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The Harvard Library in the 1960'S The Harvard Library in the 1960's The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Bryant, Douglas W., and Edwin E. Williams. `1967. The Harvard Library in the 1960's. Harvard Library Bulletin XV (1), January 1967: 82-98. Citable link https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37363827 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA The Harvard Library in the r96o's Doug/((s }fit Bryant and Edwin E. lVillia111s N the issue ,vith ,vhich the HARVARDlJ1BRARY BULLETINrcsu111cs publication after six years of silence, it seems appropriate to give at least a brief account of the I..ribrary'srecent past, its present situation, and its pl-ans. '''hat n1ajor events ,vould the BuLTJF.TIN ha vc reported during these }rears, and ,vhat are the chief questions con- fronting the Library on ,vhich articles might have been published? There fa no neeu to repeat here the detailed account that is a.vailahle in the A 1111ual Reports and other Lib rar3r pub Iic2 tio ns 1isted in this number of the BuLLETIN b)7 ~'A I-Iarvard Library Hibliography-, r960- 1966.~J Hence this article, after first recording four outstanding land- 1narks since 1960 and then outlining in chronological order a fc,v other not-able dcvclop1ncntsof these y·ears, ,viii look to,vard the Library1s future l giving particular at ten tio n to the collect ions, prospects for auto- muti on, personnel.,space nee dsJ and sources of support. The most ]ainentahle event of the period in question ,vas the death., on 18 October 1 964, of '~'iilian1 A. Jacksoni Professor of Bibliography and Librarian of the 1-foughtonLibrary. This great bibliographer and librarian) a collector ,vithout peer, had served 1-Iarvard for t\VC11t) 7 ~six )rears. ~'hen such a n1nn dies 2t the age of 59, the loss, both to the l ...ibrary and to the ,vorld of scholarship, is tragic, hl1t this loss ,vould have been greater still if he had not prepared ,vell-qualified successors 1, 7jllia1n I-I. Bond1 ,vho follo-\vshin1 as Houghton l.iihrarian, and .i\1iss!Catharine Pantr.er, ,vho \'i.1illbring to con1pletion during 1969 his great bibliographical ,vork? the nc,v edition of the Sbort-Tit'le Ctrtrt- logue of Books Printed in England~ Scotla11d,& Irelandaud of English Hooks Printed Abroefd.,147 5- 1640. The first part of a biographical account by his student 2nd associate, Dr~ Bond~ appears clsc,vhcrc in this issue. Paul Buck relinquished his responsibilities as Director of tl1e Univer- sity Library 2nd Librarian of Harvard CoJlcgc on 30 June 1964. The regret of the staff at this-loss can be ten1pered at least to son\e extent by the consideration that he rem-a.insat I-1-a.rvardas a University Pro- Si Harvard University - Houghton Library / Harvard University. Harvard Library bulletin. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Library. Volume XV, Number 1 (January 1967) The I-larvardLibrary in tbe 196o's fcssor and that it ,vo11ldhe ungenerous, after his long y·ears and dis- tinguished achieven1ent.sin administration, to begrudge hin1 this oppor- tunit)7 to devote all his energies to teaching and research. I-lis Libraries & Uni·versities1 ,vhich ,vas pub]ishcd late in 1964 by the IlL-!]knapPress of Harvard Universit;,TPress,. js both a record of the great advances n1ade during his nine years as Director and a contribution of enduring value to professional literature; the credo ,vith ,vhich it concludes is n staten1ent of polic}T,vhich officers of the Library continue ,vholc- heartedly to support. Professor l\1crlc l1ainsod succeeded A·Ir. Iluck as Carl H. Pforz- heimer University Professor -and Director of the University Library·. Under rev1sed Statrttes that \vent jnro effect at this time, there js no longer a Librarian of Harvard College, instead, there is no,v a U niver~ sity· Librarian, ,vho is the chief executive officer of the Harvard Co}lcgc Library· and ,vho shares responsibilit) 7 for coordination of the ,vholc University Library system ,vith th c D jrcctor and ,vith a nc\v ad visor}r body, the University Libr:uy Committee. Experience of the past t,vo years supports the hope that these adrninistrativc changes \vill con~ tribute to 010 re effective p lann ing and tcan1,v ork in an orga 11iza tion ,vhich., consisting of nearly· one hundred separate library· units, is inevitably· comp lex. Planning for still another unit~ and one involving adn1iniscrative relationships unlike any of the others - began on 9 Noven1her r 961 ,vhen President Kennedy· announced his intention of establishing 2 presjden ti a1 Jibra r)r and 1n11 seu 1n to house his o, vn pa pcrs and those of 1nembersof his fan1ily~nd his administration. In accordance lvith Fed- eral statutes governing such libn1rics, this ,vill be administered by the National ..!.