SUMMER 2016 VOLUME 41 NUMBER 2 news footnotes SUMMER 2016, VOLUME 41, NUMBER 2 LIBRARIES BOARD OF GOVERNORS

1 News Stephen M. Strachan, chair Robert D. Avery 4 A bridge to the past Suzanne S. Bettman Student filmmakers find inspiration in Archives Paul A. Bodine Frederick L. Brown John S. Burcher 7 Donor spotlight: Sandi Riggs Jane A. Burke Jennifer D. Cain 8 The Libraries’ top 50 Anne T. Coughlan A look at the Libraries’ “greatest hits” Gerald E. Egan Harve A. Ferrill 10 400 years of Shakespeare James F. Freundt Celebrating the Bard at Northwestern Byron L. Gregory Kenneth R. Herlin

Peter Hong 12 Hidden treasures Daniel S. Jones James A. Kaduk Victoria Mitchell Kohn The Libraries’ federal depos- Stephen C. Mack itory holdings include military Footnotes is published three times a year by Judith Paine McBrien magazines, annual reports, Northwestern University Libraries. Nancy McCormick studies, and other resources. www.library.northwestern.edu Howard M. McCue III Deirdre McKechnie Dean of Libraries and Peter B. McKee Celebrating 140 years as a Charles Deering McCormick M. Julie McKinley federal depository University Librarian: Above: Directed by David Bradley ’50, the 1950 amateur film William C. Mitchell* Sarah M. Pritchard starred childhood friend and fellow Wildcat ’45. The low-budget Yelda Basar Moers This year marks University Libraries’ information on careers, business [email protected] film earned Bradley enough attention that he was hired by MGM immediately Sandi L. Riggs 140th anniversary as a federal deposi- opportunities, consumer matters, after graduation. (For more on Shakespeare at Northwestern, see page 10.) Marcia A. Ryles Director of Development: tory, an official designation that health and nutrition, demographics, Julie F. Schauer On the cover: A watercolor illustration of the Willett peach by Deborah Griscom makes Northwestern a home to gov- the environment, economic condi-­­­­­ Jennifer Mullman ’99 Gordon I. Segal Passmore (1840–1911), from the 1902 US Department of Agriculture Yearbook. [email protected] Alan H. Silberman ernment information resources. tions, and many other subjects. Thousands of federal government resources such as this yearbook are housed Director of Marketing and Eric B. Sloan Congress established the Federal “Government resources offer at University Libraries; to read more, see page 1. * Communication: John H. Stassen Depository Library Program in 1813 unique content that supports research Jane Urban Taylor* Clare Roccaforte to ensure that the American public in every discipline,” said Marianne John C. Ver Steeg [email protected] would have access to information pro- Ryan, associate University librarian Editor and Writer: Sarah M. Pritchard, ex officio duced by its government. Nearly 1,100 for user service strategies. “Our collec- Drew Scott Jennifer Mullman, ex officio depository libraries now provide no- tion is a gold mine.” [email protected] fee access to government materials. University Libraries receives *emeritus In addition to congressional records publications at no charge in exchange Northwestern University is committed to providing a safe environment free from discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct, and retaliation. To view Northwestern’s complete nondiscrimi- and presidential papers, publications for organizing, maintaining, pre­­- nation statement, see northwestern.edu/hr/equlopp-access/equal-employment-opportunity /index.html, and for crime and safety data, see northwestern.edu/up/safety/annual-report. include valuable resources such as serving, and helping users find this

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COLLEGE CLASS OF 1879

Standing: Ella Ambrose (Davis), Clara Shumway, Lillie Casey (Musgrove), Lilla Bradley (Hemenway), Jessie

Moore (McPherrin), Mary Bayne (Hilliard), Ella Prindle (Patten), D. V. Jackson, G. W. White, W. T. Hobart,

W. B. Leach, W. H. Wait, E. L. Stewart, Thomas H. Hood.

In the tree: George Horswell, Hugh Harris, Isaac E. Adams, Dexter P. Donelson.

