The Flyleaf Friends of Fondren Library Vol. 46, No. 4 Summer 1996

Keeping a Journal A LETTER TO THE FRIENDS sorely missed. We have been insured that she is available to advise or help in any way when she is Dear Friends of Fondren Library, not traveling or enjoying some well deserved free We begin the 1996-97 acadeniic year with time. The Board of Directors was pleased to ac- great pleasure as we welcome the new Vice Provost knowledge with great affection Betty's service at the and University Librarian, Charles Henry. Dr. Henry recent Annual Meeting with the purchase m her met with the Friends of Fondren Library Board of honor of three books to be housed in the Axson Directors at our May meeting and we look forward Collection in the Woodson Research Center. Betty to working closely with liis office. will be difficult to replace and we are working

At this time one year ago, I reported to our directly with Dr. Henry to name the new Executive membership that the library endowment had passed Director of the Friends in the next few months. the one million doUar mark. Today, I am very On behalf of the Board of Directors I wish to pleased to report that our endowment exceeds $1.3 acknowledge departing Board Members Karen mOlion thanks to the continuing efforts of the Board, Rogers, Oliver Pennington, Bettie Carrell, Jan a generous membership, and a supportive commu- Domenico and Joan Ryan. Their collective energy, nity at large. The organization continues to enjoy a creativity, enthusiasm and commitment to the very healthy membership of 1,300. Friends define their significant contributions to On October 12, 1983, Elizabeth Dabney Fondren Library. We welcome new Board members, joined the staff of Fondren Library as the Executive Wellington Yu, Lew Eatherton, and Lucas T. Elliot Director of Friends of Fondren Library. Two years and look forward to their active participation. 1 later to the day, she married Ernest Charles. Betty extend my thanks to each member of the Board and Charles served the Friends and Rice University for to you, each member of the Friends, for your interest 12 years, 9 months, and 18 days when she retired on and support. We look forward to seeing you at our June 30, 1996. When she joined the Friends the first event, the Distinguished Guest Lecture, on endowment fund hovered at $80,000 and the October 6. The program wiU be presented by membership numbered approximately 800. During Jonathan Miller, M.D., director, physician, and her tenure. The Flyleaf has moved into a new century author. with desk top publishing, the Gala radically changed to become the dirmer and auction format Cordially, wliich has proved so successful, and the Distin- J9.CI guished Guest Lecture was initiated. Betty Charles knows whom to call and how to get things done for the Friends, and she will be SaUy K. Reynolds President )<^

i^a FONDREN LIBRARY THE FRIENDS OF THE FLYLEAF FONDREN LIBRARY Founded under the charter Founded October 1950 and of the university dated May The Friends of Fondren published by the Friends of 18, 1891, the Ubrary was Library was founded in 1950 Fondren Library - MS - 44-F, estabUshed in 1913. Its as an association of library Rice University, 6100 Main

present building was dedi- supporters interested in Street , Houston, Texas 77005- cated November 4, 1949, and increasing and making better 1892, The Flyleaf is a record of rededicated in 1969 after a known the resources of Fon- Fondren Library's and substantial addition, both dren Library at Rice Univer- Friends activities, and of the made possible by gifts of Ella sity. The Friends, through generosity of the library's F. Fondren, her children, and members' contributions and supporters. The Flyleaf's the Fondren Foundation and sponsorship of a program of publication schedule corre- Trust as a tribute to Walter memorials and honor gifts, sponds to the academic William Fondren. The library secure gifts and bequests, and calendar year. celebrated its half-millionth provide funds for the pur- volume in 1965 and its one- chase of rare books, manu- millionth volume on April 22, scripts, and other materials 1979. that are needed to support teaching and research at the university.

o 5^^7772^ Contents

Fondren Saturday Night Gala Honors Stephen Klineberg Interprets Houston

Harris Masterson III Page 2 Culture at Annual Meeting Page 12

Keeping a Journal Fondren Library is Home to Friends of Fondren Library Page 13 Two Prestigious Quarterlies Page 4

Gifts to Fondren Library Page 14 News and Notes Page 5

A Chinese Map of "All Under Heaven" Page 10

Cover photography by Bill Pannill. See story on page 4.

