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Magazine Winter 2012 Welcome to The Newberry Magazine

It is my pleasure to introduce you to the inaugural issue of The Newberry Magazine. Highlighting our 125th anniversary, the following pages will bring you inside the Newberry and give you an intimate look at the past year, from preparations for two major exhibitions to the publishing of our new volume, The Newberry 125, Stories of Our Collection.

In the center, you will find our 2011-12 Annual Report, including financial statements, program summaries, and other important information about the past year. Highlights in this section include our “Conversations at the Newberry” series, the installation of compact shelving, and an update on our campaign. Above: Walter L. Newberry’s likeness graces the grand As a friend of the library, you will receive The Newberry Magazine twice a year. The staircase. winter issue will include an annual report, and the summer edition will feature core Newberry initiatives as themes, such as our fellowship programs, collection projects, Cover: Detail from Charles and our campaign. Every issue will inform you about upcoming programs and special Lippincott’s A Genealogical Tree of the Lippincott Family in events. America. A mixture of science and creative license, this We hope you find our new magazine engaging and informative, and we welcome your nineteenth-century family feedback. Meanwhile, please enjoy your armchair journey through the Newberry as it tree traces one Quaker family’s history to heroic colonial prepared for and celebrated its 125th year. origins. The Newberry is one of the top institutions for genealogy research in the United States.

David Spadafora, President and Librarian Contents

Decision 2012 2 By Kelly McGrath An inside look at “The Newberry 125” selection process

Penning A Compendium 5 By Corinne Zeman Telling our story in 125 items

Profile: Richard and Mary L. Gray 7 By Meredith Petrov Meet the couple who made possible The Newberry 125, Stories of Our Collection

The Slimmest Margin 8 By Corinne Zeman We highlight a few of the magnificent objects that were thiiiiis close

Tome Improvement 10 By Corinne Zeman Behind the scenes in our Conservation Lab

The Newberry 2011-2012 Annual Report 13 Letter from the President 14 Letter from the Chair 16 Public Programs 18 Research and Academic Programs 19 Honor Roll of Donors 26 Board of Trustees and Volunteer Committees 37 Staff 38 Financials 40

The Ideal Library 43 By Alex Teller Briggs and Brown bring Newberry history to life

Cooper Black 46 By Alex Teller In Search of Oswald: A 1922 typeface inspires a pilgrimage from Tokyo to Chicago

Piction the Future 48 By Alex Teller The Newberry makes big strides in digitization

Special Events 50

Upcoming Events 52 I had been at the library for just six months—and was still relationship to families; its physical condition and beauty; its having trouble locating the mailroom—when Newberry place in literature and the arts; and its value to communities and President David Spadafora asked me to help plan the institution’s public service. quasquicentennial. The main elements, he explained, would be a “It was very important that we establish criteria that book and a major exhibition, each highlighting the Newberry’s would accurately reflect not just who we are, but why we are most significant 125 objects—out of about 2 million. Honored who we are, and why that’s important,” Spadafora said. “We and excited to be on the team, I got to work. have a magnificent collection of which we are, of course, First, I had to find out what a quasquicentennial is. (This extremely proud. But we are not everything to everyone. was by no means the first nor would it be the last time I had We have very thoughtfully and carefully developed and to surreptitiously look something up that had been said at a established the core strengths that make us unique and bring to Newberry meeting. It does, in fact, occur every day.) I mildly the Newberry readers, scholars, and visitors from around the wondered if David had made it up. world, thereby creating a vital, vibrant community of learning It means, of course, 125th year. It is a big, quirky, here in Chicago.” somewhat and charmingly unwieldy and scholarly word that is Ready with our score sheet, we asked the entire staff to not immediately understood—like the Newberry. And, like the nominate as many items as they wished. From across the library,

ElectingDecisi Our 125o Representativesn 2012 Newberry—albeit on a much smaller scale—there is pleasure, they came pouring in—some nominated just one or two objects, even joy, when you suss it out. It was us; we would use it. others as many as 25 and more. They came from almost every In addition to David and me, the seven-member committee department and covered every core area of the collection, and consisted of Director of Public Programs Rachel Bohlmann; we finished with about 400 nominations, an impressive but Director of Reader Services and Bibliographer of Americana manageable number. John Brady; Lloyd Lewis Curator of Modern Manuscripts One thing we hadn’t counted on, however, was the Martha Briggs; Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation collusion among our collegial, team-oriented staff. Instead of on the History of Printing Paul Gehl; and Vice President for receiving, as we had expected, multiple votes for at least a dozen Research and Academic Programs Daniel Greene. items, we saw, and were surprised, that only a few objects were To establish criteria, we asked ourselves: what makes an item voted for more than once. “significant”? Its rarity, or beauty? Its importance to scholarship? “Everyone was involved, everyone excited to nominate To the general public? Its place in the Newberry collection? something that would be in the show,” Gehl, co-curator of the The committee—or Team Q, as it was now called— exhibition, said. “So, they’d catch each other in the hall and concluded, after hours of discussion, that an item’s significance, say, ‘What are you nominating?’ If it was something they had as well as exhibitability, was defined by the above and more: been considering, they’d choose something else. It made our job its representation of our core collections; its relevance to the tougher, but it was wonderful.” library’s position in Chicago; its impact on building and shaping Nominations in hand, Team Q began the half-day the collection; its value to scholars and readers; its era; its meetings that came to be known as elimination rounds. It was

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one of the most challenging things I’ve encountered in my Indeed, throughout the process, we heavily, and gratefully, career, and, hands-down, the most fun. relied on many members of our expert staff. Scott Manning Ranging from serious debate about scholarship value to Stevens, director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American conservation issues to hilarious back stories, the discussions were Indian and Indigenous Studies, showed us where we were wrong a rare, perhaps unique, look at the collection and the people who and why, and then set us right in innumerable and invaluable intimately know it, expertly manage it, and deeply care about it. ways; the former and the current directors of the Hermon The extraordinary breadth and depth of the Newberry Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, Bob collection made round one relatively easy; it would later make Karrow and Jim Akerman, respectively, taught us the sometimes the final round almost excruciatingly difficult. Several paintings subtle nuances that made one map a clear choice over another; from the American Indian collection (ours is the best in the and Carla Zecher, director of the Center for Renaissance Studies world) had been nominated, many of which were by the same and recently named music curator, thoughtfully and meticulously artist, and the group made quick work of eliminating most. The reviewed, rejected, and replaced items—all from 2,000 miles enormous strength of our collection of Ptolemy’s Geography led away and while meeting the demands of her Huntington Library to replacing one nomination, an atlas published in Florence in Fellowship. 1480, with one published in Ulm, Germany in 1482—the two so Dozens of spreadsheets and six months later, we entered the similar, in certain respects, that we almost exhibited the wrong final round, with just 171 nominations. one. American history materials and modern manuscripts are “Now we began to know what pain really is,” joked Briggs, certainly distinct categories but overlap in, for example, the U.S. curator of “Realizing the Idea 1887 – 2012,” the accompanying Civil War, enabling Team Q to rather swiftly pare down Civil exhibition on the history of the Newberry. “Right up until War-related items. the final round, we had been able to retain most of the items we strongly believed needed to be included. It was extremely “... the discussions were a tough—but also, and more importantly, it was a testament to the staff’s commitment to and passion for particular collection items, rare, perhaps unique, look the collection as a whole, and the Newberry itself.” at the collection and the That passion resulted in a spirited three-hour discussion, in which committee members drew upon their diplomacy, people who intimately know creativity, and even cunning to do battle for their preferred nominees. When Team Q left the room, it was with regrets, but it, expertly manage it, and we had our 125. “It was challenging, invigorating, frustrating, and deeply care about it.” enlightening,” Spadafora said. “And I wouldn’t have had it any It also greatly eased two more practical but critical other way. The candid debate among those who best know concerns—preservation and space. Because of the richness of the collection and why it’s important resulted in a book and an the collection, there were often two or more items that could exhibition that truly reflect the library and its mission.” fulfill our objectives, giving us welcome latitude when an item The selection process revealed that, though “The New- was deemed too fragile for the kind of handling required by a berry 125” refers to objects, it is also about people. We made our book and four-month exhibition, or too large for the available choices based as much on the who as on the what. Each item in gallery space. the collection carries the stories of the authors and editors, read- “Our wonderful collection certainly gave us a wealth ers and writers, collectors and dealers, binders and artists, and of options in our decision-making,” exhibition co-curator librarians and scholars who sought it and bought it, wrote it or Bohlmann said. “But it would not have been possible without wrote in it, designed it, illustrated it, shelved it, sold it, read it, the skill and commitment of the conservation staff, who worked and, in some way, learned from it. Like the humanities them- tirelessly to find creative ways to safely exhibit the materials we selves, it is the story of us. chose, and to place, in a visually appealing way, 125 objects of all shapes and sizes into two galleries.”

4 The Newberry Magazine Penning a Compendium: Stories behind The Newberry 125

To mark its 125th anniversary, the Newberry assembled 125 Newberry staff member, or in some cases, an outside researcher exhibition items in a beautifully illustrated volume. Arranged or writer. By describing the items’ unique physical qualities, to tell the story of the Newberry as an institution and the as well as their scholarly import, the essays remind us of how chronology of its collecting history, The Newberry 125, Stories irreplaceable many of these maps, books, and documents are— of Our Collection covers a great breadth of topics including: and how much they still have to offer us. American culture; the history of Chicago and the Midwest; The book’s organization arose organically—the upshot geography and exploration; religion; music and dance; medieval of an enduring commitment to academic research. “We have and Renaissance studies; and the indigenous peoples of the sorted the items into a set of categories that serve fields of Americas. Each of the highlighted items has been photographed study today and in all likelihood for years to come,” Newberry in full color and is accompanied by a brief description, its President David Spadafora wrote in the book’s introduction. call number, and a concise yet informative essay written by a “Doing so keeps us true to the perennial Newberry conviction that the collection lives when used, and that we must think of it in terms of its usage.” Each item was assigned to an essayist whose general expertise or knowledge could capture the merits, historical travels, and idiosyncrasies of the object, resulting in a book by 39 authors—members of the Newberry staff, current and former fellows, university professors, and independent researchers and collectors. “It was a deliberate decision to have an array of authors,” said Spadafora. “We felt that the heart of this book—which is the 125 essays and the photographs that accompany them—should reflect a wealth, a depth, and a breadth, of knowledge.” The inclusion of multiple voices, Spadafora continues, is a significant virtue—and a point of departure from the archetypal tome. “It isn’t filtered through a single voice”; on the contrary, it illustrates that the Newberry is home to a diverse crowd—a well-read staff and a knowledgeable readership, deeply familiar with the objects in question. Researchers at heart, writing a book about a research institution, the authors had a ball. Each day, they sailed through the Newberry’s halls, reading rooms, and book stacks, on the trail of that little- known fact, that tiny discrepancy. Many sought material from bibliographic records, online sources, and the information files in Special Collections— compendiums of librarians’ notes, transcriptions, and scribbled miscellany. When material was in short supply, they pursued inquiries using the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI),

5 “It was a deliberate decision to have an array of authors. We felt that the heart of this book... should reflect a wealth, a depth, and a breadth, of knowledge... It isn’t filtered through a single voice.”

Clockwise from left: The United States in One View, Candide, and the Secret Ledger and Memorial Book. a syndicate of 145 academic institutions—a vast reservoir of or colors, which other authors may not have discussed,” she historical and literary data. said. To see the merits of this approach, turn to the conclusion Above all, they relied on each other, on their shared of her essay on The United States at One View, a lithograph with experiences with and knowledge of the Newberry’s holdings. allegoric qualities. It tackles the overarching issues—or what Together, they gleaned and dissected obscurities, and, in Dillon views as the “big questions.” several cases, amended errors in the library’s mid-century This set of questions includes how an item has been used, records. Spadafora, for instance, stumbled over a cataloged and how its creation affected a culture. Custodian of the John inaccuracy when researching an original printing of Candide. M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing Paul Gehl, who Records indicated that the Newberry’s copy was produced in wrote an impressive 24 essays (or nearly one-fifth of the book), Amsterdam; in actuality, it was printed in London by John zeroed in on the acquisition and provenance of objects—in Nourse from a text that Voltaire changed for the Geneva lieu of visual attributes. And yet, he, too, touched on the larger edition. Spadafora’s realization was one of several discoveries. implications for cultural and material milieus. “Because I’m It was quickly apparent that The Newberry 125 was not a mere interested in the history of the library,” he said, “I took pleasure index of treasures, but something more: an opportunity for in looking at the accession record—seeing who bought an item, telling our story even when doing so demanded new scholarship. and what the circumstances surrounding that choice were. That Because the scope and focus of scholarship is guided by determines how it’s going to be cataloged, how it’s going to be the scholar—by his or her interests and education, the essays in used, and how past or future visitors might see the artifact.” The Newberry 125 are idiosyncratic. Some focus on historical The Newberry 125, Stories of Our Collection is a “historical import, some look to an item’s material construction, and others enterprise,” says Spadafora. “The array of items will tell our trace the item’s journey, detailing its purchase and incorporation story. It is the story of how we got here, how the items got here, into the Newberry coffers. Diane Dillon, director of scholarly and how they—and we—shaped the institution’s history.” and undergraduate programs, followed a unique route. Led by a substantial background in art history and cartography, she was fascinated by—and chose to write on—aesthetics. Publication of The Newberry 125, Stories of Our Collection was “I was looking to unpack the larger cultural significance made possible through the generous support of Richard and and explore the visual dimensions—the object’s graphic qualities Mary L. Gray.

6 The Newberry Magazine PROFILE: Richard and Mary L. Gray

“The humanities are not a luxury – they are the substance of of Chicago Smart Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago, our enlightenment,” says Newberry Trustee Richard Gray. and with the preparation of Gray Collection, Seven Centuries of This unwavering dedication to the arts and humanities Art, a catalog of the Grays’ own art collection published by the is the driving force in the lives of Richard and Mary L. Gray, Art Institute in connection with an exhibition and scholarly inspiring their professional careers, their personal interests, symposium of the same title. and their philanthropy. Richard Gray is an internationally “Publications are often erroneously viewed as incidental distinguished art dealer and noted private collector, while to exhibitions,” Gray said. “There’s seldom enough funding for Mary, an art historian, is a University of Chicago Press- them, but they are in many ways more important and influential published author with books on Chicago’s public sculpture and and certainly longer lasting than exhibitions. A publication like murals. Together, they have long been enthusiastically engaged The Newberry 125, Stories of Our Collection will have a legacy of supporters of the humanities, lending their talents and resources great permanence, and we are happy to be associated with it.” to a multitude of institutions. Richard joined the Board of Newberry President David Spadafora agrees. “This book Trustees in 2007. allows us to tell the stories of these exceptional objects in “Our passion for the humanities and the arts informs greater detail and with deeper understanding than we can in the everything that Mary and I do, our whole life, and where we exhibition, and allows those stories to remain accessible long choose to commit our resources,” says Gray. “It’s where our after the exhibition and our anniversary year conclude,” he says. heart is.” “We are truly grateful to Mary and Richard for making this Lifelong Chicagoans, they were drawn beautiful publication possible.” to the Newberry initially by the connections found between their personal art collecting “The humanities are not a luxury and the library’s holdings. “As collectors of Old Master drawings —they are the substance of our and other works on paper, we were pleased to learn that even though it’s not the focus of its enlightenment.” collection, the Newberry has a considerable amount of fine and unique graphic material,” Gray said. “There is a close relationship between the realm of books, particularly the rare books housed at the Newberry, and the world of visual art.” To commemorate the Newberry’s 125th anniversary, the Grays have chosen to support the publication of The Newberry 125, Stories of Our Collection, a beautifully illustrated volume presenting 125 of the Newberry’s most significant objects. Richard developed a particular interest in art publications through his trusteeships at the University

7 THE “When you are putting together an exhibition, you need to consider if an item can catch Slimmest the eye and pique the interest MARGIN of visitors...” The Newberry shelves are lined with treasures—1.5 million compilation, assessed in terms of presentation and storytelling. books, 500,000 historic maps, and 5 million manuscript pages An obvious suggestion, and not-so-obvious veto, was the (which amounts to 15,000 cubic feet of paper and vellum). Newberry’s oldest object: a first-century fragment of Homer’s Selecting 125 was, quite naturally, something of a challenge. For Iliad. Composed on papyrus and written in uncial Greek, it hails each item that was chosen and placed on the feted list, several from al-Fayyum, Egypt. Its 14 lines—or 15, if one is willing to were crossed off. But these near-hits are worthy of admiration, fill in some gaps—contain a partial rendering of a Book XXI of patrons’ study, and librarians’ delight. soliloquy, performed by a meddling Apollo as he masquerades They are a motley assemblage of objects, dating from the in the body of a Trojan prince. But the fragment’s value is earliest years of the Common Era to the twentieth century. not in its intended content; rather, it lies in its collection of Their content, like their literary naissance, is wonderfully blunders, ink stains, and corrective marginalia. Penned by an varied: a collection of Italian motets and madrigals, gifted to (or inattentive scribe or ham-fisted student, the leaf is dotted with more accurately, acting as a “musical embassy” to) the court of errors, ostensibly owing to a poor knowledge of literary Greek. Henry VIII; an eight-foot map of ethnic and language divisions, Papyrologists point to the absence of diacritics and punctuation; devised in 1949; and a Book of Common Prayer, outlining the the frequency of interlinear corrections, executed by a second sacraments and rites of the Mohawk people. Each was omitted hand; and the presence of ink stains over a vertical axis, which for a distinct reason; it is altogether clear that the selected suggests that the leaf was folded (or possibly discarded) before it items were not a slapdash assortment, but were a methodical was incorporated into a completed roll.

