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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Large-scale Digitization Project, 2007.

vol. 3, no. 4 Winter 1981-82 THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY FRIENDS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN ISSN 0192-5539

Motley Collection Acquired Costume Designs Span Fifty Years of Theater History

The Friends, through their generosity, Since Motley designed costumes for have been instrumental in the many Shakespearean productions, the acquisition of an impressive collection costume collection will be a valuable of theater history-that of costume complement to the Library's already designs by the British company Motley. extensive Shakespeare collection The Motley Collection, which spans donated over the last 25 years by the 50 years of theater history, contains generous Library benefactor, Ernest more than 3,000 original costume Ingold. The collection will also be sketches, story boards and fabric valuable to those interested in costume samples from over 160 productions. design and generally for those Some of the designs are from interested in theater history. productions at the Shakespeare According to Dr. Mullin, the Memorial Theatre at collection, "documents the changing Stratford-upon-Avon, the Old Vic, trends in theatrical taste, conceptual , operas presented approach and visual interpretation by the , and through costumes and scenery. Using numerous commercial productions. In these sketches and designs, together the United States, Motley designed with the Library's other resources, costuming for such Broadway scholars can reconstruct individual productions as "South Pacific," productions and trace the evolution of "Can-Can," "Paint Your Wagon," "The theater style over several decades." Most Happy Fella," and "Peter Pan." Prof. Mullin added that the collection The group also designed costumes for was extremely unusual because of its the movie "Oklahoma!" and the The recent acquisition ot the Motley extensiveness. He said, "Not only was Broadway production of Eugene company's design collection includes this the collection valuable in itself, but it is drawing for the character Tybalt in a 1932 extremely rare in the ephemeral world London production of "." of the theater, where designers often discard or give away their work after a production closes." O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Motley has designed costumes for, Night." and in conjunction with, such theatrical The Motley company is named after names as Sir , Dame the bright, colorful costumes worn by , and Sir , court jesters in Shakespeare's time, and to name a few. -(continued inside) is the corporation name of Sophia and Margaret Harris (sisters) and their friend Elizabeth Montgomery Wilmot. Miss Margaret Harris, who is 70 and one of two surviving members of the organization, still operates a renowned international design school. Miss Harris decided to sell the collection after Michael Mullin, associate professor of English and a Shakespeare scholar, suggested that Miss Harris have the collection appraised. Miss Harris had initially planned to sell some of the sketches piece by piece to support her school whose funds had been cut by the The Motley company designed this set for Thatcher administration. Prof. Mullin's the English National Opera production of suggestion made it possible for Miss A few of the costumes designs by the Verdi's "II Trovatore." Harris to support her school and also Motley company for the Broadway furnish the Library with a valuable production of "Paint Your Wagon" by Jay research archive. Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Motley Collection Executive Committee Notes -(from page 1) The Library Friends of the University of The most satisfactory factor of my Illinois has become one of the most own involvement with the Library successful university friends Friends has been the organization's organizations in the country. This mission of helping the Library. Some success, as with most success stories, is support organizations occasionally seem in large measure the result of the to exist for the sake of their own efforts and support of a very few key existence. They become more of a people as well as the contributions and parasite than a help. You can be help of the rest of us. In our case, assured that this Friends organization is much of the impetus, the growth, and directing all of its efforts and resources the early financial support was provided toward helping and supporting our by the Stewart Howe Foundation under Library. the direction of Carlyle Anderson. If any of you is able to make a Among its many contributions and substantial gift or if you know someone deeds was its $10,000 gift that has who can make a substantial gift for underwritten Friendscript the last three underwriting Friendscript, our years. Friendscript has been our organization can continue our primary means of communication with newsletter while maintaining our ever our membership and has, we feel, increasing support to the Library. Please become indispensable in our reaching let us know if you can be of help. out for greater support and new I do want to take this opportunity to friends. express our continued appreciation to Sadly, this money will run out after Carlyle