College and Research Libraries T h e T h o m a s J e f - East ferson papers in the L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s have been microfilmed and positive copies are available upon application to the li- brary at $425 a set. T h e r e are in the collection 2 3 6 folio v o l u m e s t o t a l i n g sixty-five thousand pages. C o p i e d , the papers have been reduced to eighty reels of one hundred feet each. T h e W i d e n e r L i b r a r y of H a r v a r d U n i - versity has received as a g i f t f r o m M r s . W i d e n e r D i x o n and G e o r g e C . W i d e n e r a fine copy of the G u t e n b e r g Bible. A t a three-day meeting of N e w E n g l a n d college librarians, J u n e 1 0 1 2 , there w a s discussion about professional t r a i n i n g and recruiting, f u t u r e possibilities of micro- print, proposal f o r a division of responsi- bility a m o n g libraries, economies in cataloging, and F r i e n d s of the L i b r a r y organizations. T h e meetings w e r e held at W e l l e s l e y C o l l e g e . Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y has received t w e n t y - t w o manuscripts of classical and medieval authors, r a n g i n g f r o m the end of the thirteenth to the end of the f i f t e e n t h c e n t u r y . T h e y came as a g i f t f r o m M r s . D a v i d W a g s t a f f . A m o n g them are seven manuscripts of C i c e r o , t w o of Seneca, and an opera omnia of C a e s a r . T h e officers of Composite Squadron 10, A i r F o r c e , U n i t e d States Pacific F l e e t , have given to the Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y $ 1 0 0 in memory of their f e l l o w officer, E n - sign H o v e y Seymour, U . S . N . R . , Y a l e 1942. Because of his o u t s t a n d i n g athletic record as an u n d e r g r a d u a t e , the officers expressed a w i s h that their g i f t be spent f o r the purchase of books on athletics f o r the u n d e r g r a d u a t e r e a d i n g room. T h e W i l l i a m L y o n P h e l p s M e m o r i a l F u n d , w h i c h w i l l continue the influence of Professor P h e l p s at Y a l e by the pur- News from chase of books of modern w r i t e r s , n o w amounts to $ 2 0 , 1 0 7 . Supplement I I of the Union List of Microfilms has been issued by the P h i l a - delphia Bibliographical C e n t e r . I t lists 3688 items on about 300 pages and brings the total films reported to 1 1 , 8 7 4 . T h e supplement is priced at $3-75> w i t h a 20 per cent discount to libraries w h i c h have reported their film holdings. T h e U n i v e r s i t y of P e n n s y l v a n i a L i - brary has added one of the outstanding W a l t W h i t m a n collections of the c o u n t r y . I t is k n o w n as the Sprague C o l l e c t i o n and consists of books, pamphlets, autograph letters, paintings, etchings, and medals. I t w a s at one time on exhibit in the L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s . T h e D r e x e l Institute L i b r a r y , through a g i f t f r o m the C a r n e g i e C o r p o r a t i o n , w a s able to purchase a total of 1800 v o l u m e s on L a t i n A m e r i c a and in the fields of science and technology and f o r general u n d e r g r a d u a t e reading in the period f r o m 1 9 4 1 to 1 9 4 5 . A F r i e n d s of the L i b r a r y g r o u p of the J o h n C a r t e r B r o w n L i b r a r y , L a w r e n c e C . W r o t h , librarian, w a s organized in J a n u - ary 1944. T h e U n i o n L i - South brary C a t a l o g of the A t l a n t a - A t h e n s area, w h i c h w a s begun in F e b r u a r y 1940 as a p r o j e c t of the U n i v e r s i t y C e n t e r of A t l a n t a , has been g i v i n g service to that area since F e b r u a r y 1943. T h e libraries comprising the center are A g n e s Scott C o l l e g e , A t l a n t a A r t Association, C o l u m - bia T h e o l o g i c a l Seminary, E m o r y U n i - versity, G e o r g i a School of T e c h n o l o g y , v 376 COLL EGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES the field a n d the U n i v e r s i t y of G e o r g i a . F o u r t e e n o t h e r l i b r a r i e s in the area h a v e c o o p e r a t e d in the u n i o n c a t a l o g . T h e c a t a l o g , copies of w h i c h are a v a i l a b