Erratum: the following was listed incorrectly in the Spring Issue of The Fh/Ienf: Patten, Robert L., coeditor. Literature in tlie Marketplace: Nineteenth-Centuiy British Publishing & Rending Practices. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (coedited with John O. Jordan)

Editorial Board: Texas Anderson, Walter S. Baker, Jr., Bettie Carrell, Betty Charles, Betty A. Conner, Barbara Kile,

Mrs. William H. Merriman III, William Pannill, and Karen Hess Rogers

Photographs by Texas Anderson and Bill Pannill

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1995-96 OFFICERS

Sally K. Reynolds, President Walter S. Baker, Jr. Mrs. William H. Merriman, Vice President, Membership Peggy Barnett Kathryn V. Smyser, Vice President, Programs Mrs. William P. Conner Elizabeth Hutcheson Carrell, Vice President, Publications David S. Elder Texas Anderson, Ph.D. Susanne M. Glasscock Oscar D. Graham II Shirley L. Hamner Karen Hess Rogers Diana P. Hobby Vice Presidents, Special Events Mrs. Thomas W. Houghton Oliver Pennington, Secretary Elizabeth W. Kidd Edward H. Koehler, Jr., Treasurer Charles D. Maynard, Jr. Roxanne K. Shaw, Immediate Past President Mrs. Edgar W. Monteith Oliver Pennington EX-OFFICIO Steve Shaper Wellington Yu David Minter, Ph.D., Interim Vice Provost and University Librarian David H. Auston, Ph.D., Provost G. Anthony Gorry, Ph.D., Vice President for Information Technology James E. Copeland, Ph.D., Chair of the University Committee on the Library Betty D. Charles, Executive Director

The Flyleaf Page 1 Fondren Saturday Night Gala Honors Harris IVIasterson by Dorothy Knox Houghton

early Texas newspapers, accounts of life in early Texas by settlers, business and financial papers that document the evolution of Texas' petroleum indus- try and financial institutions in the first quarter of the twentieth century, and the business papers of

Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III that document the development of Houston's social and cultural

life over the past forty to fifty years. A highlight of the evening was Mr. Masterson's presentation to the Fondren Library of the diary of his great-great-grandfather. Dr. John McNeill Stewart, of Brazoria, Texas. This diary, which documents Dr. Stewart's activities in 1836 and 1837, becomes the oldest document in the Ex Libris Harris Masterson was the theme of Masterson Texana collection. the Friends of Fondren Library's sixteenth A superb video-taped interview with Mr. annual Fondren Saturday Night honoring Harris Masterson, produced by Karen Rogers with the help

Masterson III on April 20, 1996. The gala, which of Doug Killgore, was hailed by all as outstanding. was held at Cohen House, netted approximately The live auction conducted by Bucky Allshouse $n 8,000, raising the total of the Friends of Fondren concluded the evening's entertainment. endowment fund to $1.4 million. Texas Anderson, Among the Masterson family members chairman of the event, was assisted by attending were Mrs. Vernon G. Doggett, Mr. and Elizabeth Kidd and Shirley Hamner who created an elegant atmosphere with wildflowers, native grasses and Texas flags. Music was provided by Bob and Fran Catlin and the Fondren Six. Rick Gaido and Cari Clark pro- vided a delectable menu of beef tender medallions and achiote marinated chicken breasts. The focus of the evening was the outstanding collection of Texana which has been given to Rice over the last sixty years, primarily by Mr. Masterson. The collection was started in 1937 by Elizabeth Simpkins Masterson, widow of Mr. Masterson's uncle.

the Reverend Harris Masterson. It The Hon. Fred Korth; Texas Anderson, Chair; Harris Masterson; Honoree, includes rare books and manuscripts. and Sally Reynolds, President of the Friends

The Flyleaf Page 2 Gala cont'd.

Mrs. T. R. Reckling III, Mr. and Mrs. Neill T. Masterson

III, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Masterson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harris Masterson, and Mr. and Mrs. David Johnston Devine.

Others included Mr. and Mrs. Irl Mowery, the Honorable Fred Korth, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Eatherton, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Cook, Mr. and

Mrs. Frank B. Davis, Robert J. Card and Karol Kreymer, Dr. and Mrs. John L. Margrave, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E.

Gragg, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Koehler, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Albert N. Kidd, Shirley Hamner, Mr. and Mrs. Wilham P. Conner, and Mr. and Mrs. David S. Elder.

Underwriters Acknowledgements Bucky trustee, Bill Super Fondren Circle Special Friends Allshouse,new and Barnett, new chairman of the Rice Board Mrs. Wesley West Sally and Nathan Avery of Governors Fondren Circle Peggy and Bill Barnett

