research Libraries, 
the minutes of the last meeting were not 
read but approved as published. 

Thomas P. Fleming, of the A . L . A . Com-
mittee on Importations, reported on the 
status of foreign importations and especially 
on the work of the joint committee. Axis 
publications held by the British in Bermuda 
have been released and await transportation 
to this country, where they must be passed 
by the State Department before being re-
leased to subscribers. T h e joint committee 

has prepared its report to libraries seeking 
to secure through it certain Axis technical 
journals and is ready to inform these li-
braries of their share in the $250,000 per-
mitted by the State Department to be spent 
in A x i s countries. M r . Fleming reported 
that payment must be made in Swiss francs, 
which at present are 30 per cent higher than 
normal. Some discussion followed this re-
port. 

Ralph E. Ellsworth gave a brief report on 
the work and plans of the A . C . R . L . Com-
mittee on College and University Library 
Buildings. 

Wilson M . Ranck next reported the 
progress his committee had made on the 
Encyclopaedia of Sports and Games. He 
was authorized to prepare a similar state-
ment for publication in physical education 
and library journals. T h e committee was 
continued. 

T h e chairman of the A . C . R . L . Committee 
on Constitution and By-Laws, Samuel W . 
McAllister, presented a proposed amend-
ment to the By-Laws of A . C . R . L . as fol-
lows : 

Article V. Chapters 
State, regional, or local chapters of the 

Association of College and Reference Li-
braries may be established by the Board of 
Directors on the petition of twenty mem-
bers of the Association of College and Refer-
ence Libraries resident in the territory within 
which the chapter is desired and according 
to the following regulations: 

( 1 ) Each chapter may establish its own 
constitution and by-laws. 

(2) Chapters may be discontinued by 
authorization of the Board of Directors of 
the Association of College and Reference 
Libraries. 

(3) A t least one meeting shall be held 
each year. 

(4) Each chapter shall send a report of 
its meetings to the Secretary of the Associa-
tion of College and Reference Libraries at 

DECEMBER, 1942 89 



least two months before the annual confer-
ence of the American Library Association. 

Article VI. Vacancies 

(Number of the article changed from V 
to V I . ) 

Article VII. Years 
(Number of the article changed from V I 

to V I I . ) 

Article VIII. Rules of Order 
(Number of the article changed from V I I 

to V I I I . ) 

A f t e r discussion, it was 
VOTED to strike out "twenty" in the first 

paragraph and substitute "a sufficient num-
ber of." 

A f t e r more discussion, it was 
VOTED to strike out "authorization" in 

item (2) and substitute "action." 
T h e amendment was approved in this 

form for presentation at the general session. 
It was the feeling of the board that chapters 
might levy and collect local dues. 

Chairman McAllister next presented a 
proposed amendment to the Constitution of 
A . C . R . L . as follows: 

Article VI. Board of Directors. 
Section 2. Members. 

T h e board shall consist of the president, 
vice president, retiring president, secretary, 
treasurer, three directors-at-large, the di-
rectors elected by sections, A N D T H E A S -
S O C I A T I O N R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S O N 
T H E A M E R I C A N L I B R A R Y A S S O -
C I A T I O N C O U N C I L W H O A R E 
S E R V I N G T H E L A S T Y E A R O F 
T H E I R T E R M S . 1 T h e chief officer (or, 
in his absence, the vice chief officer or the 
retiring chief officer, in this order) of each 
section is an ex officio member without vote. 

T h e Board of Directors indicated its ap-
proval of the proposed amendment and 
recommended that it be presented at the 
general session for vote of the membership 
of A . C . R . L . 

