Brief of Minutes ACRL Board of Directors

Meeting in Chicago ing areas and the other, non-Spanish speaking January 31, 1956 areas. Hotels at Miami Beach were discussed brief- Present were officers, directors and invited ly by Mr. Hamlin, who had just been to Flor- guests. President Vosper presided. ida (see "Notes from the ACRL Office" in the Julia Bennett reviewed the scope of the March issue). He reviewed ACRL policy for Postal Classification Bill. She hoped for favor- balanced conference of recreation, social con- able congressional action in the near future. tact, and intellectual fare. There was every The report of the Nominating Committee opportunity for recreation at Miami Beach was read (for nominees, see the list, with bio- without scheduled events. A proposed trip to graphical information, in the March issue of Cuba following the conference was described. C&RL). This had been approved the previous day at Mr. Hamlin reported the developments an informal meeting of ACRL officers on con- which led to the New York Times grant of ference arrangements. The Cuban tour had $5,000 to finance the purchase of the news- been cleared with ALA officers. Circles of In- paper's back file on microfilm by college li- formation could be comfortably accommo- braries. ACRL is to match this with a similar dated in the Hotel Seville. Two sessions on sum for the same purpose. About 26 applica- adjacent days were recommended. An ACRL tions for U. S. Steel grants last November had luncheon would be held after one of these ses- specified need for the New York Times on sions. Necessary business would be conducted microfilm, and he had presented this need to at the luncheon. It was voted that: officers of the Times. Mr. Thompson suggest- ed that similar proposals be made to other The Board of Directors endorse the plan leading newspapers. After brief discussion, it for a post-conference trip to Cuba, June was voted that: 23-25,1956. The Board of Directors accept the grant of Mr. and Miss Lucile Morsch $5,000 from the New York Times for the were present on invitation of President Vos- purpose of placing back files of the Times per to take part in the discussion of the Steer- microfilm edition in college libraries. ing Committee Report on the Implementa- tion of the Management Survey for its rela- Mr. Hamlin was asked to review progress tionship to ACRL. Both are members of the with the College Reading Proposal, which steering committee. had been approved by the board at its last meeting. The ALA Executive Board had con- Mr. Vosper reviewed the favorable action sidered the proposal in November and ap- on the Management Survey at the last ALA proved it in principle. Suggestions for im- annual conference. This plan provided freer provement had been made. Mr. Swank, a opportunity for ALA groups to organize along member of the Executive Board, had hoped lines of interest and provided for closer ad- to rewrite it, but had only been able to turn ministrative control at ALA headquarters. in certain criticisms and suggestions for re- Any expression by the board on the steering vision. Mr. Hamlin expected to have a better committee report would be presented to the draft for Executive Board approval in the ACRL membership that evening. spring. As a preliminary to discussion, Mr. Logs- Mr. Vosper outlined plans for the ALA don was asked to give the ACRL field of in- General Session which is to be arranged by terest statement recently prepared at the re- ACRL and DCC. The scholarship of the Car- quest of the Steering Committee: ibbean area will be emphasized. One speaker In the organization pattern of the American Li- will be selected to represent Spanish speak- brary Association, the Association of College and

248 C( .LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Reference Libraries wishes to represent those sity" or "College and Research" be desirable? libraries which support formal education above Mr. Parker suggested that ACRL's statis- the secondary school level or which provide tical activity might be carried on by a subcom- reference and research collections of significance. mittee of the over-all statistical committee. He It desires to carry on a program of activities to commended the dual focus of membership advance the standards of library services, in the and said that the type-of-library division should broadest sense, in these libraries, and the con- tinued professional and scholarly growth of in general represent to the outside those engaged in work therein. world. The public is not interested in librar- ians as catalogers or reference workers. Miss Morsch reviewed recent changes in Mr. McAnally felt that the reorganization her committee's report and outlined the prin- would help to bring non-administrators to the cipal points, particularly the responsibilities fore in ALA. assigned to type-of-library associations. By "syn- Financial support of ACRL was discussed. thesis of the activities of all units within Both Miss Morsch and Mr. Mead stated that ALA" was meant responsibility for being a division as strong as ACRL would certainly aware of everything that was going on in the hold its own in the competition for support. type-of-work councils and to report on these Mr. Hamlin mentioned the long fight of to members. This was a watch-dog respon- college librarians to win financial support at sibility. Head librarians would have a par- ALA headquarters, as described in the Organ- ticular problem in keeping in touch with all ization Manual's historical article. Additional that goes on in the councils. They would use councils would involve more executive sec- the association to make sure that the councils retaries, more money spent on organization, provided for their needs. and less money spent on program. The pro- Discussion centered on ACRL's "operation ductiveness of the whole association might very of all programs that are in the exclusive in- well decrease. Mr. Mead felt that ALA should terest of the association or which have been aim to build its program more through mem- specifically assigned to it." Obviously, when bership participation than services of paid ACRL functions were transferred to councils, staff. its budget would be cut. Mr. Hamlin cited a At the request of President Vosper, Mr. number of specific operations now being car- Logsdon reread the field of interest statement ried on by ACRL. Certain of these were def- (above). It was voted that: initely assigned to councils. ACRL would con- tinue to have responsibility for a topic such The Board of Directors accept the field of as standards for college libraries, but would interest statement prepared by the ACRL draw on the councils for their information on Committee on the Implementation of the certain standards. Mr. Vosper stated that "in ALA Management Survey. a sense the councils would be on call as fact- finding organizations in general terms and It was voted that: the final development of building the educa- The Board of Directors endorse the report tional program in terms of the university li- of the ALA Steering Committee on the Im- brary would rest with ACRL." plementation of the Management Survey. Mr. Metcalf hoped that the reorganization would entail at least some economies in opera- Meeting in Chicago tion so that funds would be spent to better February 1, 1956 advantage. It was most important for ACRL to clear the decks of minor functions so that The meeting was attended by committee it could make good progress with important chairmen as well as officers, directors, council matters such as standards, improvement in members and a few guests. student reading habits, and fund raising. President Vosper called on Mr. Parker for Mr. Mead assured the directors that the the treasurer's report. The budget for the seeking of foundation money was a clear-cut year was reviewed. Expenditures for the first responsibility of ACRL. four months are normal. A possible change of name for ACRL was The delay in getting out the ACRL Organ- discussed. Would not "College and Univer- ization Manual was explained by Mr. Hamlin

