FALL 2012 Haverford College No. 1

The Acquisition of From the Librarian Maxfield Parrish Photographs by Terry Snyder The Libraries’ newsletter is now aptly entitled Connections—a simple Haverford has a significant collection yet elegant word. As we concluded our of Parrish’s works, consisting of a major strategic planning process, we realized painting (Early Autumn White Birch 1936), so much of what Haverford librar- his illustrated chemistry notebook, a ians do is to facilitate connections—to family manuscript collection, first edition important and rare books and examples of his non-photo- materials; to books graphic ink prints. With the exception of and electronic the chemistry notebook, all of these works resources; to other are finished. The recent acquisition of 18 libraries through- Parrish photographs is a first of its kind out the world and for Haverford. The photographs provide a their collections; window into understanding the methods to scholarship and that allowed Parrish to develop a distinc- a larger commu- tive look and style to his finished art. nity of scholars; to Parrish’s training when he entered the technologies; to workshops; to engaging Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in and active instruction; to deep research 1891 consisted of traditional studio classes throughout the college career, culmi- as well as photographic instruction, which nating in senior theses; to networks of Thomas Eakins pioneered at the Academy intellectual activity; and to one another. while he served on Eadweard Muybridge’s In this column I want to update you Photographic Motion Study Supervisory on how we are connecting students and Committee at the University of Pennsyl- our community through our physical vania in the 1880s. Thomas Anschutz, spaces. Developing a library as both Eakins’ immediate successor and Parrish’s place and space that reflects the chang- instructor, continued this mode of instruc- ing needs of today’s students, faculty tion in which the camera functioned as a and staff, and to the degree possible Susan Lewin, as captured by Maxfield Parrish, study aid for the artist. Later Howard Pyle anticipates future needs, is an important circa 1915 encouraged Parrish to continue to use the priority. Quiet study spaces, collabora- camera in a similar fashion. This method tive spaces, social spaces—all infused by William Earle Williams allowed the artist to concentrate on the (Continued on p. 4) Maxfield Parrish, class of 1892 and aspects of his art that required touch, such L.L.D. 1914, is one of the best-known as applying detail and color. Haverfordians and a major figure in The four tree studies made on the American art. He entered Haverford with grounds of Parrish’s New Hampshire estate the freshman class of 1888 with the inten- and fourteen glass slides of Susan Lewin, tion of becoming an architect. At Haver- his house servant and favorite model, were ford, he received solid training in drawing, used as aids for Parrish as he worked to architecture and engineering; he left at bring his paintings, murals and illustra- the end of his junior year to continue his tions to their final state. They were project- fine art studio studies at the Pennsylva- ed onto his painting surface to efficiently nia Academy of Fine Arts and to audit provide scale, proportion and perspective. Howard Pyle’s illustration classes at the Both sets of photographic subjects are Drexel Institute, the first school to provide significant to Parrish’s life and his art. advanced instruction in illustration. (Continued on p. 2) The Philips Loft Maxfield Parrish (Continued from p. 1) Bit by Bit

