LibraryAssociates FALL 2013 | ISSUE 108 NEWSLETTER

Screen shots from the new Library campaign video.

In This Issue Campaign for the Library As part of For Generations to Come: The Campaign for Georgetown, the Library 2 from the UNIVERSITY recently turned its cameras on itself and on the people who use our resources, to LIBRARIAN discover how our constituents see the Library’s role in the University community. Produced entirely inhouse by Library staff, with Library technology—the same 3 WHAT GIFTS CAN DO technology we make available in the Library’s multimedia rooms, booths and centers—the video touches on what our users believe to be unique and most 3 BORROW FROM BIOETHICS valuable in our collections, our spaces and our people.

4-5 EVENTS and GIFTS Our thanks go not just to those who gave their time and thoughtful comments on film, but also to the staff behind the cameras in the Library’s Gelardin New Media 6 ITEL, MOOCS and MORE Center, especially Barrinton Baynes, David Hagen and Beth Marhanka. Particular thanks go to the chairman of our Library Board, Tony Kerbs (C’73), who conceived 7 IAQs the idea for the video and helped conduct several of the interviews. 8 YEARBOOKS ONLINE Watch the video to see what faculty, students, staff and alumni think of the Library and its vital contributions to their daily work and research: library.georgetown.edu/ campaign-video.

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FROM THE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN This Newsletter is issued four times a year. It is distributed to all Library Associates, Give and Take members of ARL, the Georgetown University Board of Directors, Board of This issue of the Newsletter is the beginning of a series that Regents, Board of Governors and selected thanks and recognizes recent donors of fine gifts to the others. University Library. We are always grateful for gifts, and gifts-

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN in-kind, from donors who value the special place a library holds Artemis G. Kirk in a university. We EDITOR also appreciate Stephanie Hughes our donors’ DESIGN EDITOR understanding Maeve A. O’Connor of the library’s CONTRIBUTORS Varsha Bansal role to acquire, John Buchtel make accessible, Lynn Conway and archive the Amir Darsinouei scholarly record in Sample of a “cheque blank” in use by Georgetown Ann Galloway perpetuity. Gifts College in 1849. From the Georgetown University David Hagen Archives. Stephanie Hughes beget gifts: whereas Artemis G. Kirk someone may not otherwise think to give to the Library, learning Beth Campolieto Marhanka of someone else’s donation may be just the inspiration that will Miriam Nickerson advance the Library to ever greater achievements. Our current Christen E. Runge Jennifer Ann Smith Newsletter celebrates what we hope is just the beginning of many EDITOR wonderful seasons of giving—and of taking. 202-687-7833 [email protected] Giving may be its own reward, as we are often told, but giving BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT DONATIONS also permits us to take. The library can take its services and John Buchtel resources to a transformational level, thanks to our many givers. Head, Special Collections Research Center The library’s users can take new and different approaches to 202-687-7475 their scholarship. And donors of funds can take pleasure in the [email protected] ART DONATIONS impact their gifts will make—particularly when they remember LuLen Walker that sometimes libraries are taken for granted and don’t have the Curator, University Art Collection funds to match their ambitions. 202-687-1469 [email protected] We will never take your gifts for granted. When you give us GIFT OPPORTUNITIES your gifts, we will always steward them wisely and well. But, Artemis G. Kirk paradoxically, we will invite you to take us for granted. You University Librarian may take for granted that the Library will continue to offer 202-687-7425 [email protected] collections, resources and services to transform teaching and learning at Georgetown. You may take for granted that we will Miriam Nickerson continue to recruit and retain the highest quality staff who Library Director of Development will give expert counsel and guidance through the morass of 202-687-2850 information. And you may take for granted that we will continue [email protected] to empower students and scholars to create new knowledge Printed on recycled paper by building on existing knowledge that we will preserve—For Generations to Come.--AGK

2 LIBRARY ASSOCIATES NEWSLETTER | FALL 2013 FROM THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN WHAT GIFTS CAN DO