MAY, 1956 249 as caused by the resignation of Mrs. Spigel- store facilities prior to institutional visitation, man. Mr. Kraus was praised for editing the or otherwise use their influence to promote manual. bookstores which emphasize educational values. Mrs. Crosland, chairman of the Buildings Mr. Heintz described the Kenyon College Committee, outlined plans for a three-day bookstore which performs an important ed- buildings workshop at Georgia Tech prior to ucational function and makes money in a the Miami Beach Conference. A new book on very small community. buildings was needed. Mr. Dix reported relatively no activity for Mr. Hamlin reviewed efforts to work closer the Committee on Relationships with Learned with the American College Public Relations Societies. In this connection Mr. Vosper felt Association. Felix Reichmann had brought this that need existed for ACRL to coordinate its need up in a letter to Past-President Lyle. In work with that of learned societies and cer- this he stated that public relations is one of tain national educational groups such as the the library world's weakest spots. Much more American College Association. Mr. Dix felt attention should be given to good public rela- that educational associations would be glad tions. It was the wish of the Board to co- to cooperate on any important project. He operate with ACPRA, but no formal action suggested a committee to study cooperation. was felt necessary. Mr. Hamlin was requested to present his President Vosper praised the work of the resolution on the educational role of the col- Statistics Committee. Chairman Dale Bentz lege bookstore. He reviewed his concern for stated that at the committee's meeting the the broad field of reading interests which had next day it would consider issuing the statis- brought him into contact with many indi- tics in a separate reprint. Next year's ques- viduals. Officers of one regional accrediting tionnaire might include a tearsheet for order- agency had been surprised to learn that some ing the reprint. He mentioned the difficulty large institutions had no proper bookstores. of getting valid student enrollment figures. Information on the bookstore would be re- The A-V data was not what it should be. The quested as part of the accrediting procedure. salary information was criticized, but Mr. Mr. Logsdon, an officer of Middle States, had Bentz felt it was the most used and the most suggested ACRL attack the college bookstore helpful. problem by writing many articles on the im- Chairman Louis Shores reviewed progress portance of bookstores for educational jour- of the Audio-Visual Committee. In addition nals. Mr. Hamlin proposed a resolution to be to the collection of statistics, the committee given wide publicity. It was voted that: had brought out a directory of A-V personnel. The committee had assisted with the A-V The Board of Directors endorse the follow- workshop in June and aided NEA's Division ing resolution on the educational role of of Audio-Visual Instruction in publishing its the college bookstore. Brochure No. 4 on A-V services in institutions of higher education. An audio-visual mono- The Association of College and Reference Li- braries recognizes the great educational role of graph is being prepared by Mr. Stone. The the well -equipped col lege bookstore, whether under A-V Clearing House is a regular feature in private or institutional management. The As- C&RL. The committee is now planning motion sociation deplores the lack of adequate book- pictures on recruiting for the profession and stores on or near many college campuses, and on orientation in use of the library. the tendency to limit bookstore stock to required Mr. Hamlin presented a petition for chap- textbooks and non-educational materials. The ter status from the College and University Li- Association endorses the educational contribu- tion of those bookstores which provide at least brarians Section, Wisconsin Library Associa- modest stock of non-required, worthy books and tion. It was voted that: free access to the stock for examination and read- ing. The Board of Directors hereby instructs the The Board of Directors designate the Col- Executive Secretary to communicate to the re- lege and University Librarians Section of gional accrediting associations this statement, the Wisconsin Library Association as the and to express its wish that the regional accredit- Wisconsin chapter of the Association of ing associations request information on book- College and Reference Libraries.

250 C( .LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Mr. Orr reported for Miss Renfro on the Directors accept the following resolution of Committee on Committees. The vice pres- the ACRL Publications Committee: ident usually has the staggering task of mak- 1. The ACRL Publications Committee is ing all appointments on all committees for unalterably opposed to the merger of COL- his term of office as president. The committee LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES with the ALA suggests that each year a certain number be Bulletin. appointed for stated terms. The committee 2. Possibly certain types of materials from had drafted a policy on this. C&RL might be made available to the The President of ACRL now has no power to ALA Bulletin and dropped from C&RL to appoint a member of a committee beyond the strengthen the ALA Bulletin, but that this President's term of office. Under the new plan, must in no way prejudice the independent each new President would have this authority editorial policy and staff of C&RL. on a limited number of new appointments. 3. Possibly other solutions short of merg- It is normally expected that each of the com- ing may be possible and ACRL would be mittees will be reorganized annually. The term glad to consider suggestions. of office of all appointive members shall begin upon the adjournment of the ALA Annual Con- Mr. Vosper pointed out that this publica- ference. The President shall select a Chairman tion matter had no connection with the Man- of each committee at the time new appointments agement Survey or Steering Committee re- are made. Appointed members are eligible for port. Action looking forward to the demise of reappointment to a consecutive term. It is recom- mended that the President retain the authority divisional publications had arisen in the ALA to make special additional appointments to any Executive Board. One of ACRL's significant committee for one year only. developments was its publication program. C&RL had genuine prestige, which was not It was voted that: won through automation, but built on imag- ination, expenditure of time and effort and The Board of Directors adopt the recom- other basic human considerations. He empha- mendations outlined in the report of the sized the Association's genuine gratitude to Committee on Committees. Mr. Tauber for his services as editor. Mr. Watson stated that the Committee on Mr. Tauber congratulated Mr. Smith and Recruiting had assisted the Joint Committee Mr. Hamlin on the successful switch of C&RL on Library Work as a career in putting out its to a new printer with improvement in type Newsletter, stimulated members to write re- and format. cruiting articles for non-library periodicals, Mr. Samray Smith, ACRL's new publica- and planned a pamphlet for guidance coun- tion officer, reported briefly, C&RL'S publica- selors (30-40 pages on the whole library pro- tion date was changed from the 1st to the 15th fession to sell for about 25c). of the month. Statistics were for the first time The Standards Committee chairmanned by reproduced from typewritten copy and ap- Mr. Yenawine is completing a monograph on parently looked better than in type. The num- standards. The committee hopes to have closer ber of libraries included was increased 30 per relationship with accrediting associations. cent. Advertising for the January and March Mr. Heintz stated that his Committee on issues was far more than normal. Financing COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES had Mr. Hamlin stressed that the success of the done very little because the headquarters peo- Foundation Grants Program depended on the ple were getting plenty of advertising with- cooperation of officers and members in put- out committee assistance. ting the ACRL story before industrial lead- Miss Herrick reported that the State Rep- ers and heads of foundations. ACRL head- resentatives worked for the propagation of the quarters cannot do all the contact work. Its faith. Many representatives were doing useful publication on the ACRL grants program work for ACRL in their areas. was designed for distribution by members. Mr. Orne, chairman of the Publications Any and all are urged to request this and to Committee, presented a statement which his send it or take it to industries and founda- committee had drafted. After brief discussion tions which offer aid to higher education. it was unanimously voted that the Board of —Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary.

MAY, 1956 251 have sprung many warm friendships with peo- From the Executive Secretary ple of all ages, from Maine to California, and of high and low estate. These friendships and For nearly seven years it has been my priv- this rich travel experience are very treasured ilege to serve ACRL members as their exec- possessions. utive secretary. This period comes to an end The executive secretary of an organization on September 1 when I take over the position should be a strong and effective leader. Over of at the University of Cincinnati. a period of many years such a person tends I have enjoyed my job. The daily work, the to dominate an association to a degree which planning for the future, the promotion of is undesirable, whereas a series of strong lead- new projects, the organizational routine, the ers will bring to the position varied expe- conferences and the travel are all as interest- rience, abilities and emphases. If I have been ing and stimulating personally now as they a strong and effective leader it is clearly time were in November, 1949. I have always been for another personality to take over, and if and am today very proud of the honor of the I have not been strong and effective the resig- office. I am very grateful to the members for nation is obviously long overdue. their confidence and have certainly tried to Great contributions are made in various be their good steward. ways by people of diverse gifts and back- The review of past years brings to mind not ground. Variety of leadership is desirable for so much the accomplishments and failures this association and the profession which it with which I have had some connection as serves. The officers of ACRL are now seeking it does the visits to libraries and to meetings a new executive secretary. I know that Pres- of librarians and other educators. I have had ident Vosper will appreciate receiving sug- the oportunity to discuss problems and ob- gestions now for consideration by the Board serve the good works of librarians in every of Directors at the Miami Beach Conference. section of the country. From these contacts —Arthur T. Hamlin.

be well to have a major change at Headquar- From the President ters until, as is now the case, the basic re- My personal respect and affection for Arthur organization of the ALA structure had been Hamlin make this a particularly difficult note decided upon. to write. However, I have had more opportu- The University of Cincinnati is certainly nity than most of us to adjust to the change to be congratulated in so successfully filling he proposes because I knew at the time I be- its librarianship. Few people, if any, are as came president that Arthur felt a moral respon- thoroughly acquainted with the problems, sibility to shift, in the near future, back into needs and patterns of library service in the working librarianship. When he took over American academic world as Arthur Hamlin. the office of executive secretary in 1949 there There is no doubt that his broad outlook will was considerable feeling within the profession continue to be of national service to the pro- that a person in such a position should count fession, even as he begins this summer to give on a fairly short tenure of duty in Chicago in particular attention to Cincinnati. This As- order that the national office should provide sociation will always be very much in his debt a variety of points of view. Several of us, how- for the broad-gauged vigor, flexibility, and ever, encouraged Arthur to stay on at Head- sense of responsibility that he has given it quarters some more time than he had original- over the past seven years. Many of our most ly planned because a number of major de- imaginative projects have developed from his velopments were facing ACRL, developments own ideas, and to all of our projects he has that required his continuing attention. In the brought statesmanlike and devoted attention. first place, our optimistic new program of The details of his service to American librar- foundation grants needed careful attention in ianship will be reported in more detail later. its initial year, and I know very closely how At this point I want to tell him publicly that successful Arthur was in bringing imagination we all are deeply grateful to him and that we and vigor to this program. Furthermore, all all offer him heartfelt good wishes in his new of us including Arthur felt that it would not undertaking.—Robert Vosper. 252 C( .LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES News from the Field