“There may have been precious by Mike Zarafonetis little art around, but there was surely For the past several years computer a wealth of material for making it…. science professor Steven Lindell, at the the sheer beauty of place was an urging of Science Librarian Dora Wong, influence… lying under those copper had considered the idea of creating an on- beeches, when we should have been line course resource for a class he teaches doing something else, looking into the on the history of computing. While the cathedral windows above did a lot for us course text, a heavily-illustrated and well- than the contemplation of Roman Coli- written book by Stan Augarten titled Bit seum. There were grand trees in those by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers days, and grand trees do something to (Ticknor & Fields, 1984) had been suf- you …” ficient in years past, Lindell identified a This acquisition provides documen- few problems with the book that he hoped tary proof that Parrish like Eakins, to address with an online resource. First, Splash page of the Bit by Bit website Anschutz, Muybridge and his Drexel the book’s only edition was published 28 classmate and life long friend Jessie years ago, which in the field of computer Wilcox Smith, were excellent photogra- technology is an eternity. Many significant Jon spent 40-hour weeks performing me- phers. The Fine Art Photography Col- developments in computing and computer ticulous research and unearthing obscure lection contains 99 Jessie Wilcox Smith culture have occurred since then, and online resources (including exhibits, arti- photographs that were used as studies Lindell wished to either incorporate these cles and YouTube videos), writing and edit- for her illustrations and portrait paint- into the project or build in the flexibility ing content, cropping images and building ings of children. The Rare Book Collec- to do so in the future. In addition, many out the Bit by Bit website. By the end of the tion has 100 Muybridge Motion Studies recently-developed web resources summer, they produced a fully functional of animal and human locomotion. This demonstrate concepts in the book, and site complete with an interactive timeline, new acquisition and the related col- Lindell wished to supplement the Bit by a “tag cloud” of popular topics and search lections enhance the opportunity for Bit text with these online videos, exhibits functionality. The site is easy to navigate, research and appreciation of Parrish’s and articles. clear in its organization and ready to be art. The photographs provide additional In the late spring Lindell, Dora Wong used by students in Lindell’s fall section contexts and connections that enrich the and I set out to design the new online of “A History of Mechanized Thought.” utility of all of these collections. resource with these issues in mind. With The site was designed with future expand- —William Earle Williams is the Audrey support from the Provost’s Office and ability in mind and can incorporate new A. and John L. Dusseau Professor in the the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the material as more resources on the history Humanities and curator of photography Arts and Humanities, Haverford students of computing become available, and as Gavriella Fried ’14 and Jon Sweitzer- current technological change marches on. Lamme ’14, veterans of Lindell’s course, After a summer of hard work Lindell, Librarian of the College were brought in to participate in the de- Libraries staff and Haverford students have Terry Snyder sign process and perform the bulk of the produced a “living textbook” that we hope research and development work. Seeking will enhance the student experience in “A Connections Editor Norm Medeiros a simple yet powerful platform on which History of Mechanized Thought.” As one to build the project, we used Wordpress, of the first projects completed after the Contributors an open-source web design tool widely creation of the Digital Scholarship depart- William Earle Williams Mike Zarafonetis renowned for its flexibility and ease of ment of the Haverford Libraries, Bit by Bit Aaron Madow use. The site was designed to include is a great illustration of how we can work Mike Persick the Bit by Bit text itself (reproduced with together with faculty and students to cre- Laurie Allen the consent of author Stan Augarten) in ate new and exciting forms of scholarship. Connections is available addition to lab exercises, PowerPoint Please check it out at http://ds.haverford. on the web at slides and a substantial collection of edu/bitbybit. library.haverford.edu/connections supplemental online resources. —Mike Zarafonetis is digital Throughout the summer, Gavriella and scholarship librarian

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Seeing is Believing: American Colonial Photography in the Philippines

reading about colonial photography. I then began investigating the provenance of the photographs, chiefly who had written the captions on the back, and when the photographs had been taken. I was almost resigned to never definitely learning who took the photographs when I decided to visit the University of Pennsylvania Museum archives. There I stumbled into letters from the shadowy government photographer, Martin, and instantly recog- nized his handwriting. I began feverishly researching Martin, discovering that he was a soldier in the Philippine-American War—a discovery that provided a new linkage between the violence of the war and the photographs. The following week, I headed to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the Newberry Library of Chicago for research in their archives. I had to keep pinching myself as I labored alongside Ph.D. candidates—here I was, a rising ju- nior, grappling with the building blocks of While photographer Charles Martin captioned this photograph “A Kalinga Chief from the history, the archives, with the opportunity Capital Town of Lubuagan,” colonial official Dean Worcester wrote in 1908 that this was a like any scholar to write a new narrative of Bontoc Igorot dance troupe. In 1913 Worcester doctored the photograph and claimed it was the past. It was a dream come true, as I not of “less-civilized” but evolving Kalinga policemen. only collected so many fascinating docu- ments to bring back for the exhibit, but I saw countless papers waiting to be written ing colonial official Dean Worcester and by Aaron Madow in what I found. government photographer Charles Martin This summer I immersed myself in Now, alongside Librarian of the College spun a narrative that relied upon an understanding and then designing an Terry Snyder, Head of Special Collections exhibit based on photographs from the equivalence between seeing and believing. John Anderies and Conservator Bruce Libraries’ Special Collections that capture By placing their photographs in historical Bumbarger, I am translating a summer’s the American occupation of the Philip- context and tracking the circulation of the worth of reading and research into an pines. While I began my work having only images, I argue that Worcester and Mar- essay and exhibition space. I cannot wait read a few chapters on the occupation for tin’s assumption that these photographs to see what the community reaction to one of my classes, I ended the summer can only be interpreted one way readily this work will be, and what ways we having made several archival discoveries breaks down, revealing the multiplicity of will question and complicate seeing and overlooked by scholars and ready to write meanings that can be derived from these believing in our still-ongoing moment of my own narrative about this much-forgot- images of racialized violence, dominated American Empire. ten moment of American Empire. landscapes and undeniable individuality. —Aaron Madow is a history major in Haver- Seeing is Believing: American Colonial My journey to this argument began ford’s class of 2014. His research was spon- Photography in the Philippines shows how with reviewing both popular and schol- sored by the Libraries and the John B. Hurford the photographs and captions of lead- arly literature on the Philippines and then ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities.