Front row, seated: C. E. Cook, Spencer Lewis, Frank Tyler, H. B. Hemenway, W. A. Hamilton, J. T. Mus-

grove, Edward C. Adams, Isabella Webb (Parks), Jane H. White.

1882.

Deceased.—Dr. 0. F. Thomas, Med., Sep¬

tember 21, 1910. news 1883. Martin M. Gridley, Arts '83 and Law

'85, has been elected judge of the Superior

court of Cook count}-.

John A. Hibbard, Law, of South Bend,

Indiana, was elected a member of the

state senate at the last election.

1884. Left: Newly digitized alumni publications

Deceased.—Milton L. Thackaberrv, Law,

December 11, 1910. 1885. are now searchable at hathitrust.org. Deceased.—Dr. Joseph L. Gray, Med.,

October 21, 1910. Northwestern University 1886. Bulletin Deceased.—Dr. Carey K. Fleming, Med., 1 WEST LAKE STREET , ILLINOIS October 4, olume XIV, Number 20 January 30, 1914 1910. 1887. [orthwestern University Bulletin is published every week by Northwestern University Rev. Ruter W. Springer, Arts, has been : Chicago, Illinois. Entered as second-class matter, November 21, 1913, at the Post- transferred to Fort Caswell, North Caro¬ ffice, Chicago, Illinois, under Act of Congress, August 24, 1912. lina. Alumni News Letter 1888. William Deering Miss Ellen F. Marsh is teaching chem¬ 1826—1913 istry in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin, High

School.

Deceased.—Dr. Eric A. Davidson, Arts.

1889. (continued from page 1) Miss Mabel K. Babcock, Arts, is instruc¬ tor in Horticulture and Landscape Archi¬

tecture at Wellesley College.

Mrs. Grace Foster Herben, Arts, has information. It is also a depository for been chosen general college representative most thrilling moments in Wildcat dramatically and add two floors. of the Woman's Foreign Missionary So¬

ciety of the Methodist Church.

Herbert G. Leonard, Arts, is pastor of

the Simpson M. E. Church at Minneapolis, the state of Illinois, the United Nations, Minnesota. football. To hear the broadcasts, go to Mudd Library will occupy one floor in

Dr. O. V. Schuman, Med., has been ap¬

pointed by the Governor of Indiana a

member of the board of trustees for the and the European Union. new Tuberculosis Hospital at Rockville, media.northwestern.edu and search the newly christened Mudd Hall, which Indiana.

Jacob H. Hopkins, Law, has been elected

judge of the Chicago municipal court. “In a democracy, access to infor- Dr. A. L. Blesh, Med., is in Vienna, for “Asher Golden.” will remain connected via the existing doing special work in surgery, diagnosis,

and surgical pathology.

1890. mation produced by our government W. H. Newcomb, Arts '90 and Law '95, bridge to the Technological Institute, visited Utah last fall and wrote a vol¬

