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621Brarp Assdcltrtes NEWSLETTER GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 621brarp AsSdCltrtes NEWSLETTER August 1992 Newsletter 31 From the University Librarian Ord Family Papers Balancing Change An important collection of papers relating to the celebrated American family, the Ords, has re­ and Budget cently been donated by Marian Ord of Washing­ ton, D. C. The material spans the entire Inside this Issue As we begin the third century of Georgetown nineteenth century and includes a rich array of University, the library is being affected both by family letters. There is extensive correspond­ New Associates external forces and internal needs for change. ence by the scholarly James Ord (1789-1873), Three Anniversaries External forces translate, for the library, both an early Georgetown alumnus and an officer in (John Gilmary Shea) .. 2 into changes in service that are needed if we are the War of 1812, who is thought to be the son of to continue to provide the university communi­ George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also, there are The Lyon's Share ty with the information it needs to study, edu­ numerous letters from James's son, the Civil (Cecil B. Lyon) cate, and do research, and also into economic War hero Major General Edward O. C. Ord Literary Dreams impacts that may require us to identify the best (1818-1883), and from the General's brothers (Kenneth J. Atchity) .. 3 way to operate within constrained circum­ James Placidus Ord, Judge Pacificus Ord and Dr. James Lycurgus Ord. New Funds stances. Committees Spur Work To address both these issues, a major planning Many aspects of nineteenth century Amer­ of Council effort is underway in the library, under the direc­ ican life - economic, political and social - are John Forsgren Supports New tion of Robert Dugan, Associate University li­ portrayed in these highly descriptive letters. The Reference Center ..... 4 brarian for Administration and Planning. Civil War, the gold rush, winemaking and farm- Beginning with the mission statement adopted continued on page 6 When a Modem-day Library in January 1991 and the strategic plan approved Loses Power in November of the same year, the library staff is Richard Ross Joins now identifying the activities that will best allow Lauinger Staff ........ 5 the library to achieve the goals of this plan. In Memoriam Once articulated, these activities will be placed Library Associates Sponsor in priority sequence with costs identified, so that Spring Programs ...... 6 we can then define a course of action. Meanwhile, more specific projects are under­ Perse, the Biddies and Others way. The Automation Planning Committee has Literature and Culture ... 7 completed a draft plan for the use of information technology by the library, and the Information Partial List of Gifts. .. 8 Technology Committee of the Library Advisory Council has been actively engaged in the process of developing the plan. This summer and fall, we expect to have town meetings for both library staff and users to comment on the automation plan; the resulting document will guide us as more numerous and sophisticated information resources become available for our students and faculty. The library's integrated online system has reached the point at which it is necessary to consider replacing it with a more advanced and less expensive system. The rule of thumb for the lifetime of automated systems is now approx­ imately three to five years; our system is seven continued on page 5 Welcome, New Three Anniversaries I Associates E. J. Applewhite In 1892 Georgetown acquired the library of the mary Shea, the Special Collections Division will David Beam most noted American Catholic historian of his mount an exhibit of 60 rare books and 15 man­ Peter W. Blommer time, the inaugural recipient of the University of uscripts drawn from Shea's library. Items to be Henry Briefs Notre Dame's Laetare Medal, John Gilmary displayed will focus on the church in America, Anthony Cave Brown Shea, who unfortunately died shortly after sign­ on Native American history and culture, and on Lydia Cherry Edwin P. Conquest, Jr. ing the agreement whereby his library was trans­ the exploration and settlement of Canada, Roger and Amy Cuminal ferred to Georgetown. At the time the collec­ Louisiana, the Southwest, Mexico, and Central Richard De Gennaro tion came here it was unarguably one of the and South America. Lynn Dizard finest in existence on the history of the Catholic In connection with the exhibit the Library Jerry M. Earll Charles K. Ebinger Church in North America and particularly in Associates will sponsor a lecture by Fr. Gerald Rochelle Edwards the United States, its total of books and man­ Fogarty, S.J., professor at the University of Vir­ H. Joanne Harrar uscripts, photographs, and