Anderson and the Stewart two more issues of Friendscript. We will Howe Foundation. Its purpose has been not allow Friendscript to die, but we to help us grow in numbers and in are faced with the reality that unless we financial support. It has succeeded. can obtain one or more grants or gifts Now we need to find a comparable Ms. HarriettJump, niece of the Harris sisters, large enough to underwrite another friend. We also hope that the Stewart examines a sketch in the Motley collection year or more of our newsletter, we will Howe Foundation will continue its with Director of Technical Services Michael have to use money from our budget. As interest in us. The impetus provided by Gorman. most of you know, the beneficiary of the Foundation occurred in our crucial our budget is the library collection. Last early years as we set out to establish a The acquisition of the collection was year our gifts for books was $45,000. We substantial base of private support for praised by James Berton Harris, head of want that amount to grow every year, our Library. costume design at the Krannert Center not decrease. for the Performing Arts. Prof. Harris, -Robert Watts, President who has himself designed costumes for Broadway productions, said, "With the Motley collection, these resources Classical Bookmaking Behind Friends Logo make Illinois one of the most important research centers for drama and theater The detailed logo which appears in The logo seems fitting for history in the country." each issue of Friendscript has an Friendscript in that it was designed by a The Motley collection arrived in two interesting history behind it-a history quality printer of the 15th century and trunks and was accompanied by of craftsmanship and quality book now represents a quality organization Harriett Jump, niece of the Harris sisters printing. of bibliophiles-the Friends of the and one of the sellers. The collection is The illustration comes from one of Library. currently being cataloged in the Rare several Badius editions in the UI Book Room of the University Library Library. The printer is a Parisian named and should be available for research in Jodocus Badius Ascensius. Badius late November. There are plans to learned his craft in Italy, moved to exhibit some of the collection during Lyon, and finally set up his shop in Paris April as part of the Library's in 1499. Badius is one of the first commemoration of Shakespeare's printers of scholarly books following in birthday. the footsteps of his mentor Henri It can be said that acquisition of the Estienne, famous French bookdealer Motley Collection is another reason and printer. Many of Badius's editions why the Library values the Friends and are Latin classics. their support. The Friends, in The illustration itself is of Badius's conjunction with the Library and the press room. On the left there is a colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences workman preparing the leather ink and Fine and Applied Arts, can be truly balls. In the center of the room is the proud of making it possible for the heavy press with its frame braced Library to acquire such a prestigious against the ceiling by stout beams. On and valuable research collection. the right of the illustration is a compositor setting type. There is some question on whether this workman is concentrating on the text or looking out the window and daydreaming. From the Librarian's View We Need Your Help You can ensure the UI Library's One of the concerns of librarians, and The item must be indexed and continued excellence by: the community of library users, is accessible whether that access is from a whether or not the book as we know it computer terminal or by plugging in a * telling others about the Library them will continue in its present form. One blank cassette. The item has to be Friends and encouraging to join should remember that libraries have usable and in some form able to be collected books in various forms, and shared with other patrons of the library. * sending us lists of potential members and contributors that they have, in fact, developed from We will still have to buy the books, clay tablets to papyrus rolls to vellum catalog them, lend them, and store * helping the Library solicit handwritten codices to printed paper them. Only the forms of such activity, grants from foundations codices. And along the way libraries the displays of the products of * obtaining your company's or have collected items which sometimes authorship will change and then only organization's participation in a come out in parts, like the Victorian very slowly. Most probably we will matching gift program novel, sometimes in regular issues, such continue to have a mixed-medium * passing the information about as the journal, and they have always library. It seems most likely that the Library Friends membership on included items in a scroll-like form, machine-based storage will be in your newsletter or such as microfilm reels even though the especially applicable to the kinds of publications. dominant pattern for the last four data which need to be manipulated for hundred years or so has been the their most efficient use, while the other printed-paper codex bound with stiff media will be used for belle-lettres and covers. the products of scholarly analyses The advent of new micro