Each year students, faculty, scholars and the Georgetown community at large Borrow from benefit from the impact of gifts made to the Library by generous alumni, families Bioethics and friends. Financial support has helped The Library is pleased to announce that Library the Library in every aspect of its operations Associates with borrowing privileges will now have access to the circulating collections of —adding and upgrading technology, Georgetown’s Bioethics Research Library (BRL). strengthening our collections with new Over the past year, Lauinger Library has been acquisitions, presenting special programs working with the staff at the BRL to bring more than 19,000 books into circulation for our users. and providing new services and resources. We highlight here two very different recent The BRL holds the University’s collection of books and materials related to bioethics. The cash gifts and the opportunities they have BRL also houses the Kampelman Collection Diplomat George Horton. From afforded us. the George Horton Papers. on Jewish Ethics and the Islamic Medical and Scientific Ethics collection; many items from these collections are also available to borrow. David and Alexandra Fox are both Hoyas, F’81 and C’84, and their daughter Emma just graduated from the College in 2012. The Foxes The Bioethics Research Library is part of Georgetown’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics, one have given an exciting gift that will create a state-of-the-art technology of the world’s premier bioethics institutes. collaborative study room. It will establish a space for students to meet The Kennedy Institute is committed to a civil and work together on class or team-based projects and will ensure they dialogue on the pressing questions of the day in a climate of intellectual openness and lively have the latest technological tools at their fingertips. discourse.

Borrowing policies for the BRL are the same as “Our support of Lauinger Library is in keeping with Georgetown’s for books from Lauinger, Blommer or Woodstock mission to cultivate lifelong learning, encourage collaboration and (to brush up, visit library.georgetown.edu/ expand the imagination. The Lauinger Library has and will continue policies/borrowing). The Library is located on the first floor of . To learn more to offer generations of students a central gathering point to achieve about the BRL, visit their website at bioethics. these goals,” says Alexandra Fox. We thank the Foxes for their gift, georgetown.edu or contact them at bioethics@ georgetown.edu or 202-687-3885.--JAS which will truly have an impact for students and faculty into the future.

We also recently received the papers of diplomat George Horton Photo

(1859-1942) from his daughter Nancy Horton, including letters, by manuscripts, diaries, books and photographs. With those papers we Christen received a gift of funds which will allow the Library to process and E.

catalog the collection and make it available to researchers. The papers Runge will be the basis for a forthcoming biography of George Horton, who played a key role in U.S. diplomatic relations with Greece and the Ottoman Empire from 1893 to 1924.--JAS, MN, SH

One of the paintings by Brother Francis C. Schroen, Jr., representing the history of writing, on the ceiling of the Hirst Reading Room (Bioethics Research Library).

LIBRARY.GEORGETOWN.EDU/ASSOCIATES 3 Big Band Era

This year the Library Associates again partnered with the Department of Performing Arts to present the first of the Friday Music Series concerts of the semester on September 20. The “Big Band Era” event featured Visiting Professor of Music Aaron Broadus and the Georgetown Jazz Ensemble. A companion exhibition in the Leon Robbin Gallery in Lauinger Library, curated by Professor of Musicology Anthony R. DelDonna, featured “The Big Band Era at Georgetown.”

The concert opened with the famous short instrumental piece “In The Mood” by Joe Garland. This was followed by Erskine Hawkins’ “Tuxedo Junction;” “Stompin’ At The Savoy” by Benny Goodman, Chick Webb and Edgar Sampson; and other well-known and lesser-known big band instrumentals and songs. A highlight of the concert was the beautiful Duke Ellington/Bob Russell song “Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me.” An advertisement for the 1940 Senior Ball in . Part of the event-related exhibition in the Leon Robbin If you missed the concert, don’t worry—find it online at library.georgetown. edu/ Gallery on the fifth floor of Lauinger Library, “The Big digital/lecture-hall. --VB, SH Band Era at Georgetown.” From the Georgetown University Archives. Gifts from the Hirsh Collection Professor John C. Hirsh has this year promised his rare book collection to the Library, and the Special Collections Research Center has just received a significant installment of that gift. The John C. Hirsh Collection reflects the varied interests of Professor Hirsh, who has taught subjects ranging from Medieval Lyric to 19th-Century American Realism in Georgetown’s Department of English since 1970.

The collection ranges from incunabula to 17th- and 18th-century English literature, from 19th-century American literature to signed first editions of modern poetry. Concentrations in the collection include illustrated books, association copies, and 18th- century editions of 17th-century authors, especially Milton. This year’s gift of nearly 250 volumes of 18th-century English books contains several important items related to Edward Gibbon, author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Title page of the works of These include an annotated book from Gibbon’s library and a Hesiod, edited by Daniel copy of the rare Dublin edition of Gibbon’s Essay on the Study Heinsius, 1693, with the printed book label of Title page of Cecilia, or of Literature (1788)—a translation of his first work, which he Edward Gibbon on the front Memoirs of an Heiress, originally wrote in French—as well as the Dublin edition of pastedown (see inset). by Frances (Fanny) Burney, published in Gibbon’s Vindication of Some Passages in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth five volumes in 1782. Chapters of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1779)—one of the few occasions on which he responded to his critics.

