Highlights of Special Collections Activities, April 1-June 30, 2011

Byrd Polar Archives Services • Laura gave a tour of Archives and presented on the Polar Archives to 12 grad students from James Madison University, as part of larger event and tour of the Byrd Center. • In the month of June alone, there were 8 commercially produced items (books/films) that used polar collection documents, images and/or films. Publishers/production houses in the UK, Australia and Germany account for 3 of the 8. • Polar, OCA and University Archives hosted HIS 398 in the Archives as research prep. Collections • Processing continued on the Peter J. Anderson collection. Anderson was an assistant director at the Byrd Center, and was instrumental in bringing the Byrd Papers to OSU. • Laura discovered rare nitrate films stored in the Byrd Center’s cold lab during a film collection assessment and is outlining next steps towards preservation and digitization. • We received a donation of a parka, mittens and lined pants worn in the 1960s in Antarctica by Richard Goldthwait, founding director of the Institute of Polar Studies (now the BPRC). • Laura is currently in contact with several potential donors of gift-in-kind materials, including Bob Breyer (Byrd’s grandson); members of the Frederick A. Cook Society; Paul Koulouris, executor of the Lockhart estate (Lockhart was a Byrd Expedition Member). Library as Place • With Lynn Lay (Goldthwait Polar Library), we installed new exhibits in the Byrd Center, in preparation for an Alumni Association tour (including Archie Griffin) of the BPRC. • Polar images in the KB were seen and captioned by a patron in Antarctica. Laura is currently working with Maureen Walsh on updating the metadata as appropriate.

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum Services • Large photocopy requests were completed for Idea and Design Works (IDW) Publishers, cartoonist Rick Kirkman, and researcher Black • Our reading room has been busy including extended research visits by Art Spiegelman (Wexner Residency recipient), Graham, and Navasky. • Jenny presented to 3 Department of Art classes: Advanced Printmaking (Massey), Intermediate Drawing (Lisbon) and Advanced Drawing (Lisbon) • Jenny lectured on Gilded Age editorial cartoons at the Smithsonian’s Teach American History workshop in Michigan. Collections • Digitization of cartoons in our collection continues steadily, including a large order of 33 Flash Gordon color tear sheets for IDW Publishing. • Two History 489 internship students entered hundreds of Billy Ireland’s The Passing Show original cartoons into the PastPerfect database.

• San Francisco Academy of Comic Art processing completed runs of San Francisco Call, Boston American, San Francisco Examiner Sunday sections, early Jimmy Swinnerton tear sheets, Dick Tracy, Bungle Family, and Our Boarding House. • Ann Lennon, Lucy Caswell and one of our student workers made significant progress on sorting, rehousing and describing the International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection Library as Place • We hosted visits from a Japanese manga translator and 7 South Asian Cartoonists (part of the State Department’s International Visitor Program.) • We completed the move of materials in ACK 640/660 to Special Collections storage. • Plans for the new BI Cartoon Library & Museum in Sullivant Hall progressed, including decisions on gallery lighting, exhibition case design, and the Ireland stained-glass. • We mounted the exhibition Dick Tracy: Chester Gould’s Blueprint Expressionism. Infrastructure including human resources: • Staff participated in the search for an Associate Curator, including Susan Liberator, who served on the search committee that brought two candidates for interviews. • Donor relationships were cultivated at National Cartoonists Society annual convention, visits with Bill Watterson, Chester Gould’s family, Bill Winston and Sayre Graves. • Curator’s Circle letters were sent out to potential donors. • Jenny gave a presentation at the OSU Mothers Clubs luncheon and at the Friends of the Libraries Board Meeting regarding the Schulz Challenge project.

Hilandar Research Library Services • The 2011 Medieval Slavic Summer Institute opened on Monday, June 27 through July 22. Ten selected graduate students from OSU, Michigan, Brown, Arizona State, and Oriental Pontifical Institute, Rome, will attend Slavic 812, “Readings in Church Slavonic,” from Daniel E. Collins (Slavic Languages and Cultures), and Slavic 814, “Practical Slavic Paleography,” from Pred, as well as guest lectures. This is the first MSSI to take place in the Special Collections reading room, and the sixth MSSI overall since 1999. Collections • Visiting researcher, Stefan Alexandru, discovered a previously non-deciphered palimpsest of a Byzantine text relating to the Church Council in 342 in Serdica using a 1975 microfilm of a manuscript found in Zograf Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece, that was filmed by V. Rev. Dr. Mateja Matejic. Modern technology applied to microfilms of the manuscript revealed underlying textual layers. • A major gift of books from Ann Salimbene from the private library of her husband, OSU Professor of History and administrator, Michael W. Curran was received and celebrated with an event on May 12. This includes a 1779 edition of the Decrees… (Ukazes) of Empress Catherine II of Russia that catalogs of rare Russian books suggest is a great rarity. The Curran copy, which has been cataloged for Rare, is unique in WorldCat. Library as Place • The 29th issue of Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage, the newsletter of the Hilandar Research Library and the Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies, was published in June.

Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Library (TRI) Services • Course engagement was wide ranging this quarter with targeted sessions on TRI resources for: Dance 880: Research Methods; Yiddish 721: Studies in Yiddish Literature; Theatre 800.03 on dramaturgy; and Theatre 694 on Czech theatre and culture. • Nena attended the Midwest Slavic Conference, where Lauren Bush, OSU graduate costume design student gave a revised version of her Theater Research Methods paper on Czech scenographer Jan Štěpánek whose designs she studied at TRI. Collections • Grayce Burian, donor of her husband, Jarka Burian’s, research as the longtime primary English scholar on Czech theatre, visited and spoke to Theatre 694. The collection documents Czechoslovakia from the Prague Spring through the Velvet Revolution. • Coverage of the Dance Preservation Symposium in The Chronicle featured our Marcel Marceau collection-- http://chronicle.com/blogs/arts/dance-preservation-is-a-moving- target/29525. • Nena attended the Prague Quadrennial, the major international theatre design exposition, where she met with Czech designers and worked on collection development. Library as Place • Beth curated the Camouflage exhibit which accompanied the Department of Theatre’s Camouflage Project, receiving high praise from President Gee. Rita Kramer announced the gift of her camouflage collection to RBMS at the conclusion of the symposium. • Nena was an invited speaker from OSU at the Dance Preservation Symposium hosted by the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities in Washington, D.C. in April. • Nena met with Winrich Meiszies, director of the Theatermuseum and president of SIBMAS, the International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts. Infrastructure • The Dance Preservation Fund has announced a fourth year of funding for a Dance GA to work with the Dance Notation Bureau collection at TRI. • The Dance Heritage Coalition has received a CLIR Laura Bush grant which will provide a DHC fellow to TRI for processing dance collections.

Ohio Congressional Archives Services • Heavier reference than usual included requests pertaining to legislation establishing inspectors general in federal departments and agencies; radiation experiments on human subjects during the 1950s and 1960s; and user fees in national parks and forests. Collections • Substantial processing of the William M. McCulloch Papers completed series and sub- series containing constituent issue mail, district subject files, department and agency files, and media relations files. • Work continues on the conversion of the John Glenn photo galleries from their current location in the CMS to the Knowledge Bank.

Infrastructure • In June, Speaker John Boehner appointed OCA curator Jeff Thomas to a third two-year term (2011-2012) on the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Services • Jose taught the Public History course (H494) which organizes internships for individuals considering careers in cultural heritage organizations. • Geoff addressed English 569: Digital Media and English Studies (Lewis Ulman) and English 590: Archival Research Methods and American Literature, 1860 – 1910 (Elizabeth Renker). Both are using digitized version of rare materials to further learning. • Geoff also worked with Stuart Hobbs who led a Scientific Revolution Institute for secondary school teachers where they investigated the history of science books. • Photographer William E. Jones wished to view the Farm Security Administration photographs as background research for a Wexner exhibit in Spring 2012. Collections • We acquired the George Bellows notebooks which feature records of sales, exhibitions and disposition of many works by the Columbus artist as well as sketches of the works. • We purchased The Mysterious Press Archives containing business records of the most important mystery publishing house in the nation as well as every book it ever published including limited editions. Publicity about the acquisition will occur in Fall 2011. • We received the Brett Schingledecker Collection of Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgender literature which will support the new OAA major in Sexuality Studies. • Professor Hugh Urban donated his Scientology Collection which fits well with our ongoing collecting of important religious materials through the ages. • Important medieval and early modern collections acquisitions included: o Sermon for Holy Thursday (unidentified author); De admirabili sacramento eucaristie (On the admirable sacrament of the Eucharist); PSEUDO-LENTULUS, Epistola de forma et statura Jesu Chisti; Extracts related to the Virgin Mary o The Saxon Visitation Articles & Fine Woodcut by Lucas Cranach. Library as Place • The King James Version of the Bible exhibition supported the KJV symposium sponsored by the Department of English and has generally been a great success. • De Res, the student rare books group (Eric Johnson, faculty advisor), presented a selection of History of Science books to science students at the Physics Research center. Infrastructure • Eric Johnson was award the annual OSUL best teaching award. • We received funding from The National Film Preservation Foundation Avant-Garde Master’s Program ($8,940) and the New York Women in Film Trust ($2,000) for the preservation of the early films of Lillian Schwartz, a pioneer in computer graphics. • Our annual fund raiser at the Columbus Club featured American whiskeys, the Chavat Collection and Geoff’s presentation on its national standing as a research resource.

