G E 0 R GET 0 W N UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATES SPRING 2003 NEWSLETTER UPCOMING EXHIBITS May - July 2003 ssuredly there is no stronger bond among men than the pure love of Visual Arts of the Americas Aliberty and truth. In this common devotion, racial differences are forgotten Part 1: Latin America, the and party strife ceases. When Truth and Liberty speak, all else is silent. Caribbean, and the United States Fairchild Gallery So read the message engraved on parchment and sent from Georgetown University to the University of Caracas in 1920. It was hand-delivered by Georgetown students and faculty of the first study abroad trip taken by a United States university. Photographs from that trip are part of the new video, Library Lens on Latin America, produced by Library staff and presented at the John Carroll Awards weekend in Puerto Rico this April. The seven-minute video, which will be the first in a series, gives an overview of the Latin American holdings in the Library. Highlights include: o Books, journals and digital media from the Library's general collections July - October 2003 Visual Arts of the Americas o Documents and photographs related to the construction ofthe Panama Canal Part 2: Canada and the o Manuscripts relating to the Jesuit Order in Paraguay United States Fairchild Gallery o A letter from Simon Bolivar to General Lafayette, thanking Lafayette for gifts he May - July 2003 brought to Bolivartom George Georgetown's Prized Washington's fami y Manuscripts Gunlocke Room o Paintings, prints and devotional objects from Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and elsewhere in Latin America IN THIS ISSUE Latin 2 The video was filmed throughout the Maryland Day 3 Library and produced in the Gelardin New New Look 3 Media Center, using only the Library's staff, Speaker Series 3 student, and technical resources. The video is Associates Events 4 available for online viewing on the Library's Jacob Kainen 4 website at: IAC2§ 5 http://www.library.georgetown.edu/ From the Vault 6 lens/latinamericalvideo.htm. Copyright Issues 6 Loughborough Rd. 7 LiveHelp 8 > Included in Library Lens on Latin Appreciation 8 America was Virgin of Sorrows, anon., '--------i Peru, 18th C. Gift of Andrew 80emi, 8'67. .This Newsletter is issued fOur times a:yeat. It is dis­ tributed to all Library Associates, members of ARL, the ~rgetown University Board of Directors, Board of Regents, ecently the University Library intro­ Board of GM:m.ars, and duced a new giving opportunity that helped the program coalesce. The selec­ selected others. R permits donors to honor someone with a tion of the figure 1789 was not accidental UNIVERSITY book a year-the "Books Forever" pro­ and is not merely symbolic. It represents LIBRARIAN gram. A donation of $1,789 yields the the actual amount needed to endow a Artemis Kirk annual income, "book forever." The EDITOR given the typical .A Ji3ookc. committee did Stephanie Hughes cost to the Library 1 Llber,codex,biblio5,'" blbl!on, acknowledge symbol­ of a major scholar­ o.! Scheda,f. fcriptum,opus, opu­ ism by borrowing from ARTS EDITOR fculum, volumen,n. chtlttaJ. ly item, to pur­ the Capital Campaign David C. Alan .A lit/II· ')SooIte. chase an academic I Ljbdlus. IlbelluJus, cod i cub~, slogan, "Georgetown DESIGN EDITOR book each year. A codiccUus. codici11us,commentari. forever," which itself Caroline Griswold single donation of olus,m. derives from the 'L.1t.!1 ,14'Jtmmt'l. this amount will .1',. CONTRIBUTORS I P3nde~:r ,arum,f. University alma mater: David C. Alan assure that our col­ t.'ic.elwtnC'in 1.",,(', are,.,:tttr. ,tn­ Marty Barringer lections continue tt"';n:,ht .ohilttte. Wave her colors ever, Marji Bayers l Elep~nti libri. furl her standard never, Joan Cheverie to grow in perpe­ .A b,.~t 'fml:J, C U. ~/. But raise it high, and Lynn Conway tuity. And the Antidotar;Us,m. Abby Drivdahl recognition of the proudly cry, Caroline Griswold .A')3ooM .he,.;J./J CMJ,,,,tI "" II ,iUt,.. 'May Georgetown live David Hagen donor and honoree 1 Ann~l(~. Joseph A. Haller, S.J. will similarly be forever!" Stephanie Hughes n,i330'U ..!"mmfl" CJ4~"': I. perpetuated. Our Artemis Kirk I Ritualeslibri. However, the Scott Taylor first "Books '!3'ookCl II/,lith,,·, S,,.iptun. "Books Forever" Judy Trump Forever" endow­ 1 Hagiograplu,biblia) 01. LuLen Walker Committee also recog­ ment was made by 15eOktQ 4 ph)jitJ:.!. • Latronicao >arum f. nized that one of the the Leonard family JJ . '~fl *lltgmt.) "itWI. EDITOR most fundamental in memory of 2. OfcitltionC's,f. 202.687.9459 aspects of a Georgetown [email protected] Robert E. Leonard education is its Jesuit L'41, and we high­ > Riders Dimonarie. Printed by Adam Islip BOOK, MANUSCRIPT and classical tradition. AND ART DONATIONS lighted the program and Felix Kyngston, London, 1633. From the Betty Smith in the Winter 2003 Library's Special Collections. We wanted to find a Gifts Librarian way to acknowledge 202.687.7475 issue of the Library [email protected] Associates Newsletter. this important tradition in our program, at least symbolically, and Pat Collins MONETARY DONATIONS "Books Forever" was carefully put AND BEQUESTS together by a committee of devoted Sarnoff, P'98, another board member, Marji Bayers Georgetown staff and alumni. Special suggested using the Latin translation of Director of Development 202.687.5666 appreciation is due to Fr. Dan Sweeney, "books forever." With this good thought, [email protected] S.]