In the absence of the Treasurer, the fol-
lowing financial report was read by the 
President: 

1 T h e text in capital letters above is the proposed 
change in the Constitution and B y - L a w s . 

Period 
1942 Jan. 1-

Iticome Budget June 16 

Balance Jan. 1, 1942 $1532.69 $1532.69 
Allotment from A . L . A . 1500.00 1566.20 
Additional section choice 25.00 2.00 
East Lansing State 

Bank—Liquidation 
dividend 70.00 

T o t a l s $3057.69 $3170.* 

Expenditures 
College and Research 

Libraries $ 800.00 $ 400.00 
Sectional expenses (500.00) 

Agricultural Libraries 50.00 
College Libraries 50.00 
Junior College Li-

braries 62.00 
Reference Librarians 85.00 
Teacher-Training In-

stitutions Libraries 70.00 13.50 
University Libraries 75-00 
Unallocated balance 108.00 

Committee expenses (300.00) 
Budget, etc. 100.00 
Encyclopaedia of Sports 50.00 6.28 
Other committees 150.00 27.932 

Officers' expense (300.00) 
President 75-0O 21.37 
Secretary 150.00 70.98 
T r e a s u r e r 75-00 3.19 

T o t a l s 
Unallocated balance 

Cash balance, June 16, 
1942 

$1900.00 $ 543-25 
1157.69 io.oo3 

$ 553-25 

$2617.64 

C a r l M . White, editor in chief of College 
and Research Libraries, asked whether the 
Board of Directors would be willing to 
allocate an additional $150 to permit a 
ninety-six-page September issue of the jour-
nal instead of an eighty-page one. It was 

2 Periodical exchange $18.31 
Joint meeting with Cataloging and Classi-

fication D i v i s i o n — S t e n o g r a p h e r 9.62 

$ 2 7 . 9 3 
3 Council of National L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n s — 

Contribution to expenses $10.00 

90 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



moved and seconded that an additional $150 
be allocated. Upon motion, it was 

VOTED that the motion be tabled. 
Consideration was next turned to the mat-

ter of increasing permanently A . C . R . L . ' s 
support of College and Research Libraries. 
A f t e r discussion, it was moved that the 
President be authorized to use up to $1000 
for the support of the journal and given dis-
cretion to utilize the full amount needed as 
conditions warrant. T h e motion then was 
revised to read, $1200. 

A substitute motion that A . C . R . L . take 
over the entire cost of College and Research 
Libraries was made. A f t e r further discus-
sion, it was 

VOTED that beginning January I, 1943, 
A . C . R . L . should take over the entire cost 
of publishing College and Research Li-
braries. 

T h e board agreed that John S. Richards, 
who recently transferred from the Univer-
sity of Washington to the librarianship of 
the Seattle Public Library, should continue 
to serve as an A . C . R . L . representative on 
the A . L . A . Council. 

A petition for an A . C . R . L . section of 
Engineering School Libraries was received 
from Harold Lancour, chairman of the or-
ganizing committee for the group. T h e pe-
tition was signed by twenty-five members of 
A . C . R . L . It was 

VOTED to accept the group as a section 
and the Secretary was authorized to so 
notify M r . Lancour. 

O n December 28, 1940, the Board of 
Directors voted to "admit to A . C . R . L . , 
A . L . A . life members joining prior to 1939 
and institutional members without charge 
or allotment in 1941." A t subsequent meet-
ings of the board this decision was renewed. 
A f t e r brief discussion it was, upon motion 

VOTED to continue this decision for the 
present (1942) and to appoint a committee 
to study the matter and bring recommenda-
tions to the board relative to the permanent 
status of A . L . A . life and institutional mem-
bers in A . C . R . L . 

It was the consensus of the board that J. 
Periam Danton and Charles F. McCombs, 
A . C . R . L . representatives on the A . L . A . 
Council, who were drawn for one-year 
terms last December by the Committee on 
Council Terms, should continue in office 
until successors are elected in 1943. ( T h i s 
action is, of course, subject to the approval 
of A . L . A . ) It was suggested that in order 
to keep the terms in line, the successors to 
Danton and McCombs be elected for three-
year terms or, if the election is for a four-
year term, it should be retroactive to June 
1942. 

Upon motion, the meeting adjourned at 
3 : 3 0 P.M. 

G E N E R A L SESSIONS BUSINESS M E E T I N G 

Arena, Auditorium, Milwaukee 

June 23, 1942. 8:30 P.M. 