l e a t the U n i v e r s i t y of G e o r g i a L i b r a r y and E m o r y U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , c o n t a i n s a p p r o x i m a t e l y 222,000 entries r e p r e s e n t i n g m o r e t h a n 6 7 0 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s . T h e W i l l i a m K n o x C h a n d l e r c o l l e c t i o n of e i g h t e e n t h - c e n t u r y l i t e r a r y criticism has been presented to the J o i n t U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s by three V a n d e r b i l t a l u m n i . T h e l i b r a r y w a s b u i l t up by the l a t e D r . C h a n d l e r , of V a n d e r b i l t , and consists of fine editions of E n g l i s h p o e t r y and prose of the e i g h t e e n t h c e n t u r y , E n g l i s h and S c o t t i s h philosophy, and m a n y c r i t i c a l w o r k s of t h a t period. I t is especially s t r o n g in w o r k s of A l e x a n d e r P o p e . L i b r a r i a n s and c o l l e g e a d m i n i s t r a t o r s of the f o u r u n i v e r s i t y c e n t e r s of the S o u t h : G e o r g i a , L o u i s i a n a , N o r t h C a r o l i n a , and N a s h v i l l e , m e t in N a s h v i l l e on J u l y 1 2 and 1 4 to " e x p l o r e and define the oppor- t u n i t y f o r the d e v e l o p m e n t of l i b r a r y re- sources f o r research and the i m p r o v e m e n t of h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n in these c e n t e r s t h r o u g h c o o p e r a t i v e e f f o r t , a n d to i n a u g u - rate such c o o r d i n a t i o n and i n t e g r a t i o n as is reasonable a m o n g the l i b r a r y agencies on a research l e v e l . " T h e c o n f e r e n c e w a s financed by a special g r a n t of the G e n e r a l E d u c a t i o n B o a r d . W i t h i n the past y e a r the l i b r a r y of the M e d i c a l S c h o o l of the U n i v e r s i t y of T e x a s in G a l v e s t o n has a c q u i r e d an i n t e r e s t i n g c o l l e c t i o n of e a r l y w o r k s on anesthesia d e a l i n g especially w i t h the ether c o n t r o - v e r s y of W i l l i a m E . M o r t o n and H o r a c e W e l l s and the p r i o r i t y of its d i s c o v e r y a n d use. O t h e r s i g n i f i c a n t a d d i t i o n s i n c l u d e c o l l e c t i o n s on t r o p i c a l diseases and im- p o r t a n t editions of m e d i c a l classics. V i r g i n i a U n i o n U n i v e r s i t y , R i c h m o n d , W i l l i a m A . G r i f f e y , l i b r a r i a n , is issuing a m i m e o g r a p h e d Library Bulletin c o n t a i n - i n g book r e v i e w s and bibliographies. T h e s p r i n g issue c o n t a i n s a b i b l i o g r a p h y of N e g r o race r e l a t i o n s issued f o r the V i r - g i n i a C o m m i s s i o n of I n t e r - R a c i a l C o - o p e r a t i o n . T h e U n i v e r s i t y of V i r g i n i a L i b r a r y , H a r r y L . C l e m o n s , l i b r a r i a n , received as a recent g i f t l e t t e r - b o o k s c o n t a i n i n g 2 1 1 l e t t e r s of J o h n R a n d o l p h of R o a n o k e , 1 8 0 6 - 3 2 . O n F e b . 8, 1 9 4 4 , S o u t h e r n M e t h o d i s t U n i v e r s i t y a n n o u n c e d the establishment of the I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y and P l a n t I n d u s t r y . T h e affiliation of the N a - tional C o t t o n C o u n c i l of A m e r i c a w i t h the i n s t i t u t e has b r o u g h t the research l i b r a r y of t h a t o r g a n i z a t i o n t o the F o n d r e n L i - b r a r y . T h e g r o w t h of the l i b r a r y h a d a l r e a d y been a c c e l e r a t e d by the recent a d d i t i o n of a considerable n u m b e r of j o u r n a l s in the fields of a g r i c u l t u r e , b o t a n y , c h e m i s t r y , textiles, and c h e m i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g . T h e J o i n t U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s , N a s h - v i l l e , T e n n . , A . F . K u h l m a n , d i r e c t o r , h a v e r e c e n t l y received as a g i f t m u c h o r i g i n a l source m a t e r i a l d e a l i n g w i t h the f o u n d i n g of V a n d e r b i l t U n i v e r s i t y . I n - c l u d e d are l e t t e r s and o t h e r m a n u s c r i p t s , one of w h i c h is