Clockwise from top left: A page from a collection of Motets and Madrigals belonging to Henry VIII, a first-century fragment of The Iliad, and the frontispiece of the Mohawk Book of Common Prayer.

8 The Newberry Magazine Though it is a fascinating object, fit for endless study and contemplation, the fragment was quickly removed from the list of possibilities. As a pre-medieval artifact, it was poorly suited to the exhibition, which focuses on the core collections: American History and Culture; American Indians and Indigenous Peoples; Chicago and the Midwest; Family History; History of the Book; Maps, Travel, and Exploration; Medieval and Renaissance Culture; Music and Dance; and Religion. “We needed to balance the items that we selected, so that there was a good representation of formats, subject matter, and collection strengths,” explained Newberry President David Spadafora. Singular items—items without parallel or peer—were sometimes excluded. Another veto went to a first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. Like the Iliad fragment, this Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. particular classic has an unexpected history. The Newberry’s copy is one of 23 surviving from the issue, and is littered with the first printed editions of the Greek New Testament; the unintended content: 42 off-color illustrations by Sir John complete Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible; Tenniel. Nearly 2,000 copies had been printed, and about 50 and the Targum Onkelos, an Aramaic translation of the Torah. Of had been bound, when Tenniel objected to the quality of the the 600 printed copies, only 123 are known to have survived. images. He instructed the publisher—Macmillan, working out “The Complutensian was a major achievement, and it both of the Oxford University Press—to destroy the substandard helped the next generation of scholars and stimulated a great copies. They didn’t. Instead, they sold the prints to a U.S. deal of additional textual work,” said Paul Gehl, custodian of publisher, Appleton, who bound and placed them in American the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing and bookshops. Accompanying the Newberry’s edition are five pen- co-curator of “The Newberry 125”. and-ink sketches, which operated as templates for the novel’s Several bibles found their way into “The Newberry 125”— illustrations. The drawings appear on the blank versos of galley among them the second of the Great Polyglots. One wonders, proofs, and are a testimony of Tenniel’s fastidiousness. then, why choose the second if the Newberry has access to the Alice’s absence from the exhibition was a matter of depth. first? “It was ultimately decided that there was room for one It belongs to a literary genus that is soundly represented in of the polyglots,” said Gehl, “and I thought about the items in the Newberry stacks: novels and artifacts that point to the terms of exhibitability.” The Plantin Polyglot of 1569, which was history of the book—to the push and pull of (or the vexed selected in the Complutensian’s stead, “is a beautiful book, with dynamic among) editors, publishers, authors, and, in this an incredibly beautiful title page and frontispiece. When you’re instance, illustrators. Alice was omitted with the assurance putting together an exhibition, you need to consider if an item that comparable objects—objects with colorful, if somewhat can catch the eye and pique the interest of visitors—especially fractious, histories—were included. (And a cursory look at the if you’re constructing an exhibition that requires them to read 125 confirms that they were—an elliptical postcard from Jack through documents.” Kerouac to his editor, Malcolm Cowley, for instance.) Gehl’s emphasis on exhibitability speaks to the pragmatism A final veto, after a very near inclusion, involved the of the quasquicentennial selection committee. Members sought Complutensian, the first of the Great Polyglots—multilingual to create a polymeric exhibition, offering not just iconic but bibles that altered the face of medieval religion and geopolitics. also startling objects, with peculiar stories to be told and Alternately known as the Spanish or Ximénez’s Polyglot, it was discussed. Of course, it was difficult to decide to exclude these completed in 1512. This six-volume collection was produced by near-hits. But at day’s end, they are seated on the Newberry scholars at the University of Complutum and was initiated and shelves, just as ready as the chosen 125 to be examined and funded by Cardinal Francisco Ximénez de Cisneros. It includes thumbed through.

9 Tome Improvement

An exhibition that marries the quirky to the classical isn’t eas- ily produced. Nor is it quickly completed. Its organization is a comprehensive endeavor, demanding the restoration and fram- ing of pieces, a fluid dialogue among staff and departments, and design-minded construction of exhibition spaces. True to form, “The Newberry 125”—and its sister exhibition, “Realizing the Newberry Idea, 1887-2012”—was the outcome of two years’ work by a small army. It was led by Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing Custodian Paul Gehl, Lloyd Lewis Curator of Modern Manuscripts Martha Briggs, Director of Public Programs Rachel Bohlmann, renowned architect and designer John Vinci, and Newberry Collections and Exhibitions Conservator Barbara Korbel. Each was vital to the exhibitions’ production—and to the myriad, multi-step tasks The Compleat Servant-Maid it demanded. Much of their work took place in the Newberry With a delicate hand and diagnostic eye, Korbel washed the pages Conservation Lab, where each of the items was surveyed for and rebound the book in a more sympathetic leather binding. imperfections. “We looked at every piece and decided what But not all stained or worn items were treated. Visitors needed to be done—whether [a particular item] needed a mat, will notice that a promotional poster for the Burlington & whether it was going to be framed, or whether it needed to Missouri Railroad is far from pristine. Dated October 1858, it is be rebound,” said Korbel. Once surveyed, the items—and the battered by insect damage and the remnants of previous repairs. challenges that they posed—were placed on a list, which was Conservators had initially planned to wash the broadside, divided among conservation staff. removing paste and film, but John Brady, director of reader Though some items had been previously treated for earlier services and bibliographer of Americana, requested that the item exhibitions, a handful of items needed more extensive attention. not be treated. “He asked for the item to be put in as is, because For instance, a ninth edition of The Compleat Servant-Maid, it’s an artifact of a particular time,” Korbel said. “Its wear-and- authored by Mrs. Wilkinson, was in considerable disrepair. tear is an important part of its story.” Printed in 1729, the book withstood three centuries of use Once all items were reviewed, restored, and released, (marginalia indicates that it had several owners). It also had been broadsides and maps were placed in mats and frames. Books rebound in an inappropriate mid-twentieth-century binding. were fitted for cradles and opened to display a colorful or intriguing page, as chosen by “The Newberry 125” Curators Gehl and Bohlmann and “Realizing the Idea” Curator Briggs. Finally, the team moved the items to the exhibition rooms. For rare materials such as the Newberry’s, four months is a long time to be on display. To safeguard the items during the exhibition, the galleries are kept at a constant 65 degrees with quirky 45 percent relative humidity. Conservators conditioned the 10 The Newberry Magazine Far left: Newberry Collections and Exhibitions Conservator Barbara Korbel works on an item in the Conservation Lab. “The Newberry 125” exhibition was arranged into five categories: Families, Politics and Commerce, Arts and Letters, Religions, and Travel.

exhibition cases with Art Sorb sheets, a product that creates a the Newberry’s commitment to outreach and education. He microclimate within the case. Indicator cards are used to help designed a more inviting and accessible space, allowing history conservators identify changes in the environment. to leap from the walls. The curatorial team shared in Vinci’s Exhibition lighting is a special consideration in a gallery. vision, laying emphasis on an educational takeaway. “The hope Light levels must be kept low to prevent fading of fugitive colors for this exhibition, for any exhibition, is it will draw in new and degradation of paper. Visitors to the exhibition will notice visitors, and they will admire an object, or call over a friend new LED lighting that, in addition to being 70 percent more to admire it, and somewhere in the midst of their excitement, efficient, reduces the heat associated with older technology. they’ve learned something,” said Gehl. Replacing the gallery lighting was part of a larger, more A critical part of that process is the exhibition labeling. intricate process: the restructuring and design of the exhibition A well-constructed label can bridge historical gaps and pique space. To steer its course, the Newberry engaged the services of a visitor’s curiosity. Predominantly gleaned from the pages of distinguished Chicago architect and designer John Vinci. The Newberry 125, Stories of Our Collection, these small, printed Vinci began by selecting a neutral palate: crisp whites and descriptions appear in exhibition cases and on walls, offering simple greys, offset by an occasional yellow or accented blue. The insight into an item’s back story or value. “I had to focus on beginnings and firsts,” said Briggs, who drafted the labels for “Realizing the Newberry Idea,” “and I sometimes wished that “There is a longstanding myth I could develop the full story in exhibitable items. Instead, I hinted about it in labels.” that the Newberry was...meant The curators’ efforts, coupled with those of the conservation and facilities teams, produced exhibitions that for the upper classes, which engage visitors by accurately—and stunningly—reflecting the Newberry and its magnificent collection. And that, explained is simply not true.” Newberry President David Spadafora, was the ultimate goal. “There is a longstanding myth that the Newberry was de- motivation behind a minimalist aesthetic was twofold: to bring signed as a gentleman’s library, meant for the upper classes, which a sense of modernity—and of cultural relevance—to a largely is simply not true,” Spadafora said. “These exhibitions should go historical show, and to allow the collection to speak for itself, a long way toward dispelling that myth, toward showing that we unadorned and undistorted by its environment. Vinci repainted have always been a public institution, open to all.” walls a vivid white, relined cases in a lustrous black, de-installed monolithic walls, and repositioned walls hung from a track-lined “The Newberry 125” and “Realizing the Newberry Idea, 1887–2012” ceiling. “A lot of thought went into the architectural elements,” are sponsored by The Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Foundation and the said Facilities Manager Mike Mitchell. “A lot of thought always Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, respectively. goes into each of the Newberry’s exhibitions, but this is our show, our time to brag, and we’re doing what we can to make sure that the pieces pop.” “John Vinci’s design allowed us to think of the space in a new way,” said Gehl. “These changes will last for years and for exhibitions to come.” Vinci’s schematic also showcases classical 11 Our Mission

The Newberry Library, open to the public without charge, is an independent research library dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge, especially in the humanities. The Newberry acquires and preserves a broad array of special collections research materials relating to the civilizations of Europe and the Americas. It promotes and provides for their effective use, fostering research, teaching, publication, and life-long learning, as well as civic engagement. In service to its diverse community, the Newberry encourages intellectual pursuit in an atmosphere of free inquiry and sustains the highest standards of collection preservation, bibliographic access, and reader services. The Newberry Annual Report 2011– 12 President’s Letter

The close of our last fiscal year, June 30, 2012, marked the completion of 125 years of operation by the Newberry—and the start of quasquicentennial celebrations. Those celebrations, including two exhibitions, are underway as this annual report is being prepared. They give me cause to reflect on the Newberry at 125, a venerable age by Chicago institutional standards. Perhaps the most notable thing to say about the Newberry today is that we may be venerable but we are also an institution on the move. For instance, during our 125th year we installed more than 13.5 miles of new shelving in our Stack Building, in order to add at least 15 years of collecting capacity and to reorganize how we house our collection. This enormous David Spadafora President and Librarian project, pursued between August 1, 2011 and January 31, 2012, came off on time and at budget, thanks to skillful planning by the staff and excellent execution by our vendor. In the midst of it, just to keep life interesting, we also launched a new website, culminating almost two years of intensive conceptual and implementation work. And throughout the last year we continued to make deep inroads into one project that upon completion will have cataloged more than 22,000 French pamphlets from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and another that is cataloging some 8,000 books relating to early-modern religion. Such activities constitute the response of today’s Newberry to twin, longstanding mission imperatives: to preserve the magnificent cultural legacy that resides here, and to make it even more accessible to our users. The pursuit of these goals remains as vigorous now as it was in 1887, and it manifests itself not only in big projects but also in a sustained commitment to providing service to readers that is by any measure exceptional. Even in the early years, we aimed—as the staff ’s Service Regulations stated in 1919—to “give the public a skilled, intelligent, and understanding service...; to see that no serious student leaves the Library without having had placed at his disposal the full resources of the institution on the subject of his study or inquiry.” Testimony that they have received such service regularly comes to us today from first-time visitors pursuing their families’ histories and from seasoned professional scholars. The tradition of service is matched by the Newberry’s efforts to foster both a community of scholars and a home for lifetime learning. From early reliance on university and college faculty as recommenders of books for purchase to the establishment of the first fellowships in the 1940s, the Newberry created an enduring relationship with professional scholars in Chicago and the Midwest. Since the 1960s that relationship has grown into a

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14 Newberry President David Spadafora introduces Scott Turow and Judge Richard Posner ( l to r, seated), who discussed the pros and cons of the digital age as part of the library’s “Conversations at the Newberry” series. set of programs that in 2011-12 brought 11 long-term and 40 short-term fellows here for research and writing, and that provided special research opportunities to some 50 scholars-in- residence. At the same time, the first continuing education programs of the 1890s, part of the university extension movement, have evolved into today’s 150 seminars for adults and dozens of presentations open to the public. The 2011-12 year saw the first two programs in the new series of “Conversations at the Newberry,” in which widely known experts like Scott Turow and Judge Richard Posner debated topics such as the fate of books, authors, and libraries in the digital age. Naturally, these conversations are open to the public and free of charge, just as has been the remarkable array of exhibitions that we have put on since 1909, in which we show the public what we have in our collection, and suggest what they might learn from reading here. In preparing for our 125th anniversary celebration, the staff worked diligently to identify 125 items from the collection that do an especially good job of telling the Newberry’s story, and particularly the story of our collection’s great strengths. Their work resulted in the exhibition “The Newberry 125,” supported by The Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Foundation and two anonymous donors, as well as the accompanying book, The Newberry 125, Stories of Our Collection, made possible by a gift from Richard and Mary L. Gray. These collection stories exemplify what the title of a second exhibition, funded by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, makes plain, that we have been steadily “Realizing the Newberry Idea” for 125 years. But, as is equally clear, we are not resting on our laurels.

David Spadafora President and Librarian

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The Newberry Library began its life 125 years ago this past fall as a result of a magnificent bequest from Walter L. Newberry. He left some $2.2 million for the establishment of a research and reference library in Chicago, which was to be free and open to the public. In the early decades of the Newberry’s life, other donors such as Edward E. Ayer and John M. Wing generously contributed their splendid collections, thereby shaping the direction in which the Newberry would develop as a safe haven for our cultural legacy. And for the last half century, hundreds of foundations and thousands of individual donors have secured the institution’s well- being by making financial gifts—for the endowment, for physical improvements, and for our Victoria J. Herget activities and programs. Chair, Board of Trustees As we celebrate the Newberry’s quasquicentennial, it is appropriate for us to say thank you to our benefactors, from Walter Newberry to all of you who are reading this Annual Report. We salute those who have given and continue to give the funds that make it possible for us to realize the Newberry’s mission as a research library that can be used by scholars and serious readers from Chicago and far beyond. We extend our deep appreciation to donors of books, manuscripts, maps, music, and many other materials that have enriched the collection. Likewise, we offer hearty thanks to the more than 500 volunteers who each year take on assignments here that could not be completed at all, or at least as quickly and well, without their fine work. In October 2011 we entered the public phase of the Campaign for Tomorrow’s Newberry, a comprehensive effort to raise $25 million in about three years. I am happy to report that through the end of our last fiscal year, on June 30, 2012, gifts and commitments to the campaign totaled more than $17 million. Notable among gifts from individuals were a trustee’s decision to cover the campaign’s expenses in their entirety, thereby making it possible for every other campaign donation to be used completely for its intended purpose. Likewise, a gift from Marjorie and the late Gerald Fitzgerald allowed us to install compact shelving in our Stack Building. Among partnerships between foundations and individuals, three donors have together given or pledged a total of $1 million to match a challenge grant of equal amount from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, bringing us wonderful new resources for our long-term fellowships program.