SUMMER COURSES AND INSTITUTES will also be offered in the fall semester of 1956, the purpose of which will be to acquaint li- The School of Librarianship, University of brarians with the basic fundamentals of per- California (Berkeley), will offer the following sonnel administration and supervision. courses during the 1956 summer sessions: During the coming summer session, June First Session—June 18 to July 28: Bibliog- 25-August 3, a program of 17 courses in the raphy and Reference Materials (4 units), As- general library school program will be pro- sociate Professor Fredric J. Mosher; School vided. Library Administration (2 units), Robert G. Sumpter, Librarian, Capuchino High School, San Mateo; Library Work with Children (2 A new course dealing with foreign and units), Leone Garvey, Lecturer in Librarian- comparative librarianship is being offered in ship and Supervisor, Boys and Girls Depart- the spring session of Columbia University's ment, Berkeley Public Library. School of Library Service. Organized as a sem- inar, the course is designed especially for fel- Second Session—July 30 to September 8: lowship students from foreign countries now Selection and Acquisition of Library Mate- at the library school, as well as for American rials (2 units) and Special Problems in the students planning to carry on professional li- Selection of Materials and the Evaluation of brary work in other countries. There is both Collections (2 units), Professor LeRoy C. Mer- consideration of European library develop- ritt; Municipal and County Library Admin- ment and of the agencies, activities, and prob- istration (2units), Professor Edward A. Wight; lems of international library cooperation. Spe- and Reference and Government Publications cial attention is being given to the potential- (4 units), Assistant Professor Louis D. Sass. ities and means of library development in All courses are a part of the school's reg- non-European countries and the problems of ular program for the Master of Library Sci- adapting American techniques and programs ence degree, which may be completed by stu- to other countries and cultures. dents enrolling for three to four full summers of study. Admission requirements for the sum- In charge of instruction in the seminar is mer sessions in the school are the same as for Dr. Dorothy Williams Collings. From 1948 to the regular sessions as noted in the school's June, 1955, Dr. Collings served on the staff of announcement. Application for admission UNESCO. From 1948 to 1952 she was head of must be made to the school and to the sum- the documentation section of the Education mer sessions office. The tuition fee is $51 for Clearing House; from 1952 to 1955 she was each session. head of the library and regional clearing house of UNESCO's Arab States Fundamen- The School of and the tal Education Centre in Egypt. In connection School of Music at the University of Southern with her work at UNESCO Dr. Codings under- California have planned a joint program for took missions and participated in seminars the training of prospective music librarians. and conferences in India, Austria, Bolivia, This program, designed for music majors, pro- Mexico, West Africa, Egypt and several other vides a basic library school curriculum as well countries of the Near and Middle East. as electives in the School of Music; these elec- Mortimer Taube will offer a course in the tives include bibliography and survey courses theory of documentation in Columbia Univer- in the field of music. sity's summer session this year. The course is Due to a growing demand for library train- scheduled for double daily periods in the late ing for agencies engaged in scientific or in- afternoon during the last three weeks (July dustrial research and development, a course 30-August 17) of the regular six-weeks sum- called Technical Libraries will be offered at mer session of the School of Library Service. the University of Southern California begin- Also to be offered at Columbia will be a ning in the fall semester of 1956. course in Business and Economics Literature. A new course in Personnel Administration The instructor will be Janet Bogardus, for-

MAY, 1956 253 merly in charge of the Business Library at inal score of Jederman, op. 83, by Sibelius is Columbia and now librarian of the Federal one of many which deserve mention. Reserve Bank, New York. The course, to The collections of Scandinavian, Russian which qualified librarians in service as well as and Latin American composers are extensive. regular students in the Library School will be There is an almost complete collection of admitted, is scheduled for a two-hour period, Scriabin, Sibelius and Villa-Lobos. Moreover, five evenings a week, for the three-week peri- the collection includes such items as the Na- od July 9-27. It will carry the full credit of a gel Archives, the Broude editions of Mozart, six-weeks summer session course. Corelli and Handel and the Ricordi edition of Antonio Vivaldi. The collection of sym- The program of the 21st Annual Confer- phonic and operatic recordings is distin- ence of the University of Chicago Graduate guished by such items as a three-volume Scan- Library School, to be held June 13-15, will dinavian collection, the Brazilian Festival be on the topic "Toward a Better Cataloging from the World's Fair (1939) and many trans- Code." Among the participants will be Ruth criptions from the Boston Symphony Orches- F. Strout, Andrew D. Osborn, Paul S. Dun- tra in rehearsal. kin, Raynard C. Swank, Richard S. Angell, Wyllis E. Wright, Arthur H. Chaplin, Her- J. K. Lilly, Indianapolis corporation exec- man H. Henkle, Seymour Lubetzky, and Ben- utive and philanthropist, has given to In- jamin A. Custer. Information on the confer- diana University his collection of rare books, ence may be had by writing to the Dean, first editions, and manuscripts, constituting Graduate Library School, University of Chica- one of America's great private libraries. The go, Chicago 37, 111. gift is regarded by rare book authorities as the largest and most valuable benefaction of "Salary Statistics of Large Public Libraries, its kind ever made to an American univer- 1956," a chart 26 by 27 inches including 1956 sity. The library, assembled over a period of salary and 1955 operational statistics for 29 30 years, includes the first printed accounts large public libraries, is available from the of the discovery and exploration of America. Enoch Pratt Free Library, Publications Of- It contains also most of the great works in fice, Baltimore, Maryland, at $1.15 each. English and American literatures. Equally im- portant and valuable are many works on early science, medicine, and American history. ACQUISITIONS, GIFTS, COLLECTIONS As its rare books librarian and professor of The Olin Downes music library has been bibliography, the university recently appoint- purchased by Florida State University Li- ed David A. Randall, manager for many years brary. This library represents the collecting of the rare books department of the Scribner of more than 50 years by Mr. Downes who Book Store, New York, and author of numer- served as the music critic for the New York ous books and articles on book collection. Times from 1924 until his death. The library The main areas of the Lilly library are contains more than 1,500 volumes of books literature, history and science. During his col- and music reference materials, approximate- lecting career, Mr. Lilly's interest in English ly 400 symphonic scores, 600 chamber music literature remained constant. His books cover compositions, 200 operatic scores and 1,200 the entire field, beginning with Bede's His- long-playing recordings. In addition there toria (ca.1475) and extending well into the are unusually complete collections of minia- twentieth century. England's first printer, ture scores and opera libretti, a large collec- Caxton, is represented by two items, the Can- tion of sheet and choral music, and 110 vol- terbury Tales of Chaucer and the Confessio umes of folk music. Amantis of Gower. Other important books The works of Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, include the four folios of Shakespeare, the Bloch, Villa-Lobos, Sibelius and other twen- five editions of the Compleat Angler which tieth-century composers are extensive. Many were published during the lifetime of Izaak of the copies are unique collector's items Walton, and a remarkable Robert Burns col- since they were dedicated to Olin Downes and lection, featuring the manuscripts of "Auld are annotated by the composers. The orig- Lang Syne," "O My Love's Like the Red,