3 From the Librarian (Continued from p. 1)

egies for the next rugby match. In addition to this transformation, the old microform room is now a high-tech collaborative space, and three small-group, breakout rooms have been added on the fourth tier. Additional space goals include better access to subject experts; technologically robust teaching and seminar rooms; and meeting and event spaces for lectures and other programs within Magill Library. For the students, and for some of the faculty, improved lighting and access to coffee and tea has reached epic desirability. As embodied souls, the spaces where we learn, think, study and contemplate ideas matter a great deal. Creating a collabora- tive, intellectually vibrant environment that encourages scholarly engagement of faculty, staff and students is central to the goals of the Libraries. We are certain that The Hires Room creating a strong, beautiful library will pro- tect the competitive strategic position of with technological robustness—are lar video viewing is common. When the Haverford College in the marketplace. Our integral to the generative experiences that large-screen is not employed for viewing, students are excited about these promising are typical of the modern library. Feedback students may be found using the white- first steps toward improvement, and we are from more than 400 students over the past board tables for anything from mapping delighted to share the news of them. year makes it clear that Magill Library is scholarly ideas to planning game-day strat- —Terry Snyder is librarian of the College not meeting their needs. As the College continues to work through where the Libraries fit within the larger institutional vision and pri- orities, we are making some incremental improvements that we believe are adding materially to the students’ experience. For example, we opened the upper loft of the Philips Wing for student use. Intimate seating nooks filled with comfortable liv- ing room furniture surrounded by browse- able semi-rare books have transformed formerly useless space into excellent, and coveted, study space. Collaborative spaces remain a priority for students. The Hires Room, previously partitioned into individual (shag carpet- covered) media viewing carrels, is now a bright, open and popular group video viewing room. The room is actively used by classes that rely heavily on media as part of the course content. Extracurricu- The Group Study Room (former Microform Room)

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Collections Update

by Norm Medeiros The Libraries are pleased to announce the acquisition of several new resources. Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) provides full-text access to Eng- lish-language titles and editions published between 1801 and 1900. The collection includes books, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, statistics and more. Subjects covered include histo- ry, geography, fine arts, medicine, science, literature, language, religion, philosophy, diplomacy, theater, politics and law. NCCO is the successor to Eighteenth Century Collections Online, which was made avail- able and purchased by the Libraries a few years ago. FBIS Daily Reports 1941-1974 provides translations and transcriptions of intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services and Nineteenth Century Collections Online (above) and Project Muse journal collection (below) clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories. The coverage in this resource complements the previously purchased FBIS Daily Reports 1974-1996 collection. Sage Premier is a collection of 645 schol- arly, full-text journals across a wide variety of subject areas. Coverage for this rich collection of journals dates to 1999. Airiti Library and the Chinese National Knowl- edge Infrastructure provide thousands of Chinese-language academic journal articles and dissertations, respectively, in full-text dating back to 1984. In related news, the Libraries part- nered with Alumni Relations and Annual Giving to sponsor alumni ac- cess to the JSTOR and Project Muse SHARES Program, an international as Columbia, Cornell, the Metropolitan journal collections, Museum of Art, Princeton and Yale. which collectively cooperative that facilitates interlibrary feature hundreds of scholarly journals in borrowing of materials, particularly those The Libraries continually assess their full-text. Alumni can access JSTOR and materials not normally lent such as special collections to keep them responsive to the Project Muse via fords.haverford.edu. collections. Additionally, our SHARES needs of faculty and students. Access to the collections of other librar- membership provides faculty, students and —Norm Medeiros is associate librarian ies has been greatly improved through staff on-site access to collections and ser- & coordinator for collection Haverford’s recent membership in the vices at other SHARES institutions, such management and metadata services