The late Charles Haffner III, who made possible the cleaning of the Cobb Building, prepares for an up-close look at work in progress.

16 The Fitzgerald Family at the unveiling of a portrait of the late Gerald Fitzgerald at the Newberry.

Meanwhile, foundations from Chicago and elsewhere have made gifts that led to the pursuit, and already in some cases to the completion, of important projects. These included the redesign and restructuring of our website, the acquisition and implementation of a system for managing our already vast quantity of digital assets, the cataloging of thousands of French pamphlets, and the creation of finding aids for large collections of manuscript documents and photographs. Our Annual Fund is an integral part of the campaign, so it gives me special pleasure to note that in the last year it received gifts totaling $1.8 million—up from $1.2 million just five years ago. This 50-percent increase in unrestricted annual giving has made a giant difference in our capacity to operate the Newberry without excessive spending from the endowment. It also testifies to the deep commitment of you, our donors, to the Newberry’s mission. I close by observing with sadness the passing in April of Charles C. Haffner III, member of the Board of Trustees since 1972 and Board Chairman from 1988 to 2000. Charlie left his mark here in many ways, including his famous project that cleaned the soot from our building’s exterior, revealing the beautiful pink granite beneath. He loved the Newberry, and his commitment made a profound difference here across many years. It stands as a sterling example of the care and generosity of our supporters since our very first, Walter Newberry.

Victoria J. Herget Chair Board of Trustees

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PUBLIC PROGRAMS SUMMARY Online Exhibitions openhouseChicago FOR FY 2011-12 Ballistics and Politics: Military Architecture Books (in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture at the Newberry Foundation) Saturday, October 15 – Sunday, Summary: http://publications.newberry.org/ October 16, 2011 Attendance: 292 Total attendance 16,505 digitalexhibitions/exhibits/show/ Seminars: 1,412 militaryarchitecture/introduction Border Troubles and Indian-Anglo Conflict Exhibitions: 11,391 in the War of 1812 Indians of the Midwest: An Archive of Endurance Programs: 3,702 http://publications.newberry.org/ Public Symposium March 17, 2012 (in collaboration with the Consulate General of Adult Education Seminars digitalexhibitions/exhibits/show/ indiansofthemidwest/introduction Canada, Chicago) Total seminar attendance: 1,412 “Earthshaking History: Tecumseh, the Red Total number of classes offered: 152 Border Troubles in the War of 1812 http://publications.newberry.org/ Stick Creeks, and the South,” Gregory Dowd, Seminar subject areas: digitalexhibitions/exhibits/show/warof1812/ University of Michigan Chicago Interest introduction “The Great Whirlwind: The Impact of the War Arts, Music, and Language Collecting America: How a Friendship Enriched Our of 1812 on the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations),” Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion Understanding of American Culture Rick Hill, Tuscarora, Oral Historian and History, Genealogy, and Social Science http://publications.newberry.org/ Chairperson, Six Nations Legacy Consortium, Literature and Theater digitalexhibitions/exhibits/show/ Six Nations Grand River Territory, Ontario Writing Workshops collectingamerica “Indian Perspectives in the Old Northwest,” Frances L. Hagemann, Scholar in Residence, Newberry staff and fellows who teach in the Bughouse Square Debates The Newberry Library Seminars program: July 30, 2011 Grace Dumelle Border Troubles and Indian-Anglo Conflict Matt Rutherford Main Debate: Collective Bargaining and in the War of 1812 Public Symposium panel Ginger Frere the Public Sector: Is collective bargaining discussion (led by Scott Stevens) Diane Dillon compatible with public service? 4 programs, 124 attendees Chris Cantwell Kenzo Shibata, Chicago Teacher’s Union v. Barbara Korbel Richard Lorenc, America’s Future Foundation Studs Terkel’s 100th Birthday Party Paul Durica (Graduate Student Fellow) (in collaboration with Paul Durica of the Studs Terkel John Peter Altgeld Freedom of Speech Award Centenary) May 16, 2012 Gallery Exhibitions to Leslie F. Orear, long-time defender of the rights and well-being of working people in More than 300 people in attendance, with a full Total attendance: 11,391 Chicago and the United States. line-up of speakers, including Alex Kotlowitz, Alison Cuddy, Penelope Rosemont, Alma Spotlight Exhibitions Bughouse Square Debates Planning Committee: Washington (as Lucy Parsons), Steve Mosqueda Ballistics and Politics: Military Architecture Books Rachel Bohlmann (chair) and Sean Benjamin, David Roediger, and Ed at the Newberry, August 13 – October 29, 2011 Diane Ciral Sadlowski. (attendance: 1,650) Paul Durica Meet the Author Indians of the Midwest: An Archive of Endurance Vince Firpo November 2 – December 31, 2011 Stephanie Fletcher Selected speakers: William Adler, Hisham (attendance: 2,492) Shawn Healy Matar, Ariel Dorfman, Rachel Havrelock, Kelly McGrath Lawrence P Jackson, Jennifer Ratner- Border Troubles in the War of 1812, January 5 – Rosenhagen, Gary Nash, Frank Cicero, March 27, 2012 (attendance: 2,142) Heather Radke Gwendolyn Rugg Christopher Vernon, Carlin Romano. Collecting America: How a Friendship Enriched Our 12 programs, 452 attendees Understanding of American Culture, March 30 – Conversations at the Newberry July 7, 2012 (attendance: 2,484) Martin Marty and John Buchanan Discuss Shakespeare Project of Chicago series Marty’s Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers 5 programs, 535 attendees Other Exhibitions from Prison: A Biography, October 11, 2011 The Newberry Library, Past and Present, (attendance: 174) October 13, 2011 (attendance: 95) Scott Turow and Judge Richard Posner discuss Exploration 2012: The 26th Annual Juried The Future of Authors, Books, and Libraries, Exhibition of the Chicago Calligraphy Collective February 22, 2012 (attendance: 185) March 12 – June 8, 2012 (attendance: 2,528)

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LONG-TERM FELLOWS Rowena McClinton, Associate Professor of Molly Malone, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, Native American Studies, Southern Illinois University of British Columbia, Canada American Council of Learned Societies/Frederick University, Edwardsville Rebecca Nutt, PhD Candidate in History, Burkhardt Residential Fellow Michigan State University Monica Prasad, Associate Professor of Sociology, Frances C. Allen Fellows Northwestern University Maile Arvin, PhD Candidate in Ethnic Studies, Newberry Library/British Academy University of California, San Diego Exchange Fellow Lloyd Lewis Fellow in American History Ashley Falzetti, PhD Candidate in Women’s and Owen Stanwood, Assistant Professor of History, Michael Lansing, Assistant Professor of History, Gender Studies, Rutgers University Boston College Augsburg College Frances C. Allen/Susan Kelly Power and Newberry Library/École Nationale des Chartes Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel Fellow Helen Hornbeck Tanner Fellow Exchange Fellow Judith Miller, Associate Professor of History, Sierra Adare-Tasiwoopa api, PhD Candidate in Brian Oberlander, PhD Candidate in Musicology, Emory University American Studies, University at Buffalo Northwestern University National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows Institute for the International Education of Newberry Library Short-Term Resident Fellows Randolph Head, Professor of History, University of Students (IES) Faculty Fellows Cynthia Bouton, Associate Professor of History, California, Riverside Ignasi Perez, Professor of Politics and Sociology, Texas A&M University Benedict Robinson, Associate Professor of English, IES Barcelona, Spain Jana Byars, Assistant Professor of History, Stony Brook University Maria Sepa, Instructor of Italian Studies, IES Iowa State University Helen Thompson, Associate Professor of English, Milan, Italy Maurizio Campanelli, Researcher/Lecturer, Northwestern University Greek, Latin, and Italian Studies, Sapienza – Lawrence Lipking Fellow Università di Roma, Italy Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies Rachel Blumenthal, PhD Candidate in English, Faculty Fellow Northwestern University Sarah Guengerich, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Sarah Rivett, Assistant Professor of English, Texas Tech University Princeton University Midwest Modern Language Association Fellow Ethan Hawkley, PhD Candidate in History, Lise Jaillant, PhD Candidate in English, Northeastern University University of British Columbia, Canada LONG-TERM FACULTY FELLOWS Bruce Hayes, Associate Professor of French Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies Literature, University of Kansas Associated Colleges of the Midwest Graduate Student Fellows Faculty Fellows Scott Heerman, PhD Candidate in History, Shawn Bailey, PhD Candidate in History, University of Maryland Diane Lichtenstein, Professor of English, University of Montana Beloit College Robert Huffard, PhD Candidate in History, Katherine Beane, PhD Candidate in American University of Florida Linda Sturtz, Professor of History, Beloit College Studies, University of Minnesota Alan Lumba, PhD Candidate in History, Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar Nicholas Brown, PhD Candidate in Landscape University of Washington Faculty Fellows Architecture and American Indian Studies, University Cody Marrs, Assistant Professor of English, David Halsted, Director of Blended and Online of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Georgia Learning, College of Arts and Sciences, University Demetri Debe, PhD Candidate in History, of Illinois at Chicago Andrew Mattison, Assistant Professor of English, University of Minnesota University of Toledo Edward Wheatley, Professor of English, Christine DeLucia, PhD Candidate in American Loyola University Chicago Gabriel Paquette, Assistant Professor of History, Studies, Yale University The Johns Hopkins University Jeffery Erbig, PhD Candidate in History, SHORT-TERM FELLOWS Brandon Reilly, PhD Candidate in History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of California, Los Angeles American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Sakina Hughes, PhD Candidate in History, Chantal Rodriguez, PhD Candidate in History, Fellow Michigan State University University of Minnesota Laurie Wood, PhD Candidate in History, Khalil Johnson, PhD Candidate in African Silvia Tita, PhD Candidate in the History of Art, University of Texas at Austin American Studies, Yale University University of Michigan Lester J. Cappon Fellows in Documentary Editing Maeve Kane, PhD Candidate in History, Bronwen Wilson, Associate Professor of Art Cornell University Godfried Croenen, Senior Lecturer, French History, University of British Columbia, Canada Studies, University of Liverpool, England

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Newberry Library Short-Term Fellow/Herzog Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar Warwick-Newberry Summer Workshop: August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel Fellow Reintegrating British and American History, Texts and Technologies: From Manuscripts to Early David Gehring, Honorary Research Fellow, 1660–1750 Printed Books and Beyond University of Wisconsin–Madison July 11–25, 2011 Faculty: Short-Term Fellows in the History of Cartography David Halsted, Director of Blended and Online Directors: Anne Knowles, Associate Professor of Geography, Learning, College of Arts and Sciences, Trevor Burnard, University of Melbourne, Middlebury College University of Illinois at Chicago Australia Alba Newmann-Holmes, Lecturer, University Edward Wheatley, Professor of English, Mark Knights, University of Warwick, England Writing Program, University of Denver Loyola University Chicago Faculty: 20 students Paul Cheney, University of Chicago UNDERGRADUATE SEMINARS Lisa Forman Cody, Claremont McKenna College Associated Colleges of the Midwest Seminars SUMMER SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES John D. Garrigus, University of Texas at Arlington Fall 2011 Center for Renaissance Studies Evan P. Haefeli, Columbia University Crossing Boundaries Mellon Summer Institute in Italian Paleography David J. Hancock, University of Michigan July 25–August 12, 2011 Faculty: Sarah Pearsall, Oxford Brookes University, England Diane Lichtenstein, Professor of English, Director: Beloit College Maddalena Signorini, Università degli Studi Kevin Sharpe, Queen Mary, University of London, Linda Sturtz, Professor of History, Beloit College di Roma, Italy England 14 students Phil Withington, University of Cambridge, Summer Scholars: England Spring 2011 Hannah Barker, Columbia University Summer Scholars: Letha Chien, University of California, Berkeley Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Pragmatism, Bill Blake, University of Wisconsin–Madison Progressivism, Feminism: Birth of an American Sarah Dillon, The Graduate Center, City Century University of New York Elizabeth Bouldin, Emory University Zachary Carmichael, University of Texas Faculty: Anne–Marie Eze, Isabella Stewart Gardner at Austin Dennis McEnnerney, Adjunct Associate Professor Museum of Philosophy, Colorado College Ingrid Greenfield, University of Chicago Kathleen Davies, University of Pittsburgh 9 students Joana Konova, University of Chicago Katelyn DelGallo Crawford, University of Virginia Jessica Weiss Lessard, University of California, Africa & Europe to 1919 Santa Barbara Brendan Gillis, Indiana University Faculty: Lisa Lillie, Washington University in Saint Louis John Havard, University of Chicago Peter Blasenheim, Professor of History, Benjamin Hicklin, University of Michigan Colorado College Bianca Lopez, Washington University in Saint Louis Michael Jeter–Boldt, University of Kansas 8 students Michael Martoccio, Northwestern University Stephanie Koscak, Indiana University Wagner and Wagnerism Megan Moran, Queensborough Peter Kotowski, Loyola University Chicago Community College Faculty: Kameika Murphy, Clark University Stephanie Nadalo, Northwestern University James Martin, Professor of Music, Cornell College Bryan Rosenblithe, Columbia University Silvia Tita, University of Michigan 11 students Rachel Schnepper, DePaul University Melissa Vise, Northwestern University Abram Van Engen, Trinity University Justine Walden, Yale University Kevin Vanzant, Vanderbilt University

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D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian Faculty: Mary Kambic, Community College of and Indigenous Studies Leon Fink, University of Illinois at Chicago Baltimore County Native American Women, Gender, and Feminisms Adam Green, University of Chicago Michael Kasprowicz, Morton College July 18–August 12, 2011 Susan Hirsch, Loyola University Chicago Rob King, Hillsboro Community College-MacDill Organizer: Newberry Consortium in Janice L. Reiff, University of California, Los Angeles Timohty Kuehnlein Jr., Alpena American Indian Studies Community College Carl Smith, Northwestern University Kara Lawson, Hillsboro Community College Faculty: Mike Wagenbach, Pullman State Historic Site Plant City Campus Cathleen D. Cahill, University of New Mexico Summer Scholars: Martin Lecker, Rockland Community College Jennifer Nez Denetdale, University of New Mexico Cathryn Amdahl, Harrisburg Area Pat Ledbetter, North Central Texas College, Community College Gainesville Summer Scholars: Addell Anderson, Wayne County David Lindeblad, Wenatchee Valley Brooke Bauer, University of North Carolina Community College Community College at Chapel Hill Christine Arnold-Lurie, College of Southern Brad Massey, Polk State College Karine Duhamel, University of Winnipeg, Maryland Canada Jennifer Nardone, Columbus State Devon Atchinson, Grossmont College Community College Ryan Hall, Yale University Patricia Barnes, Delaware County George Potamianos, College of the Redwoods Alessandra La Rocca Link, University of Community College New Mexico David Richmond, Harper College Thomas Boudrot, Delta College Joshua Levy, University of Illinois at Urbana- Christopher Riley, Big Bend Community College Cathy Briggs, Northwest Vista College Champaign Anne Ruskiewicz, Sullivan County Anne Close, Truman College Shanae Aurora Martinez, University of Wisconsin Community College Carlos Contreras, Grossmont College Heather Mulliner, University of Montana, Mary Schander, Pasadena City College Missoula John J. Cooney, Ivy Tech Community College- Nancy Semin Lingo, Austin Community College Indianapolis Patricia Marroquin Norby, University of Mallory Szymanski, Santa Fe College Jacqueline Curtiss, Jersey Village High School Minnesota Tomothy Thering, University of Wisconsin– Bradley Pecore, Cornell University Julie Davis, Santa Ana College Waukesha Kristin Raeesi, University of Wyoming Amelia Dees-Killette, Coastal Carolina Anthony Thomas, Kishwaukee College Community College Rachel Sayet, Harvard University Karl Dirk Voss, St. Louis Community College Lauritz Dyhrberg, Southern Maine June Scudeler, University of British Columbia, Karen Wheel Carter, Georgia Perimeter College Community College Canada Louis Williams, St. Louis Community College, Barbara England, North Central Texas College Ashley Wiersma, Michigan State University Forest Park Jeffrey Ewen, Warren County Community College Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American Out of Many: Religious Pluralism in America Abigail Feely, American River College History and Culture June 25–29, 2012 Theresa Fine-Pawsey, Durham Technical Pullman: Labor, Race, and the Urban Landscape Community College Funded by the National Endowment for the in a Company Town Humanities, Bridging Cultures at Community Sandra Flowers, Mt. San Jacinto College July 11–15, 2011 and August 15–19, 2011 Colleges Program Stephen Gibson, Allegany College of Maryland Funded by the National Endowment for the Directors: Joy Giguere, Ivy Tech Community College Humanities, Landmarks of American History Christopher D. Cantwell, Newberry Library and Culture Program Renee Gralewicz, University of Wisconsin– Daniel Greene, Newberry Library Fox Valley Directors: Christopher D. Cantwell, Newberry Library Anthony Greiner, Portland Community College, Faculty: Cascade Aziz Huq, University of Chicago Daniel Greene, Newberry Library Barbara Hayward, Lone Star College-Tomball Martin Marty, University of Chicago Lawrence Hogan, Union County College Kevin Schultz, University of Illinois at Chicago Nathaniel Hong, Olympic College Tisa Wenger, Yale University

