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MIND BODY SOUL CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 2007 SOUL CORNELL UNIVERSITYMIND BODY LIBRARY MIND BODY SOUL 2007 Images and Photos 2007 Library Administration Page: Anne R. Kenney 1, Anne R. Kenney, Carla DeMello (Interim University Librarian through March 2008) 2 Lightning over Libe Slope, Christine Michelle Buffalow Carl A. Kroch University Librarian 4, Amazing Stories, August 1926, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (RMC) 5, De Tripl. Anim. In Corp. Vision, 1617, (RMC) Lee T. Cartmill 7, May 31, 2007 Back Page, Cornell Chronicle Director, Finance and Administration 9, Grunewald New Year’s Menu, (RMC) 11, Fuller Calculator, Lynn Bertoia Elaine Engst 12, Franklin D. Roosevelt at Cornell University, (RMC) Director, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 13, Book plate design for Susan Tane, Carla DeMello 14, Lord Kelvin, © 2007 Jupiterimages Corporation Claire E. Germain 17 Cover of Constitution and Laws of the Commonwealth of Liberia, 1846, Courtesy of the Cornell Law Edward Cornell Law Librarian Library 21, Tertia musculorum tabula, (RMC) Susan Markowitz 23, Mann Library atrium, University Photography Director, Library Human Resources 24, Olin Library, Carla DeMello 27, 2007 New Student Reading Project Poster, Carla DeMello Ellen Marsh 30, Fortune Cookie, Carla DeMello Director, Library Communications 34, Ezra Cornell, (RMC) 40, Lost in the Sensation, Marcel Lopez Janet McCue 41, Fuerst Award Winners, Kelly Alnutt Associate University Librarian for Life Sciences 43, October 19, 2007, Cornell Chronicle 45, Frank Sinatra Album, Carla DeMello Jean Poland 47, LIBRARY LION. Text ©2006 by Michelle Knudsen.Illustrations ©2006 by Kevin Hawkes. Reproduced by Associate University Librarian for Subject Libraries permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Inc. 48, Claire Germain and Vincent Lamanda Carolyn Reid 50, Map, Travis DeMello Director, Weill Cornell Medical Library 53, Blue Jay, Kirsten H., Great Falls, MT 54, Big Red C, created and photographed by Buzz Spector Oya Rieger 55, H. N. Humphreys, 1841 Courtesy of Mann Library Interim Assistant University Librarian for Digital 59, Libe Slope with Cows, 1891, (RMC) Libraries and Information Technologies 60, Uris Library Loading Dock, Carla DeMello 61, Passiflora Caerulea, Liberty Hyde Bailey, (RMC) Jennifer Sawyer Photos not otherwise credited were provided by Cornell University Photography. Director, Library Alumni Affairs and Development Writers and Editors: Ellen Marsh, Chris Philipp: Library Communications, The Chronicle staff John Saylor Graphic Designer: Carla DeMello Interim Associate Librarian for Scholarly Substantial contributions by Cornell University Library staff Communication and Collections Produced by Library Communications Edward S. Weissman Assistant to the University Librarian Cornell University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer. Scott Wicks Printed on Recycled Paper Interim Assistant University Librarian for Technical Services © Cornell University Library Contact Information 03/08 5000 FLP Cornell University Library 201 Olin Library Ithaca, NY 14853-5301 Ph: 607 255-3393 Fax: 607 255-6788 Message from the University Librarian April 1, 2008 As a child, I was fascinated with an anatomy book containing several transparencies that re- vealed layers of the human body, beginning with the skin, then the muscles, moving on to the skeleton and vital systems. This annual report reminds me a little of that book. We’ve chosen a theme of mind, body and soul. It’s easy to think of the Library as a place of the mind. From the beginning, its chief function has been to assem- ble and preserve the collective wisdom contained in books, manuscripts and other documenta- ry forms. But the Library also serves a corpore- al role. Its 20 locations are destination points, physical places where peo- ple come to gather and consult, to learn, conduct research and to produce scholarship and creative expression. Finally, the Library serves as a source of inspiration that feeds the soul. Curling up in a chair in the A.D. White Library overlooking Cayuga Lake on a snowy winter morning, one can be replenished through daydreams. Attend a lecture or view an exhibit and make a connection with things beyond the daily drill. Pull a book off a shelf, listen to a sound recording or examine an 18th century map and be reminded that existence transcends the 80 years or so we’re given. It is more than fitting that on the 200th anniversary year of Ezra Cornell’s birth, Motto magazine named his pledge to found a university where “any person can find instruction in any study” as the number one college mot- to in the nation. Andrew Dickson White, the university’s co-founder and a known bibliophile, knew that making good on such a promise would re- quire an extraordinary library. And that remains true in the first decade of the 21st century. White might fail to appreciate all the