rather than for books which are a technologies which produce silicone compilation of data themselves. One chips and bubble memories will no only has to look at some of the doubt have an impact on the book. It is experiments that modern poets have quite likely that for many "books" one been engaging in the effort to produce will plug in a small hand-held device, their poetry in a format and in a very similar to the new alpha/numeric medium applicable to the poems hand calculator, and fill up some five or themselves to note that even the most six extraordinarily small but very dense traditional form of literary art may be storage devices (perhaps micro chips or changing over the next half century. In bubble memory) with a needed book. any case, the library's function of One would then read it at one's leisure bringing the book and the reader The Benefits of Membership from the display on the small device. together will probably change but little. As a Friend of the University of Illinois When finished with the "book", it -Hugh C. Atkinson, University Librarian Library, you receive: would simply be erased. * Special circulation and stack privileges for For other items the format we now Library materials know will probably continue. Most * Friendscript, the quarterly newsletter likely the general purpose magazine * Non Solus, the annual bulletin and the book of poetry will continue * Invitations to exhibits, lectures and in their present format. However, the receptions present format for the specialized * A 30% discount on University of Illinois Press publications journal may not continue except as an index or an abstract. The articles The Friends welcome everyone interested in the continued excellence of the University themselves may be available upon of Illinois Library. There are now over 1000 demand only. members of Library Friends. The problems for libraries, scholars and other users will remain the same no matter what format books appear in. YES, I/We wish to become members of the U of I LIBRARY FRIENDS o University Librarian's Council at UIUC: $5000 0 Sponsor: $100 o Life: $1500 0 Subscriber: $50 O Benefactor: $1000 0 Contributor: $25 friendscript o Patron: $500 0 Student: $5 Please make your check payable to University of Illinois Foundation/Library Appears quarterly in April, July, Friends, 224 Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., October, and January. Editor: Linda Urbana, Illinois 61801. All contributions are Hoffman. Office of Publication: The Ul Library volunteer program is tax-deductible. University of Illinois at Urbana- explained by David Cobb, associate Champaign, 249 Armory Bldg., 505 E. professor and map and geography librarian, Armory St., Champaign, IL 61820. at a recent committee meeting. 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For Sadtler Standard Spectra, vol. 1-10 for the Chemistry Library. The set, which costs $2,685.00, contains information for analytical chemists. The volumes contain evaluative spectra in the field of chemistry. For more information, please call Lucille Wert, Chemistry Librarian, at 217/333-3737. For funds to purchase a copy of the limited edition (1,500 copies) Pythagoras at the Forge: An Annotated Catalogue of the Rosenbaum Collection of Western European Musical Instruments for the Music Library. This one-volume work costs $150.00. In addition to being a valuable source for collectors, students, teachers, performers, and instrument makers, the catalog is designed by the Philidor Press, Boston, noted for its expertise in classical design and historical printing types. For more information, please contact Prof. Richard Burkhardt, chairperson of the History Department, (left) and Mr. Nigel Blackwell William McClellan, Music Librarian, at of the B.H. Blackwell book firm in London, examine one of the books in the Darwin 217/333-6161. Collection. Mr. Blackwell presented to the Library a facsimile copy of a Darwin edition in For funds to purchase the five-volume anticipation of the acquisition of the six millionth volume. set of the Principal Works of Simon Stevin for the Engineering Library. The set is a valuable reference source on Math Correction engineering history, and its acquisition Blackwell Gift Complements would do much to strengthen Library In the fall issue of Friendscript it was Darwin Exhibit and Lecture holdings in this area of engineering mistakenly reported that the National research. Each volume of the set now Endowment for the Humanities The Rare Book Room is currently costs $95. A gift for one of the volumes awarded the Library a Title II-C grant featuring an exhibit entitled, "The has been received, but funding is beginning October of 1982. The story Intellectual Voyage of Charles Darwin." needed for the other four volumes. For should have read that the grant came The exhibit was created by Fred Nash, more information, please call Jini from the United States Department of Rare Book Room Librarian, in Balachandran, Assistant Engineering Education with the project beginning cooperation with Prof. Richard Librarian, at 217/333-3576 or the Friends October 1981. Friendscript regrets the office, 217/333-7480. error. Burkhardt, chairperson of the History Department. Dr. Burkhardt gave a lecture by the same title on November 19 outlining Friends Gifts Enhance Library Collections Darwin's ideas on evolution and their development following a sea voyage. Friends continue to give their support To enrich the Library's information in Prior to Prof. Burkhardt's speech, a to the Library whenever possible. the field of photography, Mr. Robert K. contribution was made to the Darwin Special thanks should go to several O'Daniell of Urbana has donated collection by Mr. Nigel Blackwell of the more Friends who have made generous seventeen volumes of the Life Library B.H. Blackwell, Ltd. book firm of contributions from their own of Photography, 1970-72 and Petersen's London. The presentation of the 3 collections. 