254 C( .LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Red Rose" and "Scots Wha Hae Wi' Wal- dian Wars, Captain John Smith's Map of lace Bled." The modern period is highlight- Virginia (1612), both American and English ed by the manuscript of Sir James Barrie's printings of Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes, Peter Pan, presented by the author to Miss and the Famous Eliot Indian Bibles, the sec- Maude Adams, who created the role on the ond edition being a presentation copy from stage. Increase Mather. American literature has received an even greater emphasis from Mr. Lilly, who gave The Revolutionary period is strong, hav- particular attention to the early period and ing one of the 13 recorded copies of the first to early fiction. The outstanding collection printing of the Declaration of Independence, in the nineteenth century relates to Edgar together with an important letter from John Allan Poe, with a complete set of first edi- Hancock about it, and the copy of the Bill of tions from Tamerlane on, numerous man- Rights which George Washington presented uscripts, his correspondence with Sarah Helen to his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson. Whitman and their application for a mar- The Civil War period is represented by a riage license. There are the dedication copy signed copy of the Emancipation Proclama- of James Fenimore Cooper's The Spy and tion, a manuscript of the Thirteenth Amend- the first editions of such classic American au- ment signed by Lincoln and all senators and thors as Longfellow, Whitman, and Twain. congressmen, formerly owned by the great Complete holdings are also found of the abolitionist Charles Sumner, an autographed moderns as, for example, Hemingway. copy of General Robert E. Lee's famous The creative outburst of Hoosier literary "General Order No. 9" for the surrender of talent at the turn of the present century has the Southern forces and the manuscript of been reassembled with virtually all the works the song of the War, "Dixie." of Indiana authors, some 1,400 manuscripts Other sections of the Lilly library are de- of James Whitcomb Riley, the files of Gen- voted to the history of science and thought. eral Lew Wallace with all of his books in Among the books that have influenced west- manuscript, including Ben Hur, and the orig- ern thought are found such diverse items as inal manuscript of Edward Eggleston's Hoos- the Federalist Papers, the Communist Mani- ier Schoolmaster. festo and Das Kapital of Karl Marx, Hitler's Greek and Latin classics are abundantly Mein Kampf, the works of Lenin, Kierkega- present, as can be illustrated by the first fif- ard, Schopenhauer and Kant, all in original teenth century printings of Homer, Aristo- editions. The classics of science and medicine phanes and Aristotle, and by the De Imita- are present in the library, from the first print- tione Christi (ca.1470) of Thomas a Kempis. ing of Euclid, Copernicus, Kepler, Boyle and Marco Polo's travels in a Latin edition of Harvey's De Motu Cordis, through the eight- 1483 and Machiavelli's II Principe (1532) are eenth and nineteenth centuries, and down to illustrative of the Renaissance. A section of the first editions of our contemporary sci- Continental literature includes fine original entists, Einstein, Banting, Fleming and Jonas editions of French and German authors from Salk. Racine, Voltaire and Goethe to Romain Rol- land and Marcel Proust. The sum of $5,000, given to Northwestern In American history, or in the great Amer- University by a corporation for use in the icana items, the Lilly library traces the devel- humanities, has been made available to the opment of America from its discovery through library for developing its collections of Amer- the Civil War. Headed by two copies of the ican, English, French, German, Italian, and famous printed "Letter" of Christopher Co- Spanish poetry and underlying art theories lumbus, Rome, 1493, the period of explora- from the late nineteenth century to the pres- tion is thoroughly covered by the chief books ent or, in terms of "isms," from symbolism to of Cortes, Martyr, Vespucci and the other his- surrealism. Important shipments have al- torians of the New World. There is a prac- ready been received from several countries. tically complete set of the Jesuit Relations, Legend has it that the Italian poet Lodov- all four contemporary editions of Champlain's ico Ariosto, who lived from 1474 to 1533, Voyages, Hawthorne's copy of Hubbard's In- was one day captured by a party of banditti;

MAY, 1956 255 and no sooner had the banditti chief found which exceeded the author's need in books out that his prisoner was the author of Or- completed. lando Furioso (a work that has been called Sandburg's collection of contemporary po- "the greatest poem of its kind in any lan- etry runs to several thousand volumes, many guage"), than he immediately released him, inscribed, and with Sandburg's comments, expressing his most humble apologies. The which themselves are of great interest to stu- point of the story is not so much the erudi- dents in this field. His Lincoln material is tion of the sixteenth century banditti, who extensive. While some of it duplicates mate- after all had no TV to distract them from rial already in the university library, the their reading, but the fame of Ariosto. North- whole will make the Lincoln collection at Il- western has added to its rare book collection linois outstanding. Among the material are letters and other sources and innumerable a first edition of his comedy Li Soppositi notes used by Sandburg in writing his mon- (Venice, 1524), which has been translated umental biography of Lincoln. More than a into English as The Pretenders. (The library thousand stereoscopic photographs and many has also a copy of the second edition—and, photographs by Sandburg's famous brother- of course, several later editions—of Orlando in-law, Edward Steichen, are included in the Furioso.) library, as well as recordings and transcrip- Northwestern University has recently ac- tions of broadcasts and lectures given by quired a collection of 83 French plays, print- Sandburg. All of the material will be of great ed and in some cases performed around the value to students in American history and time of the French Revolution. Most of theplays literature. The correspondence will give light are light comedies, farces, or one-act operas. on many matters, great and small, in the first Among the authors represented by first edi- half of the twentieth century. tions are Ansiaume, Favart, Hele, Tuillerie, and Voltaire, whose original issue of the com- BUILDINGS edy L'lndiscret (Paris, 1725) is judged to be the most important volume of the lot. Western Reserve University dedicated the new I. F. Freiberger Library Building on Sunday, February 5. The building is at the The extensive and important private li- center of the university circle area. It is ar- brary of Carl Sandburg. Illinois-born poet ranged on the "open stack" principle, and and writer, will have a permanent home at it centralizes holdings formerly housed in the University of Illinois. Directors of the Thwing Hall and in other campus buildings. University of Illinois Foundation approved a Housed in the building is the School of Li- $30,000 allocation for purchase of the col- brary Science and its Center for Documenta- lection on January 11. tion and Communication Research, and the It will be the largest of many gifts to the Cleveland Regional Union Catalog. Princi- university library made through the founda- pal speakers at the opening ceremonies were tion. In the collection are books, manuscripts, Paul H. Buck and Ralph E. Ellsworth, di- letters, pictures, sound recordings, and an rectors of libraries at Harvard and the State extensive collection of material about Abra- University of Iowa respectively. ham Lincoln. There are copies of practically every edition of Sandburg's own works, many BOOK NOTES with inscriptions or handsome binding. The first editions are valued at thousands of dol- The first issue of the Mental Health Book lars. Manuscripts of many Sandburg poems Review Index, which will be published semi- showing his revisions and rewriting will be annually, is now available without charge to of special value to students of literature and librarians who have long been seeking this creative writing. Sandburg's correspondence, kind of periodical assistance in an important including poets, statesmen, academicians, and area of interest. admirers, is of great historical value. There The new publication indexes reviews of is a great amount of material Sandburg books in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, brought together and classified in prepara- psychoanalysis, and related subjects, appear- tion for books not yet written, and other files (Continued on page 264)

