ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 340 / October 1983 Ohio C hapter Chair: Edward Starkey, Roesch Library, Uni­ versity of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469. O klahom a C hapter President: Stanley H. Benson, Director, Mabee Learning Center, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK 74801. Oregon C hapter President: Vicki Kreimeyer, Lewis and Clark College Library, Portland, OR 97219. South Carolina C hapter Chair: Patricia Ridgeway, Dacus Library, W in­ throp College, 810 Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill, SC 29733. South D akota C hapter Chair: Bob D. Carmack, I.D . Weeks Library, U niversity of South D a k o ta , V erm illio n , SD 57069. Tennessee C hapter C h air: W illiam R. M ott, L ib rary D irecto r, Warden Memorial Library, Martin College, Pu­ laski, TN 38478. Texas C hapter C h air: Edw ard R. Johnson, D irecto r of L i­ braries, A.M. Willis Library, North Texas State University, Denton, TX 76203. Virginia C hapter Chair: Martha Le Stourgeon, Director, Long- wood College, Farmville, VA 23901. W ashington State C hapter President: C arla Rickerson, Head L ibrarian, Pacific Northwest Collection, Suzzallo Library, FM -25, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. Wisconsin C hapter Chair: Kurt B. Rothe, D irector of Libraries, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, W I 54302. ■ ■ News from the eflid ACQUISITIONS •The E s s e x I n s t i t u t e , Salem, Massachusetts, has acquired the largest and most comprehensive collection ever assembled of books and manuscripts by and about novelist N ath an iel H aw thorne (1804-1864). This collection of over 8,000 books, pamphlets, periodicals, prints, photographs, and manuscripts was gathered over a period of 30 years by C .E . Frazer Clark of Bloomfield Hills, Michi­ gan, editor of the N athaniel H aw thorn e Journal. Included are rare first editions, limited editions, popular modern editions, books inscribed by the author or owned by him, and Hawthorne’s very rare first book, Fanshaw e, published anonymously in 1828. Another treasure is a large glass-plate pho­ tographic negative of the novelist taken by Civil W ar photographer Matthew Brady. • O h i o S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Columbus, has ac­ quired the Jack London Collection assembled by George H. Tweney, of Seattle. Among its 900 items are 237 book printings of London’s writings and 111 issues of various magazines containing first ap­ pearances of his stories. Of the 73 first editions and variants, 14 are signed, presentation or association copies, and many are complete with very rare dust jackets. The collection also has 83 bibliographies, biographies and critical works; over 230 pam ­ phlets, broadsides, or other ephem eral pieces; many photographs; and additional materials, in­ cluding a typescript of Ja c k L on don : A B ibliogra­ phy, compiled by Hensley C. Woodbridge, John London, and Tweney. It was the Tweney Collec­ tion, gathered over a period of 50 years, that served as the basis for many of the entries in that bibliog­ raphy. •The U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s has been given a private collection of books on Chinese library ad­ ministration once owned by Alfred Kaimang Chiu, the first librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University, 1931-1965. The books, 240 volumes in Chinese, 170 volumes in English, as well as manuscripts, pamphlets, and copies of es­ says on Chinese econom ics, w ere donated by Chiu’s widow. GRANTS • C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y ’s Martin P. Catherwood Library of Industrial and Labor Relations has re­ ceived an HEA Title II-C grant of $240,000 to con­ vert all its catalog records to m achine-readable form and add them to the RLIN and O C LC data­ bases. October 1983 / 341 • L e h i g h U n i v e r s i t y , Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a $500,000 challenge grant by the Kresge Foundation toward the $10.8 million expansion of the university’s Mart Science and E n ­ gineering Library. Prior to receiving the challenge grant $7.3 million had been committed to the li­ brary project. The new library building, for which ground was broken in May, represents a major ex­ pansion of existing facilities. •The O r e g o n H e a l t h S c i e n c e s U n i v e r s i t y , Portland, has been granted a federal appropriation of $20.4 million to create a national prototype for the biomedical library of the 21st century. The uni­ versity will recieve $14.5 million to expand its exist­ ing library by 50,000 square feet, to upgrade the current collection, to assure its compatability with existing computer systems, and to create a Biome­ dical Information Communications Center that will utilize new technology in information trans­ Deadlines Approaching Although at this writing the exact amount of funding to be appropriated in 1984 for the Higher Education Act T itle II library grant programs is uncertain, the U.S. Department of Education has encouraged college and research libraries to apply for grants to be awarded next year. November 18 is the closing date for applica­ tions for HEA II-A College Library Besources Program grants. In Fiscal Year 1983, nearly $2 million was awarded to 2,141 institutions ei­ ther directly or through joint applications, with each institution receiving an average of $890. Application forms are available from Library E d u catio n , Besearch & Resources B ran ch , Attn: II-A , U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., S .W ., Washington, DC 20202; (202) 254-5090. October 17 is the deadline for library schools or other institutions to apply for new projects under the HEA II-B Library Career Training Program. In Fiscal Year 1983, 33 grants were awarded totaling $640,000 which provided fel­ lowships to 75 individuals. Forms may be ob­ tained from Library Education, Research & Resources Branch, Attn: II-B , U .S. D epart­ ment of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., S .W ., Washington, DC 20202; (202) 254-5090. November 14 is the closing date for applica­ tions for HEA II-C Strengthening Research L i­ brary Resources Program grants. In Fiscal Year 1983, 49 grants were awarded, with institu­ tions receiving an average of $122,000. Appli­ cation forms are available from Library Educa­ tion, Research & Resources Branch, Attn: II-C , U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. ‚ S.W . ‚ Washington, DC 20202; (202) 254- 5090. fer. An additional $5.9 million will be used for re­ search and development. The new facility will pro­ vide for computer teleconferencing among health professionals in the Pacific Northwest and will en­ courage exploration into new teaching methods and new communications techniques. • R u t g e r s U n i v e r s i t y Libraries, New Bruns­ wick, New Jersey, have been awarded $6,590 by the Guggenheim Foundation to support the ar­ rangement and description of the Bobert Ardrey papers and the editorial and publication costs asso­ ciated with the production of a collection guide with indexes. The papers include correspondence from those active in anthropology and sociology, from readers of his books African Genesis, The Ter­ ritorial Im perative, and The Social Contract, and copies of Ardrey’s own letters. • T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f T e x a s , Austin, has been awarded an HEA Title II-C grant of $180,998 to catalog approxim ately 10 ,0 0 0 L atin Am erican monographs. The bibliographic information will be added to the O C LC database. • W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y Libraries, St. Louis, have been awarded an HEA Title II-C grant of $205,168 in support of their Modern Literature Collection. The funds will be used to acquire con­ temporary literary manuscripts of selected Ameri­ can authors, to complete cataloging of the papers, and to prepare a published guide to the collection. NEWS NOTES •The A m e r i c a n A n t i q u a r i a n So c i e t y , Worces­ ter, Massachusetts, has established a research and education program on the history of the book in American culture. Boston University history pro­ fessor David D. Hall has been appointed chairman of the program, which will employ the resources of the AAS library. Scheduled activities include an annual lecture series, workshops and seminars or postdoctoral scholars and advanced graduate stu­ dents, conferences, research projects, publications, and residential fellowships. The AAS program will link traditional bibliographic research on the book as artifact with the French approach to the book in the context of economic, social, and cultural his­ tory. For more information about the program, contact the Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worces­ ter, MA 01609-1634; (617) 755-5221. ■ ■ This publication is available in microform. 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