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~ Sterling's Stained Glass ~ Sterling's Stained Glass Sterling Memorial Library's exquisite stained·glass win­ adequate light for reading. In addition, most designs dow decorations feature prominently in a beautiful new were based on a w ide array of sources eclectic in both book about their creator by Gay Walker, a former Ya le style and subject. The techniques used to create decora­ librarian. Bonawit, Stained Glass & Yale: C. Owen tions that filled cathedral-like spaces while admitting Bonawit's Work at Yale University & Elsewhere enough light for a library included dark outl ines com­ (Wilsonvill e, Oregon : Wildwood Press, 2000) sets the bi ned with translucent stain ing, the use of clear glass, windows in the broader conrext of Ya le's architecture and the restriction of fu ll color designs to small areas and of Bonawit's work. of window. The sources of the majority of designs were The author knows her subject wel l. She began illustrations taken from library holdings, representing a researching the Bonawit windows at Yale and in many great array of subjects, styles, and media. While preserv­ other locations for a masters thesis at Wesleyan Universi­ ing the variety and liveliness of these images, Bonawit ty. In addition whil e working in the library as Head of nevertheless achieved a sense of coherence in the decora­ the Preservation Department (1972- 1990), Curator of tive program by controll ing the placement and composi­ the Arts of the Book and Bookplate Coll ections ('978- tion of the images and us ing unifor m pai nting tech­ 1990), and Exhibits Officer, she occupied desks in front niques. The designs that were left to the imagination of of wonderful Bonawit windows in six different locations the artist show the influence of the Art Deco movement and came [Q love them. on his personal style. Ms. Wa lker's discussion of the architectutal back­ Walker's discussion of the selection, sources, and ground of the window decorations illuminates why Yale treatment of the window decorations gives fasc inating and numerous other American universities chose the insight into the genesis of the li brary's iconography as Collegiate Gothic style for building programs during the a whole. Then, as now, there was a committee. Library 1920S and 1930S, an era when functionalism and clean sraff and other members of rhe Yale community took lines characterized contemporary architecture. Though pa rr in choosing subjects fo r decorations [hat individu­ modeled on the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, ally represented the purpose of each room and together Collegiate Gothic was perceived to be a uniquely Ameri­ symbolized the world of learning. The Committee on can style. Architects and administrators of major univer­ Decoration met for several years beginning in 1928; sities alike found in the height, elaborate decoration, and scale a suitable expression of their educational mission. The America n stained-glass trad ition merged with this style, and Bonawit's works, according to Walke r, were "among the best of a creative American development." The book focuses primarily on the windows of Ster­ ling Memorial Library, the program for their decoration, and its implementation. According to architect James Gamble Rogers, the ornamentation was intended to illustrate the purpose of the building and the history of the Ya le Library as well as "the history and univer­ sality of the libraries of the world" and the enrire universe of learning. In designing and fabricating some 3dOO window decorations, Bonawit and his firm confronted significant challenges. In spite of the Gothic style, the decorations were to adorn a library not a cathedral. Most were to be This lizard adorning a window in S.\1I. Room 33 5, originally a Natural History study, was one of many animals used repeatedly viewed at eye leve l. More important, they had to admit by G. Owen Bonawit in window decorations at Yale and elsewhere. ~ New Library Web Site it commenced with decorations for the stonework and Visitors to the library'S Web site will see great improve­ other media and treated the windows last. Members ments to the design and functionality of its main pages compiled lists of subjects, tracked down illustrations at www.!ibrary.yale.edu. The redesigned si te organizes in books, and gave photostats to Bonawit. The sources the library'S resources and services into four di stinctive for many designs came from a wide array of illustrators sections: Research Tools, About the Li brary, Li braries and illustrations in many media such as ma nuscri pt and and Collections, and Library Services. In addition, prinred books, sales catalogs, murals, bookplates, and searching in Orbis, the online catalog, is possible from objects. Only a few, such as the Gutenberg Bible and JOSt the main page. An eye-catching li st of "Quick Links" Amman, were represented more than