256 C( .LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Personnel

About July 1, 1956, WAYNE S. YENAWINE, of libraries at Massachusetts Institute of Tech- circulation librarian, University of Illinois, nology on January 3. will become director of libraries and dean of Dr. Tate, who will retain the rank of pro- the School of Library fessor at the Institute, was granted a leave of Science at Syracuse absence of one year, beginning January 1. University. His ap- He is now in Italy, undertaking a survey of pointment ends an libraries for the Department of State. He will extensive and pro- also conduct seminars at various universities longed survey by the in library techniques. Syracuse administra- "Under Dr. Tate's direction, the libraries tion to find a highly have had their greatest period of growth in qualified professional the history of the Institute," Dr. Julius A. librarian to fill this Stratton, provost, said, at the announcement major post. of Dr. Tate's change of status. "He has made Yenawine will a notable contribution to our library system bring to his new posi- and his service is greatly appreciated by tion a varied back- M.I.T." WAYNE S. YENAWINE ground of academic Dr. Tate came to M.I.T. in 1947 from preparation and experience. A native of St. Washington, where he had been since 1935 Louis, he was granted his first baccalaureate as first director of photography at the Na- degree by Washington University in 1933. tional Archives. During his period at the In- Subsequently, he acquired three degrees from stitute the Charles Hayden Memorial Library the University of Illinois Library School: B.S., was built, the Dewey Library was established 1934, M.A., 1938, and Ph.D., 1955. At the be- at the School of Industrial Management and ginning of his professional career, he was on the total of volumes in the libraries grew the Illinois staff in several capacities, includ- from 400,000 to 550,000. ing four years as assistant to the director of A specialist in microphotography, he has the library. He left Illinois in 1941 to become increased the use of scientific aids in libraries successively associate director of libraries, Uni- at M.I.T. and was one of the leaders in estab- versity of Georgia, 1941-43; acting director, lishing a national plan by which doctoral 1943-46; and librarian, Air University Library, theses are made available in microfilm form Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1946-48. all over the country. He headed an M.I.T. Yenawine returned to Illinois in 1948 as cir- group which undertook the technical work of culation librarian and to become a candidate microfilming the Adams papers in coopera- for a doctorate in the library school. tion with the Massachusetts Historical Society In addition to the excellent academic and and the Adams Manuscript Trust. Prior to professional preparation which Yenawine will joining the National Archives staff, he had take to the Syracuse position, he has the abil- been engaged by the Library of Congress to ity to an extraordinary degree to win friends microfilm documents in Mexico for the his- among students, faculty members, and his li- torical collection of the United States. brary colleagues. As head of one of the prin- A native of Mt. Carmel, 111., Dr. Tate re- cipal public service divisions at Illinois for ceived his bachelor's, master's and doctor's de- over seven years he has developed a strong grees at the University of California. esprit de corps among his associates and cor- dial relations with library users in general. Dr. WILLIAM N. LOCKE has been appointed Thus there is much to assure Yenawine's suc- to succeed Dr. Tate as director of libraries cess in his important and responsible assign- at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A ment at Syracuse.—Robert B. Downs. native of Watertown, Mass., Dr. Locke did his undergraduate work at Bowdoin College Dr. VERNON D. TATE resigned as director and took the degrees of master of arts and

MAY, 1956 257 doctor of philosophy at Harvard University. administrator, and imaginative planner. Be- He has been head of the department of mod- cause you have pioneered in the functional ern languages at M.I.T. since 1945. design of university library buildings; because Prior to his appointment at M.I.T., he was you have seized the opportunity to make the a member of the faculty at Harvard. During university library a direct and vital tool of World War II, he served with the Office of teaching and scholarship; because by your War Information. enthusiasm you have reached a position of Dr. Locke has long been interested in the leadership in your profession; because by your problems of the modern technical library and distinguished career you have brought credit in problems relating to scientific aids to learn- to this, your alma mater, we delight to honor ing. He is especially well known for his in- you." terest in the complex field of mechanical translation and in the application of scientific JAMES V. JONES, formerly assistant director knowledge to the study of language. He was of libraries at St. Louis University, became co-editor of the book Machine Translation of director of libraries on July 1, 1955. He suc- Languages and currently co-edits the quarter- ceeds Father Joseph ly journal Mechnical Translation. P. Donnelly, S.J., who He is regional representative for New Eng- has been assigned to land of the American Association of Teachers a teaching position at of French, a former vice-president of the as- Creighton University. sociation, and a member of its executive com- A native of Ohio, mittee. He is vice-president of the French Mr. Jones received his Center of New England and for three years B.S. degree from John he served as president of the Alliance Fran- Carroll University in ^aise of Boston. He is a trustee of the French 1948 and his M.S. in Library in Boston and of the Beaver Country L.S. from Western Re- Day School in Brookline. serve in 1950. After working for a brief

Western Reserve University has awarded JAMES V. JONES period as reference Dr. Paul H. Buck, director of the Harvard assistant in the West- University Library, the degree of Doctor of ern Reserve University Library he was ap- Humane Letters, and Dr. Ralph E. Ellsworth, pointed librarian of the St. Louis University director of the State University of Iowa Li- School of Commerce and Finance. In 1952 he braries, the degree of Doctor of Laws. Dr. was made assistant director of libraries at St. John S. Millis, president of Western Reserve, Louis. In this capacity Mr. Jones was respon- presented the degrees on February 5 with the sible for planning a complete revision of the following citations: circulation system, a central serials record, and a self-survey of the library. "PAUL H. BUCK: scholar, teacher, admin- Since 1952 he has been working toward a istrator. Because you have enriched the store Ph.D. in American history. In addition he of human knowledge through your historical has found time to participate actively in pro- scholarship and writings; because you have fessional organizations. He is currently pres- guided America's oldest university through a ident of the Greater St. Louis Library Club period of national emergency as one of its and a member of the executive board of both chief executive officers; because you are now the Catholic Library Association, Greater St. turning your brilliant talents to the manage- Louis Unit, and the College and University ment of our greatest university library; and Division of the Missouri Library Association. because through your distinguished career as Mr. Jones' appointment coincides with a a teacher, scholar, and administrator, you major expansion program at St. Louis Uni- have brought additional renown to your na- versity in which the new Pius XII Memorial tive state of Ohio, and to your alma mater, Library is a major element. He is deeply in- our sister institution, the Ohio State Univer- volved in plans for the new building, and he sity, we delight to honor you. can be counted upon to contribute substan- "RALPH E. ELLSWORTH: alumnus, teacher, tially to the reorganization and improvement

258 C( .LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES of library services which the new building Americana; the Watkins, Wordsworth Collec- will make possible in the years ahead.—An- tion; the Daniel Defoe Collection; the Gard- drew Eaton. ner Collection on General Lafayette; and spe- cial collections on the American Revolution, DAVID A. RANDALL, formerly manager of Thomas Paine, and the War of 1812.—L. S. the rare book department of the Scribner Thompson. Book Store in New York, has been appointed librarian of Indiana University's rare book RICHARD CHAPIN, former assistant director collection. The appointment will be effective of the University of Oklahoma Library School, on July 1, 1956. Randall will have the title is now associate librarian at Michigan State of professor of bibliography and will lecture University. He has the rank of associate pro- on rare books and bibliography in the de- fessor and is primarily responsible for reader partment of English. and research services. He holds an undergrad- A native of Pennsylvania, Randall studied uate degree from Wabash College, a profes- mining engineering at Lehigh University and sional degree from the University of Illinois law at Harvard. Subsequently he turned his Library School, and a doctorate in the field interest to rare books and began a series of of communications from the University of Il- associations with New York rare book firms. linois. While with the Scribner Book Store he han- dled some of the most important single items JAMES SKIPPER has been appointed assistant and collections that have passed through the librarian in charge of technical services at rare book market in the United States. Michigan State University. Formerly an as- Indiana University's rare book collections, sistant in the history division of the Cleve- most of them gifts, are recognized by book- land Public Library, he did his undergrad- men throughout the west as outstanding. They uate work at Carleton College and received include the Oakleaf Lincoln Collection, one a subject master's degree from Columbia Uni- of the most extensive of all Lincolniana col- versity before earning his professional degree lections; the Ellison Collection of Western at the University of Michigan.

