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Albion College in Michi­ study the impact of elec­ gan has received a grant of tronic journals on scholarly $2 million from the W. K. communication. The re­ Kellogg Foundation o f Battle Grants search is expected to high­ Creek. The grant will be light electronic journal titles used to expand information and that major research libraries technology within the col­ should consider acquiring lege, extend information ser­ and will also serve as a vices to the Albion commu­ Acquisitions benchmark against which nity, and allow the com­ future studies o f electronic munity access to information journals can be compared. resources via the Internet IU’s SLIS has also been Hugh Thompson through the creation of three awarded $14,000 in federal public access sites. funds, added to $10,000 in institutional support, to edu­ The American Antiquarian Society has cate a doctoral student in the area o f human- received grants o f $110,000 from the National computer interaction (HCI), an interdisciplinary Science Foundation and $12,000 from the Na­ field drawing on psychology, cognitive science, tional Endowment for the Humanities to fund computer science, sociology, and ergonomics. the “First Democratization Project,” which will “Libraries and information centers o f all kinds collect, analyze, and archive all the existing fed­ cannot afford to ignore the issues associated eral, state, and local voting records from the with system usability and effectiveness— the U.S. in the early national period from 1788 to domain o f HCI,” said Blaise Cronin, dean of 1824. The result will be an important contribu­ SLIS. The funds were granted under the U.S. tion to the understanding o f the way American Department o f Education’s Library Education politics operated in the age o f Washington, and Human Resource Development Program. Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. Rutgers University has received a grant Columbia University's Rare Book and of $55,723 from the National Historical Publi­ Manuscript Library has received a $220,000 grant cations and Records Commission to arrange and from the National Endowment for the Humani­ describe the records, dating from 1893, o f four ties to preserve and catalog the archives o f New Jersey utopian communities: Jersey Home­ modernist architect and theatrical designer Jo­ steads, Farmingdale, the Modern School, and seph Urban (1872– 1933). The collection in­ Free Acres. The records will be entered into cludes architectural drawings, stage models, RLIN and OCLC. glass plate and acetate negatives, sketches, drawings and paintings— many in fragile con­ The University of the Arts in Philadel­ dition. The two-year grant will allow hiring of phia has entered into a cooperative agreement two full-time employees who will improve stor­ with the Terra Foundation for the Arts which age o f materials, make minor repairs, and iden­ will lead to a series of direct and matching grants tify items that need major conservation work. over two years totaling $22 million. The funds will enable the university to expand its mission Indiana University's (IU) School of Li­ in education, research, and the fostering o f cre­ brary and Information Science (SLIS) has been ative development in the visual, performing, awarded a $6,250 grant from OCLC Online Com­ and design arts through new academic pro­ puter Library Center and Office Research to grams, scholarships, and enhanced faculty and staff compensation and development. The grants will also contribute to the building o f a Ed. note: To ensure that your news is con­ new teaching facility and support improvements sidered fo r publication, write to: Grants & Ac­ to an existing dormitory. quisitions, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chi­ cago, IL 60611; e-mail: hugb.thompson‹Sala. The University of North Dakota has been org. Photos are welcome. awarded an $11,000 grant from the U.S. West December 1995/783 Foundation to fund an educational program for figures; and much detailed information about K– 12 students in North Dakota. The grant will how a major philanthropic foundation is run. be used to purchase and set up a server and construct a Web site that will contain regional The papers of the late Arthur J. H. Clem­ educational and historical information to be ent Jr., a prominent African American business­ used by school children throughout the state. man and civic leader from Charleston, South Carolina, have been acquired by the University o f South Carolina’s South Caroliniana Library. Clement was associated with the North Caro­ lina Mutual Life Insurance Company for over Acquisitions 37 years in positions o f increasing responsibil­ ity. The papers contain thousands o f letters, A collection of recordings documenting speeches, newspaper clippings, reports, pro­ Western music from the 1930s to the present grams, and photographs concerning Clement’s has been acquired by the Autry Museum of widespread interests. Western Heritage in Los Angeles. The almost 250 LPs and singles were donated by the Music The papers of the Maury Family, a Department o f California State University, prominent family o f Virginia, have been ac­ Northridge. The collection, originally compiled quired by the College o f William and Mary’s by the university’s radio station, KCSN-FM, Earl Gregg Swem Library in Williamsburg. The spans a range o f Western styles, including largest part o f the collection o f more than 700 Western swing, traditional cowboy, singing items centers around the correspondence of cowboy, rockabilly, and modern-contemporary. James Maury (1746-1840), the first American Featured artists include Spade Cooley, Bob consul to Liverpool, England, and his wife, Wills, Pee Wee King, and a host o f lesser-known Margaret Rutson Maury, with their five children. but significant performers. Small independent Other parts o f the collection include the letters labels such as Texas Rose and Cattle Records, and diaries o f Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806- are represented with reissues o f rare original 1873), famed oceanographer and nephew of recordings and inaccessible radio transcriptions. James Maury. ■ Former Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey has donated his personal papers and administrative documents Pennsylvania State University’s Pattee Library. The collection of more than 75 boxes o f material records Gover­ nor Casey’s terms in office (1987– 1995 and in­ cludes speeches, administrative correspon­ dence, photos, and newspaper clippings. The papers will be an excellent source for anyone seeking information on 20th-century public of­ ficials and their public activities. The personal papers of W. McNeil Lowry (1913– 1993), the creator and administrator of the humanities and arts division o f the Ford Foundation from its inception in 1957 until his retirement in 1975, have been acquired by the University Archives at the University o f Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The collection includes thousands o f field notes taken by Lowry and his assistants; transcripts o f private conferences held with some o f the most famous names in Hugh Ferriss’s rendering of the Ziegfeld the performing arts; copies of oral histories with Theater in New York designed by Joseph Lowry for the Truman Library; personal corre­ Urban. From the Joseph Urban Collection spondence with political, philanthropic, and arts at Columbia University. 784/C&RL News.

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