1974 Masters of Contemporary volume set of The Zoology of the Mr. and Mrs. John Robertson of Photography series covering the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, edited by Phoenix, Arizona, have presented to subjects of photojournalism, photo Charles Darwin, was made in the Rare the Library Hubridas, 1732 and A essay and photo illustration. Book Room on October 16 in Dissertation on Reading the Classics, by Mrs. Edward Kay of Grosse Pointe anticipation of the addition of the Henry Felton, D.D., 1730. Park, Michigan, has presented to the six-millionth volume to the Library. The A collection of World War I literature Library Collectanea, Thomas Carlyle facsimile reproduction is bound in has been given to the Library by Mrs. 1821-1855, edited by her grandfather, genuine leather and linen and contains Edmund R. Purves of Washington, D.C. Dr. Samuel Arthur Jones. Also black and white as well as color plates. and Professor Alan C. Purves of presented to the Library was Some Mr. Blackwell, for his generosity, was Champaign. The collection includes Unpublished Letters of Henry D. and given a membership in Library Friends. such works as The School of Battery Sophia E. Thoreau. These will be added He remarked that he was looking Commander, translated from French for to the Samuel Arthur Jones Collection. forward to a long association with the the American soldier. Also included in The Friendscript staff would like to Library. the donation were French novels of join with the Library in expressing our war. These additions to the Library's sincerest thanks and appreciation for collection will give greater depth to the these gifts and all those special Friends already impressive collection on World who have made the Library the impres- War I. sive research collection it is today. Quotables Please remember: Friendscript is produced (Editor's note: John Cribbett, Chancellor and distributed with funds from a of 3-year grant of the Stewart the University of Illinois, has been a strong Howe Foundation. These funds proponent of the Library were donated in recognition of the late Mr. Howe's strong for a number of support of the University years. The following quote of Illinois Library as benefactor and is taken from an charter member of Library Friends. address made in January 1980.) The UI Library appreciates this support, and must rely on the continued generosity of those who recognize the importance of the Library's ability to meet the challenges of today and the ' 'There are no great and future with success. distinguished universities without large and sophisticated libraries. The library lies at the core of the University. It contains the record of civilization from the dim reaches of the past to the Friends Funds Help to Motley Collection of costume and stage present. The Library of the designs Urbana-Champaign campus of the Obtain Special Works On the lives of the poets (Rogers University of Illinois is the third largest collection) university library in the Funds from contributions of over nation, Giovanni Francesco Pico $45,000 to Library Friends have enabled della exceeded only by Harvard and Yale, Mirandola, the Library to make notable purchases Examen vanitatis doctrinae and is the fifth largest library of any gentium for its research collections over the past kind. The Library of Congress and the Marcel Proust, letter New York year. Listed below are some of the Public Library are Joseph Roques, Plantes usuelles important items which have been respectively first and second in the size indigenes et exotiques of their acquired recently: collections. The Library is one Additions to the Sandburg Collection: source of An Analysis our great strength as an of the Galic Language Typed letter signed to Vella Martin; educational institution, (Rogers collection) and we all take autographed manuscripts of 14 early considerable pride in Anti-Pamela (Rogers the richness and collection) and apparently unpublished poems depth of its collections. The John Arbuthnot, An Account of the Library is 1903-1907; and three volumes by the principal asset in attracting State of Learning in the Empire of and Philip Green Wright, A Baker's Dozen retaining our distinguished Lilliput (Rogers collection) faculty. We for a Few Score Friends, and The intend to exert every John Arbuthnot, Critical Remarks effort to maintain on Dreamer, foreword by Sandburg and strengthen this Captain Gulliver's Travels critical asset of the (Rogers Daniel Stolicius, Chymisches University of collection) Illinois. ) , Lustgartlein Ashendene Press bibliography The Vatican Frescoes of Michelangelo Joseph Ben-David, The Leipnik Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, Le