Appointments

C. PERRY ARMIN leaves the staff of the Mid- Philadelphia. The collection centers on the land College Library, Fremont, Nebraska, to industrial revolution and the history of in- become reference librarian at Colorado dustry. A. and M. College on July 1, 1956. DONALD C. DAVIDSON, librarian of the San- DORIS BENNETT is assistant librarian of the ta Barbara College of the University of Cal- Jacksonville (Alabama) State Teachers Col- ifornia, has been appointed acting dean of lege. Applied Arts. He will continue as librarian, GRACE PATTEN BOWSER is librarian at Bab- dividing his time between the two offices. son Institute of Business Administration, ROBERT F. DELZELL, formerly associated with Wellesley, Mass. She resigned last year from the Air University Library, Maxwell Air the staff of Harvard University Libraries after Force Base, Alabama, is now administrative 28 years of service. assistant in the University of Illinois Library. JOYCE H. BRODOWSKI is order librarian at ELEANOR R. DEVLIN, formerly catalog re- the New Jersey State Teachers College, Tren- viser of the University of Pennsylvania, is ton. now reference librarian at Ohio University, MRS. DOROTHY BRODY CLARK is law librar- Athens. ian of the University of Kansas City (Mo.). RAY DICKINSON, formerly librarian of the CHARLES W. DAVID, librarian of the Univer- Colorado School of Mines, is now librarian sity of Pennsylvania until his retirement last of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak year, is director of the Longwood Library of Ridge, Tenn. the E. I. duPont de Nemours Company in REV. COLMAN J. FARRELL, O.S.B., is librar-

MAY, 1956 259 ian of the Abbey Library, St. Benedict's Col- DOROTHY E. KEITH is librarian of Bryant lege, Kan.; and HELEN BAIRD is assistant li- College, Providence, R. I. brarian. ALAN R. KRULL is director of the library of SARA INNIS FENWICK has been appointed as- the Marquardt Aircraft Co., Van Nuys, Calif. sistant professor of library science in the He was librarian of the Technological Insti- Graduate Library School, University of Chica- tute, Northwestern University. go. She replaces MARGARET HAYES who is leav- FREDERICK IRVING KUHNS is director of the ing the field of teaching to bring her doc- library and professor of library science at toral research to completion. Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Mont. GRAY GILLIAM is law librarian at the Uni- KARL KUP, adviser to the Spencer Collec- versity of Georgia, Athens. tion of Illustrated Books in the New York RITA GOODFLEISCH is head of circulation at Public Library since 1934 and curator of the Pratt Institute. Prints Division since 1942, is now also chief EMMETT E. GOODWIN, formerly with the of the Art and Architecture Division. Veterans Administration in Montgomery, Ala., MRS. LILLIAN KWANG is now cataloger in is chief of the acquisitions branch of the Air the Library of the University of Bridgeport, University Library, Maxwell Air Force Base, Conn. Ala. LOUISE C. LAGE was promoted from assist- MARK M. GORMLEY who has been Librar- ian of the Janesville (Wis.) Senior High ant chief librarian to chief librarian, the School Library will become special assistant Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis. on the staff of the Colorado A. and M. Col- MARY LEE is engineering librarian at Pur- lege Library on July 1, 1956. Mr. Gormley due University, Lafayette, Ind. will also teach the courses in librarianship of- ROBERT R. MCCOLLOUGH, formerly senior fered by the college. reference librarian in the University of Ore- gon, is now head humanities librarian in the JAMES F. GOVAN is head of the circulation department of the University of Alabama Li- same university. brary. KATHERINE C. MCNABB, head cataloger at PRESCOTT HARMON, JR., is head of science the Santa Barbara College of the University reference at Pratt Institute. of California since 1947, is now assistant li- L. E. J. HELYAR is a senior member of the brarian, processes. acquisitions staff of the University of Kansas JOHN DAVID MARSHALL, formerly reference Library on a two-year visiting appointment. librarian at Clemson College, has been ap- He has been on the staff of the National Cen- pointed reference librarian of the Alabama tral Library in London since 1947. Polytechnic Institute. SAUL HERNER is head of the Technical In- FAYE MITCHELL is acquisitions librarian of formation and Library Planning Group of Clemson College. the Atlantic Research Corporation in Alex- AUDREY NORTH, formerly head of technical andria, Va. processes, American University of Beirut JEAN L. HOLT, assistant librarian at Ander- (Lebanon) Library, is order librarian of Pur- son College, Anderson, Ind., since 1952, is due University. now head librarian. ROBERT ORAM is administrative assistant MARION JAMES has been appointed assistant to the librarian of the University of Missouri. professor in library science at the Graduate BARBARA PARKER is head of circulation and Library School, University of Chicago. reference at 's Divinity School KLAUS W. JONAS, now a cataloger in the Library. Yale University Library, is also a member of GERTRUDE SANDERS is head of the circula- the German Department at Yale and a cu- tion department of the University of South rator of the Center of Maugham Studies in Carolina Library. New Haven. MRS. ALICE F. SCHATTSCHNEIDER has been DAVID KASER is chief of acquisitions for promoted to head of the acquisitions depart- Washington University Libraries, St. Louis. ment of the University of Pennsylvania Li- He was on the staff of the University of brary. Michigan Library. WILLIAM H. O. SCOTT is associate librarian 260 CC LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES of Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Ruston. chief cataloger at the University of Kansas MRS. DOROTHEA M. SINGER is librarian of City (Mo.). the School of Commerce, Accounts, and Fi- JOHN J. WATERS is librarian of the techni- nance at New York University. cal information section, Rome (N. Y.) Air MRS. GAY SPIVEY is assistant librarian of Development Center. Guilford College (N. C.). ESTHER WEBER is on leave of absence from MRS. HARRY LEE SWINT is head of the cir- her post as librarian of Hesston (Kan.) Col- culation department of the Joint University lege. KENNETH W. STEIDER is acting librarian Library, Nashville, Tenn. during her absence. WILLIAM S. STODDARD is divisional librar- J. EDDIE WEEMS is head cataloger at Baylor ian of the College of Business and Public University, Waco, Tex. Service of Michigan State University. DOREEN M. YORKSTON is documents librar- MRS. BETTY BULLINGTON THREADGILL is ian at the Oregon State Library, Salem.

Retirements

Most genial of men and able administra- Library Gazette. He is the author of A Selec- tor, R. MALCOLM (MAC) SILLS, librarian of tion of One Hundred Items from the Benja- Fenn College since 1949, retired September min de Forest Curtiss Collection of Books, 1. Not only the proverbial scholar and a gen- Watertown, Conn., 1937, and "The Trum- tleman, but also a kind and understanding bull Manuscript Collections and Early Con- boss; not only a connoisseur of books, but necticut Libraries" in Papers in Honor of also a collector of coins and stamps; an ex- Andrew Keogh, 1938. pert at applying Goren's contract bridge pre- At their May 1955 meeting the Fenn Col- cepts, a man of youthful enthusiasm with a lege faculty passed the following resolution quick boyish smile, Mr. Sills entered spirited- honoring Mr. Sills: ly into all Fenn activities. Whereas our librarian, Mr. R. Malcolm Sills, During his six years at Fenn, Mr. Sills ac- has announced his intention of retiring at the complished two major tasks, the supervision end of the academic year, of the recataloging of the entire library, and And whereas he has decided to return to the the balancing of the book collection. Thanks East, where he and his wife can be closer to to his wide knowledge and careful purchases, their family, Fenn has a well-balanced collection of which And whereas in the all too few years he has it can be proud. served us he has brought to the library the benefit of his wide experience, excellent judg- Mr. Sills brought 15 years experience as ment and personal charm, owner of a book business to the library pro- And whereas the recataloging of the library fession. He obtained his library degree from and the series of outstanding exhibits are but Columbia in 1932. His career started at Yale examples of the success and originality of his University Library where he was first assist- administration; ant to the chief of the order department and Be it hereby resolved that the Faculty express then supervisor of the Mason-Franklin col- its gratitude for his service to the college and lection. Next he went to Harvard as first as- its wishes for a long and happy period of re- sistant in the reference department. He came tirement for him and his wife. —Imo Elizabeth Beam. to Fenn from the University of Massachusetts where he had been head of the Fort Devon MURIEL BALDWIN retired as chief of the Art Library. and Architecture Division after 30 years of Mr. Sills served as first lieutenant in the service with the New York Public Library. U. S. Army, 1917-18, and as director of U.S.O. JOHN TASKER HOWARD retired as head of clubs at Clarksville, Tenn., and Goldsboro, the Americana Section of the Music Division N. C., 1943-44. of the New York Public Library after 15 While at Yale he contributed to the Yale years of service.

