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Catalogue of Books on Cambridge The university, the town and the county, arranged alphabetically by author, otherwise by title Compiled by Pierre Gorman Catalogue of Books on Cambridge: the university, the town and the county, arranged alphabetically by author, otherwise by title Compiled by Pierre Gorman, CBE, PhD (Cantab), BAgriSc BEd (Melb), FACE University of Melbourne Catalogue of Books on Cambridge: the university, the town and the county, arranged alphabetically by author, otherwise by title © The University of Melbourne 2008 ISBN 9780734039170 All material appearing in this publication is copyright and cannot be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher and the relevant author. The views expressed herein are those of individuals and not necessarily those of the University of Melbourne. Editors: Stephanie Jaehrling and Pam Pryde Catalogue design and typesetting: Jacqui Barnett Photography: Lee McRae Production: Publications, Information Services The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010,Australia Front cover:‘Inside view of the Public Library, Cambridge’, by T.H. Rowlandson, 1809. Back cover:Watercolour of Pierre Gorman at Corpus Christi College, by D. Moore, 1990. Contents Dr Pierre Patrick Gorman iv Acknowledgments iv Foreword 1 From the Granta to the Yarra: Cambridge in Books 3 Cambridge in Carlton: Dr Pierre Gorman and the Collection of Books on Cambridge 9 in the University of Melbourne Library Catalogue of Books on Cambridge: the university, the town and the county, arranged alphabetically by author, 17 otherwise by title iii Dr Pierre Patrick Gorman Acknowledgments (1924–2006) This publication was conceived and sponsored by the Friends of Pierre Gorman was born in Melbourne as the only child of the Baillieu Library. The Catalogue of Books on Cambridge, the Sir Eugene and Marthe Gorman.After graduating from university, the town and the county, arranged alphabetically by author, Melbourne Grammar and then from the University of Melbourne otherwise by title, is an enviable work of scholarship by Pierre with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science in 1949 and a Bachelor of Gorman. It not only lists his own collection of all things Education in 1951, Pierre went on to study at Cambridge ‘Cambridge’ — with extensive cross-referencing — it also lists all University from where in 1960 he became the first deaf person published works held in the libraries of the University of to take out a PhD. Melbourne which have a Cambridge ‘link’. Pierre was totally deaf from birth but through the dedication To bring this publication into being involved enlisting the of his parents and teachers as well as his own willpower and assistance of a small team of dedicated University of Melbourne intelligence, he learnt to master the spoken language and became staff and colleagues to edit and proofread the original document. an expert lip reader. Particular thanks must go to Stephanie Jaehrling, Editing & Client Pierre had a long and distinguished career in England and Coordinator, and Jacqui Barnett, Design & Production Australia as educator of the deaf and a tireless advocate against Coordinator in Publications, Marketing & Services Development, discrimination towards people with disabilities.After retirement Information Services, who have carried the burden of turning a from the Faculty of Education at Monash in 1983 he offered his ’raw’ scanned document file into the polished work you have large collections of books and prints relating to Cambridge to the before you. University of Melbourne where they were acquired in 1994 and This published work will be of immense interest to scholars 1995 respectively. and others with an interest in the history and life of Cambridge The books and prints in the Gorman Cambridge Collection — many of the items in the collection do not appear in either the at the University of Melbourne were collected over a lifetime, and British Library’s catalogue, or the University of Cambridge’s to the end of his life Pierre continued to collect Cambridge books catalogue. and donate them to the University. He documented the Gorman As well, this publication will, we hope, in some measure Cambridge collection in an exhaustive bibliography which also celebrate the life and achievements of a truly remarkable man, and includes books on Cambridge found in other parts of the acknowledge the substantial contribution Pierre Gorman has University of Melbourne collections. made to the University of Melbourne through the creation of the For his services to the University of Melbourne Pierre was Cambridge Collection. awarded a Doctor of Laws honoris causa in 2000. Merete Smith Pam Pryde, Curator, Special Collections, Information Services iv Foreword he University of Melbourne has guardianship of One of