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Summer Scholars: Summer Scholars: Elsie Anne McKee, Princeton Theological Mark Bradley, Georgia Perimeter College Debora Blind, Springboro High School, Seminary Judi Cameron, McHenry County Springboro, OH Walter S. Melion, Emory University Community College Stephanie Lynn Carlyle, Winter Park High School, Paul Saenger, Newberry Library Winter Park, FL John J. Cooney, Ivy Tech Community College David Steinmetz, Duke University Sonia Czaszar, Wilbur Wright College Elizabeth Coburn, Knoxville Montessori School, Knoxville, TN Symposium and Workshop on States of Early Jeffrey Dodge, Ivy Tech Community College Rebecca Daull, Archmere Academy, Claymont, DE Modernity Olfat El–Mallakh, College of DuPage October 14, 2011 Amy DeVito, P.S. 312, Brooklyn, NY Adrian Guiu, Wilbur Wright College Nancy Donohue, William E. Dever Elementary, Organizer: Polly Hoover, Wilbur Wright College Chicago, IL Mark Netzloff, University of Wisconsin– Keith Krasemann, College of DuPage Laurel Dreher, Hawthorne High School, Milwaukee Hawthorne, CA Joshua Phillippe, Ivy Tech Community College Presenters: Patrick Pynes, College of DuPage Andrew Harris, Salesian High School, Crystal Bartolovich, Syracuse University Richmond, CA Sheldon Liebman, Wilbur Wright College Victoria Kahn, University of California, Berkeley Susan Holderread, New Trier High School, Marilyn Otroszko, Georgia Perimeter College Winnetka, IL Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylvania Timothy Seitz, McHenry County Michael Jones, Spring Creek High School, Mark Netzloff, University of Wisconsin– Community College Seven Springs, NC Milwaukee Jessica Whitcomb, McHenry County Nia Mason, Alfred E. Smith School/ P.S. 163, Symposium and Workshop for First-Year Graduate Community College New York, NY Students: The Psalms in Private and in Public Erik Woodworth, Ivy Tech Community College Ebby Melahn, Lowell Elementary, Madison, WI February 24, 2012 Steve Young, McHenry County Nicole Parker English, Evanston Township High Community College Director: School, Evanston, IL Michael Kuczynski, Tulane University The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the Samantha Rinella, Marist High School, History of Cartography Chicago, IL Participants: Esra Genc Arvas, Michigan State University Envisioning America in Maps and Art Seminar Jennifer Roba, Academia Cesar Chavez, July 18–August 12, 2011 St. Paul, MN Anastasia Bierman, University of Nebraska– Lincoln Funded by the National Endowment for the Anna Sansone, EJ King High School, FPO AP, Humanities, Summer Seminars for School Teachers ZZ (Nagasaki-ken, Japan) Eder Jaramillo, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Hannah Luckett, University of Louisville Directors: CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA Janet McCumber, Eastern Illinois University James R. Akerman, Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies Nick Nash, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Diane Dillon, Newberry Library Devotion, Discipline, Reform: Sources for the Aimee Qu, University of Chicago Faculty: Study of Religion, 1450–1650: A Conference in Martin Schwarz, University of Chicago David Buisseret, Independent Scholar Honor of Sister Ann Ida Gannon, BVM Ellen Snell, University of Louisville Gerald Danzer, University of Illinois at Chicago September 15–17, 2011 Heather Tennison, University of Illinois at Catherine Gass, Newberry Library and Presenters: Urbana-Champaign School of the Art Institute of Chicago David Crook, University of Wisconsin–Madison Elizabeth Teviotdale, Western Michigan Robert Karrow, Newberry Library Lori Anne Ferrell, Claremont Graduate University University Barbara Korbel, Newberry Library Alexander J. Fisher, University of British Nancy Thebaut, University of Chicago Dennis McClendon, Independent Scholar Columbia, Canada Amber True, Michigan State University Laurie Palmer, Art Institute of Chicago Richard Freedman, Haverford College Cayce Woods, University of Kansas Carla Zecher, Newberry Library M. Patrick Graham, Emory University Susan Karant–Nunn, University of Arizona

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Cervantes Symposium Chris Pexa, Vanderbilt University ONGOING SEMINARS AND INDIVIDUAL April 27, 2012 Jamie Powell, University of North Carolina PROGRAMS at Chapel Hill Organizer: Center for Renaissance Studies Nicole A. Raslich, Michigan State University Steven Wagschal, Indiana University Art History Seminar Ann Updike, Miami University of Ohio Presenters: Co-sponsored with the Newberry Library’s Herman Jordan Wilson, University of British Columbia, Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography Mercedes Alcalá–Galán, University of Wisconsin– Canada Madison 3 seminars, 51 participants Randall Williams, University of Montana, Bruce Burningham, Illinois State University Missoula Dante Lecture William Childers, Brooklyn College, Janet Youngholm, University of Wyoming 26 participants City University of New York Mary Zundo, University of Illinois at Urbana- Eighteenth-Century Seminar Frederick A. De Armas, University of Chicago Champaign Ana Laguna, Rutgers–Camden University Coordinators: Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American Timothy Campbell, University of Chicago Howard Mancing, Purdue University History and Culture Lisa Freeman, University of Illinois at Chicago Adrienne Martin, University of California, Davis Labor History Seminar New Book Symposium John Shanahan, DePaul University William Worden, University of Alabama January 21, 2012 Helen Thompson, Northwestern University Workshop on Sources for the Study of Early Co-sponsored with the history departments of 3 seminars, 74 participants Modern Women DePaul University, Northern Illinois University, June 20, 2012 Northwestern University, Roosevelt University, the History of the Book Lectures University of Illinois at Chicago, and University of Presenters: Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; The Karla Scherer Coordinators: Karen Christianson, Newberry Library Center for the Study of American Culture at the Raymond Clemens, Illinois State University University of Chicago; the Department of History Paul F. Gehl, Newberry Library Jill Gage, Newberry Library and Political Science at Purdue University Calumet; Diana Robin, University of New Mexico and LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History Albert Rivero, Marquette University 40 participants of the Americas Paul Saenger, Newberry Library Presenter: Debra Higgs Strickland, University of Glasgow, D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian Scotland and Indigenous Studies Joseph McCartin, Georgetown University 35 participants 4 lectures, 176 participants Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies Workshop in Research Methods: The Museum as Borderlands and Latino Studies Seminar Saturday Lecture in Early Modern History Archive in American Indian Studies Conference 16 participants March 22–24, 2012 March 31, 2012 Medieval Intellectual History Seminar Faculty: Co-sponsored with Indiana University’s Latino Coordinators: Castle McLaughlin, Peabody Museum of Studies Program, Northwestern University’s Program Archaeology and Ethnography at Harvard in Latina and Latino Studies, the Institute for Latino Raymond Clemens, Illinois State University Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the Center Scott Manning Stevens, Newberry Library John Van Engen, University of Notre Dame for Latino Research at DePaul University, and the Katz Center for Mexican Studies at the University 70 participants Participants: of Chicago Kevin Brown, University of New Mexico Milton Seminar

Janis Calleja, Harvard University Presenters: Coordinators: Josh Garrett–Davis, Princeton University Emma Amador, University of Michigan Christopher Kendrick, Loyola University Chicago Rachel Gilman, University of Wisconsin– Robert F. Castro, California State University, David A. Loewenstein, University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee Fullerton Madison Kianga Lucas, Cornell University Cara Kinnally, Indiana University Regina Schwartz, Northwestern University Holly Miowak Stebing, Yale University Jose G. Moreno, Michigan State University 2 seminars, 39 participants Patricia Marroquin Norby, University Yolanda Padilla, University of Pennsylvania of Minnesota Wanalee Romero, Northwestern University 18 participants

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D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian Labor History Anuradha Gobin, McGill University and Indigenous Studies Coordinators: Kati Ihnat, Queen Mary, University of London, England American Indian Studies Seminar Series Rosemary Feurer, Northern Illinois University Caryn O’Connell, University of Chicago Coordinator: Leon Fink, University of Illinois at Chicago Abigail Stahl, Northwestern University Scott Manning Stevens, Newberry Library Erik Gellman, Roosevelt University Jenny Toms, Michigan State University 9 seminars, 131 participants 7 meetings, 157 participants 16 sessions, 104 participants Ethics and Aesthetics in Indigenous Arts and Women and Gender Research: A Public Roundtable Reciprocity of Transmission and Reception: Coordinators: October 15, 2011 The Disticha Catonis Joan Johnson, Northeastern Illinois University January 6–March 9, 2012 Presenters: Francesca Morgan, Northeastern Illinois Mique’l Dangeli, University of British Columbia, University Faculty: Canada W. Martin Bloomer, University of Notre Dame 6 meetings, 79 participants Victor Masayesva, Independent Filmmaker Daniel Sheerin, University of Notre Dame Castle McLaughlin, Peabody Museum of 12 students Archaeology and Ethnography at Harvard Research and Academic Programs

Jolene Rickard, Cornell University Newberry Library Seminar in British History D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian Scott Manning Stevens, Newberry Library Coordinators: and Indigenous Studies Deborah Cohen, Northwestern University Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies Fredrik Jonsson, University of Chicago Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American Graduate Student Conference History and Culture Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, University of July 29 – 30, 2011 Illinois at Chicago American Art and Visual Culture Presenters: 4 seminars, 40 participants Coordinators: Brooke Bauer, University of North Carolina at Sarah Burns, Indiana University Chapel Hill GRADUATE SEMINARS Diane Dillon, Newberry Library Karine Duhamel, University of Manitoba, Canada Center for Renaissance Studies Erika Doss, University of Notre Dame Ryan Hall, Yale University Gregory Foster-Rice, Columbia College Chicago Reading the Medieval Latin Manuscript: Michael Hughes, University of Illinois at Urbana- An Introduction to Latin Paleography and Champaign 4 meetings, 83 participants Manuscript Codicology Alessandra La Rocca Link, University of Borderlands and Latino Studies September 30–December 9, 2011 New Mexico Rosalyn LaPier, University of Montana Coordinators: Faculty: John Alba Cutler, Northwestern University Raymond Clemens, Illinois State University Joshua Levy, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Jason Ruiz, University of Notre Dame 15 students Shanae Aurora Martinez, University of 5 meetings, 58 participants Literacy and Orality in Medieval Culture Wisconsin–Milwaukee and Society Early American History Heather Mulliner, University of Montana January 5–March 8, 2012 Coordinators: Patricia Marroquin Norby, University of Minnesota Betsy Erkkila, Northwestern University Faculty: Karen Scott, DePaul University Kyle Mays, University of Illinois at Urbana- Robert Morrissey, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana-Champaign 12 students Bradley Pecore, Cornell University 4 meetings, 52 participants Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference Alexis Pegram, University of Wisconsin– January 26–28, 2012 Milwaukee Organizers: Kristin Raeesi, University of Wyoming Mary Channen Caldwell, University of Chicago Rachel Sayet, Harvard University Julia Finch, University of Pittsburgh

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June Scudeler, University of British Columbia, DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS Canada The Civil War in Art: Teaching and Learning Chris Steinke, University of New Mexico through Chicago Collections Ashley Wiersma, Michigan State University Funded by Terra Foundation for American Art. In collaboration with: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Park District, Chicago Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American Public Schools, and DuSable Museum of African History and Culture American History http://civilwarinart.org/ Urban History Dissertation Group

Coordinators: Digital Collections for the Classroom Megan Adams, University of California, Berkeley http://dcc.newberry.org/

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Chicago Teachers as Scholars A Mirror for Medieval and Early Modern Studies: 12 seminars, 132 participants, 41 participating Selected Proceedings of the Newberry Center schools for Renaissance Studies 2012 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference Council of American Studies Education (CASE) http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/ Conference textpage–attachments/2012Proceedings.pdf 120 participants, 35 participating schools Pullman: Labor, Race, and the Urban Landscape History Channel Seminar Series in a Company Town 3 seminars, 70 participants, 45 participating http://publications.newberry.org/pullman/ schools

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THE ANNUAL FUND Mrs. Sarita Warshawsky PRESIDENT’S SUPPORTING FELLOWS ($1,500 - $2,499) The following individuals generously made gifts to the Anonymous (3) Bob and Trish Barr Annual Fund. Additional Annual Fund contributors PRESIDENT’S SENIOR FELLOWS are listed under “Foundations, Corporations, ($5,000 - $9,999) Mr. Greg L. Barton Government Agencies, and Organizations.” Ms. Jeanne Colette Collester Ms. Mary Beth Beal PRESIDENT’S CABINET ($25,000+) Dr. and Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Dr. Stephanie Bennett-Smith and Mr. Orin R. Smith Roger and Julie Baskes Mr. and Mrs. James G. Fitzgerald Joan and John Blew Richard and Mary L. Gray Ms. Ginger S. Gassel Mrs. Kenneth Arthur Bro* Mr.* and Mrs. Charles C. Haffner III James J. and Louise R. Glasser Mr. Richard H. Brown Ms. Victoria J. Herget and Elizabeth S. Guenzel* Mr. Robert K. Parsons Mr. and Mrs. Dean L. Buntrock Mrs. Harold H. Hines, Jr. Celia and David Hilliard Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cicero, Jr. Robert H. and Donna L. Jackson Barry and Mary Ann MacLean Nancy A. Corral Professor and Mrs. Lawrence Lipking Andrew W. McGhee Mr. and Mrs. David P. Earle III Mr. and Mrs. Grant Gibson McCullagh Andrew and Jeanine McNally Gail and Richard Elden Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Pepper Janis Wellin Notz Dr. Thomas W. Filardo and Dr. Nora L. Zorich Mr. Robert D. Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. Rudy L. Ruggles, Jr. Professors Stephen and Verna Foster Karla Scherer Harold B. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Franke Alyce K. Sigler and Stephen A. Kaplan Carol Warshawsky Dr. Jean and Dr. David A. Greenberg Junie L. and Dorothy L. Sinson Alan and Carol Greene Mr. and Mrs. David Spadafora PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($10,000-$24,999) Professor Barbara A. Hanawalt and Mr. Ronald N. Giere Joan and William Brodsky PRESIDENT’S SUSTAINING FELLOWS Neil Harris and Teri J. Edelstein Mr. T. Kimball Brooker ($2,500 - $4,999) Drs. Malcolm H. and Adele Hast Anthony and Lawrie Dean Michelle Miller Burns and Gary W. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hausberg Joan and Robert Feitler Ms. Nancy J. Claar and Pati and O.J. Heestand Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat Mr. Christopher N. Skey Mr. and Mrs. Verne Istock Dr. Hanna H. Gray Mr. Robert O. Delaney David and Lesly Koo Sue and Melvin Gray Mimi and Bud Frankel Mr. Julius Lewis Jonathan and Nancy Lee Kemper, Hjordis Halvorson and John Halvorson David Woods Kemper Foundation Ms. Helen Marlborough and Mr. Thomas B. Harris and Mr. Harry J. Roper Ann and Fred Kittle Ms. Doreen M. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. David B. Mathis Ms. Elizabeth Amy Liebman Janet and Arthur Holzheimer Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McCamant David E. McNeel Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Kelly Jackie and Tom Morsch Michal and Paul Miller Mr. and Mrs. Mark Levey Dr. Karole Schafer Mourek and Ken and Jossy Nebenzahl Laura Baskes Litwin and Stuart Litwin Mr. Anthony J. Mourek John H. Noonan Mr. Stephen A. MacLean Professor and Mrs. Larrance M. O’Flaherty John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Marion S. Miller Abby McCormick O’Neil and Paul and Joanne Ruxin Mrs. Robert F. Reusché Daniel Carroll Joynes Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Siragusa Morrell M. Shoemaker Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Petersen Jules N. Stiffel Mr. Michael Thompson Mrs. Charles S. Potter* Liz Stiffel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wedgeworth, Jr. Father Peter J. Powell Mrs. Herbert A. Vance Anonymous (3) Ms. Elspeth Revere and Mr. Bruce J. Calder