MAY, 1956 261 Necrology

NATHAN VAN PATTEN, 68, professor of bib- tor of the Stanford University Libraries dur- liography, emeritus, at Stanford University, ing which time the book collections more died on March 17 after a period of failing than doubled in size. He had a great interest health. in the Lane Medical Library which was re- Dr. van Patten was a native of Niskayuna, flected in the growth of its splendid collec- N. Y., was educated at the Union Classical tion of medical history. As a result of his Institute, and in 1936 was awarded the de- acumen and foresight the libraries possess gree of Doctor of Letters from Dartmouth many outstanding and valuable research col- College. He was a teacher in the public lections. During these years there also came, schools, 1907-17; librarian, Walcott Gibbs Li- by gift and by purchase, many significant brary, College of the City of New York, 1917- special collections, such as the Charlotte Ash- 20; reference librarian, Massachusetts Insti- ley Felton Memorial Library (American and tute of Technology, 1920-21, and assistant li- English literature from the mid-nineteenth brarian, 1921-23; chief librarian, Queen's century to date), the Sir Isaac Newton Col- University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; di- lection, and the Memorial Library of Music. rector, Stanford University Libraries, 1927- When Dr. van Patten became professor of 47; professor of bibliography, 1948-52; pro- bibliography in 1947, he was able to devote fessor emeritus since 1952; and curator, Me- full time to the acquiring of further gifts, morial Library of Music, 1952-55. He acted to teaching, and to developing the Memorial as adviser on the World War Collection, Yale Library of Music which has attracted musi- University Library, and was honorary con- cologists, music-lovers, and musicians from sultant in Canadiana at the Library of Con- around the world. gress. In addition he served as lecturer in At the time of his retirement in 1952 he chemical literature at Stanford University was presented with a beautifully bound vol- and in medical literature at the University ume of essays written in his honor by many of California Medical School. American and foreign scholars and librar- He belonged to the Library Association ians—a tribute to his years of fine and fruit- (Great Britain) of which he was a Fellow, ful work. American Library Association, California Li- He had been a resident of Palo Alto and brary Association, Bibliographical Society of the campus for more than 30 years. With his America, Bibliographical Society of the Uni- wife and his daughter Dolores, he resided at versity of Virginia, Theta Chi, Roxburghe the family home in Stanford. Club of San Francisco, Grolier Club of New York City, and the Rowfant Club of Cleve- WINIFRED GREGORY GEROULD, distinguished land. He founded the Arthur Machen Society editor and bibliographer, known both na- and, in addition to having what is probably tionally and internationally, died December the most complete collection of the Welsh 10, 1955, at Williamsburg, Va. Her friends novelist's works, was considered the authority and professional associates will miss her gen- in the field. ial personality, her sense of humor and her He participated actively in professional or- zest for living. Her enthusiasm for work or ganizations and was a frequent contributor play was transmitted to her friends and fel- to bibliographical, chemical, and medical low workers. Her professional contributions journals. In addition he was the author of to library literature were and will continue Bibliography of the Corrosion of Metals; to be indispensable tools for librarians and Literature of Lubrication; Index to Bibliog- those whose primary interest is research. raphies and Bibliographical Contributions A midwesterner, born in Iowa, Winifred Relating to the Work of American and Brit- Gregory attended the Universities of Iowa, ish Authors (1923-1932); Printing in Green- Minnesota and Wisconsin. From the last she land; Catalogue of the Memorial Library of obtained her degree in library science in Music at Stanford University. 1910. For 20 years Dr. van Patten served as direc- Her first professional appointment was as

262 C( .LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES librarian of the School of Mines, University joint committee of the two organizations. of Minnesota. During her five years of serv- She leaves to the library world a rich leg- ice there, she compiled an extensive Bibli- acy of research resources, and to her friends ography of Minnesota Mining and Geology. many happy recollections.—Helen T. Stein- During World War I she served as hospital bar ger. librarian at Asheville, N. C. Later her experi- ence was broadened by her work in the tech- JAMES I. WYER, who died November 1, nology divisions of the St. Paul Public Li- 1955, was one of the real leaders of the li- brary and the Carnegie Library of Pitts- brary profession. A graduate of the Univer- burgh. sity of Minnesota, he received his library Specialization began in 1924 with editorial training at the New York State Library work for the American Library Association School. He later obtained a master's degree and the Bibliographical Society of America. at the school and was awarded a doctorate This led to research in national and univer- in pedagogy by the New York State College sity libraries in Europe during the thirties. for Teachers. Before entering librarianship The American Library Association honored he had worked for a period in banking. her by an appointment as its representative After experience at the New York State to attend the meeting in Rome of the Inter- Library and the Minneapolis Public Library national Congress on Bibliography, 1930. he became acting librarian at the University of Nebraska, 1898-99, then served as librarian Winifred Gregory's overseas contacts were and professor of bibliography until 1905. He cherished throughout her life and it is safe returned to the New York State Library, to assume that no librarian or publisher where he held several positions in the school whom she met abroad failed to get in touch and the library. He was director of the school with her when visiting the States. from 1908 until 1926 and head of the New Her administrative ability and skill in re- York State Library, 1908-38. In addition to search led to the editorship of two editions various offices in the American Library As- of Union List of Serials in Libraries of the sociation, he served as its president, 1910-11. United States and Canada; List of Serial Pub- He made significant contributions to the pro- lications of Foreign Governments; American gram of Army and Navy library services dur- Newspapers 1821-1936 Available in the Li- ing the first World War. braries of United States and Canada; Inter- Dr. Wyer was frequently consulted by national Congresses and Conferences, 1840- members of the profession for advice on li- 1937. brary problems. He was always ready to help In December, 1940, Winifred Gregory and in this direction, and was a constant source Dr. James Thayer Gerould, who had retired of information to his many students in the from active service as librarian of Princeton field. He served as president of the National University, were married in Washington, Association of State Libraries, the Associa- D. C. Shortly after, Williamsburg, Va., be- tion of American Library Schools, and the came their home. It was not difficult for the New York Library Association, and was ac- Geroulds to adapt their lives to the leisurely tive in the Bibliographical Society of Amer- pace of the historic southern city. Mrs. ica and various philatelic groups. His contri- Gerould took a constructive interest in the butions to professional literature covered small local library and contributed much of government publications, college and univer- her spare time to civic activities. sity librarianship, reference work, and many Dr. and Mrs. Gerould collaborated on A other subjects. Guide to Trollope, published by the Prince- ton University Press in 1948, completed an WHITMAN DAVIS, librarian of Mississippi unpublished guide to Jane Austen, and were State College from 1905-18 and 1921-28, and considering one to Galsworthy when Dr. subsequently librarian of the University of Gerould died several years ago. Mississippi for 25 years, died January 20, Winifred Gregory was a member of the 1956, in Oxford, Miss. ALA and the Bibliographical Society of Amer- ica. She served as a member of the microcard HELEN BINNINGER SUTLIFF, associate librar-

MAY, 1956 263 ian emerita of Stanford University, died Feb- LUDWIG LEWISOHN, librarian and professor ruary 5. Born in Lawrence, Kan., a graduate of comparative literature at Brandeis Univer- of the University of Kansas, she became head sity, Waltham, Mass., died at the age of 72. cataloger of that institution before going to He was a well-known novelist. Stanford in 1905. She was made head of the Stanford cataloging department in 1907. A ALICE SEARCY WYMAN, librarian emerita of year before her retirement in 1933 she was the University of Alabama, died at the age appointed associate librarian. of 80.