other records ginia and archivist of the Maryland Province of Mary E. Honess amounting to nearly 15,000 items. the Society ofJesus. In addition, a detailed cata­ Junichi Ikeda Early this fall, in observance of the SOOth log of the exhibit with an introductory essay on Charles J. Magee Gordon A. Martin anniversary of the "discovery of America" by Shea and his collection will be published, and Evan Maxwell Christopher Columbus, and in local celebration Associates who desire to have a copy are urged to John O. McCormick of the life and collecting acumen of John Gil- write directly to the Special Collections Divi­ Peter R. McCormick sion. Gilbert F. McGreevy, Jr. Terry L. Meyers Marjorie D. Oakley Edmund R. Preston Kenneth W. Rendell Mary T. Reynolds Charles R. Ritcheson Milton Rose -, John J. Smith Susan M. Stacy James G. Sullivan Peter P. Van Roijen Don Wesely Stephen J. Williams J . ADDRESS Thomas L. Wilding TO THE TO DE PUBLlSIIED ANNUALLV, ~ &1u CATHOLIC PUBLIC. THE ~) Laity's Directory to the C1LuTch Sel"1!ice, ~ Fon TilE ~ The ~uitor. -----e~braces this opportunity • of r~tur~Ing tllS SIncere acknowledgment:, YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1817. EciDI: the first after Leap Y car. and forty-first of the Inde­ t.o hIS fne~ds, and the public in general, pcndenccof the United States of Amt:riru. ~ ' 10r thell' kllld support, and is sorry to ob- . ~ serve, that, as the present edition is the ,f TO WBlen ARE ADDED, ~ :first, he had not sufficient time to collect t 1.~i: An Obituary, Biography. and an acconntof the Catholic l~, j ChurchC5, Colle;:e,. Seminaries, Benevolent IllStitu· ~."ti more information respectinO" the eolleO"es ~ tions,&c.&c.jn the United States and CJlnatia. c h U!·c Iles, an d "·mstltutlOns' assuring'" them0 , however, that it shall be ~xtended in fu~ ture, in proportion to the demand. Communications, post paid for this work, will be receiyed till the ist of No­ vember, at No. 177 Bowery, New-York. PUBLJSHEil ... ND SOLD BY M. FJELD, At his Li.brAry 117 Bowery. within a few door!! of • Pel:mcey.st.reet. • IR17. I TIde _ cl the fInt U.S. Catholic diroctory, with the editor'. broodoide ripped in Page 2 The Lyon's Share If I could talk to you about the new president you would hear nothing Ambassador Cecil B. Lyon of Hancock, New but the most favorable reaction. I Hampshire, has presented to the library his dip­ have seen a good deal of him lately lomatic archive, which fully documents his long and I think he is going to measure up and distinguished career in the American For­ splendidly to the tremendous job eign Service. From 1930 onwards Lyon served in which faces him. He is a man of few a variety of countries, often at turbulent times, words but he seems to know the including Japan, Cuba, Hong Kong, China, score all along the line and he gener­ Egypt, Poland, and Germany. In 1956 he was ally has a perfectly clear conception appointed ambassador to Chile; two years later of the right thing to do and how to he was assigned to Paris as minister and deputy do it ... When I saw him today I chief of mission. In 1964 he became ambassador had fourteen problems to take up to Ceylon (as well as to the Maldive Islands) with him and got through them in before retiring in 1968. less than fifteen minutes with a clear directive on every one of them. I\ "' l" \ ~ The Lyon archive is a remarkable addition to 1 the growing diplomatic collections housed in the Special Collections Division. Transcripts of interviews with Ambassador and Mrs. Lyon, done by the library's Foreign Affairs Oral History Program in 1987 and 1988, are also available in the division. Literary Dreams The library recently received as a most welcome donation the papers of alumnus Kenneth John Atchity (C'65), a professor, writer, and pro­ ducer whose artistic and educational career WASHINGTON. Octo"er 13 (1964) - Cecil B. LYOD. U.S. spans almost three full decades. Most recently Amhuudor-dos ....to to Coyloa. and his wife eel..... t..! their 31st wedding anniversary on October 7, the day on which he was sworn in as U.S. envoy to the motivating force and producer behind Shades Ceylon. Like her husband, Mrs. Lyon is "thrilled" to be going to Ceylon. "I of Love, an extended series of videotape ro­ have always wanted to go to that part of the world," she said, adding that she has done a great deal of reading on Asian philosophies. The Lyons "still mances, Dr. Atchity is also well known in liter­ remember vividly" their brief stay in Ceylon late in 1935. The Lyons are arriving at Katunayake airport on ... October 27. ary circles for his A Writer's Time (1985), a perceptive work on the craft of the writer, and his editorial work on Contemporary Quarterly and as co-founder and editor of Dreamworks: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly.
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