This collection will greatly enrich the rare book holdings in the Special Collections Research Center, and we thank Professor Hirsh for his generosity.--JB

4 LIBRARY ASSOCIATES NEWSLETTER | FALL 2013 Gift of a Haggadah

A gift from an anonymous donor has made it possible for the Library to purchase a magnificent new facsimile edition of The Szyk Haggadah, illustrated by Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) and originally published during Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.

The Haggadah (the “telling”) sets out the story of the exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt, and is read during the Seder meal of Passover. This new edition of Szyk’s Haggadah takes advantage of advances in printing technology since the original 1940 edition to give new detail to Szyk’s original paintings. “The Family at the Seder” (1935), illustrated here, is one of 48 Szyk paintings reproduced in the volume.

You can learn more about Arthur Szyk and his extraordinary artwork at www.szyk.com.--SH Gift of a Catechism

The Library received a remarkable gift this spring from Paul Kennerson (C’63), in honor of the 50th anniversary of his graduation from Georgetown College. The first edition of the Roman Catechism (variously known also as the Catechism of the Council of Trent, the Tridentine Catechism or the Catechism of Pius V) (Catechismus, ex decreto Concilii Tridentini) is an extraordinary addition to the Library’s special collections holdings and an exceedingly rare volume on this side of the Atlantic.

This Catechism, formally commissioned by the Council of Trent in 1562 as one of their final acts, was intended to improve the theological understanding of clergy as they went about their pastoral work. Printed in Rome in 1566 by Paulus Manutius Title page of the first edition of (Paolo Manuzio), it is divided into four parts: the Apostles’ Creed; the sacraments; the Catechism (Catechismus, ex decreto Concilii Tridentini), 1566. the Decalogue; and prayer, especially the Lord’s Prayer. Gift of Paul Kennerson (C’63). Georgetown Professor John W. O’Malley, in his 2013 book Trent: What Happened at the Council, described the Catechism: “In an age in which bitter religious polemic was the order of the day, the Catechism maintains a positive tone throughout, not only devoid of polemic but remarkably sparing in threats of hell and damnation. Its pastoral intent shines through on virtually every page, manifesting a concern to help pastors lead their flocks into a heartfelt appreciation of the gifts of God.”--SH

LIBRARY.GEORGETOWN.EDU/ASSOCIATES 5 ITEL, MOOCs and More

The year 2013 may always be remembered as the Year the selection committee, evaluating 56 preliminary of the MOOC at the Library. proposals and 33 final proposals. In the end, three MOOCs and 23 technology-enhanced projects Just over a year ago, Provost Robert Groves involving over 100 faculty members from more than announced the University’s Initiative on Technology- 40 departments and programs were accepted. Enhanced Learning (ITEL), dedicated to exploring new approaches to interactive learning through Once they were selected, the real work began. Library technology. His announcement kicked off a year staff have been in the trenches, working with the of intense discussion and creativity around the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship question of how we can use technology to deepen (CNDLS), faculty members, the Counsel’s Office, and strengthen teaching and learning on-campus, as the academic units and others to provide expertise, well as engage globally in the sharing of knowledge. equipment and support for many of the approved This conversation took structure around the ITEL projects. MOOCs, as the most revolutionary ITEL grants process—through which faculty members projects, have also been the most time-consuming. prepared and submitted proposals for integrating Barrinton Baynes from the Gelardin New Media varying levels of technology Center has lent his expertise in