uminous and informing account of the re¬

sources of the state for the Chicago Rec- is critical to citizen participation,” or d-Herald. and a prominent new ground-floor 1891. Mudd renovation begins Stewart A. Maltman, Arts '91 and Law said government information librarian '93, is connected with the Bureau of Sup- The Seeley G. Mudd Library building entrance will open on the north side. Anne Zald. “This information is pro- on North Campus closed for renovation When reopened, Mudd Library duced using taxpayer dollars, and we in March and is scheduled to reopen in will offer all the same services, such as should have ample access to it.” September 2017. inter­library loan pickups, research The renovation is part of a consultations, and book requests. In Sargent painting restored Collections go digital University-driven initiative to provide addition, designers are planning new A treasured oil painting by one of America’s greatest portraitists Three widely divergent University much-needed space for state-of-the- spaces and services, including a GIS has been fully restored, thanks in Libraries collections have been art scientific research laboratories. mapping software lab, a “maker space” part to a grant by the Alumnae of digitized and are now available The building that houses the three- for creative projects, and a “one-button Northwestern University. online to the Northwestern com­ archivist Kevin Leonard. “We refer- Just days after the documents floor library will expand its footprint studio” for simple video recording. munity and the public: ence the alumni publications all the went online, Sarmiento received a let- Mrs. Augustus Allhusen, painted in time. Now we’ll be using them even ter from a grateful executive at the 1907 by John Singer Sargent, was Alumni publications more and to greater effect.” Wisconsin Department of Transpor­ once owned by Charles Deering All Northwestern alumni publications tation who was able to use the newly and was later donated by his family to adorn Deering Library. The por- from 1903 to 1987—the bulletins and High-use environmental studies available resources for an audit of trait hung for decades in the north- newsletters that predate Northwestern Through a digitization project in statewide environmental services. west corner of the Eloise W. Martin magazine—are now viewable at conjunction with Google, 33,000 The executive estimated that the state Reading Room but was moved to hathitrust.org, a digital collection environmental impact statements saved two months of work and thou- storage several years ago to pre- of millions of titles from libraries held by the Transportation Library sands of dollars, telling Sarmiento, vent further deterioration. around the world. became available online this spring. “The phrase ‘Northwestern Transpor­ This collection of the University’s The documents, fully searchable by tation Library’ is very popular around Professional conservators official alumni publications is fully text, are hosted at hathitrust.org. here right now.” repaired the frame and canvas, searchable by text, simplifying According to Transportation removed a yellowed varnish layer that had dulled the colors, and research for historians, alumni, and Library head Roberto Sarmiento, WNUR football game recordings added protective varnish and genealogists. Until now, these publica- digitizing the documents is a monu- University Archives has digitized resin. After a brief viewing in tions were available only in physical mental step because of the large WNUR radio broadcasts from two highly May, the painting went back into form in University Archives without number of people who use them to successful football seasons. Donated storage to await a hoped-for a complete index, leading researchers research legislation and infrastruc- by Asher Golden ’97, the only student restoration of Deering Library. on long and frustrating hunts. ture. Previously, researchers would staff member of WNUR to cover both “The greatest source of informa- “camp out for weeks” for access to the 1996 Rose Bowl and 1997 Citrus tion about a university is its student the physical documents in University Bowl, the recordings of the 1995 and newspaper, but alumni publications Library, he said. 1996 seasons include pregame shows A rendering of the thoroughly restructured Mudd Hall, to open in are a close second,” said University and play-by-play calls from some of the September 2017. Rendering by FLAD Architects Inc.

2 footnotes SUMMER 2016 SUMMER 2016 footnotes 3 A still from the short film Rhapsody in Heartbreak by Jasmine Huff ’16 MFA.