Anonymous Sarah G. Burtram Special thanks to Anne and Charles Duncan Dr. and Mrs. Zenaido Camacho Bucky Allshouse Mr. Henry A. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Campbell Elaine Davis Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Carrell Harris Masterson III Jan Domenico Victor N. Carter The Fondren Six Benefactors Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Glasscock Killgore Productions, Inc. /Doug Ray C. Fish Foundation Aron S. Gordon Killgore Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Jamail Mr. and Mrs. Saunders Gregg Legal Express Video & Family Foundation Hobby Records Services/James E. Sponsors Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Hilow Robert J. Card, M.D. and Houghton Richard W. Lilhott III Karol Kreymer Mr. and Mrs. C. Boyd Kilgore Joyce Nagle Shirley Laughlin Hamner Sharon G. Ley Lee Pecht Mrs. Carl Illig Mary Ralph Lowe Russ Pitman Elizabeth and Albert Kidd Mr. and Mrs. William H. Zelda Rick Maconda B. O'Connor Merriman III Suzanne Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Meyer III Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Reckling III Gail Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. John H. Meyers John L. Wortham & Son, L.L.P. Mitchell Energy & Patrons Development Corp. Margaret Dudley Cashman S. I. Morris Mr. and Mrs. William P. Conner Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gardere Wynne Sewell O'Connor & Riggs, L.L.P. Ralph S. O'Connor Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Gragg Mr. and Mrs. Phil Peden Greenwood King Properties Sue R. Pittman Shirley R. The GulfStar Group, Inc. Redwine Linda and Ken Lay Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Rogers III Dr. and Mrs. John L. Margrave Rozelle and Herman Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Monteith Mr. and Mrs. Craig Smsyer Phoebe and Bobby Tudor Mr. and Mrs. Wallace S. Wilson Sally Reynolds, Harris Masterson, and Malcolm Gillis

The Flyleaf Page 3 Gala cont'd.

Jim and Carol Perry with David Minter, interim

vice provost and university librarian , and Harris Masterson and Carlin Glynn, Judith Brown, dean of humanities and profes- wife of his cousin, Peter Masterson sor of history

Kay Schill Houston Ballet Kaye Marvins Photography

Herman J. Schultz, M.D. Houston Chronicle /Richard J. V. Masterson Design, Inc. Lee Seureau Johnson, Chairman and McDonald's Restaurant Woodson Research Center Staff Publisher Michael Stevens Interest, Inc. Auction Donors The Houston Club Mr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Monteith Houston Grand Opera, David Russ Pitman Accessories International, Inc. Gockley, General Director RJS Hospitality Actors Theatre of Houston Houston® Livestock Show and Redwood Grill American Shooting Centers Rodeo Sally K. Reynolds, Dealer in Fine Art Texas Anderson Houston Symphony Rice Epicurean Markets Jane Herring and John Baird Houstonian Medical Specialists/ Rice Players Bistro Cuisine John C. Matocha, M.D., MPH Rice University Campus Store John B. Boles, Ph.D. Inwood Postal Center Rice University Department of Cafe Annie Barbara Kile Athletics Continental Airlines, Inc. Kugler Studios, Inc. Rice University The Faculty Club/ Da Camera of Houston Lovett Home Builders Cohen House Daily Review Cafe Main Street Theater Rice University Press Detering Book Gallery Rice University School of ERMOSA Centre for Reconstruc- Continuing Studies tive and Cosmetic Surgery/ Rice University The Shepherd School Kevin R. Smith, M.D. of Music Frontera Furniture Co. Karen Rogers The Galaxie Jewelers The Ritz-Carlton, Houston Gilding the Lily Roxanne and Jed Shaw Sherrie L. Glass, The Silver Shop Reading Consultant Stewart Title Company/ Susanne M. Glasscock The Stewart Morris, Jr. Family J. Gray Photographs Theatre Under The Stars Harvey Suites - Houston Medical The Torch Collection of Torch Energy Center/Bristol Hotel Manage- Advisors Incorporated ment Corp. Wellington Yu The Honorable and Mrs. W. P. Hobby Analisa and Kyle Frazier Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton

The Flyleaf Page 4 Gala cont'd.

Neill Elizabeth Gillis Auctioneer Bucky Allshouse at work Constant and Masterson with

Elaine Davis, John Cabaniss, and Karen Berdent

J. Harris and Catherine Masterson

Karen Rogers, Shirley Hamner, Glennie Weaver, and Oliver Pennington, Bettie Carrell, Texas Anderson, and Doug Killgore Wellington Yu admiring the palatial dog house donated by Frank Liu of Lovett Homes

The Flyleaf Page 5 Keeping A Journal Fondren Library is IHome to Two Prestigious Quarteriies by Elizabeth Hutcheson Carrell

