Paratext and Libraries Acknowledged in Notable Books 1955-2005
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University of South Florida Scholar Commons School of Information Faculty Publications School of Information 2007 Paratext and Libraries Acknowledged in Notable Books 1955-2005 Authors: Kathleen de la Peña McCook Inspired by Gérard Genette's Paratexts: Thresholds of interpretation . Trans. Jane E. Lewin.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997 and because I served 2 terms on the American Library Association Notable Books CommitteeIthought that a subset of the notables might be interesting toanalyze for acknowledgements to libraries. I organized the sample by mid-decade. Notable Books site: http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/ notablebooks Assistance for the project provided by various Graduate Assistants at the University of South Florida, School of Information during 2006-2007. Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/si_facpub Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Scholar Commons Citation McCook, Kathleen de la Peña, "Paratext and Libraries Acknowledged in Notable Books 1955-2005" (2007). School of Information Faculty Publications. 110. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/si_facpub/110 This White Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Information at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Information Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 “Paratext and Libraries Acknowledged in Notable Books 1955-2005.” Kathleen de la Peña McCook, 2007. Unpublished notes. Inspired by Gérard Genette's Paratexts: Thresholds of interpretation . Trans. Jane E. Lewin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997 and because I served 2 terms on the American Library Association Notable Books Committee I thought that a subset of the notables might be interesting to analyze for acknowledgements to libraries. I organized the sample by mid-decade. Notable Books site: http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/notablebooks Assistance for the project provided by various Graduate Assistants at the University of South Florida, School of Information during 2006-2007. 1955 Allen, Gay W . The Solitary Singer: A Critical Biography of Walt Whitman. MacMillan, New York, 1955. The Walt Whitman Foundation Duke University Library, Trent Collection Yale University Library, Van Sinderen Collection New York Public Library, Berg Collection, Rare Book Room University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book Department Library of Congress, Harned Collection John Pierpoint Morgan Library Long Island Historical Society Huntington Historical Society- Martha K. Hall New York University Libraries New York Historical Society Pennsylvania Historical Society American Antiquarian Society Boston Public Library Harvard University, Houghton Library 2 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Archives Union College Library National Archives- Nathan Reingold Nassau County Historian- Jesse Merritt Bishop, Jim. The Day Lincoln Was Shot. Harper Bros., New York, 1955 Illinois State Historical Library- Harry E. Pratt, Historian Teaneck (NJ) Public Library- Olive Tambourelle, Librarian New York Public Library- Robert Hug, Librarian Chase, Gilbert. America’s Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present McGraw-Hill, New York, 1955. “In all the places where I worked on this book I had occasion to appreciate the combination of friendliness and efficiency that characterizes the American librarian.” (p. x) New York Public Library, Music Division: Dr. Carleton Sprague Smith and staff 58th Street Music Library, NYC: Gladys Chamberlain Free Library of Philadelphia, Music Room: Arthur Cohn and staff University of North Carolina [Library], Music Department: Dr. Glen Haydon and staff University of North Carolina, General Library: staff Library of Congress, Music Division: Richard S. Hill, William Lichtenwanger, Edward N. Waters. Clifford, James L. Young Samuel Johnson. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1955 Birmingham Reference Library British Museum Bodleian Library 3 William Salt Library Yale University Library Hanson, Lawrence and Elizabeth Hanson. The Noble Savage: A Life of Paul Gauguin Chatto & Windus, London, 1954 Bibliotheque Nationale d’Art et d’Archeologie, Paris Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen Irvine, William. Apes, Angels and Victorians: The Story of Darwin, Huxley, and Evolution McGraw-Hill, New York, 1955. Cambridge University Library Macgowan, Kenneth, and William Melnitz . The Living Stage: A History of the World Theater Prentice-Hall, Englewood, NJ, 1955. Vic-Wells Association, Archives: Reginald P. Mander Harvard College Library, Theater Collection: William Van Lennep, archivist Elmer Belt Library, Los Angeles: Kate Steinitz Clark Memorial Library Los Angeles: Edna C. Davis Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA: Leslie E. Bliss Millar, George. A Crossbowman’s Story of the First Exploration of the Amazon Knopf, New York, 1955. The London Library 4 Tunnard, Christopher, and Henry Hope Reed. American Skyline: The Growth and Form of our Cities and Towns .Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA, 1955. Columbia University, Avery Library: Adolph Paczek and James Grote Van Derpool Boston Atheneum: David McKibbin The Art Institute of Chicago, Burnham Library of Architecture: Mrs. T. M. Hofmeester Cleveland Public Library: Aline Cosgrove and Donna L. Root Harvard University, Library of Architecture: Ruth V. Cook Harvard University, Library of Landscape Architecture and City Planning: Katherine McNamara Enoch Pratt Free Library: staff New York Public Library, Art Department: Muriel Baldwin, Ina Cassirer, Jane Waite, Norwood Vail, Naomi S. Street, Takato Saiko, Neal Richmond, Margaret Viviano New York Public Library, American History Room: Dr. James J. Heslin, F. Ivor Avellino New York Public Library, Print Department: Elizabeth Roth New York Public Library, Map Room: Gerard Alexander, Edward Gardner, Richard Hitchcock New York Public Library, Genealogy Room: Rosalie Bailey New York Public Library, Epiphany Branch: Cornelia Strohl St. Louis Public Library: Mildred Boatman Yale University, Art Library: Lydia Wentworth Yale University, Sterling Library: Alexander O. Vietor New York Historical Society: Wayne Andrews, Curator of Manuscripts STAFF NAMED ALSO IN NUMEROUS MUSEUMS Walker, Richard L. China under Communism: The First Five Years Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1955. Yale University Library: staff 5 White, Walter. How Far the Promised Land? Viking, New York, 1955. Four women not specifically called librarians to whom the author is “indebted for their patience and valuable assistance in digging out and checking hundreds of facts.” (234) 1965 Bell, Millicent. Edith Wharton & Henry James: The Story of their Friendship George Braziller, New York, 1965 Harvard University, Houghton Library: Prof. William A. Jackson and Carolyn E. Jakeman Amherst College Library: Rena Durkin Yale University Library: Prof. Donald C. Gallup 6 Harding, Walter. The Days of Henry David Thoreau: A Biography Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1965. Middlebury College, Abernethy Library: Grace Davis. Boston Public Library: John Alden Cary Memorial Library, Lexington, MA: Mrs. Harry Erdman Colby College Library: Richard Cary Concord Free Public Library: Marcia Moss, David Little, Dorothy Nyren Fruitlands Museum: William Henry Harrison Harvard College Library: Dr. William Bond, Dr. William Jackson, Caroline Jakeman Haverford College Library: Marjorie F. Davis Huntington Library Kentucky Historical Society Library of Congress Lilly Library of Indiana University Louisville, KY, Free Public Library: Mrs. Arthur S. Ricketts Massachusetts Historical Society Medford, MA, Public Library: Helen G. Forsyth Pierpoint Morgan Library: Herbert Cahoon New Bedford Free Public Library: Loretta E. Phaneuf New Hampshire State Library: Paul K. Goode New York Public Library: John Gordon University of Notre Dame Library Paulist Archives of New York City: Rev. Vincent Holden, C.S.P. Portland, ME, Public Library: Eugenia M. Southard Sawyer Free Library of Gloucester, MA: Mrs. Alan G. Hill Springfield, MA, Library: Margaret Rose University of Texas Library University of Virginia Library: John Wylie and Kendon Stubbs Silas Bronson Library of Waterbury, CT Yale University Library 7 Josephy, Alvin M. Jr. The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 1965. Washington State University Library: Mrs. Emmett Avery Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley: George B. Hammond, Robert H. Becker, John Barr Tompkins British Museum: R.A.Skelton, Helen Wallis Oregon State Library: David C. Duniway, State Archivist Yale University Library, Western Americana Collection: Archibald Hanna and staff Huntington Library: Robert O. Dougan, Haidee Noya, Lyle H. Wright and colleagues Idaho Historical Society Provincial Archives of British Columbia Kansas State Historical Society: Nyle H. Miller and Robert W. Richmond Public Archives of Canada: W. Kaye Lamb Washington State Historical Society: Bruce LeRoy Missouri Historical Society: George R. Brooks, Frances H. Stadler, and associates Montana Historical Society: Michael Kennedy, Mary K. Dempsey, Vivian A. Paladin National Archives: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Herman R. Friis, Jane Smith, Elizabeth Drewery, Carmelita Ryan, Victor Gondos, Jr. Oregon Historical Society: Thomas Vaughan, Barbara Elkins, Priscilla Knuth Royal Ontario Museum, University of Toronto: Eugene S. Rogers Smithsonian Institution: John C. Ewers, Margaret C. Blaker, Edgar M. Howell Archives of Ontario: G. W. Spragge Chicago Historical Society Library