President Donald Coney introduced Her-
bert A . Kellar, of the McCormick Library, 
in Chicago, who spoke on "American Refer-
ence Libraries in the Postwar Era." T h e 
second speaker was Robert W . M c E w e n , 
librarian, Carleton College, Northfield, 
Minn. M r . M c E w e n spoke on "American 
College Libraries in the Postwar Era." 

Chairman McAllister, of the Committee 
on Constitution and By-Laws, was intro-
duced and presented the following amend-
ment to the By-Laws of A . C . R . L . providing 
for the establishment of A . C . R . L . chapters: 

Article V. Chapters 

State, regional, or local chapters of the 
Association of College and Reference Li-
braries may be established by the Board of 
Directors on the petition of a sufficient 
number of members of the Association of 
College and Reference Libraries resident in 
the territory within which the chapter is 
desired and according to the following regu-
lations : 

( 1 ) Each chapter may establish its own 
constitution and by-laws. 

(2) Chapters may be discontinued by ac-

DECEMBER, 1942 91 



tion of the Board of Directors of the Asso-
ciation of College and Reference Libraries. 

(3) A t least one meeting shall be held 
each year. 

(4) Each chapter shall send a report of 
its meetings to the Secretary of the Associa-
tion of College and Reference Libraries at 
least two months before the annual confer-
ence of the American Library Association. 

Article VI. Vacancies 

(Number of the article changed from V 
to V I . ) 

Article VII. Years 

(Number of the article changed from V I 
to V I I . ) 

Article VIII. Rules of Order 

(Number of the article changed from V I I 
to V I I I . ) 

T h e amendment was approved by the 
membership (Article I X , Section I of the 
B y - L a w s provides that the B y - L a w s may be 
adopted, suspended, or amended by a ma-
jority vote of the members of the Association 
present at any general session of any annual 
conference, upon a written recommendation 
of the committee on Constitution and By-
L a w s appointed by the President). 

T h e proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tion of A . C . R . L . was next read by Chairman 
M c A l l i s t e r : 

Article VI. Board of Directors. 
Section 2. Members. 

T h e board shall consist of the president, 
vice president, retiring president, secretary, 
treasurer, three directors-at-large, the direc-
tors elected by sections, A N D T H E A S S O -
C I A T I O N R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S O N 
T H E A M E R I C A N L I B R A R Y A S S O C I -
A T I O N C O U N C I L W H O A R E S E R V -
I N G T H E L A S T Y E A R O F T H E I R 
T E R M S . 4 T h e chief officer (or, in his 
absence, the vice chief officer or the retiring 
chief officer, in this order) of each section 
is an ex officio member without vote. 

It was approved by the membership and, 
as required in Article X , Section 1, of the 
Constitution, will be presented at the next 
annual conference for final approval. 

T h e Secretary reported the election of 
officers for 1942-43 as follows: 

President (one-year term) : M a b e l L . 
Conat, reference librarian, Detroit Public 
Library, Detroit. 

Vice President (one-year term) : Charles 
B. Shaw, librarian, Swarthmore College Li-
brary, Swarthmore, Pa. 

General Director (three-year term) : 
Willis H . Kerr, director, Claremont College 
Libraries, Claremont, Calif. 

BENJAMIN E . POWELL, Secretary 

4 T h e text in capital letters above is the proposed 
change in the Constitution and B y - L a w s . 

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M I N U T E S O F THE MEETINGS O F 

THE SECTIONS OF A.C.R.L. 

AGRICULTURAL LIBRARIES SECTION 

Business Session, June 22, 1942 

Dorothy M . Reuss, Ohio State Univer-
sity Library, reported as chairman of the 
Committee on a Clearing House for Dupli-
cate Public Documents that a questionnaire 
had been sent to the thirty-six libraries rep-
resented in the section asking if they would 
be interested in cooperating in the docu-
ments exchange plan under consideration by 
the committee. So few affirmative replies 
were received, it was recommended that the 
plan be delayed for the present. T h e recom-
mendation was adopted. 

