College and Research Libraries


Brief of Minutes 
Association of Research Libraries 
January 31, 1954, Madison, Wisconsin 

THE f o r t y - s e c o n d meeting of the A s s o c i a -tion of R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s w a s held in 
the n e w l i b r a r y building on the campus of the 
U n i v e r s i t y of W i s c o n s i n , M a d i s o n , W i s c o n s i n , 
S u n d a y , J a n u a r y 3 1 , 1 9 5 4 . 

F A R M I N G T O N P L A N 
T h e Farmington Plan Handbook p r e p a r e d 
by E d w i n E . W i l l i a m s of H a r v a r d has been 
distributed to A R L m e m b e r s and to the book 
dealers employed in the F a r m i n g t o n P l a n . 
T h e H a n d b o o k is a v a i l a b l e f o r sale at the 
office of the E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y , I n d i a n a 
U n i v e r s i t y , B l o o m i n g t o n , I n d i a n a . 

South A f r i c a is n o w included in the 
F a r m i n g t o n P l a n , beginning w i t h 1 9 5 4 . T h e 
adequacy of the c o v e r a g e f o r F r a n c e and re-
ceipts f r o m the Bibliotheque N a t i o n a l e a r e 
being thoroughly studied and a report m a y 
be expected soon. M r . W h i t e , the C o m m o n -
w e a l t h L i b r a r i a n of A u s t r a l i a has reported 
i m p r o v e m e n t in the supply of items f r o m 
A u s t r a l i a . N o l i b r a r y has yet o f f e r e d to be 
responsible f o r the publications f r o m F i n l a n d . 
N e w Z e a l a n d and C h i n a r e m a i n uncovered. 
C o m p l a i n t s continue to come to the C o m -
mittee on the quality of textbooks being sup-
plied through the operation of the F a r m i n g -
ton P l a n . 

M r . D o w n s , c h a i r m a n of the F a r m i n g t o n 
P l a n C o m m i t t e e , announced that the office of 
the F a r m i n g t o n P l a n is remaining at H a r -
v a r d , and a c k n o w l e d g e d his g r a t i t u d e to M r . 
M e t c a l f and M r . W i l l i a m s f o r constant help 
and advice. 

C A T A L O G I N G P O L I C Y 

M r . S h a w presented a r e p o r t of the C o m -
mittee on C a t a l o g i n g P o l i c y which had been 
authorized to study the relationship between 
the s t r u c t u r e of a research l i b r a r y and its 
card c a t a l o g . ( S e e p r e v i o u s m i n u t e s . ) H e 
emphasized the f e e l i n g of the committee that 
more research and data w e r e needed b e f o r e 
approaching m a j o r policy decisions. T h e re-
port of the committee w a s accepted, including 
the recommendation that the entire m a t t e r 

be r e f e r r e d to the A L A D i v i s i o n of C a t a -
loging and C l a s s i f i c a t i o n . 

P O S T A L R A T E S ON T H E S E S 
M r . S h a w , h a v i n g been asked by the 

E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y to investigate postal r a t e s 
on theses, reported that postal classification on 
t y p e w r i t t e n m a t t e r has been established by 
legislation r a t h e r than by P o s t Office r e g u -
lations and could not be changed by action 
of the P o s t Office D e p a r t m e n t . T h e pertinent 
c i t a t i o n s f r o m t h e United States Code ( 1 9 4 6 
e d i t i o n ) , T i t l e 39, C h a p t e r 6, a r e : 

" 2 2 1 a . T y p e w r i t i n g c l a s s e d as h a n d w r i t i n g . 
T y p e w r i t i n g s h a l l continue to be c l a s s e d as 
h a n d w r i t i n g as p r o v i d e d by P o s t a l L a w s and 
R e g u l a t i o n s . ( J u n e 9, 1 9 3 0 , C h . 4 1 5 , 46 
S t a t . 5 2 6 . ) " 
" 2 2 2 . F i r s t c l a s s m a t t e r . 
M a i l a b l e m a t t e r of the first c l a s s s h a l l em-
b r a c e letters, postal c a r d s , and all m a t t e r s 
w h o l l y or p a r t l y in w r i t i n g . . . . " 

M r . S t a n f o r d u r g e d that A R L take the 
necessary steps to amend present legislation 
so that dissertations might q u a l i f y f o r the 
book rate. 