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Mr. Kevin J. Rochford HUMANISTS ($500–$999) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Rutherford Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Rydholm Dr. Ellen T. Baird Denise Selz Paul H. Saenger Professor Arthur E. Bonfield Rose L. Shure Joyce Ruth Saxon Mr. James P. Burke, Jr. Adele Simmons Rosemary J. Schnell Dr. William H. Cannon Mac and Joanne Sims Mr. Allan P. Scholl Barbara and George Clark Susan Sleeper-Smith and Robert C. Smith Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Mr. and Mrs. Dwight M. Cleveland Mr. and Mrs. David B. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Silbernagel Mr. and Mrs. John C. Colman Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Spurgin Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes Mr. John Cullinan and Dr. Ewa Radwanska Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tiffen Tom and Nancy Swanstrom Ms. Diana L. DeBoy Dr. Elizabeth Tsunoda and Mr. John A. Shea Josie and Jim Tomes Mrs. Marilyn R. Drury-Katillo Christian Vinyard Ms. Donna M. Tuke Dr. and Mrs. George Dunea Ms. Jacqueline Vossler and Bridget Vezys, Vaiva Vezys, and Mr. Michael L. Ellingsworth Mr. Wesley Protsman David Masopust George E. Engdahl Anonymous (3) Bill and Laura Wangerin Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fanning Diane Stillwell Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Gilford LITERATI ($250–$499) Robert E. Williams Mr. Martin A. M. Gneuhs Mr. Adrian Alexander Thomas K. Yoder Ms. Simone R. Goodman Ms. Rosanne C. Arnold Mrs. George B. Young Mr. Dean H. Goossen Mr. Mark L. Barbour Anonymous (2) Daniel Greene and Lisa Meyerowitz Mr. Robert M. Barg Stephen and Sharyl Hanna Mr. and Mrs. James P. Baughman SCHOLARS ($1,000–$1,499) Ms. Diana C. Haskell Mr. Robert F. Beasecker Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Baskes Nancy M. Hotchkiss Dr. and Mrs. Victor M. Bernhard Mr. George W. Blossom III* Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Howe, Jr. Mr. Loren W. Binford Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Chandler Kathryn and Bruce Johnson Dea Brennan Joyce E. Chelberg Ms. Winnie J. Kuo Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Brown Professor and Mrs. Stanley N. Katz Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Lassandrello Mr. Ray W. Buhrmaster, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keiser Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Latkin Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Buhse, Jr. Joseph A. Like Dr. Rowena McClinton Professor and Mrs. Rand Burnette Mrs. Barbara Ford Link Kelly McGrath Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Carton Ms. Deirdre McBreen Ann and Christopher McKee Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Chandler Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. McCue III Barry and Paddy McNamara Mrs. Alice G. Childs Ms. Sara N. Paretsky and Mr. Donald J. Meckley Professor and Mrs. Edward M. Cook, Jr. Professor S. C. Wright Mr. David C. Meyer Mr. Daniel R. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Pope Kate and Chris Meyer Ms. Jaime L. Danehey and Rachel Towner Raffles Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Murphy Mr. William M. Hansen Mr. Charles Rizzo Marjorie and Christopher Newman Mr. G. Kevin Davis Mrs. Anne D. Slade Minna S. Novick Judge Robert J. Dempsey Mr. and Mrs. John Ward Jo Ann and Joe Paszczyk Ms. Mary A. Dempsey and Mr. Philip H. Corboy, Sr.* Drs. Richard and Mary Woods Mr. William O. Petersen* Mr. Gordon R. DenBoer Anonymous (4) Ms. Penelope Rosemont Toni Dewey and Victor Danilov Mr. and Mrs. Morton Rosen

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Mrs. Virginia Neal Dick George E. Leonard and Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Sopranos Mr. Paul F. Donahue Susan R. Hanes-Leonard Mr. Gerald R. Southern Mr. Charles A. Duboc Ms. Samantha Leshin Mrs. Uta D. Staley Mr. Wilson G. Duprey Professor Carole B. Levin Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Stern Dr. and Mrs. David R. Eblen Ms. Carolyn S. Levin Ms. Kathryn Stern Laura F. Edwards and John P. McAllister Ms. Nancy J. Lynn and Mr. Andrew Teitelman Jane L. and Marv Strasburg Ms. Anne E. Egger Ms. Eileen Madden Mary and Harvey Struthers Mrs. Anne A. Ehrlich Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Madden Peggy Sullivan Professor Jesus Escobar Mr. Melvin L. Marks Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Sykora Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Farmer Dr. John A. Martens and Ms. Alice L. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Steven Z. Szczepanski Vince Firpo Ms. Linda H. Matthews Mr. C. Steven Tomashefsky Ms. Marcia L. Flick Mr. John G. W. McCord, Jr. Mr. Matthew W. Turner and Mr. and Mrs. John E. Freund Mr. and Mrs. Don H. McLucas, Jr. Ms. Kimberly A. Nugent Mrs. Lauri B. Gartner Dr. Peter Matthew Merwin Mr. Scott Turow Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Geifman Dr. and Mrs. Philip H. Miller Mr. Larry Viskochil Mr. Timothy J. Gilfoyle and Carmen Nocentelli and Samuel Truett Mr. and Mrs. John J. Waldron, Jr. Ms. Mary Rose Alexander Ms. Nancy S. Olson Ms. Diana Chapman Walsh Ms. Marsha W. Ginsberg and Liesl M. Olson Robert and Susan Warde Mr. Gordon Sayre Ms. Jean E. Perkins and Mr. Leland Hutchinson Professor Elissa B. Weaver Ms. Carlyn Goettsch Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Plauche Mr. and Mrs. Warren B. Weisberg Professors Suzanne and Philip Gossett Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Poehls Mr. and Mrs. George Wenzel Donald and Jane Gralen Dr. Mary L. Quinlan-McGrath and Ms. Madelin Martin Wexler Mr. Tom Greensfelder and Ms. Olivia Petrides Mr. William T. McGrath Mr. Edward Wheatley and Ms. Mary MacKay Dr. and Mrs. Mark J. Greenwood Mr. J. Timothy Ritchie Joyce C. White Mrs. Anna Gross Dr. James Engel Rocks James and Mary Wyly Professor Randolph Head Mrs. Linda Rosenthal Mr. Marshall Yablon Mr. Warren Heckrotte T. Marshall Rousseau Mr.* and Mrs. Donald Young Professor and Mrs. Richard H. Helmholz Norma B. Rubovits Ms. Mildred J. Zysman Mr. Marc Hilton and Ms. Judith Aronson Mr. John Eric Schaal Anonymous (1) Mr. Roger C. Hinman Ms. Edna Schade Mr. Allan G. Hins Mr. and Mrs. David M. Schiffman Mr. Edward C. Hirschland Susan and Charles Schwartz Laraine Balk Hope and John N. Hope Adela and Robert Seal Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Houdek Brad and Melissa Seiler Professor and Mrs. Clark Hulse Mrs. Ilene W. Shaw Robert F. Inger and Fui Lian Inger Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Mr. Craig T. Ingram Dennis and Susan Siebold Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Jaffee Dr. and Mrs. Mark Siegler Mr. and Mrs. William R. Jentes Mr. Richard H. Sigel and Dr. Susan Sigel Mrs. Joan Griffin Johnson Professor Eric S. Slauter Dorothy V. Jones Ms. Diane W. Smith Dr. Sona Kalousdian and Dr. Ira D. Lawrence Ms. Linda K. Smith

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TRIBUTE GIFTS In honor of James Hantschel In honor of Roberta and Robert Nagel The Newberry recognizes the following gifts Mrs. Allison Sansone Mr. Michael D. Zaidman made in tribute. In honor of Victoria J. Herget In honor of the Newberry Genealogy Staff Kathryn and Bruce Johnson Paula and W. Gordon Addington HONOR GIFTS Ms. Caro L. Parsons Ms. Judith R. Bedard In honor of Sarah Alger In honor of the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center Mr. and Mrs. J. Leo Freiwald Mr. and Mrs. William L. Lederer for the History of Cartography In honor of Francis C. Oakley In honor of Ed Bailey Dr. Jean and Dr. David A. Greenberg Dr. and Mrs. David R. Eblen Mr. William H. Kraul In honor of Isabelle and Sam Hulsey In honor of Henry Probasco Dr. Kevin T. Miles Ms. Gail Williamson Rawl Phillip and Whitney Long In honor of Mr. William L. Barber and In honor of D. Carroll Joynes William S. Rowe Foundation Mr. Richard H. Brown Ms. Annice B. Johnston In honor of Julia Reed Mr. and Mrs. Toby Sachs Ms. Nancy C. Lighthill Mr. Douglas Foley In honor of John Blew In honor of Bob Karrow Ms. Irene Watson Mr. Ed Hoffman Mr. James R. Akerman In honor of Karen Risinger and Ms. Luann M. Hamilton Mr. Arthur M. Martin Mr. Robert Christiansen Roger and Julie Baskes In honor of Norman R. Bobins In honor of Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Mr. John H. Brady Hilco Trading LLC Sarah Alger and Fred Hagedorn Paul F. Gehl In honor of Lyn Booth Michelle Miller Burns and Gary W. Burns Daniel Greene and Lisa Meyerowitz Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Booth Ms. Mildred J. Zysman Hjordis Halvorson and John Halvorson In honor of Martha T. Briggs In honor of Giselle Simon Mr. Edward C. Hirschland Mr. and Mrs. William L. Lederer Ms. Elizabeth J. Zurawski and In honor of Rob Carlson and Paul F. Gehl Janet and Arthur Holzheimer Mr. Gregory Longhini Mr. Paul A. Kobasa Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Kelly In honor of Eva Tamm In honor of CLIR French Pamphlet Mr. Richard M. Lan Ms. Jeanne Colette Collester Project Staff Ken and Jossy Nebenzahl In honor of Mary Kay Wilder Dr. Judith Miller Paul H. Saenger Dr. and Mrs. Mark J. Greenwood In honor of Aracy dos Santos Mr. and Mrs. David Spadafora In honor of Joshua Yasskin Dr. Jane Menezes Mr. Harry L. Stern Mr. Noah J. Yasskin In honor of the Gintautas Vezys Ex Libris In honor of Warren Lammert, Jr. In honor of Alfred F. Young Collection Mrs. Mary Khoury Professor Gregory H. Nobles Bridget Vezys, Vaiva Vezys, In honor of Autumn Mather and David Masopust In honor of Ms. Mildred J. Zysman Mr. David W. Rogers In honor of Jean and Harry Gottlieb Mr. Harvey Kaiser In honor of Dr. Glenn Mayer Mr. H. Keith Goetsch Mr. and Mrs. Mordechay Katz Mr. Robert L. Schultz Mr. and Mrs. David Shayne In honor of Robert N. McCreary Jr. Mrs. Iris S. Witkowsky Mr. and Mrs. James G. Barnes In honor of Daniel Greene In honor of Nan Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Gilford Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gofen Mr. David Gottlieb In honor of Michal and Paul Miller In honor of Rose Griffin The Rhoades Foundation Miss Claire Esker

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MEMORIAL GIFTS In memory of Michael Kaplan CAMPAIGN FOR TOMORROW’S NEWBERRY In memory of Mister Andre Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Amodeo In addition to our generous Annual Fund donors, Mr. Daniel R. Crawford In memory of Blanche Kay the following individuals and organizations have made commitments to the Campaign for In memory of Alfred and Phyllis Balk Mr. Daniel R. Crawford Tomorrow’s Newberry. Mrs. Laraine Balk Hope and Mr. John N. Hope In memory of Carolyn D. McKittrick

In memory of Helen Mytych Chomor David E. McNeel Roger and Julie Baskes Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Canada In memory of Carol B. Michael Edward F. Blettner* In memory of Catherine Darin Mr. Daniel R. Crawford Joan and William Brodsky Deborah Darin In memory of Helga Miz Mr. T. Kimball Brooker In memory of Mary and Philip Donlan Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Amodeo Mr. William Gardner Brown Ms. Maureen F. Donlan In memory of John B. Nelson Chicago Map Society In memory of Thomas Fischer Mrs. Mary S. Nelson Council on Library and Information Resources Kate and Chris Meyer In memory of Hjalmar Olson The Davee Foundation In memory of Robert Gouwens Ms. Mary Ann Theis Gerald F.* and Marjorie G. Fitzgerald Professor Kenneth Gouwens In memory of Mildred Ostfeld The Grainger Foundation In memory of Charles M. Gray Ms. Lynne R. Ostfeld Dr. Hanna H. Gray Neil Harris and Teri J. Edelstein In memory of Rosalind Platcow Richard and Mary L. Gray In memory of Charles C. Haffner III Mr. Edward L. Platcow Sue and Melvin Gray Sarah Alger and Fred Hagedorn In memory of the Prendergast Family Mr.* and Mrs. Charles C. Haffner III Mr. Jonathan Bornstein Ms. Deborah L. Eidson Ms. Victoria J. Herget and Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Clarke, Jr. In memory of Marjorie Preston Mr. Robert K. Parsons Mr. Bob Connolly Mr. Daniel R. Crawford Celia and David Hilliard The Donnelley Foundation In memory of Joel Rich Janet and Arthur Holzheimer Toni and Ken Harkness Mrs. Madeline Rich Corinne E. Johnson* Ms. Nancy J. Lynn and Mr. Andrew Teitelman In memory of Karen Skubish Dennis J. Keller Mr. Theodore McGraw Ms. Mary Ann Bamberger Robert E. King David E. McNeel Ms. Nancy J. Lynn and Mr. Andrew Teitelman Frederick A. Krehbiel Ken and Jossy Nebenzahl In memory of Ryan Strum Dr. Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel Anita and Oren Pollock Mr. Kevin J. Rochford Barry and Mary Ann MacLean Mr. and Mrs. David Spadafora In memory of Hearsay Benton Mr. Stephen A. MacLean Liz Stiffel Professor Deborah Benton Robert C. McCormack Mr. Edward C. Turner In memory of Helen Hornbeck Tanner Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick James M. Wells Dr. Maryellen Bieder Family Foundation Ms. Amanda Willinger Dr. Barbara Cohn Andrew and Jeanine McNally In memory of James Heany Dr. Lola Cuddy David E. McNeel Ms. Patricia M. Ronan and Ms. Janice Klein Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mr. Richard Frye Dr. Susan Schroeder Carol B. Michael* In memory of Al Hoffman Mrs. Rosalind L. Woodward Michal and Paul Miller Mrs. Donna Brownstone In memory of Robert R. Voll Ken and Jossy Nebenzahl In memory of George Hubbard Mrs. Robert R. Voll John H. Noonan Mr. Edward G. Hubbard In memory of Donald Young Janis Wellin Notz Ms. Judith Neisser

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Abby McCormick O’Neil and Paul H. Saenger BLATCHFORD SOCIETY Daniel Carroll Joynes Harold B. Smith The following individuals have included the The Siragusa Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Spadafora Newberry in their estate plans or life-income The Smart Family Foundation, Inc. arrangements, and are current members of the Christian Vinyard Blatchford Society. The library recognizes them for TAB Carol Warshawsky their continued legacy to the humanities. Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Byron Waud David and Pam Waud Mrs. L. Winfield Alberts RESTRICTED GIFTS FROM INDIVIDUALS Mr. Ernest P. Waud III Mr. Adrian Alexander The following individuals made restricted gifts of $250 Robert E. Williams Rick and Marcia Ashton or more to Newberry book funds, genealogy, and other Anonymous (1) Constance Barbantini and Liduina Barbantini programs and projects. Mr. William L. Barber Dr. David M. and Susan Lindenmeyer Barron Mr. Timothy Barrett SOCIETY OF COLLECTORS Roger Baskes Roger and Julie Baskes Members of the Society of Collectors contribute at least $5,000 annually for the acquisition of materials Dr. Edith Borroff Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bauer for the collection. Bernard J. Brommel Edward F. Blettner* Mr. Richard H. Brown Joan and John Blew Altman Family Foundation June Buller Mr. T. Kimball Brooker Roger and Julie Baskes Michelle Miller Burns and Gary W. Burns Mr. J. Lee Burke Mr. T. Kimball Brooker Dr. William H. Cannon Mrs. Lydia Goodwin Cochrane Nancy A. Corral Rob Carlson Mr. Daniel R. Crawford James G. Fitzgerald Reverend Dr. Robert B. Clarke Ms. Patricia B. Daley Charles C. Haffner III* Dr. Walter and Ann-Maree Coffey III Howard O. Edmonds* Janet and Arthur Holzheimer Mrs. David L. Conlan Mr. Henry Eggers D. Carroll Joynes Dorothy and David Crabb Ms. Gloria J. Frank Michal and Paul Miller Charles T. Cullen Mr. and Mrs. Corwith Hamill Ken and Jossy Nebenzahl Susan and Otto D’Olivo Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. Hamill John K. Notz, Jr. Professor Saralyn R. Daly Celia and David Hilliard Mr. and Mrs. Rudy L. Ruggles, Jr. Magdalene and Gerald Danzer Mr. Edward C. Hirschland Paul and Joanne Ruxin John Brooks Davis Janet and Arthur Holzheimer William C. Vance Mr. Gordon R. DenBoer Dennis J. Keller Donna Margaret Eaton Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Kelly GIFTS TO ENDOWMENT Professor Carolyn A. Edie Ann and Fred Kittle The following individuals and organizations have Laura F. Edwards Mr. Richard M. Lan helped secure the long-term future of the library by George E. Engdahl Phillip and Whitney Long making gifts to endowment. Lyle Gillman Mr. Stephen A. MacLean Louise R. Glasser Barry and Mary Ann MacLean Muriel S. Friedman Trust Mr. Donald J. Gralen Ken and Jossy Nebenzahl Ms. Janice Klein Rita K. Halvorsen Janis Wellin Notz Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Hjordis Halvorson and John Halvorson Abby McCormick O’Neil and Chester D. Tripp Charitable Trust Daniel Carroll Joynes Neil Harris and Teri J. Edelstein Mrs. Madeline Rich Adele Hast Dr. Sandra L. Hindman