In a world where publishing provides access to page—carry the weight of authority distilled into professional advancement, few institutions can print. On the other hand, the process is much like match the career-building power of the learned journalism everywhere, a matter of prodding journal. It is here, in the densely worded pages of writers, polling sources, and checking facts. It is their periodicals, that academics argue, develop, tedious, time-consuming, occasionally electrifying, and define the theories that will shape their fields more often a matter of running routine details to in the near term, announcing subtle shifts in ground. Still, the learned journal acts as a kind of

emphasis or reaching out to incorporate previously critical circulatory system for the discipline it unknown work into the canon. If a stock is set to serves, insuring an ongoing dialogue among its

fall sharply or begin a gradual decline, if the various parts. Scholars use journals to hear them-

growth rate is predicted to be vigorous or flat, the selves think. Otherwise, like most of us, they don't first notice will appear in the pages of the profes- know what they think. They write to find out. sional journal, the arbiter of new ideas. At Rice, two scholarly journals have found a In the competition for tenure, publication in niche in Fondren Library in a pair of nondescript

the quarterlies is the means of ascent. Think. Probe. and cluttered offices that make a virtue out of Evaluate. Summarize. Submit. If you are very anonymity. Separated from each other by a floor, lucky, you will then be in a position to wait, hope, the two seem to have the escaped the cosmetic

rewrite, and resubmit. If you are supremely fortu- overhaul that transformed the library entry into an nate, your piece will be published and your peers opulent, carpeted rotunda, with recessed lighting will take note. You may get a contract for your and an acre of uninterrupted space. Except for the book. At the very least your name is in play. omnipresent word processor, this is more like the

In this Darwinian plot the end is always the old days of formica surfaces and cold coffee, metal same—to winnow the excellent from the average, shelves, linoleum floors, fluorescent lights, and to bring so much pressure to bear on an idea that, those low-slung fifties chairs that are sneaking

in its final form, it walks straight off the page, back into style. On a recent visit to their respective

posing a challenge to all previous mediocre think- quarters, I talked with John Boles of The Journal of ing on this particular sliver of a topic. Cell by cell Southern History and Bob Patten of Studies in the old arguments are realigned, the new ones English Literature about the rigors of editing a gather force, and the discipline—history, anthro- learned journal in the humanities. pology, linguistics, molecular biology—moves forward an increment at a time. The Journal of Southern Histojy

This is delicate work. To push it towards its conclusion requires the discriminating skills of a The Journal of Southern History began publica- surgeon, a psychologist, and a sentencing judge. By tion in 1935 and moved to Rice in 1959, one year April, October, by mid-March, by June, the ragged before Rice Institute formally became Rice Univer- submission must begin to look smooth. You've got sity—a change that would signal an increased to see the contours of the issue. It has to make interest in the humanities. Frank Vandiver, a sense as a whole. historian prominent in Civil War studies, was Few artifacts look quite so imposing in their eager to attract bright young graduate students to final form. The dove gray covers, the flush mar- his program. William H. Masterson, then dean of gins, the sober footnotes at the bottom of the humanities, hoped to broaden the University's

The Flyleaf Page 6 Journals cont'd.

because they could be more appropriately pub- lished elsewhere. The rest are sent out to experts for a critical evaluation. Back they come, this time with comments. "Too thin." "Too repetitive." "Too facile." "Splendid." "Not quite." Perhaps fifteen

will make it to the final rounds. But even these will be rewritten and submitted to the experts once

more. It is not at all unusual for an article to be redrafted two or three times before final accep-

tance, a demand that is intended to push the writer in the direction of consistently greater clarity and precision. In addition to the articles that reflect original research by scholars, the Journal publishes upward of sixty book reviews per issue. For this task. Boles will line up scholars from around the country, matching reviewers with the latest books in their John Boles field. In May the Journal publishes a vast bibliogra- phy of periodical literature, organizing titles by reputation in the liberal arts. His support was topic and listing every journal article on Southern critical in helping Vandiver attract The journal of history that has come out that year. The May issue Soiitlierii History, now the most highly regarded performs a particularly important function for and comprehensive periodical in its field. Added faculty at smaller or more isolated colleges, allow- clout came with the acquisition and editing of TIic ing them to keep up with the latest offerings in Papers Davis, an ongoing project that of Jefferson Southern history. attracts scholars and graduate students from Both articles and reviews are subjected to around the country. Like The fournal Southern of intense scrutiny by the editorial staff of the Journal, History, the Jefferson Davis Association is housed with Evelyn Thomas Nolen overseeing the articles in Fondren Library. Connections between the two and Patricia Bellis Bixel the book reviews. Patricia organizations are close and the flow of energy Dunn Burgess manages the prolific correspondence between them enhances Rice's position as a center between authors, reviewers, and the Journal office. for Southern studies. Facts, quotes, and citations are checked and re- John Boles came to Rice in 1961 as an under- checked for accuracy, a task that would be impos- graduate who had grown up in Center, Texas. sible outside a library setting. In fact, it is the depth Switching from a major in physics to history, he of Fondren Library's collection in Southern history decided to pursue an advanced degree and later that permits the highest standards of accuracy received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. throughout. After serving on the faculty at Towson State The presence of the Journal and the strength of University in Maryland and Tulane, he returned to the library's collection definitely influence Rice Rice in 1981, assuming the position of associate history graduate students, at least a third of whom editor of the Journal. Two years later he became choose to concentrate on Southern history. managing editor, dividing his professional time When asked to describe changing perspec- between the demands of the quarterly and his tives in his field over the last fifteen years. Boles teaching responsibilities. cites the current interest in recovering the "lost" Although Tlie Journal Southern History of history of slaves and a vigorous commitment to publishes only twelve articles a year, it receives exploring issues such as race relations and civil well over a hundred submissions annually. John rights. Social, economic, and family history stimu- Boles reads all of them. Approximately half are late more articles than ever before, with the stan- rejected outright, either because of their quality or dard analysis of military and political affairs

