College & Research Libraries News Vol. 79, No. 1 (January 2018)
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Ann-Christe Galloway Grants and Acquisitions Acquisitions Mailer’s misogynistic tendencies and Vidal comparing him to Charles Manson; The personal papers of basketball coach Dean • the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald Smith have been acquired by the University talks about her actions immediately after of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill Librar- watching John F. Kennedy’s assassination ies. They will be part of the Southern His- on television; torical Collection at the Wilson Special Col- • a humorous conversation with Louis lections Library. Smith was the head coach Armstrong reflecting on being in Chicago in of the UNC Tar Heels from 1961 to 1997, the days of Al Capone; retiring as the winningest coach in college • James Baldwin, in a 1968 interview, basketball. He led the Tar Heels to national candidly talks about the negative perception championships of black activism in 1982 and and his view that 1993, to 13 integration is a ACC Tourna- euphemism for ment titles, 11 white superiority; Final Fours, • In a an NIT cham- 1971 interview, pionship, and John Lennon and directed the Yoko Ono talk U.S. Olympic about their rela- Team to a gold tionship and the medal at the Beatles; 1976 Summer • Arthur Games. Smith Miller describes A note of congratulations to University of North Carolina-Chapel died at 2015 at Hill’s basketball coach Dean Smith, after winning career game being blacklisted the age of 83. number 877, from “fellow former Jayhawk” Senator Bob Dole. because of his protests against TV personality Dick Cavett has donated 2,500 McCarthyism and the writing of the “The programs of his decades-long talk-show series Crucible;” to the Library of Congress. The collection totals • Lauren Bacall reveals her best-kept secret nearly 2,000 hours of programming—about 78 as a young star in Hollywood—her Jewish days worth of viewing—and features more than heritage; and 5,000 guests. The list of guests, many whom • the interview with Judy Collins, whose rarely appeared on late night television, is a censored comments caused a firestorm. testament to Cavett’s appeal. Many of Cavett’s A winner of three Emmy Awards, Cavett interviews with the famous and sometimes in- has been nominated for the award 11 times. famous were often filled with humor, startling During his 35 years as a talk-show host, he has revelations, and high drama, including on-air appeared on five different networks. He was altercations. Collection highlights include: the host of the “Dick Cavett Show” on ABC • a controversial confrontation between from 1968 to 1975 and on public television writers Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer about from 1977 to 1982. Cavett also hosted a series of programs on HBO, and his interviews were the inspiration for the PBS documentaries “Dick Ed. note: Send your grants and acquisitions to Ann- Christe Galloway, production editor, C&RL News, email: Cavett’s Watergate” (2014) and “Dick Cavett’s [email protected]. Vietnam” (2015). January 2018 49 C&RL News.