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SUMMER 2016 VOLUME 41 NUMBER 2 news footnotes SUMMER 2016, VOLUME 41, NUMBER 2 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 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 Byron L. Gregory Celebrating the Bard at Northwestern 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 Julius Caesar William C. Mitchell* Sarah M. Pritchard starred childhood friend and fellow Wildcat Charlton Heston ’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 © 2016 Northwestern University. Produced by University Relations. (continued on page 2) 7-16/13.2M/NL-MM-HC/2226-1 b footnotes SUMMER 2016 SUMMER 2016 footnotes 1 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BULL ETIN 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 CHICAGO, 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. inter library 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.