5 Staff News & Notes

compiled by Mike Persick Book School in Charlottesville, Va., July with Richard Ball, associate professor of John Anderies, head of special collec- 16-20, 2012, where he took the course economics, entitled “Teaching Integrity in tions, was program clerk for the Confer- “The Identification of Photographic Print Empirical Research: A Protocol for Docu- ence of Quaker Historians and Archivists Processes” with James M. Reilly and menting Data Management and Analysis.” (CQHA), held June 22-24, 2012, at Ryan Boatright. Published in the spring 2012 issue of the Pickering College in Newmarket, Norm Medeiros, associate librarian Journal of Economic Education, the paper Ontario, Canada. He also attended Rare of the College, co-authored an article describes a methodology for teaching undergraduates to document statistical analyses in such a way that results are completely reproducible and verifiable. Norm was also recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. The Libraries sponsor a database project, Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index at http://inpress.lib.uiowa. edu/feminae/Default.aspx, that indexes more than 31,000 records for essays, jour- nal articles, translations and book reviews. This past year Feminae, which is admin- istered by Margaret Schaus, lead research and instruction librarian, received a grant to add images of medieval art along with descriptions, data and subject indexing. The initial work was completed in July with the help of library staff at the Uni- versity of Iowa and art graduate student Sarah Celentano. Three hundred images are now available: http://inpress.lib.uiowa. edu/feminae/imagesAll.aspx. Many image records include a link to a zoomable version of the artwork and to sites with items of related interest. Terry Snyder, librarian of the College, participated in For the Record: Knowledge, Power, and Profit, the Transdivisional Faculty/Student Seminar sponsored by the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities. The seminar brought together a biologist, a classicist, a political scientist, a librarian, an English profes- sor and seven students to discuss a range of perspectives around the concept of Librarians: We Help records, archives and data banks and their impact on culture and society. We From the vision and talent of Jon Appel ‘12, this portrait was emblazoned on T-shirts worn proudly by Libraries staff during the recent scavenger hunt explored topics of memory, information, in Magill Library and academic tea in Ryan Hall. creation of canon, the commons, develop-