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receding just a bit as historians rethink the tradi- tional hierarchy of topics. There is also a new

interest in Southern history after World War II, Boles notes, with a particular focus on the fifties. Regional history, Southern history in particular,

has rarely received more attention than it does today. The Southern Historical Association, the Journal's sponsor, expects some 1,400 professors at

its annual conferences in cities throughout the South. While the SHA funds the production cost of the Journal, Rice underwrites the editing process with Boles exercising full control over the contents.

The Journal of Southern History counts over 5,000 subscribers on its rolls. Through an exchange

program, it secures other learned journals for Fondren Library free of cost and also donates a significant number of current book titles to the collection each year.

Bob Patten Stiuiies in English Literature

I found Bob Patten, a well-known Dickens Unlike The Journal of Southern History, SEL scholar and the current editor of Studies in English does not publish individual book reviews. Instead Literature's one floor below the offices of The each issue concludes with a lengthy review essay Journal of Southern History. When Patten arrived at which evaluates significant secondary work in the Rice from Bryn Mawr in 1969, SEL was in its ninth field for that year, putting new books into context year of publication. Founded two years after The and analyzing trends. A time-consuming job—the Journal of Southern History, it originated in the same reviewer may read nearly two hundred books over impulse: the notion that Rice needed to enhance its the course of a year—it is noiietheless a coveted reputation in the humanities in order to attract top milestone, a rite of passage, for aspiring scholars. scholars to the faculty. The author of the review essay is carefully chosen Unlike its counterpart, which has a profes- by Patten who looks to young faculty with a solid sional parent in the Southern Historical Associa- second book on their resumes. The review essay

tion, SEL is published by Rice University, which typically runs forty to fifty printed pages and is funds editorial costs and distributes the quarterly followed by a list of all books received from pub- to individuals and institutions throughout the lishers over the course of the year. world. (Production and mailing costs are covered A typical issue of SEL publishes nine essays in by the approximately 2,000 subscriptions.) advance of the review essay. These are culled from Founded by the Renaissance scholar Carroll over two hundred submissions annually and here

Camden, SEL has a clear sense of its parameters, the procedures parallel the methods in place at The choosing to cover materials in English literature Journal of Southern History. Patten and his associate (excluding American and colonial) between 1500 editor, Logan Browning, read each submission

and 1900. Early on, Camden decided that SEL before forwarding it to a member of the editorial should take a chronological approach, with each board, a group of thirty-six eminent scholars from issue of the quarterly focusing on a single period of a wide range of institutions in the country and

development. Accordingly, the winter issue is abroad that includes two past presidents of the devoted to a study of the English Renaissance, with Modern Language Association. This second read- spring picking up Tudor and Stuart drama; the ing will issue in a recommendation to accept, reject,

summer issue explores the Restoration and eigh- or invite revisions. Almost every article that is teenth century, while autumn rounds out the year accepted for publication will undergo extensive with a look at the nineteenth century.

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revisions in the light of editorial comments. "I prefer to explore the intimate landscape of private think the essay oversimplifies at the end...." "...the correspondence between women. In the context of author ranges widely but doesn't appear to com- similar periodicals, SEL is regarded as tending mand the discourse of his field." "The main toward a historical perspective. Patten acknowl- title... insufficiently prepares us for the thesis." edges that while this tilt may have posed a minor These can be taken as typical arguments that a liability in the eighties, this is no longer the case. piece can be much improved prior to achieving its Once again scholars seem hungry for context, eager final form. to explore the worlds, both public and private, in When asked to describe shifts in emphasis which writers manipulate language. during his tenure as editor, Patten suggests that Studies in English Languages has over eleven feminism has now successfully reinterpreted the hundred institutional subscribers in this country canon, raising previously obscure writers, alterna- and some five hundred abroad. tive literary forms, and new issues about gender Both quarterlies welcome individual and power, to prominence. The great prose essay- subscribers. ists—Addison, Johnson, Carlyle, Newman—seem to have lost favor with current scholars who may

News and Notes...