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Robert A. and Lorraine Holland Don and Marianne Tadish Piri Korngold Nesselrod Janet and Arthur Holzheimer S. David Thurman Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. O’Kieffe III David M. and Barbara H. Homeier Tracey Tomashpol and Farron Brougher Bruce P. Olson Louise D. Howe Josie and Jim Tomes Edward J. Parsons Mary P. Hughes Professor Sue Sheridan Walker Professor Robert W. Shoemaker Mrs. Everett Jarboe James M. Wells Cecelia Handleman Wade Ann and Fred Kittle Willard E. White Professor Franklin A. Walker Larry Lesperance Robert E. Williams Lila Weinberg Professor Carole B. Levin Mrs. Raymond L. Wright Mr. Raymond L. Wright Joseph A. Like James and Mary Wyly Anonymous (6) Lucia Woods Lindley Anonymous (9)

Arthur B. Logan ESTATE GIFTS Dr. Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel IN MEMORIAM The Newberry gratefully acknowledges gifts Carmelita Melissa Madison With gratitude, the Newberry remembers the from the following estates. Andrew W. McGhee following members of the Blatchford Society for Marion S. Miller their visionary support of the humanities. Edward F. Blettner Mrs. Milo M. Naeve Robert P. Coale Ken and Jossy Nebenzahl Ann Barzel Corinne E. Johnson Charles W. Olson Mr. George W. Blossom III Carol B. Michael Joan L. Pantsios Joan Campbell Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg Jo Ann and Joe Paszczyk Robert P. Coale Natalie H. Dabovich Ken Perlow THE 2012 NEWBERRY LIBRARY Dominick S. Renga, M.D. David W. Dangler AWARD DINNER T. Marshall Rousseau Mrs. Edison Dick The following individuals and organizations Paul H. Saenger Dr. and Mrs. Waldo C. Friedland supported the 2012 Newberry Library Award Dinner, which honored Francis C. Oakley. Rosemary J. Schnell Dr. Muriel S. Friedman Helen M. Schultz Esther LaBerge Ganz Roger and Julie Baskes Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Charles C. Haffner III Bessemer Trust Marian W. Shaw Ralph H. Halvorsen Myriam L. Bransfield Morrell M. Shoemaker Reverend Susan R. Hecker Mr. T. Kimball Brooker Alyce K. Sigler Mrs. Harold James Marcia Cohn Dr. Ira Singer Mr. Everett Jarboe Susan E. Cremin Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Siragusa Corinne E. Johnson Carole Crosby Lillian R. and Dwight D. Slater Mr. Stuart Kane Designs by Jody Susan Sleeper-Smith Mr. Isadore William Lichtman Mrs. Marilyn R. Drury-Katillo Harold B. Smith Russell W. and Louise I. Lindholm Ann Dudley and Stanford J. Goldblatt Rebecca Gray Smith Mr. Walter C. Lueneburg Richard and Mary L. Gray Zella Kay Soich Ms. Louise Lutz Sue and Melvin Gray Mr. Angelo L. and Mrs. Virginia A. Spoto Mrs. Agnes M. McElroy Mr. and Mrs. William W. McKittrick Ms. Victoria J. Herget and Peggy Sullivan Mr. Robert K. Parsons Mr. Milo M. Naeve Tom and Nancy Swanstrom Celia and David Hilliard

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Karen and Tom Howell Monticello College Foundation The Irving Harris Foundation Jewell Events Catering Polk Bros. Foundation Hilco Trading LLC Valerie and George Kennedy Dr. Scholl Foundation The Lawlor Foundation Dr. Rowena McClinton The Charles Palmer Family Foundation Andrew W. McGhee $10,000 - $19,999 The Rhoades Foundation Andrew and Jeanine McNally The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund Jack L. Ringer Family Foundation David E. McNeel Buchanan Family Foundation Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Michal and Paul Miller FLAG Capital Management, LLC Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Illinois Janis W. and John K. Notz, Jr. John R. Halligan Charitable Fund TAB Charles W. Olson Illinois Tool Works Foundation Town and Country Arts Club of Chicago Anita and Oren Pollock The Siragusa Foundation Chester D. Tripp Charitable Trust Rachel Towner Raffles The Smart Family Foundation, Inc. {wholespace.collective} Susan and David Ruder Anonymous (1) The Abra Wilkin Fund Paul H. Saenger Patricia and David Schulte $5,000 - $9,999 $250 - $999 Robert A. Signer Altman Family Foundation Barbara Notz Hines Foundation Spencer Foundation B.H. Breslauer Foundation Inc. The Chicago Literary Club Jules N. Stiffel Burlington Route Historical Society The Contemporary Club of Chicago Liz Stiffel Chicago Title & Trust Company Foundation DLA Piper LLP Ms. Donna M. Tuke The Florence J. Gould Foundation The William M. Hales Foundation Pat and Joe Turner Helen M. Harrison Foundation JS Charitable Trust Michele and Pete Willmott Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation Martayan Lan, Inc. Anonymous (1) Georges Lurcy Charitable and Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Educational Trust State of Illinois Peoples Gas Bruce McKittrick Rare Books, Inc. FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND Spencer Foundation The National Society of Sons of the ORGANIZATIONS Wilemal Fund American Colonists We recognize the following contributors to the Anonymous (1) The Neisser Fund Annual Fund and/or to restricted funds. The Winnetka Fortnightly

$1,000 - $4,999 $50,000+ A. C. Nielsen, Jr. Charitable Trust CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Amsted Industries Foundation MATCHING GIFTS Foundation Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Through their matching gift programs, the following Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Foundation corporations and foundations generously augmented gifts from individuals. National Endowment for the Humanities Blum-Kovler Foundation Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg Foundation Chicago Genealogical Society Jim Beam Brands Co. Terra Foundation for American Art Chicago Map Society Leo Burnett Company, Inc Anonymous (1) The Dick Family Foundation J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation The Donnelley Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation $20,000 - $49,999 The Franklin Philanthropic Foundation The Field Foundation of Illinois The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation General Society of Colonial Wars Fitch Ratings Matching Gifts Program The Davee Foundation Hamill Family Foundation

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GE Foundation Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc. Pat Barath Grainger Matching Charitable Gifts Program Lookingglass Theatre Company Michael Barron IBM Corporation Luxe Spa Hikmet Barutçugil Illinois Tool Works Foundation Major Chemical & Supply Company Roger Baskes Johnson & Johnson Master Brew Alyson Beaton Kraft Foods, Inc. Merz Apothecary Jane Beevers The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Murnane Paper Jeanne Bennett Foundation Occasions Chicago Catering Greg Bereiter Nintendo of America Inc. Potash Brothers Supermarket Robert Biggs Northern Trust Charitable Trust Ravinia Festival David Binder USG Foundation Rosebud Restaurants Frank W. Blatchford Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation Sarah’s Pastries and Candies Michelle Storrs Booz Seminary Co-operative Bookstore Edith Borroff GIFTS IN KIND The 3rd Coast Coffeehouse Timothy R. Botts The following individuals and organizations Trader Joe’s Constance Bradley supported the Newberry with contributed goods and Tri-Star Catering Raymond J. Brady services. Whole Foods Diane Braun Wild Claw Theatre Karl Brenner Bistrot Zinc Laura Breyer Martha T. Briggs Bernard J. Brommell Caffé Baci GIFTS OF LIBRARY MATERIALS T. Kimball Brooker The Cheesecake Factory The Newberry appreciates the generosity of the following individuals and organizations that Edwin Brown Chicago Opera Theatre contributed books, manuscripts, and other materials to David Buisseret Chicago q enhance the library’s collection. Richard Cahan Chicago Shakespeare Theater Bruce Calder Club Quarters Nick Adam Ernesto Capello Corner Bakery Café Andrea Adams Caritas Foundation of Western Kansas Crown Decorating Service, Inc. John H. Adams, Sr. Marcello Cherchi D’Absolute Catering Charlotte Adelman Chicago Community Trust DLA Piper LLP African American Heritage Society of Chicago Genealogical Society Dublin’s Restaurant Long Beach Chicago Metro History Education Center Edwardo’s Natural Pizza Jim Akerman Sarah Alger Chicago National Association of Fox and Obel Dance Masters Evelyn Alter Go Roma Chicago Printers’ Guild Inger Hanna Anderson Goddess and Grocer Kay Clegg Daria Angeli Goodman Theatre Janet E. Cobb John Wesley Arnold Hallett Movers Mary Corbett Margaret J. Arnold Hearty Boys Caterers Kim Coventry Lucille Ashford Hendrickx Belgian Bread Crafter Joan E. Culler Karen and John Aubrey The Hypocrites Suzanne Cusick Stanley W. Aultz J & L Catering Ariane Dewey Dannasch Jewell Events Catering Christina Bannon

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Gerald A. Danzer Bennet B. Harvey, Jr. Thomas J. Lutz Clyde P. Davis Karen Guttormsen Harvey Ruth MacKay Lynda Davis Mrs. Richard A. Heim Lauri Macklin John Delaney Kenan Heise John Maher Catherine C. Demeter Foundation Wallace O. Heistad Mary Lou Maher Christopher C. Dewey Juan Manuel Herrera Russ Malone Suzette G. Dewey Herrick Family Association Victor Margolin Paul J. Douglas William C. Hesterberg Patricia Marton Jonas Dovydenas Helen Hiebert Jeff Marx L. J. Drop Amy Higgins Drew Mattot and Margaret Mahon Themistocles D’Silva Roger Higgs Raymond F. McClaren Mark Dunn Bartosz Hlebowicz John R. McClelland James Dybas Laraine Balk Hope Christopher McKee Edgewater Historical Society Illinois Society of the Sons of the Kathleen McMahon David Endres American Revolution Louis D. Melnick James Epstein Ellie Jacobi Helen Miner Miller Ronald F. Eustice André Jammes Will Miller Charles Fanning Alistair M. Johnston Mills Music Library at the University of William Fetters D. Carroll Joynes Wisconsin-Madison First Presbyterian Church of Chicago Kaneville Township Historical Society Milner Library at Illinois State University William Forsyth Robert W. Karrow, Jr. Paul Moxon Stephen Foster Timothy Kircher Kimberly Nagy Gloria Frank Julius Kirshner Napa Valley Genealogical and Biographical Society Margaret Garb Helen Klaviter Velna Kolodziej National Society of Sons of the Lynn E. Garn American Colonists Barbara Korbel Margarita Gascón Robert V. Nightingale Craig Koslofsky William H. Gass John Notz Richard A. Kretchmer Bruce Gates Mike Nussbaum Armin Kuntz Paul F. Gehl Gillian O’Brien Jean La Fountain Georgia Genealogical Society Patricia Obrist Michael Laird Almira Gilles Kathy Ogles Thomas V. Lange Amelia R. Gintautas Stephen Orgel Joanne Layne Jerry and Ann Graff James O’Shea William L. Lederer Robert N. Grant Diane Balk Palguta Timoty Leonardi Larry Green Sara N. Paretsky Lila G. Levy Grolier Club J. Carlyle Parker Barbara Denemark Long James R. Grossman Janet Parker Dolores Lipinski Long Ruth Gruenberg Renato Pasta John H. Long Joan Maria Hansen David W. Peat Jadwiga Lopez-Majano Toni Harkness Heinke Pensky-Adams Lurie Company Neil Harris William and Vieno Perry

* Deceased

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Honor Roll of Donors

Malcolm Phifer Lee Sandlin Rainer N. Waubke David Plowden Beryl Satter Elissa Weaver Jeremy D. Popkin Alvin Schaut Jack Weiner Chandra Portman Davis Schneiderman Camille Weiss Sheryl D. Poths Barbara Schober James M. Wells Princeton University Library Wayne Schulz Western Illinois University Reed College Norman D. Schwartz David Wham Billy Reilly Hugh and Joanne Schwartzberg Joyce Wildman Jack L. Revare Joan Shipley Robert Williams Krista Reynen Society of Mayflower Descendents in the Joyce E. Wilkinson Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the State of Illinois T. Bradford Willis American Revolution Edna C. Southard Chloe Tyler Winterbotham Paul Rickert Jan E. Stone Wisconsin Historical Society David J. Riley Charles Sweningsen Ronald Witt Sarah Rivett Robert E. Swisher John Woodruff Madeline Rich R.J. Taylor Jr. Foundation Richard D. Woods Albert J. Rivero William G. Thomas Helena Worthen Penelope Rosemont Esko Townell Mary Wyly Marion Rosenbluth James P. Troxel Fariba Zarinebaf D. Reid Ross John J. Tuzson James L. Zychowicz Sherwood Ross Muriel Underwood Anonymous (1) Ray Rowland United States Department of the Interior Norma B. Rubovits Frank Valadez Mary Harris Russell Christian Vinyard Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rydholm Dan Wassman Paul H. Saenger Marston Watson

The Newberry makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of our honor roll of donors, and we sincerely apologize if we have made any errors. Please notify Vince Firpo at (312) 255-3599 or [email protected] regarding any changes or corrections. Thank you.