University Archives Services • Numerous classes used University Archives this quarter: ASC500, “Ohio State University: Its History and Its World”; HIS398 (Lilia Fernandez); HIS598 (Steven Conn); EDU211, Sports education; ENG367 (Annie Mendenhall) all had students doing archival research. • Michelle and her student scanned multiple images of Luke Fickell (new football coach) for his press conference. • Tamar and Kevlin did a walking tour of campus for an event for CIC leadership, organized by Vice Provost Susan Williams • A replacement loan of other Woody Hayes artifacts has been made to the Buckeye Hall of Fame Grill for June through September. • Dan consulted with campus units on electronic records management including: College of Education and Human Ecology, Fisher College of Business, Business Resiliency Group- Technical Workgroup, as well as various external organizations—including Huntington Bank, Mansfield School District, Miami University, St. Cloud University, and University College of the North. • Tamar and Dan met with departments on campus about records management including: Athletics; Office of Research; President’s Office and Prior Health Sciences Library. • Dan established an OSU data grid tool exploratory work group. Collections • Our volunteer, Dick Thomas, finished processing the Lewis Morrill collection. Morrill was Vice President under President Rightmire. Dick is now working on the papers of Ralph Mershon which came to the University Archives from Rare Books in May. • Several oral histories have been completed and are on their way or in the Knowledge Bank including: David Kettler (former professor, mostly on the 1970 riots); Judge Robert Duncan (alumnus, first VP for Legal Affairs, former Board of Trustees member and chair); Tommy and Jane O’Shaughnessy (alumni); Jim Tootle (former administrator); Forrest Brandt (alumnus); Jeff Reutter (Director of Stone Laboratory) • All of the commencement speeches available were digitized and put online Library as Place • Tamar and Kevlin installed an exhibit in Thompson Library and a display in the Ohio Union on Jesse Owens in support of an event attended by the Owens family and covered by ESPN. • Buckeye Stroll was featured in an article in OnCampus and went “live” on June 30. Infrastructure • Raimund Goerler’s book on the history of OSU came out June 28. Stories appeared in the Dispatch and the Alumni Magazine. Proceeds will fund Archives’ initiatives. • Dan met with the Director of Libraries, VP for Research, CIO, et al to discuss campus- wide data management collaboration

Highlights of Area Studies Activities, April 1-June 30, 2011

East Asian Studies – Japanese Services • Maureen supervised two independent study (enrollment for credit) projects, including serving as advisor of record for the student graduating with an MA in East Asian Studies. • Maureen mentored an undergraduate student who was preparing for field research in Cambodia and selected for membership in the Sphinx Honorary. • We welcomed and met with Japanese visitors and researchers who came to use the collections including: o Eiji Matsuoka (Kinokuniya) brought two representatives of Japanese reprint publishers to see our holdings of Jiji Manga (1920s comics newspapers). o Toshinori Egami (librarian of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto) came to interviewed Maureen for a book about Japanese libraries and librarians around the world. o Tetsuichiro Miyaki, a translator of manga from Japanese into English who works for Viz Media, visited to discuss Maureen’s approach to collecting manga. o Two professors from U Kentucky came to OSU to use our Japanese collections (Doug Slaymaker, Japanese Lang/Lit, and Akiko Takenaka, History). o Jim Hommes, a graduate student from U Pitt used our Japanese collection for dissertation research. Collections • We received several gifts: Japanese comics (from Jeff Inada and Chris Kern) and maps (from Loren Siebert). Also, we received some shipments from the National Diet Library that included a number of Japanese company histories. • Maureen met with representatives of both Yomiuri and Asahi newspapers at the Association for Asian intending to set up subscriptions to those resources. • Maureen stepped up ordering of e-books related to Japanese studies in Gobi. Infrastructure, including human relations: • Maureen chaired a search for Associate Curator, Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum • Maureen completed a year-long term as facilitator of the Mid-Career and Senior Faculty Learning Community (Ohio State Teaching Enhancement Program, UCAT). • Maureen joined the OIA International Affairs Committee, representing Univ. Libraries

East European Slavic Area Studies Services • Miroljub provided over 15 hours of research assistance in his office. • A presentation by Miroljub on the Pravda Digital Archive to area faculty shared the value of this prominent newspaper for understanding the span of Soviet history. • Miroljub gave a short presentation for a theological panel discussion on biblical textual commentary, specifically on the omission of the preposition “ejn” in Romans 7:23. • Through analysis of interlibrary services, considering purchase of several titles.