• Distinguished Guest Lecture Jonathan Miller, in 1996. Information can be sent to the Friends M.D., director, physician and author will speak on at Rice University, Friends of Fondren Library The After-life of Plays on Sunday, October 6, 1996, MS 44-F, 6100 Main Street, Houston TX 77005- at 5:00 p.m. in the Stude Concert Hall of Alice Pratt 1892; or you may fax the information to 713-285- Brown Hall. The program is free and open to the 5258. public.

Trained as a neuropsychologist at Univer- • Book Sale The Friends of Fondren Library will sity College, London, Dr. Miller came to the host a book sale on Saturday, March 15 and theater scene when he appeared in Beyond the Sunday, March 16, 1997, in the Grand Hall, Stu- Fringe which he also coauthored. He is also well dent Center. Members' preview will be Friday, known for his many Shakespearean and operatic March 14. Books may be dropped off at the productions. Recently, he has been involved in Friends' office or at Star Motors, 7000 Katy Free- two major television series in coproduction for the way, during business hours. BBC, Born Talking and Madness. Funding for the lecture has been received from The Brown Foundation, Inc.

If you need further information concerning these • Rice Authors On Wednesday, January 29, events call, the Friends' office at 713-285-5157. 1997, the Friends of Fondren Library will sponsor a program honoring those members of the Rice alumni, faculty, staff, and members of the Friends who have authored books published in 1996, edited journals published in 1996, composed major musical works, or mounted one person art shows

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A Chinese Map of "All Under Heaven" by Richard J. Smith Professor of History

Thanks once again to the generosity of its best libraries in all of Asia, Europe and the North benefactors, the Fondren Library can lay claim American continent; yet so far I have found maps to a rare Chinese treasure—this time, a Ch'ing of this particular kind and quality only in the dynasty tripartite rendering of "the world," titled Peking (Beijing) Library, the British Library, and Oiing-pan t'ien-wen ch'iian-t'ii (Capital Edition of a the Library of Congess. Complete Map Based on Astronomical Calcula- The Fondren Library's world-map is tions). This beavitifully colored 45" x 27" woodblock distinctive in several respects, quite apart from its print dates from the late 18th century. aesthetic appeal. For one, the document seems to On two previous occasions the Fondren have been designed expressly for the edification of Library has received froni donors a major artifact metropolitan officials, and perhaps the emperor

from China. In 1978, the Friends of the Fondren himself. For this reason, it lacks certain mythologi- Library purchased a complete Taiwan reprint of cal and cosmological components that are often the massive Ch'ing encyclopedia titled Ch'in-ting found in Chinese cartography of the late imperial ku-chin tu-shu chi-ch'eng (Complete Collection of era. On the other hand, the map provides consider- Writings and Illustrations, Past and Present, 1725). able detail on riverine and sea transport routes This compendium, the largest and most useful elements which usually do not appear on maps of work of its kind ever produced in China, consists this particular scale.

of 10,000 Chinese volumes (chiian), covering more Moreover, we know who made it. This is than 6,000 subjects under thirty-two separate often not the case with traditional-style Chinese headings. It has been, and continues to be, an maps. The cartographer turns out to be an accom- invaluable resource for me and my colleagues at plished 18th century scholar named Ma Chiin- Rice in our China-based research. liang, who is known to have produced a number of

In 1979, 1 took a group of Rice alums to excellent maps in the course of his career. A native China, where they bought for the library a pair of of Chekiang province. Ma earned the highest striking scrolls written by the famous Ch'ing academic degree (known as the chin-shih—roughly dynasty literatus and political heretic K'ang Yu- equivalent to a Ph.D.) in 1761. In that year only wei (1858-1927; see "From the Studio of Precious about three hundred such degrees were awarded Antiquities" The Flyleaf, 29, nos. 1-2, June 1979). in a country of nearly 400 million people. These scrolls, reflecting K'ang's unique and much- Ma's map consists of three separate carto- prized calligraphic style, have increased enor- graphic representations. For each of these, he mously in value over the past 15 years or so. provides a written commentary explaining their

And now we have a magnificent Chinese provenance. In the upper right-hand corner is a "map of the world" located in the Woodson map of the world based roughly (very roughly) on Research Center to serve as the focus for scholarly the famous mappamundi first produced in China by

study. As far as I know, it is the only map of its the renowned Jesuit father, Matteo Ricci (1552- kind in an American university library. 1610) in the late 16th century. The specific model Having recently completed a book on for this map can be found in the Ming dynasty

traditional Chinese cartography {Chinese Maps: encyclopedia known as the San-ts'ai tii-lnii (Illus- Images of All Under Heaven; Oxford University trated Compediuni on the Three Powers, 1610).