C O M M I T T E E O N N A T I O N A L N E E D S 
M i s s M o r s c h reported that the C o m m i t t e e 

had discussed the problem of protecting li-
b r a r y resources in the event of a national 
emergency and had concluded that the protec-
tion of r a r i t i e s w a s a m a t t e r f o r individual 
action, and that " c u l t u r a l " resources w e r e 
sufficiently dispersed but that the problem of 
" c o r e " o r w a r - c o n n e c t e d m a t e r i a l s needs 
f u r t h e r definition b e f o r e national plans can be 
prepared. A u s e f u l paper on the p r e s e r v a -
tion of paper pulp books by A l v i n W . K r e m e r 
w i l l be submitted to C & R L . 1 O t h e r m a t t e r s 
on the agenda h a v i n g been completed, the 
C o m m i t t e e w a s discharged. 

S E R I A L S C O M M I T T E E 

I n the absence of M r . C h a r l e s B r o w n , the 
E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y presented the r e p o r t of 

1 Published in April, 1954, issue. 

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the S e r i a l s C o m m i t t e e which dealt mainly 
w i t h the anxiety of the B r i t i s h about rising 
costs. M r . B r o w n also r e f e r r e d to a c u r r e n t 
study on book trade, book costs, book e x p o r -
tation, and other m a t t e r s relating to the book 
t r a d e in G e r m a n y . T h e study is being under-
taken by the B o r s e n v e r e i n D e u t s c h e r V e r -
l e g e r - und B u c h h a n d l e r - V e r b a n d e , F r a n k f u r t 
a . M . 

C O O P E R A T I V E A C C E S S TO N E W S P A P E R S 
M r . F u s s i e r reported that, in p r e l i m i n a r y 

explorations of the committee, there w a s 
a g r e e m e n t that the selection of specific n e w s -
paper titles f o r filming w a s not within the 
jurisdiction of the committee. T h e com-
mittee, h o w e v e r , is interested in p r e p a r i n g 
c r i t e r i a f o r the selection of m a t e r i a l s to be 
filmed. T h e bases f o r financing filming 
projects is also under discussion. 

T R A N S L I T E R A T I O N 
A motion at the L o s A n g e l e s meeting had 

authorized the creation of a joint committee 
to consider and propose t r a n s l i t e r a t i o n 
schemes f o r all l a n g u a g e s in the n o n - R o m a n 
alphabets except those f o r which acceptable 
t r a n s l i t e r a t i o n schemes a r e in existence. T h i s 
motion w a s discussed at length and amended 
by adding a provision that the committee 
consider the necessity of r o m a n i z i n g entries 
f o r Chinese, J a p a n e s e and K o r e a n . M r . 
E r n e s t H e t t i c h of N e w Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y and 
M i s s L u c i l e M o r s c h of the L i b r a r y of C o n -
gress, w e r e appointed to the n e w committee, 
of which M r . H e t t i c h w i l l be chairman. 

U S E A N D D I S T R I B U T I O N OF A R L M I N U T E S 
T h e A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e reported on the 

possibility of e n l a r g i n g the distribution of 
A R L minutes. I n recent y e a r s a sentiment 
f a v o r i n g w i d e r distribution of the minutes 
has been gaining supporters. T h i s sentiment 
r e q u i r e s a reconsideration of the policy of 
A R L f o u n d e r s to restrict the use and distri-
bution of the complete minutes. T h e prob-
lems involved in reporting, sales, non-existent 
back stock, etc., w e r e touched upon. T h e 
probable appearance in late 1 9 5 4 of an index 
to the f u l l minutes added urgency to the dis-
cussion which w a s resolved by asking the 
E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y to bring to the next meet-
ing his recommendations on a method of 
distribution. 

P U B L I C A T I O N OF D I S S E R T A T I O N S 
M r . E l l s w o r t h reported that many e x -

pressions of interest had f o l l o w e d the distri-
bution of the promotional brochure in N o -
v e m b e r . A decision by M r . P o w e r s to bring 
out Dissertation Abstracts as a monthly pub-
lication w a s announced. T h e publication of 
the annual abstracts as a separate is under 
consideration. T h e possibility of including 
f o r e i g n dissertations is under study. T h e 
problem of p r e p a r i n g an index to Dissertation 
Abstracts w i l l soon engage the attention of 
the committee. M r . E l l s w o r t h u r g e d that 
member l i b r a r i e s do everything possible to 
secure the inclusion on the title page of the 
name of the person supervising the disserta-
tion. N o single device promises to raise the 
quality of dissertations so much. 

I N D E X TO D O C T O R A L D I S S E R T A T I O N S 
M i s s V i o l a I . M a u s e t h has been employed 

to p r e p a r e copy of the I n d e x f o r Doctoral 
Dissertations N o s . 1 - 1 0 , covering the period 
I 9 3 3 / I 9 3 4 " I 9 4 2 / i 9 4 3 . F i n a l copy is expected 
by the end of 1 9 5 4 . 