A BRIDGE The Archives’ greatest love story Two other students in the 2015 class have also become evangelists for TO THE PAST University Archives and its curators. Archives help students tell hidden stories “Deering itself is just so mag- nificent; when you go inside you feel like something magical is going to happen,” said Jesse Simmons ’16 MFA. “That intensifies when you go down to Archives and see all the asmine Huff ’16 MFA struggled to find words to describe Poetic heartbreak books and boxes there. You think, Jher first experience visiting University Archives. Like most of her classmates, Huff was new to archival ‘What mysteries lie within this box?’” “It’s like your geeky best friend who’s so excited to tell research. When she walked into Deering, she was Simmons and classmate Sara Reed ’16 MFA teamed up you about something,” she said at last. “The people there taken aback. to document what may be the Archives’ most touching love know everything. When I asked for an item, they went “I had been to the [Archives] website, but that doesn’t story. University archivist Kevin Leonard introduced them straight to it—they didn’t have to consult a guide to find it. do justice to the experience of going there,” she said. to the tragic romance of 1880 graduate Katharine Alvord, It was crazy.” “There’s just something about touching original materials.” an actor and later Northwestern drama teacher, and Fred Huff first entered the Archives in 2015 for Narrative After talking through her ideas with assistant Randolph, a fellow student who exchanged intimate corre- Techniques, a course in the School of Communication’s archivist Janet Olson and requesting various boxes and spondence with her after dropping out. documentary media MFA program. Taught every winter books in a hunt for inspiration, Huff found the spark she Their letters ranged from tender words to sweeping quarter by radio/television/film assistant professor Kyle needed: a poem in a 1945 issue of Pegasus, a campus literary debates about contemporary culture, but the letters stop Henry, the class introduces students to various storytelling magazine. The half-page poem, “Rhapsody in Heartbreak” after two years. Randolph died in 1882 of asphyxiation techniques and advanced technical skills. It culminates in by Elinor Pries ’47, conveyed emotions of flirtation, a final assignment with a unique requirement: students infatuation, and the ache of loss. must interact with an archive to complete a short film. From there, Huff knew she could reimagine the narra- “At some point in their lives, documentary filmmakers tive in a different context. She set the poem in a modern will have to use an archive,” said Henry, which is why he classroom, using actors to portray a student and the new requires his students to learn now—and to start by talking instructor with whom she is suddenly smitten. In Huff’s with an archivist. “We emphasize the archivists as the minute-and-a-half final film, a narrator reads the poem in most important element of the archive. So many of the voiceover while the relationship plays out—the meeting of boxes there don’t say precisely what’s inside; they just list eyes across the classroom, an enigmatic exchange of items. Archivists become an amazing living resource who glances, the student’s love-drunk interpretations of tiny can point you in the right direction, if you know to ask.” gestures, and, by the final class, a note from the instructor Though the course does not require using University breaking it off, leaving the student feeling shattered. Libraries’ resources, many students prefer to start on the Henry singled out Huff’s film as one of the more first floor of Deering Library, home of University Archives, inventive works to debut at the traditional end-of-quarter or with one of the Libraries’ other collections. (Some choose screening. Huff credits the archivists with guiding her to to explore archives elsewhere in the city but may still just what she needed. consult with a Northwestern archivist first, Henry said.) “I could have gone in a thousand different directions. For their short film about love stories in University Archives, It was like a buffet,” she said. “The most important part Jesse Simmons ’16 MFA (left) and Sara Reed ’16 MFA (center) of the filmmaking process is research and preplanning. Above left: A poster advertising the end-of-quarter filmed themselves interviewing University archivist Kevin screening of the documentaries created in Professor It’s so useful to go to the Archives and bounce your ideas Leonard (right). Kyle Henry’s Narrative Techniques class. off people who can guide you before you get started.”