Press, 1996), I can attest to the value of this map, The map in the upper left-hand corner is not only as an important scholarly resource but based on a rendering of the eastern hemisphere also as a rare and beautiful artifact in its own right. that was included by a scholar named Ch'en Lun- Work on Chinese Maps has taken me to some of the ch'iung in his pioneering book, Hai-kuo wen-chien

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Map cont'd.

/;; {Record of Things Heard mid Seen in the Maritime Countries; 1730). A tinted version of this popular map generally appears at the beginning of a widely distributed genre of 18th and 19th century illus- trated scrolls known as Hni-diiang yang-cliieh hsing- shih ch'iian-t'u (Complete Maps of [China's] Coastal Configurations). The lower map, which occupies about two- thirds of the Ching-pan t'ien-wen ch'iian-t'u, is derived from a work called the Yiitu {Terrestrial Map; 1673)—which Ma identifies as a publication of Huang Tsung-hsi (1610-1695), one of the most illustrious and influential scholars of the entire Philosophy graduate student, Lian Cheng, finds his Ch'ing period. I have not yet been able to locate home town Huang's original map, but based on a comparison with the Ching-pan t'ien-wen ch'iian-t'u it appears Holland and various unnamed European states in that an anonymous 1673 production in the Library the "Great Western Ocean", are therefore relegated of Congress titled Yil-ti ch'iian-t'u {Complete Terres- to the niargins of the map, as if they were little trial Map), may be, in fact, Huang's map—or at more than a geographical afterthought. least a close copy. Perhaps, then, the title Yii-t'u is From the many lengthy inscriptions on the simply Ma's abbreviation for the Yii-ti ch'iian-t'u. map, including the main cartouche, it is clear that According to Ma's main commentary, Ma's primary purpose is to underscore the theme located in the lower right-hand corner of the map, of China's greatness and glory, institutionally his reason for compiling the Ching-pan t'ien-wen reinforced by the so-called tributary system. This ch'iian-t'u was to update Huang Tsung-hsi's Yii-t'u, ancient system, which lasted well into the nine- taking into account, among other things, the teenth century, stipulated that all foreigners who dramatic expansion of the Ch'ing empire as a sought diplomatic contact with China had to bring result of the Ch'ien-lung emperor's military cam- "local products" from their homelands as tokens of paigns in the period from 1755 to about 1790. their acceptance of the Chinese emperor's claim to The most distinctive feature of Ma's work rule over "all under Heaven." Cartouches in is his effort to render global space in two decidedly various parts of Ma's map tell the story of how the different ways. The maps at the top represent tributary system developed over time. models derived from a more or less "accurate" In all, the Ching-pan t'ien-wen ch'iian-t'u not conception of the earth—part of a long tradition of only provides us with an outstanding example of Chinese mathematical cartography dating from the traditional Chinese cartography; it also reveals the

12th century, if not before. Although rather gener- eclectic tendencies of many Chinese scholars, ally drawn, these renderings are still familiar to whose approach to knowledge in imperial times anyone exposed to "modern" maps of the world, emphasized inclusion rather than exclusion. In regardless of the projection employed. cartography, as in history, economics, and many The lower map, however, bears no relation- other realms of learning, technical writings often ship to "the world" it purports to represent. consisted of excerpts from different documents

Rather, it reflects what I have termed cultural placed side by side in chronological order with cartography—that is, a way of depicting space that little, if any, critical commentary. As in the case of emphasizes social and political values over math- Ma's three different maps, this approach tended to ematical precision. Thus, rather than showing far emphasize details and specifics rather than wholes off places as part of a global order and trying to and generalizations, and sometimes led scholars to render them accurately with regard to shape, give essentially equal weight to documents of relative size, and relative position, it simply refers varying degrees of accuracy, abstraction and to them in cartouches—or neglects them entirely. analytical significance. Even such great Chinese From the standpoint of culture, China was intellectuals as Shen Kua (1030-1094) and Ku Yen- "the world." Other countries, including England, wu (1613-1682) compiled books in this fashion.

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Stephen Klineberg Interprets Houston Culture at Annual Meeting by Karen Hess Rogers

Dr. Stephen Klineberg was the keynote between rich and poor with respect to access to speaker at this years's Friends of Fondren higher education. American students also lag Library annual meeting. In his remarks Dr. behind their European and Japanese counterparts Klineberg detailed the factors that have made because they spend less time in school.