the o r i g i n a l c h a r t e r of C e n t r a l U n i v e r s i t y , w h i c h l a t e r became V a n d e r b i l t . T h e l i b r a r y staff of the F l o r i d a S t a t e C o l l e g e f o r W o m e n , L o u i s e R i c h a r d s o n , l i b r a r i a n , is p a r t i c i p a t i n g in a c o l l e g e c u r - r i c u l u m s t u d y b e i n g m a d e by m e m b e r s of the f a c u l t y . P a r t i c i p a t i o n in this s u r v e y w i l l b r i n g the f a c u l t y and l i b r a r y staff m o r e closely t o g e t h e r and w i l l a c q u a i n t the SEPTEMBER., 1944 77 library staff more t h o r o u g h l y w i t h the en- tire college p r o g r a m and objectives. W e s t e r n State T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , B o w l - ing G r e e n , K y . , has received five hundred dollars f r o m the M c G r e g o r f u n d f o r the purchase of e a r l y A m e r i c a n a . A F r i e n d s of the Middle West L i b r a r y o r g a n i z a - tion has been organ- ized at the State U n i v e r s i t y of I o w a . I t is planned to establish chapters in several cities in the near f u t u r e . R a l p h E . E l l s - w o r t h , director of the U n i v e r s i t y of I o w a L i b r a r i e s , is secretary. T h e U n i v e r s i t y of I o w a L i b r a r y has received the mathematics library of the late H e n r y L e w i s R e i t z , f o r m a n y years head of the mathematics department of the university. T h e collection includes m a n y important periodical sets and about eight hundred v o l u m e s of books. A n important musical library has been given to the U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois L i b r a r y by the R a f a e l J o s e f f y M e m o r i a l of N e w Y o r k C i t y in commemoration of the cele- brated H u n g a r i a n - A m e r i c a n pianist, R a f a e l J o s e f f y ( 1 8 5 2 - 1 9 1 5 ) . M u c h of the J o s e f f y collection consists of f o r e i g n editions, no longer procurable, of orches- trations, scores, piano compositions, w o r k s of standard composers, and manuscripts. Some of the items contain original m a r k - ings, revisions, and other annotations by J o s e f f y . T h e m i c r o f i l m i n g of about t w e n t y - f i v e thousand manuscripts b e l o n g i n g to the public and p r i v a t e libraries of G r e a t B r i t a i n is nearing completion. T h i s p r o j - ect w a s begun a f t e r the B a t t l e of B r i t a i n under the auspices of the A m e r i c a n C o u n - cil of L e a r n e d Societies and has been carried out by U n i v e r s i t y M i c r o f i l m s , Inc., A n n A r b o r , M i c h . N e g a t i v e copies are being deposited at the L i b r a r y of C o n - gress. T h e U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n L i - brary, W a r n e r G . Rice, director, is a c q u i r i n g a complete positive set and is p r e p a r i n g lists of the manuscripts f o r pub- lication. M i c r o f i l m copies of the manu- scripts m a y be secured t h r o u g h the L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s . F r a n k l i n C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , F r a n k l i n , Ind., R a c h e l O g l e , librarian, has received recently as a g i f t f r o m the private library of the late C h a r l e s M . C u r r y of N e w Y o r k , an alumnus of the college, a col- lection of about f o u r thousand volumes in the field of literature, i n c l u d i n g literary essays, critical w o r k s , and many first edi- tions of A m e r i c a n authors. F o r more than a year " T h e G r e y T o w - ers G a z e t t e " has appeared in mimeo- graphed f o r m as the official publication of the staff o r g a n i z a t i o n of the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o L i b r a r i e s . A n average number is about 10 pages in length and includes news about personnel, administrative changes, o u t s t a n d i n g acquisitions, and other infor- mation of interest to the staff. T h e edi- torial board includes M a y H a r d y , e d i t o r ; M r s . M a r i o n C o e ; and M a r g a r e t M a c - G r e g o r . T h e I o w a State T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , M a r y b e l l e M c C l e l l a n d , librarian, has been h a v