once. Faithful to on the right enables fast access to borrower accOunt the material provided, Bonawit nevertheless made some information and frequently used services such as renew­ changes in many illustrations for technica l or aesthetic ing books and requesting materials from other libraries. reasons, often to simplify the design or increase its inter­ A portion of the page contains li brary-related news. est. Some of the painted quarries or sections of the win­ Designed by the New Haven firm AHDesign, the new dows were deliberately mended or stained to create the Web site incorporates thematic colors with images fro m ill us ion of weathering. the beautiful leaded glass windows in Sterling Memorial The production of Yale's stained-glass windows is best Library. T he organization of the site was developed over appreciated in the context of the European tradi tion, rhe course of nin e months by a library task force using which the author sketches from the middle ages to its surveys, usability rests, and open meetings to determi ne revival in the ninetee nth century. The late medieval secu­ the needs of students, staff, faculty, and vis itors. The new lar tradition emphasized the pictorial and used more site brings more information to the fore and combines clear glass and was thus a direct anceStor to Bonawit's the functions of the old" Front Door," des igned for visi­ method and designs. Production of windows also fol ­ tors and novice users, and the "Research Workstation," lowed the late medieval practice of painting scenes on where the electronic databases and other research tools glass set in leaded windows; the production of heraldic were collected. shields remained close r to an older mosa ic tradition. The new site made irs debut on June 5, 2. 00I. Conver­ Wa lker fo ll ows a revi ew of Bona wit's life (1891- sion of hundreds of lib rary Web pages to the new des ign 1971 ) and work at Yale and el sewhere with an appendix wi ll follow over the su mm er. Feedback will help improve of some fifty-two locations, including eight at Yale, of this critical service, and visitors to the site are invited ro Bonawit Windows and a selected bibliography. Sp lendid send commenrs to Holly Nardini ([email protected]). color illustrations adorn and illuminate the text. -SFR -HGN RUEARCH fOOLS LURAlllfS" COLtlCTlONS o..t. •• & L<~ .. '"I C.ul~9' L.o~'."u & C.II.~toon ..... ;: VII"" yOu. 10.. OW" A«OU... UN,W YOU. lOOU Ll8RARY U.VICES OIC'''.o lOOK TN.oT·S ~o"o .... ng eo ("<~hto~n ~N"UOOU' ABOUT THE tlIlR"'II"1" R.r.... n<. So,w ... OI QU'" A 1001 , ..........0"' •• C."' .. R....... u "All ......... ( .........uj )ob O~~.""n.".. Inn,l,b.. ", Lou HlitnOft 11: .. 0"«" Worl<.hop. ~T" ••".I. "Qun, A 100. O ......C .. G,.iftg to u.. Ub•• "! (omp",.,. in th. Ub.. ,y ' N... · S NO' AT U" ('N .............. O.... , ... c ...... U .. ..QU.U A.OO . ...... 'N' U_CKS (."" N'J ..CO ....I ND .. 100lt.o. 'N, ...... n The redesigned library Web site ~ Double Fold The publication in April of Nicholson Baker's Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper (New York: Random House, 2001) caused a great commotion in aca­ demic lihraries. The tide of the book refers to a common tcst for paper brittleness that involves repeatedly folding and creasing a paper sample until it breaks. Paper is described as brittle when it can endure only onc or two back-and-forrh folds without breaking. In an avowedly polemical manner, Mr. Baker challenges the view of brit­ tle paper commonly taken in the library community. He is highly critical of libraries for preserving newspapers on microfilm and then discarding the originals. Mr. Baker also focuses his attention on the past, and sometimes present, practice of discarding brittle books and serials after microfilming or digital conversion. Double Fold has received a lot of attention, including the lead review in the April 15th issue of the New York Times Book Review and a lengthy review essay by Robert Damron in the New York Review of Books (26 April 2001). The Yale University Library features promi­ nently in Mr. Baker's book. The index lists at least forty­ three references to library staff or to research, projects, From the bookplate collection and practices carried out by the Preservation Depar.tment over a nearly twenty-year period. Mr. Baker cites the time, the Preservation Department has preserved on extensive published record of the department as well as microfilm at least 5,000 volumes from the library'S col­ interviews he conducted during the course of his research. lections every year. Until 1993, the common practice in Yale University Library has been a pioneer in the use the Preservation Department was to cut brittle volumes of microfilm for preservation purposes and in the devel­ apart so that the pages could be placed flat under [he opment of procedures for microfilming collections of microfilm camera.
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