~chivesand llccords Service~ but it ,vjll be closely associated ,vith Harvard. Several more years 111ust elapse before the b nil ding for the ICcnncd) 7 J.jbrary can be constructed~ .filled ,vith n1unuscripts and books, and opened to the students and professors ,vho ,vill be eager to use its unique research materials. Already., ho\vever, the current decade has brought i 11to being the F mncis A~ Co1111t\vay Library of l\.1cdicjnc, ,vhich is clearly one of the n1ost itnportant innovations jn the history of the Harvard Library systcn1. During January 1960 the agreement ,vas· concluded to unite the Boston 1\1edical Library· and the Library of the Schools of l\1edicine und Public Health in Harvard University; ground "ras broken for the building on 1 June 1963~ and dedication Harvard University - Houghton Library / Harvard University. Harvard Library bulletin. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Library. Volume XV, Number 1 (January 1967) liarvard Library 'Bulletin exercises,vcrc held on 26 =1nd27 i\1ay 1965. 1 The building, designed by· Hugh Stubbins and Associates, is an outstanding architectural achievement that has ,von an A,-i.1"ardof A1crit in the Buildings A,va.rd Program sponsored by the Americun Institute of Arch itects'3American Library A ssociatio n, and National Book Co mn1ittcc. i\1cdical teaching nnd research ,vill be long an<l deeply indebted to l\1iss Sanda Count~ ,vay, ,vhosc generous gift in tnemory of her brother made possiblethis building in 1.vhicht\VO collections could be united to form a genuinely great Iib r-ary·.. This has b ccn an eventful decade for the Harvard 1..-ibrary·,and th ere arc other Ian d 111arks th at ought to h c 111entio ne d in even a ,vell- prun ed outline of its history durjng the 196o~sr These ,vill be noted in chronological order, beginning ,vjth the first issue, for October 1960, of the La,~rSchool Libn1ry's Current J_.egalRibliograJ,by, 1vhich cun1u- latcs as the Annual Legal Bibliograpby. Since it covers additions to the finest collection in its ficldt this list of acquisitions, classified hy subjec..:t,is a bibliography useful to scholars throughout the ,vorld. Several other i1nportant publications of the La ,v Schoo I J.jbrary that have appeared since 1960 arc listed in the Library bibliography at the end of this issue of the BuLLETIN. The Center for Hellenic Studies in \\ 1ashington~ D.C., opened on 1 October 196r t and ,Yas fortunate during its first year of operation in acqujring the library of the late Professor '\'crner Jaeger as the foundation for a relatively small but strong ,vorking col1cction. This is one of fifteen units added to the f-Iarvard University Libracy7 ~1nce 1 July 1960, ·but ten units have been absorbed into others and discon- tin u cd, so th c net in crease for the pcri o d is five.2 • The addr~sscs dclivCTcd on thfa occa.~ion hav('. been published as Jlibliot/Jeca A{edica.~ Pbj•1icio.n for Toinotrow, edited hy David .i\·1cC.Ord.Cambridge 1 IJ~rvard U n1vcrsityPres~, l 966, t: The nc\v departn1enuil Jihraries rrr~ Auosprrce Studies, the Fred N. Rohinson Cdtic Libr~ry1- Geologjcal Sciences~ History, and Near Eastern Langl]ages and Litcr~ture.s. Special and research-institution collections. ate those of the C-Jmbridge Electron Acceleratort Center for HeHenic Srudie~ Ea.st Asian Resc~uch Center, East Asian Reading Roon1~ Gil1b Isfan1ic Seminari-l·l~rv~rd Radto Astronomy St-atiun (Fort Davj~ 1 Texas) 1 and th~ 1\1ihnan Parry Col~ecdun of Ora] Litcratt1rc, The Gr:;1.d uate School of Edu ca tl on has estabUshe.d spec ia] Hbr~ric s for its Center for Studies in Education and De\•dnp1nent~Clearinghouse for Educ;adonri.1DHferencest and Programn1cJ Insu:uction. The libnu-ics djscontinuc<l "'ere the tntorfal collec- tion~ for Astrono1ny and Chssics ( .1.hsorbcd by other libradcs of these dcp~rtlnents), Harvard University - Houghton Library / Harvard University. Harvard Library bulletin. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Library. Volume XV, Number 1 (January 1967) 85 During 1962 the Library began to rccci\re puhlications fron1 the United Arab Republic under an an1cndn1cnt to Public Ln,v 480 of 1954 providing for the use of foreign currencies derived fron1 the sale of surplus agricultural con1n1odities ahroa<l.,for tl1t purchase,.servicing, and distri buti on to A1ner i can 1ib1·arics of foreign hooks~ periodicals, and rclntcd materials'" lvlajor research libraries participate in this pro- gran1, ,vhich is ~dtninistered b1T the lJbraiy of Congrcssr Useful as the receipts have beenJ they :tre Jess significant thun the precedent th-at has no,v been established for Federal assistance to non~govcrnn1cntal libraries in the acquisition of foreign publications.
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