changes of the last 100 years, but he would certainly recognize that the Library continues to serve as "the heart of the university." Anne R. Kenney Carl A. Kroch University Librarian Cornell University Library 2007 Adelson (Ornithology) Library Carl A. Kroch Library Martin P. Catherwood Law Library Library (Industrial and Labor Relations) Frank A. Lee Library, New York State Agricultural Edna McConnell Clark Experiment Station at Geneva Physical Sciences Library Albert R. Mann Library John Henrik Clarke Africana Library Mathematics Library Comstock Memorial Library Nestlé (Hotel) Library of Entomology John M. Olin Library Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Engineering Library Uris Library Fine Arts Library Samuel J. Wood Library/C.V. Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Starr Biomedical Information Library Center, Weill Cornell Medical College Johnson Graduate School of Management Library www.library.cornell.edu Mind“the ideas of a great university and a great library are inextricably linked” A.D. White, Cornell University’s co-founder and first president collections research scholarship collections Food for Thought Preserving the Past; Vision for the Future Donations from Paul Breitenbach the stories reflect; look at what is ’92 and Andrew Willet ’92 to the being advertised, and to whom, and Division of Rare and Manuscript how. I hope that future readers find Collections (RMC) have greatly as many things to enjoy in them as I enriched the Library’s holdings in did—even if sometimes it’s only the the area of comic design and pub- thrill of finding out what happens lishing. Willet’s donation of more next.” than 5,000 individual comic book titles, and Breitenbach’s gift of more Gifts such as these are a boon to the than 10,000 hand-drawn newspa- Library’s collections, which increas- per comic strips and related mate- ingly document contemporary cul- rials from the 1940s to the 1980s ture as well as people and events of will provide enjoyment and instruc- the distant past. According to Kath- tion for future generations of schol- erine Reagan, the Ernest L. Stern ars studying art, culture, design and Curator of Rare Books and Manu- publishing. scripts and RMC’s assistant director for collections, “The Library tries to “Comics as we know them today be creative in imagining not only are an American art form that ac- what today’s scholars need for their ademia has only recently begun to work, but also what future scholars study and in order to study the field will want to consult so that Cornell there must be primary source mate- University Library will remain a vi- rial for students to examine,” Willet tal center for the study, enjoyment said. “Look at the development of and preservation of our cultural the art, of renderings of the human heritage.” form; look at the changing culture 6 16 May 31-June7, 2007 Cornell Chronicle Comic art From Cicero’s Cat to Swamp Thing, alum-donated collection prompts chuckles in library archive BY KATHERINE REAGAN ecent gifts of comic art from two personal collection of more than 5,000 study, enjoy- members of Cornell’s Class of 1992 individual titles to the library. ment and Rhave not only brought some laugh- “Comics as we know them today are preserva- ter into the rare book vault at Cornell an American art form that academia has tion of our University Library but also some primary only recently begun to study; and in order cultural sources – comic strips and comic books to study the fi eld there must be primary heritage. – for scholars studying art and culture. source material for students to examine,” The Newspaper Comic Art Collection, Willet said. “Look at the development of donated by Paul Breitenbach ’92, preserves the art, of renderings of the human form; an archive of more than 10,000 originals look at the changing culture the stories re- of newspaper comic strips and related fl ect; look at what is being advertised, and materials from the 1940s through the to whom and how. I hope that future read- 1980s. The collection documents the work ers fi nd as many things to enjoy in them of such cartoonists as Al Smith, who drew as I did – even if sometimes it’s only the the strips Mutt and Jeff and Cicero’s Cat, thrill of fi nding out what happens next.” and Tony DiPreta, best known for taking These gifts are a boon to the library’s over the comic strip Joe Palooka from its Division of Rare Book and Manuscript originator, Ham Fisher. Collections, which increasingly docu- Katherine Reagan Not all comics are necessarily funny, ments contemporary culture. The division is the Ernest L. Stern Curator of Rare though, as illustrated by a gift from An- tries to be creative in speculating on not Books and Manuscripts and assistant director drew Willet ’92, a dedicated collector of only what today’s scholars need for their for collections in the library’s Division of Rare comic books since the early 1980s – from work but also what future scholars will Book and Manuscript Collections.