News from the Field (Continued from page 256) ing in 50 subject journals. Created and ed- this press. The present study is a history of ited by the Subcommittee on Book Appraisal the Cambridge Press in the light of the most of the Adult Education Board of the Amer- recent information, and it provides a detailed ican Library Association, the Index is avail- and exhaustive study of the printing done by able as Supplement to Vol. VII, No. 3, Jan.- the press in the first quarter-century of its Feb., 1956, of Psychological Newsletter, New operation, concluding with the year 1663 when York University, New York 3, New York. John Eliot's translation of the Indian Bible Communications concerning the index was completed. Dr. Starkey bases his inves- should be addressed to Miss Lois Afflerbach, tigation on intensive bibliographical exam- Paul Klapper Library, Queens College, Flush- ination of the books printed by the Cam- ing, L.I., New York, a member of the sub- bridge Press, and for the period covered he committee. Chairman is Margaret M. Kin- examined nearly 90 per cent of all extant ney, Chief Librarian, U. S. Veterans Admin- copies. istration Hospital Library, Bronx, New York. Serving with Miss Kinney and Miss Affler- MELCHER SCHOLARSHIP FUND bach on the subcommittee are: Ilse Bry, Neu- ropsychiatric Library, New York University The Children's Library Association of the —Bellevue Medical Center; Laura Cum- American Library Association has created the mings, Columbia University Libraries; Marga Frederic G. Melcher Scholarship Fund as an Franck, Bibliographic Index, H. W. Wilson expression of gratitude to Mr. Melcher, the Co.; Joseph E. Hansbery, New York Public donor of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals Library; Sylvia Mechanic, Brooklyn Public awarded annually for outstanding contribu- Library; Christine L. Meyer, Columbia Uni- tions to children's literature. It will encourage versity Libraries; Donald Read, Psychology the recruiting of children's librarians by pro- Library, Columbia University Libraries. viding an annual scholarship for professional education in library work with children. Lawrence G. Starkey's Descriptive and An- The goal for the fund is $25,000, of which alytical Bibliography of the Cambridge, Mas- $15,000 has already been received. The Chil- sachusetts, Press from Its Beginning to the dren's Library Association hopes that it may Publication of Eliot's Indian Bible in 1663 is be joined in this project by other friends of available in microcard form from the Univer- Mr. Melcher and by others interested in chil- sity of Kentucky Press. (Kentucky Micro- dren's books and in library service to chil- cards. Series A. Modern Language Series, spon- dren. sored by the South Atlantic Modern Lan- Each individual or group who contributes guage Association, no. 4. 10 cards. $2.50 to to the fund will be listed in the leather vol- subscribers; $3.50 to others.) umes presented to Mr. Melcher. The first printing press in British North Contributions may be sent to Mildred Bat- America arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, chelder, American Library Association, 50 in 1638, and the first item of any size printed East Huron Street, Chicago 11, Illinois. on it was The Bay Psalm Book (1640). Until Checks should be made payable to the Mel- 1675 all printing in the colonies was done on cher Scholarship Fund.

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Archiv fiir Druck und Papier. Archives for Print- versity Press, 1956. 106p. $2.50. (Hoover In- ing, Paper, and Kindred Trades. Berlin: Buch- stitute and Library Bibliographical Series IV.) und Druckgewerbe-Verlag, 1955. Nos. 1-4. Library and Reference Facilities in the Area of American Testament: The Story of a Promised the District of Columbia. 5th ed. Washington: Land. By Cornel Lengyel and Noah Ben- Library of Congress, 1955. 183p. (Available Tovim. New York: Grace Books, 1956. 576p. from Card Division, Library of Congress, $5. $1.35.) Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for Louis R. Wilson: a Biographical Sketch. By the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1955. Wash- Maurice F. Tauber. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Friends ington: Library of Congress, 1956. 130p. of the Library, 1956. 18p. Arctic Research: The Current Status of Research Manual of Principles on Limited Cataloging for and Some Immediate Problems in the North the Air University Library. Third Draft. Max- American Arctic and Subarctic. Ed. by Diana well Air Force Base, Alabama: March 1956. 44p. (mimeographed). Rowley. Ottawa: Arctic Institute of North Master's Theses in Education. 1954-1955. No. 4. America, 1955. 261p. Ed. by T. A. Lamke and H. M. Silvey. Cedar Armenian Manuscripts. An Exhibition at the Falls, Iowa: Research Publications, 1956. 172p. University of Kansas Library, December 1955. $3.75. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, A Methodist Book Classification. Prepared by 1955. 16p. Lucy W. Markley. Evanston, 111.: The Library, Catalogue of the Library Company of Phila- Garrett Biblical Institute, 1955. 63p. delphia. 1741. A Facsimile of the Edition of The Mitchell Library Index to Periodicals. July 1741 Printed by Benjamin Franklin. Phila- 1949-December 1951. Sydney, Australia: Trus- delphia: 1956. 55p. tees of the Public Library of New South Wales, The Catholic . 1956. Ed. by Sister Stella 1955. 360p. 1.1.0. (Available from the Mitchell Maris, O.P. St. Catharine, Kentucky: St. Catha- Librarian, The Mitchell Library, Macquarie rine Junior College, 1956. 72p. 75c. St., Sydney, N.S.W.) The City Library of Detroit. 1817-1837: Michi- Preliminary Inventories, the National Archives gan's First Public Library. By Russell E. Bid- of the United States. No. 91, "Cartographic lack. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michi- Records of the Panama Canal." Comp. by gan, 1955. 33p. (University of Michigan, Dept. James Berton Rhoads. Washington: National of Library Science Studies ... 2.) Archives, 1956. 72p. Classical Myth and Legend in Renaissance Dic- Preliminary Inventories, the National Archives tionaries. By DeWitt T. Starnes and Ernest of the United States. No. 92, "Records of the William Talbert. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Univer- Office for Emergency Management." Comp. by sity of North Carolina Press, 1955. 517p. $7.50. Henry T. Ulasek. Washington: National Ar- Contemporary German Book Design. Frankfurt chives, 1956. 20p. am Main, Johannes Weisbecker, 1955. 36p. Records of the General Conference. Eighth Ses- Free. (Available from L. S. Thompson, Univer- sion. Montevideo, 1954. Proceedings. Paris: sity of Kentucky Library, Lexington, Ky.) UNESCO, 1955. 977p. (Available from the The Essentials of Educational Statistics. By U. S. National Commission for UNESCO, Francis G. Cornell. New York: John Wiley & Dept. of State, Washington 25, D.C.) Sons, 1956. 375p. $5.75. Sixth Annual Report of the Midwest Inter-Li- Geography of Yugoslavia: a Selective Bibliogra- brary Center. From July 1, 1954, to June 30, phy. Comp. by Borivoje Z. Milojevic. Wash- 1955. Chicago: The Midwest Inter-Library ington: Library of Congress, 1955. 79p. 70c. Center, 1955. 23p. (Available from the Card Division, Library of Sources of Information and Unusual Services. Congress.) 4th ed. 1956-57. Ed. by Raphael Alexander. Index of the American Ecclesiastical Review. New York: Informational Directory Co., 1956. Vols. 101-130. July, 1939-June, 1954. Comp. by 64p. $2. James Riley. Ed. by Joseph W. Sprug. Wash- Special Library Grants Provide Valuable Re- ington: The Catholic University of America search Materials in 1953-55 Biennium. Knox- Press, 1956. 200p. $3.75. ville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee, 1956. Leaders of Twentieth-Century China: An An- 14p. (The University of Tennessee News Let- notated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Bio- ter, January, 1956) graphical Works in the Hoover Library. By Trade Barriers to Knowledge. Paris: UNESCO, Eugene Wu. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Uni- 1955. 364p. $5.

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