* Deceased

36 Board of Trustees and Volunteer Committees

BOARD OF TRUSTEES LIFE TRUSTEES 2012 AWARD DINNER BOOK FAIR COMMITTEE Victoria J. Herget, Chair Anthony T. Dean COMMITTEE Stephen A. Scott, Chair David C. Hilliard, Vice Chair Sister Ann Ida Gannon Janis W. and John K. Notz, Jr., Jenny Bissell Co-Chairs David E. McNeel, Vice Chair Richard Gray Maggie Davis Michele and Pete Willmott, Paul J. Miller, Secretary Neil Harris Claudia Hueser Co-Chairs Norman R. Bobins, Treasurer Stanley N. Katz Martha J. Jantho Roger and Julie Baskes Roger Baskes Fred Kittle Mary Morony Joan and John Blew Joan Brodsky Marcus McCorison Marilyn Scott T. Kimball Brooker T. Kimball Brooker Kenneth Nebenzahl Tom Swanstrom Judy and John A. Bross David P. Earle III Zoé Petersen Connie and David Coolidge Louise R. Glasser Alyce K. Sigler James F. Dickerson Hanna H. Gray Barbara Wriston BUGHOUSE SQUARE David and Alexandra Earle COMMITTEE Sue Gray Hanna H. Gray Rachel Bohlmann, Chair Charles C. Haffner III* Sue and Melvin Gray Diane Ciral Sandra L. Hindman CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE Toni and Ken Harkness Paul Durica Robert H. Jackson Roger Baskes, Co-Chair Victoria J. Herget and Vince Firpo D. Carroll Joynes Robert K. Parsons Victoria J. Herget, Co-Chair Stephanie Fletcher Jonathan Kemper Celia and David Hilliard Andrew McNally IV, Shawn Healy Lawrence Lipking Karen and Tom Howell Co-Chair Kelly McGrath Barry L. MacLean Valerie and George Kennedy Hanna H. Gray Heather Radke Frederick J. Manning Jim and Kay Mabie Charles C. Haffner III* Gwendolyn Rugg Grant Gibson McCullagh David C. Hilliard Heidi and John Mangel Andrew W. McGhee D. Carroll Joynes Ann and John McDermott Andrew McNally IV Barry L. MacLean Andrew W. McGhee PLANNED GIVING Cindy E. Mitchell Andrew W. McGhee Andrew and Jeanine McNally ADVISORY COUNCIL John H. Noonan David E. McNeel David E. McNeel David C. Hilliard, Chair Janis Wellin Notz Cindy E. Mitchell Mike McPherson and Richard A. Campbell Rudy L. Ruggles, Jr. Sandy Baum Harold B. Smith David Crabb Paul T. Ruxin Michal and Paul Miller James R. Hellige Richard D. Siragusa Cindy and Stephen Mitchell Howard Helsinger Harold B. Smith Ken and Jossy Nebenzahl H. Debra Levin Jules N. Stiffel Abby McCormick O’Neil and Louis R. Marchi Daniel Carroll Joynes Carol Warshawsky Therese Martin Susan and Ted Oppenheimer Robert Wedgeworth, Jr. Thomas M. Ramsey Anita and Oren Pollock Peter and Alicia Pond Steven S. Rogers Morty and Mimi Schapiro Patricia and David Schulte Liz Stiffel Jill and John Svoboda Donna M. Tuke Pat and Joe Turner Lucia and David Webster * Deceased

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Staff

Office of the President and Librarian Cataloging Projects Section • Julia Reed, General Collections • David Spadafora, President and Librarian • Jennifer Thom, Cataloging Projects Manager Library Assistant • Jennifer Dunlap, Project Cataloging Assistant • Bailey Romaine, General Collections Library Assistant Communications and Marketing • Jessica Grzegorski, Cataloging Project Librarian • Annelies van Wezel, General Collections • Kelly McGrath, Director of Marketing • Anna Gutierrez, Project Cataloging Assistant Library Assistant and Communications • Shawn Keener, Project Cataloging Assistant • Ed Bailey, Visitor Assistant • Megan Kelly, Cataloging Project Librarian Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special • Alex Teller, Communications Specialist Collections Services • Lauren Reno, Cataloging Project Librarian • Andrea Villasenor, Graphic Designer • Jo Ellen McKillop Dickie, Special Collections • David Sanborne, Cataloging Project Librarian Services Librarian, Reference Team Leader Public Programs • Samantha Alfrey, Special Collections Conservation Services Department • Rachel Bohlmann, Director of Public Programs Library Assistant • Linda Kinnaman, Conservation Technician • Molly Fletcher, Program Assistant • Joy Austria, Special Collections Senior • Barbara Korbel, Collections Conservator Library Assistant • Gwendolyn Rugg, Program Assistant and Spotlight Exhibitions Coordinator • Virginia Meredith, Conservation Technician • Dan Fink, Special Collections Library Assistant • Becky Saiki, Conservation Technician • Helen Long, Special Collections Collection Development Department • Giselle Simon, Director of Conservation Services Library Assistant • Paul Saenger, George A. Poole III Curator • Elizabeth Zurawski, Senior Book Conservator • Elizabeth McKinley, Special Collections of Rare Books and Collection Development Library Assistant Librarian • Laura Ross, Special Collections Reader Services Department • John Brady, Bibliographer of Americana Library Assistant • John Brady, Director of Reader Services • Paul F. Gehl, Custodian, John M. Wing • Megan Samelson, Special Collections Foundation on the History of Printing Library Assistant Reference and Genealogy Services Section • Jenny Schwartzberg, Collection Development Assistant and Gift Specialist • Autumn Mather, Reference Services Librarian, Department of Maps & Modern Manuscripts Reference Team Leader • Matthew Rutherford, Curator of Genealogy Library Services Division Maps Section and Local History, Reference Team Leader • Hjordis Halvorson, Vice President for • James R. Akerman, Curator of Maps • John S. Aubrey, Ayer Librarian Library Services • Patrick A. Morris, Map Cataloger and • Grace Dumelle, Genealogy and Local History • Emma Martin, Program Assistant Reference Librarian Library Assistant • Ginger Frere, Reference Librarian Collection Services Department Modern Manuscripts Section • Jill Gage, Reference Librarian • Alan Leopold, Chauncey and Marion D. • Martha Briggs, Lloyd Lewis Curator of McCormick Family Foundation Director of • Katie McMahon, Reference Librarian Modern Manuscripts Collection Services • Alison Hinderliter, Manuscripts and General Collections Services Section Archives Librarian Acquisitions Section • Lisa Schoblasky, General Collections • Lisa Janssen, Senior Project Archivist • Eric Nygren, Acquisitions Manager Services Librarian • Kelly Kress, Project Archivist • Linda M. Chan, Serials Librarian • Mira Alecci, General Collections • Pamela Olson, Archives Technician Library Assistant • Patricia J. Wiberley, Serials Assistant • Andrew Belongea, General Collections Library Assistant Cataloging Section • Maggie Cusick, General Collections • Linda Ballinger, Principal Cataloging Librarian Library Assistant • Lindsey O’Brien, Collection Services • Andrew Oloffson, General Collections Library Assistant Library Assistant • Cheryl Wegner, Cataloging Librarian

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Staff

Department of Digital Initiatives and Services Scholarly and Undergraduate Programs Facilities Management • Jennifer Thom, Director of Digital Initiatives Department • Michael Mitchell, Facilities Manager and Services • Diane Dillon, Director and Chief Security Officer • Adam Strohm, Digital Collections Librarian • Molly Fletcher, Program Assistant • Verkista Burruss, Facilities Coordinator • Pete Diernberger, Building Maintenance Digital Imaging Services Development Department Worker • John Powell, Digital Imaging Services Manager • Michelle Miller Burns, Vice President • Daniel Meraz, Sr. Building Maintenance Worker • Catherine Gass, Photographer for Development • Sarah Alger, Director of Annual Giving Human Resources Research and Academic Programs Division • Wendy Buta, Administrative Assistant to • Judy Rayborn, Director of Human Resources • Daniel Greene, Vice President for Research the Vice President for Development and Academic Programs • Dan Crawford, Book Fair Manager • Nancy Claar, Payroll Manager • Anna Brenner, Program Assistant • Vince Firpo, Annual Giving Manager • Frances Lai, Director of Gift Planning Internal Services Center for Renaissance Studies • Veneese Mollison, Associate Director of • Jason Ulane, Internal Services Coordinator • Carla Zecher, Director Development for Donor Services • Karen Christianson, Acting Director • Jo Anne Moore, Associate Director of Office of Events and Volunteers Development Events • Laura Aydelotte, Interim Assistant Director • Karen Aubrey, Director of Events, Tours and • Meredith Petrov, Campaign Manager Volunteer Programs • Tia Parks, Program Assistant • Adam Mayberry, Associate Director of Events

Finance and Administration Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography • James P. Burke, Jr., Vice President for Finance and Administration • James R. Akerman, Director • Will Gosner, Program Assistant Business Office • Ron Kniss, Controller D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies • Cheryl L. Tunstill, Staff Accountant • Scott Manning Stevens, Director Information Technology • Jade Cabagnot, Program Coordinator • Drin Gyuk, Director of Information Technology

Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American • Suzy Morgan, Web Manager History and Culture • John Tallon, IT Support and Systems • Liesl Olson, Director Administrator • Christopher Cantwell, Assistant Director • Carmen Jaramillo, Program Assistant

Professional Development Programs for Teachers • Rachel Rooney, Director • Hana Layson, Digital Collections for Classroom Use Coordinator • Charlotte Wolfe, Program Coordinator – Newberry Teachers’ Consortium

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Summary of Financial Position

For the year ended June 30, 2012—with summarized totals for the year ended June 30, 2011 (000s omitted).

2012 2011

Assets

Cash and receivables $ 1,769 $ 1,584 Investments 55,049 60,818 Land, buildings, equipment 9,701 8,583 Other noncurrent assets 4,692 4,885

Total assets $ 71,211 $ 75,870

Liabilities and net assets

Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 863 $ 817 Other current liabilities 194 623 Long-term debt 3,800 3,900 Other noncurrent liabilities 435 473

Total liabilities 5,292 5,813

Net assets 65,919 70,057

Total liabilities and net assets $ 71,211 $ 75,870

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Summary of Activities

For the year ended June 30, 2012—with summarized totals for the year ended June 30, 2011 (000s omitted).

2012 2011

Revenues

Gifts and grants for operations $ 5,263 $ 7,237 Gifts to endowment 351 1,383 Investment gain (loss) (1,235) 11,425 Other revenues 1,696 2,480

Total revenues and other gains (losses) 6,075 22,525

Expenditures

Library and collection services 4,433 4,413 Research and academic programs 2,878 2,683 Management and general 1,689 1,746 Development 1,213 1,026

Total expenditures 10,213 9,868

Change in net assets $ (4,138) $12,657

41 42 The Ideal Library

The current building, designed by Henry Ives Cobb, under construction, 1892.

THE NEWBERRY IDEA Dick’s book, as its title suggests, explores the early years Dick Brown grew up in California, with the Huntington of the Newberry’s founding and the twin poles around which Library practically in his backyard. A number of years would it has orbited ever since: collecting for a specialized set of pass, however, before the Huntington came to occupy an readers and providing educational opportunities for the general important place in his imagination, acting as foil for another public. In the case of the Newberry’s early history, the former private research library in his life: the Newberry. goal complemented the Chicago Public Library, which was, by Dick arrived at the Newberry in 1962 as the director of 1887, already amassing a collection of circulating materials for a federally funded project, sponsored by Amherst College, public use; the latter goal was dictated by Newberry founder designed to improve the teaching of history in the nation’s Walter L. Newberry, who presided over Chicago’s earliest schools. In 1972 Dick’s ubiquity was formally recognized when cultural institutions and whose will called for the creation of a then-president of the Newberry Bill Towner hired him to run library that would be “free and open to the public.” Although the newly minted Research and Education Department. “The these goals are not mutually exclusive, they were not always department’s primary function, promoting the effective use reconciled so easily. For instance, when the Newberry purchased of the Newberry collection, led to some important questions: the collection of Henry Probasco (which included a Shakespeare who are the library’s users, and how had the Newberry thought First Folio) in 1890, one Chicago newspaper, according about them?” said Dick. “It occurred to me that answering to Dick, “assailed it as ‘a collection of antique lard cans.’” these questions required drawing a distinction.” Unlike the The Newberry’s reputation as a premier cultural institution Huntington, which committed to public service has certainly come a long way from 1 had been largely that critique. “The Ideal Library of the Continent” — Public Goals and Research in the Founding of the Newberry the of Founding the in Research and Goals Public — Continent” the of Library Ideal “The “The Ideal Library of the Continent” determined by its Public Goals and Research founder’s collection, in the Founding of the Newberry REALIZING THE NEWBERRY IDEA the Newberry had been Reference to the “Newberry idea” today expresses the founded on nothing equilibrium the library has come to achieve among its more, nor less, than a various goals and functions, while eliding the fact that such purpose. This insight balance was, early in the Newberry’s history, a prospect of informed Dick’s work some uncertainty. In exploring the 125-year evolution of for the Newberry, and the Newberry, the exhibition “Realizing the Newberry has culminated in the Idea, 1887-2012” brings this fact to the surface, beginning publication of The Ideal with the question “how did the simple idea expressed in the Library of the Continent: 1868 bequest of Walter Loomis Newberry—a ‘free, public Richard H. Brown H. Richard Public Goals and Research library’—develop into the complex Newberry idea of today?” Richard H. Brown in the Founding of the The answer, like the idea itself, is a complicated one, but it Newberry. is advanced with startling range of scope by the exhibition’s

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Examples abound: the purchase of Henry Probasco’s private collection, which would become the model for bloc acquisitions of bibliophilic “treasures” (the exhibition features a letter from Probasco to the Newberry trustees expressing regret for the price of the sale but also satisfaction “that so many treasures are secure”); the 1896 agreement among the Newberry, the John Crerar Library, and the Chicago Public Library to divide up collecting responsibilities in the city, which resulted in the Newberry’s specialization in the humanities; and even the early twentieth-century residency of a cat that fed on mice arriving by book crate from France, which could be construed as an early incarnation of the Newberry’s Conservation Department

Readers at work in a reading room dedicated to the study of history, circa 1900. (the exhibition displays a November 1907 Chicago Daily News article about this cat, which is thoroughly tongue-in-cheek but curator, Martha Briggs, Lloyd Lewis Curator of Modern does promote the cat’s vigilance as an effective measure for book Manuscripts at the Newberry. preservation). “This exhibition foregrounds the people who guided New- Early seeding, germinating, and other gardening-related berry policy throughout its 125-year history as much as policy metaphors that make one think of the importance of beginnings itself,” says Briggs. “The Newberry was founded on a basic, if no- notwithstanding, subsequent generations of Newberry staff, ble, premise, and it has been up to a long line of staff and trustees presidents, and trustees have been crucial in not only charting to determine how to build and maintain a ‘free, public library.’” the library’s continued path as Chicago’s research library in the The exhibition, to achieve narrative coherence and to humanities, but also in ensuring its relevance to a larger public. reflect the main thrusts of Newberry raison, illuminates four key As “Realizing the Newberry Idea, 1887-2012” demonstrates library activities: acquiring special collections research materials; even in its title (in the progressive form of its verb, “realizing”), sustaining the highest standards of collection preservation; the complex interweaving of purposes that defines the New- encouraging life-long learning and civic engagement; and berry today is the result of process, progression, and the lapse of fostering research, teaching, and publication. Within each of time, and is perhaps in a perpetual state of realization. these sections a story is told, a trajectory traced; and one of the surprises the exhibition reveals is just how early in the library’s history the seeds for what would come to define the “Newberry idea” were planted. “It’s interesting to look at documents from the Newberry’s earliest years and discover that what the library is today really began germinating in the very beginning,” explains Briggs.

In 1909, caretaker Ingve Soderstrom poses with a tabby and Martha Briggs, curator of “Realizing the Newberry Idea,” discusses the exhibition with visitors. its litter, who hunted mice among the stacks.

45 The Newberry has from its inception been associated with By the time the 1960s rolled around, the advertising field scholarship and serious readers. Indeed, the first librarian, was changing; designers began to orient their work around the William Frederick Poole, who had been the founding librarian principle of minimalism, responding to the notion—novel at of the Chicago Public Library, asserted that as a research and the time—that type should be a neutral conduit for corporate reference library the Newberry would serve the needs of those messaging. This led to the rise of fonts like Helvetica, with its who wanted to get “below the surface of things.” Among the clear, measured angles, and the decline of expressive fonts like professionals and craftsmen who, along with scholars, came Cooper Black. (From this standpoint, perhaps it is no accident to the Newberry in its earlier decades were members of the that Bert Cooper, the relic of a bygone age of advertising in design and printing community. Today they can frequently be AMC’s Mad Men, bears the Cooper name.) Today the Cooper found in the Special Collections Reading Room, drawn by the Black font is deployed primarily as shorthand for quirkiness, exceptional materials in the John M. Wing Collection. famously appearing, for example, in the opening credits of As one of the largest collections on printing history, the television show “Louie,” whose title character’s rotund calligraphy, and design in North America, the Wing Collection physique and gauche social presence are meant to be reflected at the Newberry has long been a site of pilgrimage for by the font. professional graphic designers from around the world. It was Not that this is an ineffective or uninteresting use of this collection and its promise of research into the work of Cooper Black, but the association threatens to impoverish our Cooper Black Oswald Bruce Cooper that brought designer Ian Lynam to the understanding of, and to belie the full range of communicative Newberry for four days last year. possibilities inherent in, the typeface. Lynam is a big believer in Lynam heads a graphic design agency based in Tokyo this range of expression. “Cooper’s work still very much defines that works with a roster of international clients. Besides being so much of what the world looks like,” he says. “Drugstores in inspired by Cooper’s type designs, Lynam’s work has recently Japan, doner kebab stands in Germany, pet stores in Korea—the involved the critical analysis of typefaces—a mode of thought list goes on and on. It’s a force of personality; it doesn’t have the that perhaps originated with Cooper himself. Lynam’s research neutrality that most fonts have, so people take notice of it and at the Newberry sought to uncover this forgotten aspect of feel something about it.” Cooper’s practice and resulted in an article for Idea, a Japanese The way Lynam talks about Cooper Black, though, magazine devoted to the in-depth study of visual culture. presents a paradox—a typeface possessing an inherent “Cooper laid the groundwork for American expression expressiveness and yet capable of expressing many things in and ‘expressive-ness’ in graphic design, and yet he and his work many different contexts. Paul Standard, a contemporary of are today largely misunderstood,” says Lynam. “That was the Cooper’s who contributed to The Book of Oz, a collection of thesis or starting point for my research and the article that would writing about Cooper as well as specimens, proofs, and essays eventually be published.” by Cooper himself, may help unravel this paradox. Reflecting Oswald Cooper is best known for the Cooper Black type- on Cooper’s work and the trends in advertising following in his face, which was released in 1922 and has since become a main- wake, Standard wrote in 1940: stay in Microsoft Word and other word-processing programs. The first truly wide-selling American typeface, Cooper Black For few indeed nowadays are the ads or booklets was the most ubiquitous font in advertising throughout the first produced by a single hand or brain. Most of them bear half of the twentieth century, even showing up in contexts in the violent marks of too many hands—and look like which an aversion to advertising (or the appearance of such) was an operation performed by a band of specialists, each cultivated: the album art for the Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” and eager to leave some trace of his unique abilities. Thus, David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust,” for example. by contrast, the sight of a Cooper job is first of all