Haggadah Taureau blanc (Rogers collection) Trajano Boccalini, Advertisements from Volumes for the American poetry and Parnassus literature collection James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur (Rogers collection) Museum Library, catalog Alexander M. Broadley, Dr. Johnson Richard J. Wolfe, Jacob Bigelow's and Mrs. Thrale (Rogers collection) American Medical Botany, 1817-1821 Sir Thomas Burnet, Some further proofs... (Rogers collection) Carte des Possessions Angloises et Francoises du Continent de I'Amerique Septentrionale, 1755 Carte deu Canada et de la Louisiane Qui Forment la Nouvelle France et des Colonies Angloises on sont representez les Pays Contestez, 1756 Pierre Coustau, Pegmes, Lyons 1555 Daniel Defoe, The King of Pirates (Rogers collection) Artus Desire, Les Grans Abus Graphic Illustrations of the Life and Times of Samuel Johnson LLD (Rogers collection) Elizabeth Haywood, Adventures of Arte Johnson, actor, comedian and Eovaii, Princess of Ijaveo (Rogers entertainer, visited the UI Library October 23 collection) for the first time since his graduation in Claude-Adrien Helvetius, 1949. Mr. Johnson was a guest of the UI Writer W.S. Merwin De I'esprit autographsone of his during last year's Homecoming activities. books while Melissa Cain, associate Hortus sanitatis de herbis et plantis Above, Mr. Johnson browses through the professorof library administration, (incunabulum) looks on. card catalog in the Rare Book Room with Mr. Merwin was at the Library Charles Marriott, New Royal English October 13 to Assistant Rare Book Librarian Mary Ceibert. autograph his books in the Rare Book Room Dictionary Mr. Johnson has been a long-time sup- and English Library. Mathematical Modelling porter of Friends and the Library. He stated Molecular Physiology in the Winter 1979-90 "Quotables" column Giambattista Morandi, Historia that, "in supporting the Library, I hope to Botanica Practica give someone else an opportunity to have the same pleasures I have had there." is displayed in the numerous collections Kaskaskia on the night of 4-5 July 1778, Calendar of poems, songs and novels. In sent a detachment to Cahokia the next addition, he was one of India's day, and then backtracked to Exhibits foremost painters. He also founded and Vincennes, an important British outpost January 1-February 28 developed the Visva-Bharati University controlling the route to Detroit, the site "The Intellectual Voyage of Charles at Santiniketan where he encouraged of the British military's main force. Darwin." Rare Book Room. the blending of the best of Indian and Upon his successful unopposed entry to February 1-28 Western traditions. Vincennes, he had the inhabitants "Information Transfer-Illinois International The Tagore plaque is located outside swear allegiance to the United States of Education Programs." University Archives. the Asian Library, Main Library. Funds America "on the Holy Evangel of March 1-31 for the plaque were contributed by Almighty God." By signature-or much "LITA and ACRL-Constituent Associations faculty members of the Center for more commonly by making a of ALA." University Archives. Asian Studies. mark-185 French males agreed to March 1 accept American control. "Background of Anglo-American Law." Rare The oath, brought to the Historical Book Room. Survey in 1905 by the first director, Clarence W. Alvord, is an interesting and important artifact for researchers Events and scholars of Midwest history. The oath is in three sheets February 17 of heavy paper Dedication of the Library's Lincoln Room in and shows red sealing wax imprints of honor of the Horner Endowment. "After the former joining. Scholars have Big Five: The Past and Present of Lincoln deciphered the names on the Collecting," Dr. Mark E. Neely, Jr., Director, document as well as the background of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and each, thereby providing a nominal Museum, Ft. Wayne, Ind., speaker. Lecture census of 18th-century Vincennes. 8:00 p.m. in 112 Gregory Hall, with reception The Oath of Vincennes is just another immediately following in the Rare Book unique facet of the UI Library that Room. makes it one of the foremost research centers in the world.

Indian Writer Honored

A plaque honoring Indian poet, Indian ambassador to the United States, K.R. novelist, composer, artist, and Nobel Narayanan, is pictured here during the .... 7 . . -..... Prize winner, Rabindranath Tagore was dedication of the Tagore plaque at the Asian dedicated November 9 outside the Library to honor Indian writer and Asian Library. Participants in the humanitarian, Rabindranath Tagore. ceremony included Indian ambassador to the United States, K.R. Narayanan. The Oath of Vincennes: Tagore, whose son graduated from the UI in 1909, lived in Urbana several A Historical Survey Treasure months before winning the Nobel Prize The Vincennes oath is history come for Literature in 1913. He won the prize alive. In 1778 George Rogers Clark set for his English version of the collection The first of three sections of the "Oath of out to take control of America's Vincennes" housed in the Illinois Historical entitled Gitanjali. His genius as a writer Midwest from the British. In the course Survey of the UI Library. of his expedition, he occupied

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