4 footnotes SUMMER 2016 SUMMER 2016 footnotes 5 donor spotlight

Sandi Lynn Riggs

After nearly 25 years of volunteering communication studies and former Riggs is proud of her work on on multiple boards and committees at dean of the School of Communication, Libraries programming, lectures, Northwestern, Sandi Riggs ’65 could who asked her to serve on the school’s and other events, especially the almost be accused of planning a slow- alumni advisory board. But North­ recent collaboration with the Block motion takeover of the University. But western’s schools, with their large Museum to mount A Feast of she swears she has no designs on alumni groups, have a natural base of Astonishments, drawing on the domination. support. Now Riggs prefers to concen- Libraries’ archives of avant-garde “I wish I could say it was all part trate on University organizations that cellist Charlotte Moorman. of a master plan,” Riggs said, “but it don’t have the same built-in constitu- What’s next? Riggs, who found wasn’t like I sat down and made a list of encies, “areas I feel are deserving of a Deering Library a haven for quiet what I wanted to do. It just snowballed.” little extra help along the way,” she said. study as an undergraduate, has set Riggs’s financial support and When Dean of Libraries Sarah her sights on the impending renovation outstanding service to the Libraries, Pritchard joined Northwestern in 2006, of the iconic landmark. including her membership on the Riggs knew she had found another “It’s going to be stellar, and I’m Board of Governors, earned her the area worthy of her focus. hoping to get people on board to Above: For her short film project, Sara Reed ’16 MFA reenacts Libraries’ 2016 Deering Family Award, “There was so much excitement support it,” she said. “The reopening a tragic love story discovered in University Archives. Left: The which she received at the 13th annual for Sarah when she arrived on cam- of the doors [in 2012] gave us a taste correspondence of Fred Randolph, one subject of Reed’s and Deering Society Recognition Dinner in pus,” Riggs said. “It made me want to of what could be. Now we need to Simmons’s documentary. May. Riggs had also received the 2003 be involved.” move on to the main event.” Northwestern Alumni Association caused by his apartment’s faulty stove. Alvord lived to 102 Service Award. and never married. “I don’t feel I’m that deserving [of Simmons and Reed open their 12-minute film inside awards and honors],” she said. “I con- the Archives as they set up their recording equipment, sider it an honor to engage with people who are so interesting and are doing interview Leonard, and review Alvord’s file. The film soon such great things for the University.” transitions to a dramatic reading and reenactment of the Riggs’s volunteer involvement at letters by the filmmakers in period costume, shot inside Northwestern is multifaceted. She the library. is a member of the Block Museum of “We turned the space into a character, like the ghost of “For an archive to serve its purpose, Art’s Board of Advisors and Circle the Archives,” Simmons said of their film’s opening. “I Committee and of the Alumnae of people need to come in and engage definitely think there are specters of the library hanging Northwestern University. She formerly around there. There’s so much that could be forgotten if chaired the Friends of the Block com- with the material.” someone wasn’t keeping track and chronicling it all.” mittee as well as the Seminar Day Beyond simply revisiting a tragic love story, Simmons adult education conference (now Day Jesse Simmons ’16 MFA hoped the film would also spread awareness of a library with Northwestern), served on the archive as a bridge to a past that has much to teach modern board of the School of Communication, society. and did “other things here and there,” she said. “For an archive to serve its purpose, people need to Riggs began her service to come in and engage with the material,” she said. “Some­ Northwestern in 1993 at the request times the past is more contemporary and can speak to (Left to right) Dean Sarah Pritchard, Sandi Riggs ’65, and Board of Governors chair of David Zarefsky ’68, ’69 MA/MS, ’74 Steve Strachan at the 2016 Deering Society Recognition Dinner. what we’re doing now better than our own times can.” ■ PhD, now emeritus professor of