46 The Newberry Magazine “Cooper drew and redrew these letters dozens Cooper of times in order to give the type, a necessarily mechanical product, some of the bounce and Black fluidity of his personal lettering style.” restful, but repose is only the beginning. It quiets the are on display in “The Newberry 125” exhibition, reveal the multiple suspicions engendered by other advertisements, amount of revision that went into this apparently informal and so allows the reader to proceed through the text in design. In drawings from 1919, for example, one can see friendly curiosity and sympathy. Cooper experimenting with weight distribution, the contrast between thin and heavy strokes, and the angles composing the Standard lamented the industrialization of the advertising letterforms—until he refined Cooper Black into its final form. profession, the factory-like production by teams of specialists “Cooper drew and redrew these letters dozens of times in working in concert but also in competition with one another. order to give the type, a necessarily mechanical product, some Oswald Cooper was different. While consulting with Barnhart of the bounce and fluidity of his personal lettering style,” says Brothers & Spindler, the company that printed and distributed Paul Gehl, custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the his type designs, he created typefaces as a singular artist. History of Printing at the Newberry. Gehl co-curated “The The design possibilities of Cooper Black, therefore, are not Newberry 125,” and helped Lynam with his Cooper research at exhausted by the time one encounters the font. Representing the library. the unified vision of an individual rather than a patchwork of “Paul was incredibly helpful, and the four days I spent at contributions based on market research, discrete philosophical the Newberry were worth the trip from Tokyo,” says Lynam. agendas, etc., Cooper Black seems to gain strength and variety “The experience was gratifying on a personal and academic from the intimacy with which it is regarded. This is perhaps level, and really made my year.” why, in Lynam’s words, you “feel something” when you see Since using the Newberry collection, Lynam has become Cooper Black. an assistant editor at Idea. The presentation of his research having The Cooper-related materials in the Newberry collection been well received at the most recent TypeCon conference in consist of his limited correspondence, and the sketches, Milwaukee, Lynam now plans to publish a more exhaustive drawings, and proofs that represent his creative process. account of Cooper’s work and critical sensibility. Odds are he Cooper worked on Cooper Black for three years (beginning has not made his last visit to the Newberry. in 1919), and the sketches for the typeface, some of which

47 “imagine virtual shelves, as far as the eye can see, teeming with digital images and texts”

Take a moment to imagine virtual shelves, as far as the eye can projects and research; promoting staff efficiency and see, teeming with digital images and texts. They would be no productivity; and making materials accessible to the broadest less organized than the physical ones in your favorite library, possible audience,” said Vice President for Library Services but you could peruse them whenever you please and wherever Hjordis Halvorson, who oversees the new department. you are. At the heart of the Newberry’s digital philosophy is It is an important goal, and one toward which the the recognition that the virtual and the material are both Newberry, like many libraries and other humanities institutions, unique media that often intersect with each other in research continues to strive. environments. Each one enhances humanistic understanding For more than a decade, the Newberry has digitized by offering unique possibilities for scholars and institutions. materials and created and launched other digital initiatives such With this in mind, a Newberry team of library and information as “The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries” and, most technology professionals carefully looked at a wide variety of recently, “Digital Collections for the Classroom.” Now, it has taken the next, crucial step in the process by creating the department of Digital Initiatives and Services and implementing a new system to manage digital assets. Formed in January of 2012 and led by Jennifer Thom, the department now includes the Newberry’s first-ever digital collections librarian, Adam Strohm, and Anne Flannery, who is serving as Digital Initiatives’ assistant director for two years through a partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies. “The department strives to create a hospitable digital environment that will improve the way we are able to work at the Newberry by facilitating cross-departmental and interdisciplinary The Piction Discoverer module helps users search and identify imagery from the collection.

48 The Newberry Magazine potential digital asset management systems before settling on one called Piction. This new system will act as a repository for images, born-digital materials, and films digitized from obsolete formats, as well as podcasts, videos, and digital publications. Newberry Statistics These will be stored within the system and organized with a 2011-12 readily searchable infrastructure. Made possible by a generous foundation grant, Piction will transform the work done at the Newberry by replacing 850,370 total titles in online catalog the cumbersome and inefficient paper-based order and retrieval system with an easy and, in most situations, “self-serve” 453,445 online catalog visits download process for staff. “For example, a simple keyword search for an image of 47,084  books paged a ship will call up illustrations from publications in which the 17,600  reader visits user might expect to find them, such as a book about the voyage around the world by James Cook,” Thom said. “The search 15,764  titles cataloged also will retrieve images from more surprising sources, such as a beautiful color illustration from an account of the great  15,093 participants in non-seminar eruption of Mount Vesuvius and a whimsical drawing from a public programs French children’s book (Alphabet des insects, for the letter “Y” for 10,020 reference inquiries answered “yacht”). This functionality is possible because we are gathering into one place thousands of scans of materials from across the  3,070 items treated in conservation entire Newberry collection and describing them on a detailed and individual level.”  2,514 titles purchased and received The Newberry also has plans to implement an e-commerce  1,043 teacher participants in Teacher module that will eventually allow the public to efficiently order images. These capabilities also benefit the staff, enabling them to Programs devote more time to valuable digitization projects, research, and  1,412 participants in continuing assisting patrons with their scholarly endeavors. “Piction will give the Newberry a means to manage the education seminars library’s rich collection of digital content,” Strohm said. “The  267 linear feet of modern manuscripts system will allow us to organize, track, and describe the images, acquired audio, video, and other assets in a meaningful way. It will also provide mediated access to this content, first for Newberry staff,  210 schools involved in Teacher and eventually to researchers all over the world.” Programs Caring for and managing these digital assets is essential to the Newberry’s mission. In its endeavor to foster an ethos of 40 short-term fellowships free and open access to information, knowledge, and services, the Newberry’s implementation of a digital asset management  40 participants in ACM–Newberry system is an essential step toward a long-term digital strategy. undergraduate programs The digital environment is constantly evolving and there are still  20 participants in Newberry Library many challenges to be met, but the implementation of Piction fulfills one of the most fundamental infrastructural requirements Undergraduate Seminar for moving the Newberry forward in this digital age. 11 long-term fellowships

49 Special Events

“CONVERSATIONS AT THE NEWBERRY” Additionally, guests were treated to three custom-made birth- WITH SCOTT TUROW AND RICHARD POSNER day cakes in the shape of Studs’s signature red-checkered shirt, More than 200 people in February attended the second fedora, and radio microphone, courtesy of Swedish Bakery. “Conversations at the Newberry” event, featuring Scott Turow and Judge Richard Posner. Turow, a lawyer, best-selling author, BOOK FAIR/BUGHOUSE and president of the Author’s Guild, and Posner, a U.S. Circuit From July 26–29 the Newberry held its 28th annual Book Fair. Court of Appeals judge whom the New York Times has called Every Book Fair acquires its own identity—the subject area “the most influential jurist outside the Supreme Court,” are strengths based on a year of accumulating book donations— eminent voices within the literary community and occupy and this one was no different. Offering more than 120,000 substantially different positions on the topics of digitization, books and other media in more than 70 categories, the 2012 accessibility, and intellectual property. The two squared off in Book Fair was especially strong in history, literature, literary the Newberry’s Ruggles Hall, Judge Posner advocating largely criticism, paperback romances, and vinyl records, while boasting unfettered and digital access to intellectual property, and Turow autographed memorabilia from Buzz Aldrin and Adlai Stevenson. emphasizing the ways in which unbridled digitization threatens An extension of the Newberry’s legacy as a resource for to undermine the traditional roles of authors and libraries. studied debate and a natural outgrowth of Book Fair, the 2012 “Conversations at the Newberry” is an ongoing series that Bughouse Square Debates were held on Saturday, July 28. engages authors in discussion about issues facing the humanities Reflecting the dominant political discourse of the year, the main today. The series is made possible by the generosity of Newberry debate was titled “Who’s to Blame for the Great Recession, Big Trustee Sue Gray and her husband, Mel. Government or Big Business?” The coveted Dill Pickle Award, which recognizes the most outstanding soapbox orator of the NEWBERRY AWARD DINNER day, was presented to Sam Singleton, Atheist Evangelist, for his Francis Oakley, Williams College President Emeritus and articulation of “An Appreciation of Appreciation.” Edward Dorr Griffin Professor of the History of Ideas, received the 2012 Newberry Library Award for his outstanding 125TH GRAND OPENING contributions in the humanities. Dr. Oakley has written 75 At 9 am on September 6, 125 years—to the day—after the New- articles and 13 books, an oeuvre recently bolstered by the second berry first welcomed the public, we ceremonially opened our of his anticipated three volumes on the medieval emergence of doors. With remarks from Newberry Board of Trustees Chair western political thought. Victoria Herget and President David Spadafora, the ceremony “Francis Oakley stands out as the rare exemplar of the also served as the official opening for two exhibitions commem- teacher-scholar-administrator who has beautifully harmonized orating the Newberry quasquicentennial: “The Newberry 125” those roles while excelling in each of them,” said Newberry and “Realizing the Newberry Idea, 1887–2012.” Later in the President David Spadafora in his remarks to the 250 guests in month, members of the Newberry Board of Trustees and staff attendance. The award, the highest honor the library bestows, toasted founder Walter L. Newberry at his Graceland Cemetery was presented by Newberry Board of Trustees Chair Victoria gravesite. Herget following a cocktail reception and dinner co-chaired by Janis and John Notz and Michele and Peter Willmott. 1 & 2: Scott Turow (1) and Judge Richard Posner (2) at “Conversations at the Newberry.” 3: (l to r) Newberry Board Chair Victoria Herget, 2012 Newberry Award Honorand STUDS TERKEL CENTENARY Francis Oakley, President David Spadafora at the Newberry Award Dinner. 4, 5 &6: Folk singer Bucky Halker (4), a birthday cake admirer (5), and emcee Rick Kogan May 16 marked the 100th anniversary of Studs Terkel’s birthday. (6) at the Studs Terkel Centenary event. The Newberry honored the legendary Chicago writer and cul- 7 & 8: Guests perusing books (7) and Book Fair Manager Dan Crawford hauling stock at the annual Book Fair (8). tural critic with the Studs Terkel 100th Birthday Party. Emceed 9, 10 & 11: Scenes from the Bughouse Square Debates. by Chicago Tribune writer Rick Kogan, the event featured other 12 & 13: Newberry Greeter Ed Bailey, helps re-enact the library’s grand opening (12), luminaries of Chicago journalism who have been inspired by guests enter the library (13). 14: Newberry Scholar-in-Residence Dick Brown, President David Spadafora and Board Studs: Alex Kotlowitz, Alison Cuddy, and Penelope Rosemont. Chair Vicki Herget toast Walter L. Newberry at his gravesite.

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51 Upcoming Events January – June 2013

History of the Book Lecture: Diuerse lingue: Thomas Morley and the Problem of Toward Queerer Book History National Language in Renaissance Music Friday, January 11 Friday, February 22 2 pm 2 pm How does the history of the book intersect and engage with Jessie Ann Owens of University of California Davis will the history of Renaissance sexualities? Professor Jeffrey Masten discuss whether we can recognize national language when we will discuss same-sex male eroticism in and around early printed encounter serious polyphony (i.e., not the dialect songs). Can we books, from two perspectives—that of production and of tell Palestrina from Byrd or Morley from his continental peers? reception. Shakespeare Project of Chicago: Twelfth Night Politics, Piety, and Poison: French Pamphlets, 1600-1800 Saturday, February 23 January 14 – April 13 10 am Curated by Jessica Grzegorski and Jennifer Thom, this exhibit The Shakespeare Project’s post-Valentine’s Day offering is spotlights four collections of French pamphlets, recently Twelfth Night, one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, cataloged with funding from the Council on Library and directed by Jeff Christian. An informative talk begins fifteen Information Resources. The exhibit explores the role of minutes before the performance, which is followed by a pamphlets in the transitional period from the Ancien Régime to question-and-answer session with the director and cast. the French Revolution. Chicago Calligraphy Collective Annual Juried Exhibition A Meet the Author Event: The Color of Christ: Monday, March 11 – Friday, June 7 The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America In its 27th year, the Chicago Calligraphy Collective presents Tuesday, January 22 a juried show of calligraphic materials. The CCC’s driving 6 pm mission is to enhance public awareness about and appreciation of In The Color of Christ, Edward J. Blum of San Diego State and calligraphy. Paul Harvey of the University of Colorado weave a tapestry of American dreams and visions—from witch hunts to web pages, History of the Book Lecture: How Does the Fixity of Print Harlem to Hollywood, slave cabins to South Park—to show Become a Problem for Religious Identity? how Americans remake and re-imagine the Son of God. Blum Friday, April 19 and Harvey will discuss their seminal work, followed by a book 2 pm signing. The fixity of print—or the ability of print publications to establish a stable text—has been banished from the scholarly Shakespeare Project of Chicago: lexicon. But there are genres, explains Dr. Kathleen Lynch, in A Woman Killed with Kindness which the desire for fixity is well served by print publication. Saturday, January 19 The teleologically driven spiritual experience, or Protestant 10 am conversion narrative, is one. The Shakespeare Project continues its exploration of Shakespearian contemporaries by presenting this rarely seen Shakespeare Project of Chicago: The Reign of Edward III Jacobean tragedy, written by Thomas Heywood. Considered Saturday, April 20 by many to be Heywood’s masterpiece, the play tells the story 10 am of Anne Frankford, a newly married wife, her life-changing The Shakespeare Project’s season will culminate with The choice, and its devastating repercussions. Peter Garino Reign of King Edward III, an apocryphal and rarely seen history, directs. An informative talk begins fifteen minutes before the attributed to Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd. An informative performance, which is followed by a question-and-answer talk begins fifteen minutes before the performance, which is session with the director and cast. followed by a question-and-answer session with the director and cast.

52 The Newberry Magazine Before Anthropology: Enlightenment “Science” and the Stone Camryn History of Dance Program Category of the Human Thursday, April 11 Saturday, April 20 6 pm 2 - 4:30 pm Wesleyan University’s Andrew Curran will provide a survey Meet the Author of the main “anthropological debates” in eighteenth-century First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley French and European thought. He will also examine naturalists’ Keith Koneman halting attempts at classifying humans, as well as scholars’ May 1 inability to figure out just what classification means within the 6 pm overall history of race. “Conversations at the Newberry” Treasures of Faith: New Acquisitions at the Newberry Wednesday, May 8 Exhibition 6 pm Saturday, April 20, 2013 – Saturday, July 6, 2013 Sara Paretsky and Rick Kogan Curated by Paul Saenger, the Newberry presents an exhibition of Sister Ann Ida Gannon Initiative materials, featuring Poetry, Theodicy, and the Work of Natural History newly cataloged items from the many theological libraries the Saturday, May 18 Newberry has acquired. 12 pm Joanna Picciotto of University of California Berkeley will Award Dinner, Honoring David McCullough explore connections between Milton’s Paradise Lost and the Monday, May 13 efforts of seventeenth-century Baconians to erect a nature-based In May, the Newberry will honor David McCullough, historian theodicy. and lecturer, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Genealogy and Local History Orientations Saturday, January 5, February 2, March 2, April 6, May 4 9:30 am

Book Launch Mark Perlberg’s Theater of Memory: New and Selected Poems Wednesday, March 20 5:30 pm reception; 6 pm program

Caxton Club/Newberry Library Symposium on the Book Outsiders: Zines, Samizdat, and Alternative Publishing Saturday, April 6 9:30 am

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