., Chaplain-in-Residence, and Anne we contacted a number of experts within GIFTS VIA THE WEB Marie Barcia de Leiva F'76, member of the Jesuit community and Classics http://www.georgetown.edul the Georgetown University Library Department at Georgetown. We received oaurlindex.html Board, who informed our thinking and many intriguing suggestions. <} Printed on recycled paper Continued pg. 7 2 Library Associates A NEW LOOK Our new publication design, courtesy of Elisa Anderson of the Office of Alumni and University OU may live in the District of Columbia, or Relations, was created to reference the unique architec­ YVirginia, or far away from the national ture of Lauinger Library, and capital region. So why should you be interested reflect the library's multiple in Maryland Day? dimensions that defY narrow definitions. Today's library For many years, Maryland Day-March encompasses books, micro­ 25-was observed on the Georgetown forms, video, manuscripts, University campus with great fanfare. After all, workstations, print and online journals, research tools, art ... the 1634 establishment of England's Maryland and the list continues. This is colony by Cecilius Calvert inaugurated the a design for the library of the Catholic and Jesuit presence in the region, of 21st Century. The Library Associates which the founding of this University is a legacy. Program wishes to thank For Maryland Day 2001, Curator of Prints Laurie England, the designer of this newsletter for the past Joseph A. Haller S.]. did his part to revive this ten years. We are grateful for great Georgetown tradition by exhibiting in the Laurie's expertise, talent and > Lord Baltimore and the Group Stephen Richard Kerbs Exhibit Area one of the dedication to the library. 1 8 3 4 of Legislators. 29 / x 18 / ". most impressive works in the Georgetown Purchased through Charles M. FUZZINESS AND University Fine Print Collection: Lord Baltimore Fairchild Endowment Fund. RANDOMNESS and the Group of Legislators by James Barry. This 1793 etching and engraving, with its complex arrangement of historical figures The Government Docu­ representing ideals of liberty and democracy, commemorates Maryland's founding. ments and Microforms March Speaker Series presenter was Barry (1741-1806) was a professor of portrait painting at London's Royal Dov Chernichovsky, Ph.D., Academy. Lord Baltimore was an attempt to correct a historical error he had made who spoke on Virtues of in his acclaimed 1783 mural Elysium and Tartarus, measuring almost 12 x 42 feet, Fuzziness and Randomness: The Boundaries of Data and in London's Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Their Analysis. Dr. Chemichov­ In the mural's central panel Barry paid special tribute to William Penn as the first sky is currently on sabbatical to bring religious freedom and equality to the British colonies in America. He from Ben Gurion University and is Visiting Professor at depicted Penn presenting his Pennsylvania Charter of 1680 with its exemplary the Georgetown Graduate laws to Lycurgus, the lawgiver who founded most of the institutions of ancient Public Policy Institute. Dr. Chernichovsky talked Sparta. Solon, Minos, and King Alfred the Great look on in approval, and Mary about our quest for data and Qyeen of Scots bestows her floral tribute. knowledge which, costly as it After completing the mural, and much to his chagrin, Barry learned that may be, is insatiable. Religion, philosophy, and even science Penn was not the first to plant religious tolerance and freedom in the British recognize and use "error" and colonies: Cecilius Calvert with his brother Leonard had preceded him. Unable to fuzziness to improve life in rectify his error in the mural itself, Barry chose to create Lord Baltimore, showing ways that may be as least as good as scientific knowledge. William Penn now pushed off to the side, as Cecilius Calvert takes his place With examples taken from before Lycurgus to present his Maryland Charter of 1649. the Book ofJob, Descartes, and To give added emphasis to his correction, Barry included in the upper left healthcare financing, he con­ cluded that vagueness and corner of his print Pope Adrian discussing the episode with a small group of dig­ imprecision must be valued as nitaries, including Benjamin Franklin, Bishop Butler, and the Archbishop of much as their opposites - Canterbury.