C O N F E R E N C E O N L I B R A R Y C O S T S 
M r . M e t c a l f reported that the A m e r i c a n 

Association of U n i v e r s i t i e s is interested in 
u n d e r t a k i n g a study on l i b r a r y costs but that 
it is not presently inclined to join in a con-
f e r e n c e w i t h A R L on the m a t t e r . T h e 
A A U w i l l discuss the necessity and mechanics 
of an organized study at its A p r i l meeting. 
M e a n w h i l e , it w a s a g r e e d that A R L should 
proceed to call a conference on l i b r a r y costs 
to which university a d m i n i s t r a t o r s and 
scholars w i l l be invited. 

M E M B E R S H I P I N A R L 
O n behalf of the A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e , it 

w a s announced by the E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y 
that applications f o r membership w i l l not be 
considered until the next reconstitution of the 
membership of A R L in 1 9 5 7 . 

N E W M E M B E R OF A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E 

A s replacement f o r L a w r e n c e C . P o w e l l on 
the A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e , E u g e n e W i l s o n of 
C o l o r a d o w a s nominated and elected. 

N E X T M E E T I N G 
T h e next meeting of A R L is scheduled f o r 

Sunday, J u n e 20, 1 9 5 4 , on the campus of the 
U n i v e r s i t y of M i n n e s o t a . — R o b e r t A. Miller, 
Executive Secretary. 

JULY, 1954 
32 7 



Notes from the A C R L Office 
A B O U T R E A D I N G . . . 

D u r i n g the past f e w y e a r s w e h a v e all had 
occasion to r e a d articles deploring the lack 
of reading by l i b r a r i a n s . S o m e of these 
articles h a v e made enjoyable and p r o f i t a b l e 
reading, but all a r e based on a f u n d a m e n t a l 
assumption that m a n y l i b r a r i a n s do not read. 
T h e r e a r e undoubtedly a f e w l i b r a r i a n s w h o 
read r e l a t i v e l y little j u s t as there a r e some 
w h o undoubtedly do w h a t they shouldn't, or 
don't do w h a t they should, inside and outside 
the p r o f e s s i o n . 

I f o r one have talked to many hundreds of 
l i b r a r i a n s these past f e w y e a r s . A m o n g them 
all there m a y have been one o r t w o w h o abuse 
their w i v e s ( o r h u s b a n d s ) , o r n e v e r cut their 
l a w n s , or even use an official stamp on an 
unofficial l e t t e r . T h e r e a r e one or t w o bad 
apples in e v e r y b a r r e l . P o s s i b l y a half dozen 
of these people don't h a v e serious reading 
interests. 

B u t w h a t kind of evidence, except old w i v e s ' 
tales and an occasional brash assertion, is 
there that l i b r a r i a n s don't r e a d ? I n e v e r s a w 
any. I w o u l d like to meet a f e w of these 
non-reading l i b r a r i a n s . 

T r u e , m a n y a r e not bookmen in the sense 
of bibliophiles, and not all a r e w i d e l y read 
in belles-lettres, o r m o d e r n l i t e r a t u r e , or 
ancient l i t e r a t u r e , or a r e up-to-date in phy-
sical science. Some of us fish a little, others 
go to ball games, some avoid the concerts, 
others play poker, some sit on school boards, 
some go to all the plays, and some spend a lot 
of time as deacons and S u n d a y School teach-
ers. I s not this as it should b e ? 

I s it perhaps a case that other l i b r a r i a n s do 
not h a v e the same book interests that w e do, 
or perhaps do not get quite as much out of 
their reading as w e do, or do not express 
themselves so coherently about their reading 
as w e do, and a r e t h e r e f o r e considered il-
literate, d i s g r a c e f u l to the p r o f e s s i o n , and not 
w o r t h y of the name of l i b r a r i a n ? 

T h e harshest things I read about l i b r a r i a n s 
a r e w r i t t e n by l i b r a r i a n s . T h e r e a r e certainly 
more constructive m a t t e r s to engage o u r 
attention. 