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ment of organ banks, stem cell resources, Jeremiah Mercurio, the research & ment & Metadata knowledge systems and the internet. We instruction librarian for English & Modern Services (CMMS) wove together and pulled apart issues of Languages, comes to us from the Samuel assistant. She gradu- access, restriction, transparency, surveil- Beckett Letters Project, affiliated with Em- ated from Haverford lance, loss and recovery, profits, politics ory University’s Laney Graduate School, in 2011 with a B.A. and social benefit. Our questions came for which he conducted research in sup- in English and a from a range of disciplinary perspectives port of the projected four-volume collec- concentration in that yielded a lively, interesting and il- tion of Irish-born writer Samuel Beckett’s Gender & Sexuality luminating discussion—a discussion that letters. Immediately prior to his work with Studies. As a student, benefitted tremendously from the interdis- the Beckett Letters project, Jeremiah grad- Kayla Hoskinson Kayla worked for ciplinary and transdivisional approaches to uated with an M.S. in various departments the subject. Library Science from in Magill Library, including Circulation, Terry is teaching Curatorship and Simmons College in Reserves and CMMS. In addition to her Management of Archives and Paper Boston and a Ph.D. duties in the Acquisitions and Serials units Collections, a graduate seminar at the in English literature of CMMS, Kayla will be the staff organizer University of Delaware in the Department from the University of of the Libraries’ Student Advisory Com- of History’s Museum Studies Program. St Andrews in Scot- mittee, and will also spend time working The class explores the theory of records land. His dissertation, on the Research support desk. and record keeping, the history of library, Fantasy as a Mode Jen Rajchel is the manuscript and archival collecting and in British and Irish assistant director matters of ethics related to collecting. In Jeremiah Mercurio Literary Decadence, of the Tri-College addition the course examines collection 1885-1925, examines Libraries’ Digital development, appraisal, arrangement and the use of fantastic modes in the work of Humanities Initia- description, reference, use and outreach, fin-de-siècle authors and illustrators, and tive. At Haverford, preservation and collections management. he has published articles on the work of she is working with Finally, participants explore opportunities Charles Ricketts, Oscar Wilde and Max the rich holdings of present in technology to advance these Beerbohm. In addition to British literature the Quaker Col- functional areas. and art, his research interests include the lection to create a material culture and history of the book, series of physical staffing updates digital humanities, the illustrated book Jen Rajchel and digital interac- Mike Zarafonetis has joined us as digital and 19th-century French literature. Along tive exhibits. Jen also scholarship librarian, a newly created with his many duties in the Libraries, he collaborates with faculty, staff and students position in the Libraries, responsible for is also currently at work on a full-length through outreach on various new media consulting with and providing support for monograph examining the relationship topics including digital literacy and online students and faculty on digital scholarship between text and marginal drawings in the identity management. She holds a B.A. in projects. Mike previously worked as a manuscripts of Max Beerbohm and G.K. English from Bryn Mawr College. digital archivist and web exhibit designer Chesterton. Julie Coy is now at the Hagley Johanna Riordan has taken over as visual resources Museum & electronic resources librarian, a newly librarian. In this Library in Wilm- defined position. Johanna’s responsibilities newly-created posi- ington, Delaware. include the acquisition, provision of access tion, Julie serves Originally from and overall management of the Librar- as technical liaison Grand Rapids, ies’ licensed electronic resources. She also to faculty who use Michigan, Mike resolves complex con- digital objects for earned a bach- nection issues with pedagogical or elor’s degree in databases e-journals research purposes. computer science and e-books. Prior Julie Coy She also manages at Kalamazoo to this role, Johanna and creates metadata Mike Zarafonetis College in 2002 worked in the Librar- for many of the Libraries’ digital image and and then moved ies as an acquisitions media collections. Julie earned her Master’s to Alabama where he completed a Ph.D. in and serials assistant. in Library and Information Science from history at Auburn University in 2010. He Kayla Hoskinson the University of Pittsburgh. and his wife of two years currently live in joined us in May as —Mike Persick is head Wilmington with their dog and cat. Johanna Riordan Collection Manage- of acquisitions & serials

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Supporting Digital Scholarship at Haverford

by Laurie Allen laborating with Shannon Mudd, visiting assistant professor The Haverford Libraries now feature a Digital Scholar- of economics and microfinance program coordinator, and the ship team. This group, composed of two full-time librarians student-run Microfinance Consulting Club, on an ambitious collaborating with colleagues and talented student assistants, project to explore how the geographic placement of microfi- is charged with supporting and developing digital scholarship nance institutions affects access to finance for poor people in opportunities across campus. This work includes collaborating various countries. Thus far we’ve completed a report on the on projects with faculty to expand their research into new areas; microfinance landscape in Uganda(http://ds.haverford.edu/ working with students to explore new technologies; and facilitat- wp/mappingmicrofinance/country-reports/uganda-intro/) and ing the expansion of conversations around digital scholarship are at work gathering information for the Philippines, Mexico on campus. Whether scholars are looking to create a map, blog, and Ghana. Joining the technology of geographic information digital exhibit, collection of digital documents, images or other systems (GIS) with information about poverty, conflict and objects, or to publish to the web—we can help. In the year economic growth has not yet been done at the level of detail that since the Libraries launched Digital Scholarship, we’ve hired our methods make possible. This work, well received within the Digital Scholarship Librarian Mike Zarafonetis and composed a microfinance community, is illustrative of the innovative projects team of student experts. We’ve found a huge demand on the Digital Scholarship team is eager to support at Haverford. A campus for our services—both in working with classes and in list of our current projects can be found at http://www.haverford. helping faculty and students expand their research. edu/library/digital_scholarship/projects.php. Among other initiatives, the Digital Scholarship team is col- —Laurie Allen is coordinator for digital scholarship and services