i n g a S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n " a t h o m e " once a month d u r i n g the past year. D u r - ing these periods members of the f a c u l t y have discussed important books in their fields. P u b l i c i t y f o r the W est reference depart- ment and p l a n n i n g f o r expanded reference services f o r the p o s t w a r period w e r e a m o n g the topics discussed in the C o l l e g e and R e f e r e n c e Section at the meeting of the Pacific v 378 COLL EGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES N o r t h w e s t L i b r a r y Association in Spo- kane on J u n e 27 and 28. K a t h l e e n C a m p - bell, librarian of M o n t a n a State U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , and B a r b a r a P r a e l , of the P o r t l a n d L i b r a r y Association, w e r e j o i n t chairmen of the section meeting. W . W . Foote, librarian, State C o l l e g e of W a s h i n g t o n , P u l l m a n , has published an interesting report on the Resources and Needs of the Library of the State College of Washington. I t w a s prepared pri- m a r i l y f o r the W a s h i n g t o n State P l a n n i n g C o u n c i l . P o m o n a C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , H o m e r E . Robbins, librarian, has recently received t w o thousand dollars f r o m the N e l l i e B . B r i n k estate, the income f r o m w h i c h is to be spent f o r books on the literature of C a l i f o r n i a . T h e U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y , H a r o l d L . L e u p p , librarian, has acquired through the generosity of M i l t o n S. R a y , of San Francisco, the typographic library of J o h n H e n r y N a s h , w e l l - k n o w n printer. T h e collection includes, in addition to the complete file of M r . N a s h ' s o w n produc- tions and many examples of the w o r k s of b e t t e r - k n o w n modern E n g l i s h and A m e r i - can printers, nineteen pieces of incunabula, twenty-three books of the sixteenth cent- tury, t w e n t y - f o u r of the seventeenth century, and fifty-three of the eighteenth century. T h e entire collection numbers about eighteen hundred volumes. In connection w i t h the regional study of the Southwest, made possible by a R o c k e f e l l e r F o u n d a t i o n g r a n t of f i f t y thousand dollars to the H u n t i n g t o n L i - brary, the f o l l o w i n g have been appointed to the staff of the library to make special studies: E . E . D a l e , of the U n i v e r s i t y of O k l a h o m a ; G l e n n M . D u m k e , of O c c i - dental C o l l e g e ; and J . G r e g g L a y n e , presi- dent of the Southern C a l i f o r n i a H i s t o r i c a l Society and editor of its quarterly maga- zine. T h e U n i v e r s i t y of Southern C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y , M i s s C h r i s t i a n R . D i c k , li- brarian, has purchased f r o m the Boston Society of N a t u r a l H i s t o r y its collection of f o r e i g n serials. T h e publications of learned societies are w e l l represented in the collection, w h i c h covers z o o l o g y , botany, geology, paleontology, anthro- pology, astronomy, and entomology. T h e U n i v e r s i t y of Southern C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y has received a H a m l i n G a r l a n d collection of forty-nine notebooks, f o u r folders of letters, and five first editions. A recent administrative reorganization in the S t a n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y has merged the reference and serial divisions. B e t t i e A . M u r - Personnel free, librarian of the M i d d l e T e n n e s s e e State C o l l e g e since 1 9 1 1 , retired at the end of the summer quarter. V e l m a S h a f f e r has resigned as field superviser, D i v i s i o n of School Libraries, T e n n e s s e e State D e p a r t m e n t of E d u c a t i o n , to become associate professor of library science, C o l l e g e of E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y of Tennessee, at K n o x v i l l e . D a v i d J o l l y , librarian, H a m p t o n Insti- tute, H a m p t o n , V a . , has entered the A r m y . D a i s y A n d e r s o n , librarian, R a d f o r d State T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , E a s t R a d f o r d , V a . , has joined the W A V E S . L e R o y C . M e r r i t t , librarian, State T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , F a r m v i l l e , V a . , has entered the A r m y . M i s s N o r d i s F a l l a n d is n o w librarian of the A m e r i c a n G e o g r a p h i c a l Society. She has been assistant librarian. J u l i a H . K i l l i a n , librarian of the C o l - lege of Saint E l i z a b e t h , C o n v e n t Station, N . J . , has been granted a leave of absence SEPTEMBER., 1944 379 to take the position of assistant club direc- tor f o r overseas service w i t h the A m e r i c a n R e d C r o s s . M i s s K i l l i a n l e f t C o n v e n t Station on M a y 1 5 . E l i z a b e t h R e u , f o r fifteen years a mem- ber of the staff of the D u b u q u e P u b l i c L i b r a r y , has been appointed librarian of W a r t b u r g L u t h e r a n Seminary in D u - buque. T h e F r i t s c h e l collection of early religious literature w i l l f o r m the nucleus of a library to be k n o w n as the R e u M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y in honor of the f a t h e r of the librarian, Professor M . R e u . E d l a W a h l i n has resigned as librarian of B e t h a n y C o l l e g e , L i n d s b o r g , K a n . , and has accepted a position in the c a t a l o g i n g de- partment of the U n i v e r s i t y of G e o r g i a L i b r a r y . V e n d l a W a h l i n is a c t i n g libra- rian at B e t h a n y C o l l e g e L i b r a r y . H . R i c h a r d A r c h e r w i l l j o i n the W i l l i a m A n d r e w s C l a r k M e m o r i a l L i - brary staff at the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a at L o s A n g e l e s in the newly-created posi- tion of supervising bibliographer. M r . A r c h e r w i l l act as administrative assistant to the director. R o b e r t V o s p e r comes f r o m S t a n f o r d to the L i b r a r y of the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i - f o r n i a at L o s A n g e l e s as head of the accessions department, filling a v a c a n c y l e f t by the resignation of V i r g i n i a K . T r o u t t . D o r o t h y E . C h a m b e r l a i n has been ap- pointed head of the newly-created Process- ing D e p a r t m e n t at the G r o s v e n o r L i b r a r y , B u f f a l o , effective September 1. She has been cataloger at the C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s since 1930. R o b e r t W . C h r i s t , candidate f o r the degree of master of science in library science at C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y w h e r e he w a s also in charge of the l e n d i n g l i b r a r y , has been appointed assistant head, R e f e r - ence D e p a r t m e n t , at the G r o s v e n o r L i - brary, B u f f a l o , effective September 1. B e n j a m i n E . P o w - Reporters ell, w h o has been in charge of N e w s f r o m the F i e l d , has enlisted the cooperation of m a n y librarians, but he calls special atten- tion to the services of the f o l l o w i n g w h o * have served as reporters f r o m one to three y e a r s : D o n a l d E . T h o m p s o n , A l a b a m a ; F r e d - erick C r o m w e l l , A r i z o n a ; M a r v i n A M i l l e r , A r k a n s a s ; W . K a y e L a m b , British C o l u m b i a ; M i s s C h r i s t i a n R . D i c k , Southern C a l i f o r n i a ; Joe H a r e , D e n v e r ; J . T . Babb, Y a l e ; W . D . L e w i s , D e l a - w a r e ; E l i z a b e t h C u l l e n , B u r e a u of R a i l - w a y Economics, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . ; M a r - garet D . D u e r , F l o r i d a ; A g n e s Patterson, I d a h o ; M r s . L . M . T o l m a n , J o h n C r e r a r ; G r a n t D . H a n s o n , A u g u s t a n a ; H a z e l A r m s t r o n g , I n d i a n a State T e a c h e r s C o l - lege ; G e r t r u d e V o e l k e r , I o w a S t a t e ; F . B . Streeter, F t . H a y s , K a n . ; V i r g i n i a E n g l e , Berea, K y . ; E l l a V . A l d r i c h , L o u i s i a n a S t a t e ; L o u i s Ibbotson, M a i n e ; C a r l W . H i n t z , M a r y l a n d ; E d w i n E . W i l l i a m s , H a r v a r d ; M a r y J . 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