6 footnotes SUMMER 2016 SUMMER 2016 footnotes 7 ● Mudd mainstays THE LIBRARIES’ Books about the sciences and humanities fill this list, but you’ll notice an inordinate representation of physics, chemistry, math, and engi- neering. Why? According to science librarian Elsa Alvaro, it shows the value of fun- damentals in science. “You need to build a very solid foundation to keep advancing and deepening your knowl- edge in science,” she said. “Having TOP access to many classic titles is part of that journey, and that’s what our library supports.” Woodcut of the city of Nuremberg, from the 1493 printing of Many of these books are course The Nuremberg Chronicle. reserves set aside by instructors for particular classes. Course reserves often have shorter loan periods The most-requested items from outside (some just a few hours) so they can the Libraries’ general collection: circulate more frequently. Alvaro Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections points out that this list includes both The Nuremberg Chronicle introductory textbooks (no. 5, This extensively illustrated book, printed in 1493, contains 1,809 woodcut Physics) and graduate-level volumes illustrations. Its wide-ranging text covers Bible tales and history of the Like radio stations airing songs from the top 40 list, academic libraries also have hits—the items that (no. 1, Introduction to Quantum then-known world. From religious studies to art history, faculty members students borrow over and over. Here’s a look at University Libraries’ most-checked-out items since 1980. Mechanics), illustrating the essential from many disciplines have reason to show this work to their classes. role the Libraries play at every level. Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies 1 INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM 19 KINETICS OF MATERIALS 35 REAR WINDOW ● MECHANICS Films The Humphrey Winterton Collection 20 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 36 THE MATRIX 50 While students have a taste for clas- of East African Photographs 2 INTRODUCTION TO THE MECHANICS 21 37 OF A CONTINUOUS MEDIUM REQUIEM FOR A DREAM ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF sic films, including those directed by This collection of 7,610 photos depicts a century THE SPOTLESS MIND 22 3 SOLID STATE PHYSICS BEFORE EUROPEAN HEGEMONY: , Alfred Hitchcock, and of everyday East African life beginning in 1860. THE WORLD SYSTEM A.D. 1250–1350 38 EGYPT UNDER NASIR: A STUDY Stanley Kubrick, they have a real 4 THEORY OF DISLOCATIONS IN POLITICAL DYNAMICS Assembled by British collector Winterton, the 23 THE EGYPT OF NASSER AND SADAT: affinity for the anime fantasy of archive is used heavily by historians, publishers, 5 PHYSICS: PRINCIPLES WITH APPLICATIONS THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TWO 39 LA DOLCE VITA REGIMES Hayao Miyazaki, who has three and documentary filmmakers. 6 ESSENTIAL CELL BIOLOGY 40 MULHOLLAND DRIVE entries in the top 50. Although it may 24 THE DEPARTED 7 AMÉLIE 41 THE CRAFT OF RESEARCH be hard to tell which are purely for fun Music Library 25 THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU 8 SPIRITED AWAY 42 SEEING LIKE A STATE: HOW CERTAIN and which are for film study, this is Concert Pieces for John Cage by Yoko Ono 26 THE BIG LEBOWSKI SCHEMES TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN Created for composer John Cage’s Notations 9 Northwestern—so why not both? STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS CONDITION HAVE FAILED 27 MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR project, these nine works include Ono’s 10 PULP FICTION 43 ENGINEERING MATERIALS THE CONSTANT GARDENER ● Leisure reading? notable creation “Cut Piece,” in which audience 11 MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS 28 BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING: 44 A HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA Are students too busy to relax with members are invited to use scissors to cut AND DATA ANALYSIS BASIC CONCEPTS 45 THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY off bits of clothing from a seated, passive 12 THE GODFATHER a book that hasn’t been assigned? 29 DISTINCTION: A SOCIAL CRITIQUE 46 INVESTMENTS Nonacademic bestsellers are rare on performer. 13 PRINCIPLES OF BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE JUDGEMENT OF TASTE the list. The only fiction in the top 50 30 47 MICROMECHANICS OF DEFECTS 14 A HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC THE SECOND WORLD WAR Transportation Library IN SOLIDS is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the 31 THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES “Low Speed Rear-End Collision Testing 15 PRINCESS MONONOKE 48 THE FIRST WORLD WAR: Galaxy, a humorous 1979 sci-fi clas- “King Daudi, Uganda,” 32 Using Human Subjects,” Accident 16 MEMENTO LOST IN TRANSLATION AN AGRARIAN INTERPRETATION sic by Douglas Adams, though works undated postcard Reconstruction Journal, 1993 33 49 from the Winterton 17 CITIZEN KANE HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE POLYMER CHEMISTRY by Tom Wolfe and Margaret Atwood With its groundbreaking research, this Collection. 34 ELEMENTARY FLUID DYNAMICS 50 ULYSSES: EN-GENDERED PERSPECTIVES squeak into the top 100. ■ 18 THE WIRE: SEASON 1 article has proven invaluable to lawyers in several trials.

8 footnotes SUMMER 2016 SUMMER 2016 footnotes 9 400 YEARS OF SHAKESPEARE Celebrating the Bard at Northwestern