Jewish Studies Collections • Joseph used endowment funds to purchase Israeli newspapers on microfilm, ordering 50 reels of Yediot Aharonot, a leading newspaper, for the years 1974 to March 1976. • We also ordered Jewish press from the inter-war period Poland on microfilm that became available recently from the holdings of the National Library of Poland. • 17 films (some documentary and some feature films) were purchased from a vendor in Jerusalem who offered them for a fraction of the list price. • 10 new shipments (325 books and other media) from our book vendor in Jerusalem were processed. • Approximately 300 books from our backlog were cataloged (mainly books from 2008 that were stored at the Ackerman library). • Joseph negotiated the acquisition of bibliographic records along with each future materials shipment with our vendor from Jerusalem. • Joseph gave a short report on ephemera material in Jewish Studies Libraries in general and at OSU in particular at the annual convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries. As vice-president for membership of AJL, he also reported on finances of the organization and membership.

Latin American Area Studies Services • José continued to add resources to our Carmen Link Pages, one directed at Latin American Studies courses and the other at Latino Studies courses. • He created two printed handouts used for classroom instruction: Introduction to the Study of Culture and Literature in Spanish and Survey of Latino Literature. • José assisted a Spanish Literature and Languages Professor in acquiring a series of titles for her spring quarter class and a graduate fellow in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese with the location of a thesis. • José provided instruction sessions for SPA 450 (Lisa Voigt), SPA 560 (Ulises Aguilar- Cevallos), SPA 557 (Ana Puga), reaching over 70 students. • José taught two classes: Freshman Seminar Arts & Sciences 137.02 and HIS 489 Public History/Historical Internships. • In order to reconnect with the Latin American Studies Center, José met with Dr. Laura Podalsky, Director of the Latin American Studies Center and Carol Robison, Assistant Director. He was named to the Center’s Advisory Board and a library advisory group is under consideration for development of a MA/Ph.D. program in Brazilian Studies. • He met with Professor Lucia Costigan (Spanish and Portuguese) to discuss specifics about an approval plan for the purchase of Brazilian materials. • José is now OSU’s Center for Ethics and Human Values “experts’ database” in connection to the CEHV University-wide "conversation" on immigration and migration. • He also participated in the review of grant applications through the Office of Outreach and Engagement.

Collections • In consultation with Dr. Podalsky, Director of Latin American Studies Center, José continues to replace printed journals with their online counterparts, including Latin American Weekly Reports, Interdisciplinary Science Review, History of Science, Hispanic Research Journal, Hispania, Latin American Politics and Society, Revista Hipanica Moderna, and La Crónica. • He acquired the following titles for our Spanish/Latin Special Collections holdings, in consultation of faculty in the Spanish and Portuguese Department. o El Baile de Carnaval o Ruíz de Alarcón, Juan. [drop-title] Comedia famosa. No hay mal, que por bien no venga, Don Domingo de Don Blas. o (Spanish Legal Pleadings). An assemblage of 30 pleadings before the audiencias of the various kingdoms. o Góngora y Argote, Luis de. Todas las obras de Don Luis de Gongora, en varios poemas. o (Testaments of the Castilian Kings). Manuscript, with binder's title: "Testamentos de Senores Reyes de Castilla." o Antiphonal-Gradual (Dominican Use) c. 1460-1500. • In the context of a possible MA/PhD program in Brazilian Cultural Studies, our ongoing commitment to the LARRP’s Distributed Resources Project, José has initiated discussions with Brazilianists from the LAT Center about an approval plan. Infrastructure • José completed a one year term as Chair of the Senate’s Diversity Committee as well as his three year term as a Library Senator. He has been elected as a Senate alternate for the next three years. • Beginning this fall, he will commence to serve a three-year term on the Council on Libraries and Information Technology.

Middle Eastern Area Studies Services • Ali addressed 36 questions by different users. • Ali taught “Basic Bibliographic and Reference Tools in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures” NELC 680, which included nine students, mostly graduate students. • Dona continued working on the Turkish subject page, and began outline for Persian subject page. Collections • Ali ordered 249 books in Western Languages via GOBI, Aux Amatueurs, France, and De Gruyter, Germany, as well as 68 items through Amazon and others. • Other books in Vernacular language were ordered from Riyadh International Book Fair, Leila, Egypt, Solaiman, Lebanon, Andromida, Israel, and Dar Mahjar, Boston, MA. • Dona resolved a long-standing invoice problem with one of our Turkish vendors. • Dona worked with grad student in Turkish to develop desiderata list in modern Turkish history.