Louise O . Bercaw, chairman of the Com-
mittee on Cooperative Bibliographical Aid, 
said that little work had been done by the 
committee during the year and recommended 
that it be discontinued. T h e recommenda-
tion was adopted. 

Eugene H . Wilson, Iowa State College, 
announced that the recommendations of the 
Committee to Continue the Study of Dupli-
cation of Agricultural Experiment Station 
Publications had been submitted to the Com-

mittee on Experiment Station Organization 
and Policy of the Association of Land-Grant 
Colleges and Universities. T h e recom-
mendations were discussed by experiment 
station directors during the Land-Grant As-
sociation meeting in Chicago last Novem-
ber, and they agreed that the policies should 
be adopted insofar as they were in line 
with the policies of the institutions con-
cerned. 

T h e election of officers by a mail ballot 
was made the policy of the section. T h e fol-
lowing officers were elected for 1942-43: 

Chairman: Lucia Haley, Oregon State 
College Library, Corvallis. 

Secretary: Emily L . Day, U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture Library, Washington, 
D . C . 

Director: Janice Stewart Brown, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture Library, W a s h -
ington, D . C . 

E M I L Y L . D A Y , Secretary 

COLLEGE LIBRARIES SECTION 

Business Session, June 23, 1942 

Prior to the program, a short business 
meeting was held in Room 100, Science 
Building, Marquette University. In the 
absence of Secretary Foster E. Mohrhardt, 
Washington and Lee University, Chairman 
Anna M . T a r r , Lawrence College, ap-
pointed Hanna Elsa Krueger, Carroll Col-
lege, acting secretary. Miss T a r r announced 

that there were 537 members of the section. 
Officers for 1942-43 were elected as fol-

lows : 
Chairman: Julian S. Fowler, Oberlin Col-

lege Library, Oberlin, O . 
Secretary: Nellie M . Homes, Beloit Col-

lege Library, Beloit, W i s . 
H A N N A ELSA KRUEGER, Acting Secretary 

JUNIOR COLLEGE LIBRARIES SECTION 

Business Session, June 25, 1942 

Following the afternoon program in Room 
100, Science Building, Marquette University, 
a short business meeting was held. Maysel 
O ' H . Baker, retiring chairman, announced 
that there were 105 members of the section. 

Following a policy established in the sec-
tion last year, the secretary succeeds the 
chairman as director of the affairs of the sec-

tion. T h e officers for 1942-43 are: 
Chairman: W a v e L . Noggle, Virginia 

Junior College Library, Virginia, Minn. 
Secretary: M a r y H . Clay, Junior College 

Division Library, Louisiana State Univer-
sity, Monroe. 

W A V E L . NOGGLE, Secretary 

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REFERENCE LIBRARIANS SECTION 

Business Session, June 23, 1942 

T h e section met in the Museum Lecture 
H a l l of the Milwaukee Public Library at 
2:30 P.M. Following the program the of-
ficers for 1942-43 were elected as follows: 

Chairman: M a r y N . Barton, Enoch Pratt 

Free Library, Baltimore. 
Secretary: Jack Dalton, Alderman Li-

brary, University of Virginia, Charlottes-
ville. 

E D N A J . G R A U M A N , Secretary 

LIBRARIES OF TEACHER-TRAINING INSTITUTIONS SECTION 

Business Session, June 25, 1942 

A breakfast meeting at the Schroeder 
Hotel was given over to the business affairs 
of the section. In the absence of Secretary 
Frances G . Hepinstall, State Teachers Col-
lege, Buffalo, Lyndal Swofford, Western 
Illinois State Teachers College, Macomb, 
was appointed acting secretary. 

Chairman Charles V . Park, Michigan 
Central State Teachers College, urged li-
brarians of teacher-training institutions 
belonging to the American Library Associa-
tion to designate the Association of College 
and Reference Libraries as their division and 
the Libraries of Teacher-Training Institu-
tions as their section when paying dues. He 

announced that during 1941-42 a " W h o ' s 
W h o " of members of the section was com-
piled and has already been found serviceable. 
Upon motion, the section voted to provide 
some continuity of officers by having the sec-
retary succeed the chairman each year as 
the presiding officer of the section. 