the treasures of the Cambridge Collection is many treasures.Among the most important is the the important heraldic manuscript The foundations of the T collection of books, manuscripts, prints and other Universitie of Cambridge, dating from 1662.The Friends material relating to Cambridge — the university, the city provided funds in 2003 to conserve this important work. and the county.This collection was put together by Dr Another link to the Cambridge Collection occurred in Pierre Gorman CBE, a distinguished graduate of both 2005 when the Friends, in association with the Centre for universities, and a true Friend of the Baillieu Library. the Book at Monash University, were able to publish a The Friends of the Baillieu Library are delighted to major lecture by David McKitterick, From local collecting to underwrite the cost of printing Catalogue of Books on global understanding: Cambridge University and its histories. Cambridge: the university, the town and the county, arranged McKitterick is the acknowledged expert on the history of alphabetically by author, otherwise by title, held in the various Cambridge University’s libraries and publishing. libraries of the University of Melbourne. It lists some This publication stands as a record of an impressive 3,000 items published from 1568 to the present day. collection and is a fitting tribute to an impressive man, This work also includes two important essays.The first Pierre Gorman. is by Pierre Gorman himself, which is taken from the 1998 Graham N. Dudley exhibition catalogue, From the Granta to theYarra: Cambridge President, Friends of the Baillieu Library in Books. It gives an overview as to why Pierre collected what he did, and gives an introduction to the collection. There is also a substantial article by Dr Juliet Flesch who negotiated with Dr Gorman on the Library’s Graham N. Dudley became President of the Friends of the Baillieu Library purchase of the Cambridge books. Dr Gorman with his in March 2007, after ten years as a committee member. Graham has an Honours Degree in History from the University of Melbourne. He characteristic generosity later donated to the University his worked at the State Library of Victoria,Arts Victoria and Local Government substantial collection of pictorial representations of Victoria, where he was responsible for the State Government’s policy Cambridge. Dr Flesch was for many years the Executive development and grants programs for public libraries. He retired in early 2007. From 1982 he worked with Dr Pierre Gorman for many years on the Secretary of the Friends and this work was recognised with State Advisory Committee on Library and Information Services for People Life Membership of the Friends. with Disabilities. 1 ‘Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University Almanack’, 1826. From the Granta to the Yarra Cambridge in Books By Pierre Gorman. Foreword from the exhibition of books on Cambridge which was held in the University of Melbourne Library, 19 October–18 December 1998. he University of Melbourne Library is currently the initiative of the Collection Management Librarian, holding in the Baillieu Library exhibition area a Juliet Flesch, the University of Melbourne Library T display of selected items from its collection on acquired the personal collection of some 600 items on Cambridge, England, which is considered to be the most Cambridge from Dr Pierre Gorman, a graduate of both extensive one outside Cambridge itself.This publication the Universities of Melbourne and Cambridge, thus not only gives a general description of the collection, but bringing the total holding to some 850 titles. Notable also serves as a guide for research scholars wishing to acquisitions have occurred since then. In 1995 the undertake studies involving Cambridge. University of Melbourne Library received a significant The full collection, with its run of over 2,250 items, addition of about 250 items from duplicate stock of the published from 1568 to the present time, covers various Cambridgeshire Libraries Local Studies Collection through aspects of Cambridge: the university, city and county.A full the kindness of the then Principal Librarian, Michael Petty. listing of these items is given in two just released Since 1996, Geoffrey Morson, an American lawyer from catalogues compiled by Dr Pierre Gorman, one arranged Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts and by author, and the other by year of publication.These presently resident in Cambridge, England, has greatly catalogues contain both entry numbers to facilitate the helped in locating books on Cambridge in British identification of these items, and also their shelf call secondhand book shops for possible purchase by the numbers for their location on the University of University of Melbourne Library.

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