very fall more than 100 students enroll in come alive and asks us to think about how books were Introduction to Shakespeare, a Weinberg made, how they were read, and who read them.” College of Arts and Sciences class that Phillips’s class features prominently in an exhibit on starts at University Hall, makes a stop at display in University Library this summer. Page and Stage: Deering Library—then flies direct to the Shakespeare at Northwestern Libraries features reproduc- English Renaissance. tions of the Special Collections books that Phillips uses Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor and in her course, along with holdings from University Archives associate professor of English Susan Phillips doesn’t just and the general collection, that suggest just how easily a teach plays in the course; she puts them in historical con- Northwestern student can connect with the Western text in a most tangible way: one-on-one time between stu- world’s most famous author 400 years after his death. dents and rare books in the Charles Deering McCormick Among these is a 1561 edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury (Clockwise from top left) Library of Special Collections. Tales. Though written almost 200 years before Shakespeare’s “There’s something magical about holding a work cre- birth, it appears in Phillips’s class as the earliest example of Professor Susan Phillips shows this 1561 printing of The Canterbury Tales to her class ated in Shakespeare’s time,” Phillips said. “It makes history collected stories that appealed to a mass audience. “There’s something magical as the earliest example of collected stories The exhibit also highlights various archives document- that appealed to a mass audience. ing student and faculty productions on campus, including about holding a work created Hamlet set design by former Northwestern the papers of the late David Bradley ’50, who in Shakespeare’s time.” theater department chair Lee Mitchell ’36 filmed an amateur version of Julius Caesar MA, ’41 PhD. starring classmate Charlton Heston ’45; —Professor Susan Phillips Costume design by Virgil Johnson ’67 MA, Frank Galati ’65, ’67 MA/MS, ’71 PhD, the former School of Communication faculty award-winning actor, director, and retired member, for a 1979 staging of Hamlet at Northwestern professor; and Virgil Johnson ’67 Chicago’s Court Theatre. MA, a former School of Communication faculty (On opposite page) member and prolific costume designer. The exhibit also calls attention to a collection Northwestern’s copy of Shakespeare’s Second Folio (1623) came from the 1933 that hardly needs to be enclosed in museum cases: estate sale of the president of Ohio’s the plays, analyses, and pop culture books that Rowfant Bindery. He had the original cover help prove Shakespeare’s lasting influence in removed and the book re-bound in blue modern times. Bookshelves and cozy armchairs at Moroccan leather—a common practice the exhibit invite students to spend time with these among collectors at that time. materials, because, in the words of exhibit curator and theater librarian Charlotte Cubbage, “relating

to Shakespeare shouldn’t be difficult or rare.” ■

10 footnotes SUMMER 2016 SUMMER 2016 footnotes 11 HIDDEN TREASURES OF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSIT Y LIBR ARIES

What is it? A makarapa, a hand-cut, hand-painted hard hat worn by soccer fans during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The artful headwear is one of the World Cup commemorative items collected by University Libraries to mark South Africa’s historic nomination as the first African country to host the tournament. Where is it? Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies

What is it? A full-page illustration from the June 1794 issue of The Sporting Magazine, or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase and Every Other Diversion, Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprise and Spirit. Published in London from 1792 to 1870, Sporting Magazine featured everything from racing What is it? George Bellows, a 2012 scores to theater reviews. exhibition catalog documenting the Where is it? Charles Deering McCormick Library career of the American social realist of Special Collections painter George Wesley Bellows (1882–1925), best known for his paintings of boxers. Bellows played semiprofessional baseball before What is it? The official program of the 1929 National Air Races in Cleveland, launching his career as a New York Ohio. Aviation and air racing captured the popular imagination in the City artist. “These paintings contain 1920s, attracting spectators worldwide and making celebrities of pilots such movement and muscle and really as Amelia Earhart, who competed at the 1929 event. give a sense of the physicality of the Where is it? Transportation Library (for more on the library’s air racing subject,” said Art Library curator holdings: http://bit.ly/Air_Racing) Cara List. Where is it? Art Library

12 footnotes SUMMER 2016 SUMMER 2016 footnotes 13 Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage P A I D Northwestern SUMMER 2016, VOLUME 41, NUMBER 2 University

Northwestern University Libraries 1970 Campus Drive Evanston, Illinois 60208-2300

Genuine Girardi

Joe Girardi ’86 had a great day at the plate in the second of Northwestern’s two winning baseball games against North Central College on April 10, 1985. Girardi, who went on to become a Major League Baseball catcher and the current New York Yankees manager, had a walk and two hits (one a home run), scored three runs, and netted one RBI. This official scorebook is housed in University Archives.