T a k e reading. A l l of us h a v e read in re-
cent y e a r s v e r y serious statements about the 

l o w state of book interest in this country. 
H e r e is one, selected almost at random ( e v i -
dence that y o u r s e c r e t a r y does read books, and 
I ' m s o r r y that this happens to be a v e r y thin 
one) : x 

" T h e most s t a r t l i n g f a c t , h o w e v e r , w h i c h 
e m e r g e s f r o m the g e n e r a l s u r v e y of contem-
p o r a r y conditions is the r e l a t i o n b e t w e e n 
f o r m a l e d u c a t i o n a n d A m e r i c a n r e a d i n g 
h a b i t s . It w o u l d be l o g i c a l to b e l i e v e t h a t an 
i n c r e a s e in f o r m a l e d u c a t i o n w o u l d p r o d u c e 
a p r o p o r t i o n a t e i n c r e a s e in the r e a d i n g of 
g o o d books. B u t w e h a v e seen t h a t the 
p h e n o m e n a l l y p y r a m i d i n g n u m b e r of edu-
c a t e d citizens h a s not p r o d u c e d a c o r r e s p o n d -
i n g i n c r e a s e in s a l e s of m a n y k i n d s of books. 

" T h i s seems to i n d i c a t e t h a t o u r e d u c a -
t i o n a l system is at l e a s t in p a r t c u l p a b l e . 
T h e r e m e d y m a y lie in i m p r o v e d methods 
of i n c u l c a t i n g in students a l o v e of books a s 
a n e c e s s a r y a d j u n c t to a s a t i s f y i n g l i f e . 
M a n y t e a c h e r s , w e l l a w a r e of the situation, 
a r e a s k i n g , ' A r e those w h o m w e g r a d u a t e 
g o i n g on w i t h t h e i r e d u c a t i o n t h r o u g h r e a d -
i n g ? A r e w e p r o d u c i n g c u l t i v a t e d a d u l t s 
w h o w i l l find g o o d books a sine qua non of 
the g o o d l i f e ? ' T h e system of r e q u i r e d r e a d -
i n g in schools a n d c o l l e g e s m i g h t be c h a n g e d 
so t h a t y o u n g p e o p l e a r e not f o r c e d to s t r u g -
g l e t h r o u g h difficult ' c l a s s i c s ' w h i c h b o r e a n d 
d i s c o u r a g e them, but r a t h e r a r e g i v e n e x -
c i t i n g c o n t e m p o r a r y w r i t e r s w h i c h s t i m u l a t e 
t h e i r interest in the book a s a s o u r c e of p l e a s -
u r e , a n d l e a d them on t o w a r d m o r e difficult 
r e a d i n g — e q u a l l y s t i m u l a t i n g a f t e r p r o p e r 
p r e p a r a t i o n . S e e k i n g s a t i s f a c t i o n in g o o d 
books m u s t s o m e h o w be m a d e a u t o m a t i c f o r 
an e d u c a t e d A m e r i c a n . O n l y thus c a n the 
schools r e f u t e the statement r e c e n t l y m a d e by 
G e o r g e G a l l u p a f t e r a study, t h a t ' o u r 
e d u c a t i o n a l system is a d m i r a b l y d e s i g n e d to 
keep our n a t i o n i m m a t u r e . ' " 

S h o r t l y a f t e r reading this, I came across a 
w o r k i n g paper p r e p a r e d f o r a small c o n f e r -
ence of l e a d e r s in the U . S . publishing industry 
this spring, f r o m which these quotations a r e 
t a k e n : 

" D e s p i t e the f a c t t h a t w e h a v e the h i g h e s t 
l e v e l of f o r m a l e d u c a t i o n in the w o r l d , 

1 Guinzburg, Harold K., "Free Press, Free Enter-
prise, and Diversity". In Guinzburg, Harold K., Frase, 
Robert W., and Waller, Theodore. Books and the Mass 
Market. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1953, p. 
18-19. 

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f e w e r p e o p l e p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y b u y and r e a d 
books in this n a t i o n t h a n in a n y other 
m o d e r n d e m o c r a c y . T h e t y p i c a l E n g l i s h -
m a n , w i t h f a r less f o r m a l education, r e a d s 
n e a r l y t h r e e times a s m a n y books as o u r 
t y p i c a l citizen. In f a c t , an E n g l i s h m a n w h o 
l e a v e s school at the a g e of f o u r t e e n r e a d s 
about as m a n y books as o u r c o l l e g e g r a d u -
ate. N o m o r e than 2 5 % of our adult p o p u -
l a t i o n r e a d books w i t h a n y r e g u l a r i t y . . . . 

" W e b e l i e v e t h a t e x p a n d i n g the book r e a d -
i n g a u d i e n c e ( n o w the s m a l l e s t , p e r c a p i t a , in 
the l i t e r a t e w o r l d ) is c l e a r l y w i t h i n the 
p u b l i c interest. . . . 