T h e following officers for 1942-43 were 
elected: 

Chairman: Eleanor W . Welch, Illinois 
State Normal University Library, Normal. 

Secretary: Barcus Tichenor, Ball State 
Teachers College Library, Muncie, Ind. 

L Y N D A L SWOFFORD, Acting Secretary 

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES SECTION 

Business Session, June 24, 1942 

A short business meeting was held fol-
lowing the program in the Arena of the 
Municipal Auditorium, at which time the 
following officers were elected for 1942-43: 

Chairman: John J. Lund, Duke Univer-
sity Library, Durham, N . C . 

Secretary: Harry Clemons, Alderman Li-
brary, University of Virginia, Charlottes-
ville. 

Director: Charles E. Rush, University of 
North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. 

W I N I F R E D V E R NOOY, Secretary 

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A.C.R.L. Committees 1942-43 
S T A N D I N G C O M M I T T E E S 

1. Com?nittee on Budget, Compensation, and Schemes of Service. (Subcommittee, 

A . L . A . Board on Salaries, Staff, and T e n u r e ) 

L o u i s S. Shores, director of library school, G e o r g e Peabody College for T e a c h e r s , 

N a s h v i l l e , T e n n . Chairman. 

M a r y V i c k Burney, librarian, University of Tennessee Junior College, M a r t i n . 

R a l p h M . D u n b a r , chief, L i b r a r y Service Division, U . S . Office of Education. 

F l o r a B . L u d i n g t o n , librarian, W i l l i s t o n M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y , M o u n t Holyoke 

College, South H a d l e y , M a s s . 

P a u l N o r t h Rice, chief, Reference Department, N e w Y o r k Public L i b r a r y . 

John S. Richards, librarian, Seattle Public L i b r a r y , Seattle. 

F r e m o n t Rider, librarian, O l i n L i b r a r y , W e s l e y a n University, M i d d l e t o w n , C o n n . 

Eugene H . W i l s o n , assistant librarian, I o w a State College L i b r a r y , A m e s . 

2. Committee on College and University Library Buildings. (Subcommittee, A . L . A . 

Committee on L i b r a r y Architecture and B u i l d i n g P l a n n i n g ) 

R a l p h E . E l l s w o r t h , director of libraries, University of Colorado, Boulder. 

Chairman. 

Francis L . D . Goodrich, librarian, College of the C i t y of N e w Y o r k . 

E d n a R u t h H a n l e y , librarian, A g n e s Scott College, D e c a t u r , G a . 

E d w a r d A . H e n r y , director of libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati. 

W i l l i a m H . Jesse, assistant director, University of Nebraska Libraries, Lincoln. 

Richard Logsdon, librarian, M a d i s o n College, Harrisonburg, V a . 

Blanche P . M c C r u m , librarian, W e l l e s l e y C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , W e l l e s l e y , M a s s . 

F r a n k K . W a l t e r , librarian, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 

3. Committee on Constitution and By-Laws 

Samuel W . M c A l l i s t e r , associate librarian, General L i b r a r y , University of M i c h i -

gan, A n n A r b o r . Chairman. 

M a r y H . C l a y , librarian, Junior College Division L i b r a r y , Louisiana State U n i -

versity, M o n r o e . 

E m i l y G a r n e t t , chief, Reference Department, Public L i b r a r y , W h i t e Plains, N . Y . 

G u d r u n M . Hoidahl, assistant librarian, State N o r m a l School L i b r a r y , Fredonia, 

N . Y . 

Edmon L o w , librarian, O k l a h o m a State A g r i c u l t u r a l and Mechanical College, 

S t i l l w a t e r . 

4. Committee on Importations. (Joint Committee w i t h the A . L . A . ) 

T h o m a s P . Fleming, medical librarian, C o l l e g e of Physicians and Surgeons 

L i b r a r y , C o l u m b i a University, N e w Y o r k C i t y . Representative. 