Houston a radically different place from what it Dr. Klineberg shared with the audience the was twenty-five years ago. The basis for this talk results of the Asian Survey he completed this year was the Houston Survey which Dr. Klineberg has which debunks the "Model Minority Stereotype". been conducting since 1982. Kathryn Smyser, in This theory conjectures that Asians succeed in the her introduction, characterized this survey as a U.S. through sheer hard work. In reality, 90% of chronicle of Houston's people and their thoughts. Houston's Asians are first generation immigrants Dr. Klineberg explained that since 1970 two and many of them already possess the high levels things have changed the city significantly: an of education and skills needed to succeed. ethnic transformation and the end of the economic In conclusion. Dr. Klineberg emphasized boom. Between 1970 and 1982, Houston experi- that the critical challenge to our society is finding a enced its greatest growth with the addition of one way to bridge the gap between those with access to million people, 40% of whom were Anglos. At that quality higher education and those without access. time Houston citizens credited an unfettered free The city of Houston seems to be navigating the enterprise system as cause for this increase; but in ethnic transformation better than most cities and, retrospect it was probably the city's proximity to in the process, has become a much more interest- the oil fields of East Texas. In 1982 the price of ing place. crude oil plummeted and, by 1987 Houston was experiencing the depths of depression. Anglos stopped coming to Houston and the city was becoming a multi-ethnic community. By 1990 the growth of Harris County by ethnic group was: 1% Anglo, 12% African American, 75% Hispanic and 129% Asian. There are five cities that have experi- enced this remarkable ethnic transformation; the other four are Chicago, Miami, New York and Los Angeles. Houston has experienced the most rapid change and has done so more gracefully than the others. As the country's second largest port, the city has had a history of being an international community and is accustomed to diversity. Referring to the cosmopolitan nature of the city. Dr. Klineberg noted that the American economy is connected as never before to the global economy. One result is that our economy will never again produce good jobs for unskilled and semiskilled workers. This fact points to a growing problem in society which is a widening gap

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March 1, 1996 - May 31, 1996 The Rev. Dr. Robert G. Moore Ms. Terzah Ewing

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Norton William A. Jones, Jr. We welcome the following new Lars F. Obro Keith LaFoe members. Naciine Panayot and Mike Constantina Michalos Haroun Firdosh Piroj Patel Patrons Peter and Linda Pelton Gary Patterson Carolyn E. Pepper Shanley B. Richardson

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March 1, 1996 - May 31, 1996 Charles W. Duncan, Jr. for his Bailey Elizabeth Victoria Wilson outstanding service as chairman Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Wilson GIFTS IN of the Rice University Board of KIND Governors, by Gifts in MEMORY OF/ Kay and Gus Schill Harris Masterson III given by: Jane Schorre Annie Friedman on the occasion Betty Bennett Andrews of her 90th birthday, by Mary Anne and Bill Collins ENDOWED GIFTS Edward Oppenheimer Mary Bentley Arnold The Benjamin M. Bloomfield Heitzeberg Sue Christine and Charles Ladner Book Fund Fondren Library Staff Association Estate of Ruby Bowdoin Bloomfield Tempe Howze Attwell Al and Bridget Jensen Elleanor G. Tyng Shapiro Library Staff Betty and Ernest Charles Elsie and Pat Moore Innovation Award Fund William Virgil Ballew, Jr. Marilyn and Harold Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Dave Chapman Virginia the White Joiner on Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff, Tichy occasion of her birthday, by Society of Rice & Mathiason Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Weymouth Mr. and Mrs. Herbert U. Stern University Women Herbert C. Wells Constana N. R. White MONEY GIFT Stephen Klineberg Friends of Fondren Library Society of Rice University Women Laura Thomson Barrow Harris Masterson III on being Natalie Kerr MONEY GIFTS honored at the Gala, by the Beverly Maurice Friends of Fondren Library Ralph S. O'Connor Reading for Pleasure Club Gordon L. Rottman Luka Zvonimir Milas on the Warren S. Bellows, Jr. Dr. Vicki Lynn Schnell occasion of his graduation from Stephen Fox Rice University, by Mrs. James H. Kerr, Jr. Florence A. Miller Gifts in HONOR OF/ Dr. and Mrs. Luka Milas Ralph S. O'Connor given by: David Minter, Ph.D. Betty Silvus Bennett Scott Joseph Bury on the occasion Fondren Library Staff Association Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Baker, Jr. of graduation, by Carolyn and Paul Waters Charron Bury McFadden Linda M. Quaidy

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