Ann-Christe Galloway Grants and Acquisitions
The University of Pittsburgh’s (UP) Center as an open computer lab when not being for American Music of the University Li used for teaching. brary System has been awarded a grant of $39,826 for a 2008 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Acquisitions Library Services (IMLS). The grant funds a planning conference scheduled for May 2009 at UP to develop strategies for creat A gift of Don Knotts memorabilia has been ing an electronic directory for Resources given to the West Virginia University (WVU) of American Music History. The project Libraries. Among items donated by Knotts’ is a partnership between the Center for widow, Frances YarboroughKnotts, are a American Music and the Society for Ameri thick stack of playbills, many with covers can Music, a constituent member of the bearing Knotts’ wide grin, that mark his work American Council of Learned Societies in dozens of stage productions over a span (www.americanmusic.org). One of only of decades. Knotts starred in performances nine planning grants made nationally by of classics such as On Golden Pond, Harvey, IMLS (16 planning grant proposals were Last of the Red Hot Lovers, You Can’t Take It submitted, with a total of 104 total pro with You, and The Odd Couple. In The Odd posals being submitted), UP’s project was Couple, he took on the role of Felix Unger identified by the granters as “one that will to Art Carney’s Oscar Madison. Along with have an impact on library and information playbills, the donation also includes boxes services and serve as models to libraries of articles and promotional materials, pic across the nation.” Experts in information tures of Knotts on stage, personal letters technology and in American music archival and writings, pages of handwritten stories and library resources will participate in the and jokes, multiple Matlock scripts, his planning a new comprehensive reference Screen Actors Guild card, and a scrapbook tool for American music history. of photographs and newspaper clippings compiled by TV Land. There is also a watch Iowa State University’s Parks Library that Andy Griffi th presented to Knotts upon has received a $200,000 grant from the Roy his departure from The Andy Griffi th Show. J. Carver Charitable Trust to transform its YarboroughKnotts said it was one of the former microforms staff and storage area few items Knotts treasured enough to store into a large flexible computer classroom in a safedeposit box. The watch was espe for library instruction. The area is adjacent cially meaningful because of the humorous to the library’s new Learning Connections personal message Griffith and the show’s Center, which combines traditional reference producers had engraved on the back. Along features with an information commons and with the number five are the words: “See, multimedia production studios. The new we thought we’d put 5 on it because you’ve classroom will be designed so it can be used been here for 5 years.” YarboroughKnotts’ donation of memorabilia is the third such gift to the WVU Libraries. She previously donated several items in early 2007, and the Ed. note: Send your news to: Grants & Acquisitions, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; first gifts were given in January 2006, just e-mail: [email protected]. one month before Knotts’ death.
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