5. Committee on Publications. 

G u y R . L y l e , librarian, W o m a n ' s C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , University of N o r t h Carolina, 

G r e e n boro. Chairman. 

R u t h Bird, assistant librarian, Junior C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , Kansas C i t y , M o . 

Ethel M . Feagley, associate librarian, T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , C o l u m b i a U n i -

versity, N e w Y o r k C i t y . 

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A r d i s L o d g e , 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 g e l e s L i b r a r y . 

W h a r t o n M i l l e r , director of libraries, Syracuse L i b r a r y , Syracuse, N . Y . 

Clarence S. Paine, librarian, Beloit C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , Beloit, W i s . 

R a l p h R . S h a w , librarian, U . S . D e p a r t m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e L i b r a r y . 

C a r l M . W h i t e , editor, College and Research Libraries, University of Illinois 

L i b r a r y , U r b a n a . Ex officio. 

S P E C I A L C O M M I T T E E S 

1. Committee to Apply to Certain Institutions a "Study of the Use of Books in the 

Different Courses of the College Curricula." 

Charles H . B r o w n , librarian, I o w a State C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , A m e s . Chairman. 

2. Committee to Consider with a Joint Committee from the American Association for 

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation the Project for the Publication of 

an Encyclopaedia of Sports and Games. 

W i l s o n M . R a n c k , librarian, H a c k l e y Public L i b r a r y , M u s k e g o n , M i c h . Chair-

man. 

D o r o t h y M . B l a c k , U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois L i b r a r y , U r b a n a . 

G l a d y s E . L o v e , P u b l i c L i b r a r y , Rochester, N . Y . 

G e o r g e Pettengill, P u b l i c L i b r a r y , Reading, P a . 

E l i z a b e t h Scott Richardson, U n i v e r s i t y of C o l o r a d o L i b r a r y , Boulder. 

3. Committee on Wartime Activities. 

Charles H . B r o w n , librarian, I o w a State C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , A m e s . Chairman. 

Lois E . Engleman, librarian, C o l b y Junior C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , N e w L o n d o n , N . H . 

Florence M . G i l f o r d , C l e v e l a n d Public L i b r a r y , C l e v e l a n d . 

M a r g i e M . H e l m , librarian, W e s t e r n K e n t u c k y State T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , B o w l i n g 

G r e e n . 

Clarence S. Paine, librarian, Beloit C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , Beloit, W i s . 

F r a n k K . W a l t e r , librarian, U n i v e r s i t y of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 

4. Subcommittee to A.L.A. Committee on Revenues. 

G . F l i n t P u r d y , librarian, W a y n e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , D e t r o i t . Chairman. 

W i l l i a m H . Carlson, associate librarian, U n i v e r s i t y of W a s h i n g t o n , Seattle. 

Ermine Stone, librarian, Sarah L a w r e n c e C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , B r o n x v i l l e , N . Y . 

5. Nominating Committee 

Blanche P . M c C r u m , librarian, W e l l e s l e y C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , W e l l e s l e y , M a s s . 

Chairman. 

M a r y F l o y d , librarian, Eastern K e n t u c k y State T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , Rich-

mond. 

B . L a m a r Johnson, librarian, Stephens C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , Columbia, M o . 

C h a r l e s F . M c C o m b s , superintendent, M a i n R e a d i n g Room, N e w Y o r k Public 

L i b r a r y , N e w Y o r k C i t y . 

Robert A . M i l l e r , director of libraries, Indiana U n i v e r s i t y , Bloomington. 

6. Committee on Periodicals Exchange Union. 

D o n a l d A . T h o m p s o n , acting director, U n i v e r s i t y of A l a b a m a L i b r a r y , U n i v e r -

sity. Chairman. 

O s c a r C . O r m a n , director of libraries, W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y , St. Louis. 

V i r g i n i a T r u m p e r , W o m a n ' s College, U n i v e r s i t y of N o r t h C a r o l i n a , Greensboro. 

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