into their courses. At the Photo support of MOOC creation

most intensive end of these by in the areas of consulting,

proposals were those for Amir planning, pre-production,

MOOCs, Massive Open Darsinouei filming, and multimedia Online Courses. MOOCs, production workflow. The a recent development in Library’s copyright staff has higher education, are online worked diligently with edX, courses offered free-of- the University Counsel’s charge to anyone around the Office, faculty and our many world, usually garnering tens publishers to negotiate of thousands of students. license agreements to ensure Georgetown’s MOOCs are Video production team members Ryan Walter, Alfred that students enrolled in a hosted by edX, an online Schoeninger and Barrinton Baynes at work on an ITEL Georgetown MOOC will have project. education nonprofit founded access to the academic resources by the Massachusetts they need, wherever they are. Institute of Technology and Harvard University. The University launched its first MOOC, Globaliza- The Library has been involved in this process at an tion’s Winners and Losers: Challenges for Developed and unprecedented level, particularly through the work of Developing Countries, in the beginning of October. It the Gelardin New Media Center and our copyright will launch two more in the spring. Getting to this and licensing experts. All ITEL grant applicants point has been an exciting—and educational—jour- completed an impact assessment, estimating the ney. Where the combined futures of technology and Library resources required for the completion of each education will take us from here isn’t yet clear, but project, both in terms of scholarly resources and staff we know one thing for sure: the Library will be there, time and expertise. Library staff members joined continuing to enhance the work of our faculty and representatives from around the campus in forming students.--JAS, BCM

6 LIBRARY ASSOCIATES NEWSLETTER | FALL 2013 Infrequently Asked Questions from the desk of the University Archivist

Do we know when our first needs-based scholarship was established? The earliest such scholarship I can find documented in the University Archives was set up by Henry Darnall in the early 1800s. Henry was a distant relative of our founder, John Carroll, whose mother was Eleanor Darnall Carroll. Henry’s last name is rendered a variety of ways is our records—Darnall, Darnal, Darnell—but for the sake of consistency, I will use Darnall (the same spelling as Darnall Hall on campus, which is named for Eleanor Darnall.)

The Archives contains a copy of Henry’s will, dated November 11, 1809, which states in part: I charge my said Estate with the maintenance & education of an Orphan or poor child to be chosen by the president of George Town College, & I direct my said heir Harry Warring to establish a sufficient fund in the said College, for the constant & annual performance of the said object for ever.

Our accounts show that Mr. Warring paid the sum of $3666.66 to the College to set up the Darnall Scholarship. It is not clear when the scholarship was first awarded, but we know that when Francis Wharton of Washington, D.C., enrolled in Georgetown on April 26, 1827, his mother asked that he be awarded the scholarship and the University President responded that there would be a vacancy only after four years, indicating that the scholarship was already in use. The scholarship appears to have been awarded into the 1950s.

Do people ever think of the University Archives when they are sorting the papers from their attics? Frequently. Two recent examples of such “finds” include a poster advertising a campus event with poet Allen Ginsberg, held in on February 29, 1968—the only promotional piece the Archives has seen of the event—and a small collection of papers relating to the University Glee Club in the 1970s, including a song booklet from “The Twenty-Second Annual Christmas Caroling, presented by the School of Languages and Linguistics” in 1971 (right).

Is it true that the head of a buffalo shot by Colonel William Cody was presented to the University and displayed in Copley Hall for many years? Yes. The space we know today as Copley Formal Lounge, at the north end of Copley Hall, was originally designated as a reading lounge for members of the senior class. Above the fireplace at the west end of the room was mounted the head of a buffalo that was shot by Colonel William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody in 1872. The head was given to the University in memory of a Georgetown alumnus, William A. Simpson, Jr., who attended Georgetown in the 1870s, by his sister Mrs. George Strong of Sewickly, PA. It hung in Copley until 1954.

In photographs from the Archives, the buffalo head is usually obscured by the chandeliers that hung in Copley; however, its outline can be seen in this 1943 photo [left] in the upper left hand corner.--LC, AG, SH

LIBRARY.GEORGETOWN.EDU/ASSOCIATES 7 Georgetown University Library Associates 3700 O Street, NW Washington, DC 20057-1174

LibraryAssociates YEARBOOKS ONLINE

The Georgetown University Library Associates are a group of Georgetown alumni, parents and friends Fifty years of Georgetown dedicated to helping the Library shape the creation University’s yearbooks are now of knowledge, conserve culture for posterity and available in DigitalGeorgetown. Ye Domesday Bookes from 1901 transform learning and research. To learn more, to 1950 are fully searchable and online in their entirety for the first contact us at 202-687-7446 or visit us at: time. Go to digital.georgetown. edu and search “yearbooks.” library.georgetown.edu/associates

Did you miss one of our Library Associates events? You can find full-length videos online in the DigitalGeorgetown section of our website. Go to www.library.georgetown.edu/digital/lecture-hall.