" T h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n of the a u d i e n c e is 
h i g h e r f o r book r e a d i n g than f o r the other 
m e d i a . A b o u t 1 0 % of the a d u l t p o p u l a t i o n 
does 7 0 % of the book r e a d i n g . W i t h i n the 
book r e a d i n g g r o u p itself 2 0 % of the r e a d e r s 
do 7 0 % of the r e a d i n g . T h u s , a r e l a t i v e l y 
s m a l l g r o u p of people accounts f o r a l a r g e 
s h a r e of the r e a d i n g , and a l a r g e m a j o r i t y 
r e a d v e r y f e w books or none at a l l . . . . 

" S u r v e y s in 1949 and 1 9 5 0 f o u n d only 2 1 % 
of A m e r i c a n s w h o s a i d they w e r e r e a d i n g 
a n y book o r books at the time t h e y w e r e 
questioned. In B r i t i s h 5 1 % h a d s a i d ' y e s ' t o 

the s a m e question in 1949 and 5 5 % in 1 9 5 c . 
Y e t the t y p i c a l E n g l i s h m a n h a s f a r less f o r -
m a l education t h a n the A m e r i c a n . . . . 

" H o w e v e r , the schools a r e u n a b l e to m a k e 
r e a d i n g a t t r a c t i v e to a m a j o r i t y of their 
students o r to m o t i v a t e most of them to con-
tinue r e a d i n g a f t e r the y e a r s of f o r m a l edu-
cation. In a recent s u r v e y of c o l l e g e g r a d u -
ates conducted by the A m e r i c a n Institute of 
P u b l i c O p i n i o n , f i v e out of s i x h a d done no 
r e a d i n g of a s e r i o u s n a t u r e in the f e w months 
p r i o r to the i n t e r v i e w . O n l y 5 5 % of the 
entire g r o u p could n a m e any r e c e n t l y p u b -
lished book w h i c h they w o u l d like to 
r e a d . . . . " 

H e r e is a genuine r e a d i n g problem f o r the 
l i b r a r y p r o f e s s i o n . C e r t a i n l y one of the 
g r e a t e s t needs in higher education today is 
to develop intellectual curiosity and build p e r -
m a n e n t habits of good reading. T h i s is a 
problem l a r g e r than l i b r a r i a n s h i p , but still a 
problem w h i c h l i b r a r i a n s h i p can lead t o w a r d 
solution. 

I t is a c u r i o u s thing that r e a d i n g habits 
h a v e not i m p r o v e d appreciably w i t h the in-
c r e a s e s in college education. A t the t u r n of 
the c e n t u r y only 4 % of o u r y o u n g people had 
the benefit of c o l l e g e ; the percentage is n o w 
above 2 0 % and rising. T h e r e is e v e r y indi-
cation that o u r college population w i l l n e a r l y 
double or better ( s o m e w o u l d say worse) by 

1 9 7 0 . T h i s doubling w i l l not involve any 
g r e a t increase in serious r e a d i n g unless higher 
education, and p a r t i c u l a r l y higher education's 
l i b r a r i a n s , do a better j o b than has been done 
in the past. 

F o r t u n a t e l y , l i b r a r i a n s can count on the en-
lightened cooperation of many p r o f e s s i o n s and 
t r a d e s in attacking this g r e a t p r o b l e m , p r o -
vided they present good plans. T h e pub-
lishers seek a solution, as do the booksellers, 
all w i d e a w a k e e d u c a t o r s and even most civic 
g r o u p s . 

F o r one thing w e could do much m o r e to 
e n c o u r a g e the o w n e r s h i p of good books. T h e 
p a p e r b a c k and the second-hand t r a d e o f f e r 
considerable opportunity f o r book o w n e r s h i p 
at v e r y s m a l l cost. T h e l i b r a r i a n must do 
e v e r y t h i n g possible to m a k e these inexpensive 
books a v a i l a b l e and to p r o m o t e p u r c h a s e of 
them. I f necessary, the dignity of m a r b l e 
h a l l s m u s t be sacrificed to this g r e a t goal of 
building an interest in good r e a d i n g and 
o w n e r s h i p of good books. T h e r e a r e scores 
of w a y s to a t t a c k the p r o b l e m — e x h i b i t s , li-
b r a r y duplicates sales planned f o r this p u r -
pose and not f o r revenue, student l i b r a r y con-
tests, book talks, book stores in the l i b r a r y 
or assisted by the l i b r a r y and many methods 
of l i b r a r y c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h the c l a s s r o o m 
teaching p r o g r a m . 

I n recent y e a r s l i b r a r i a n s h a v e done much 
to m a k e the college l i b r a r y a m o r e a t t r a c t i v e 
place and thereby to m a k e r e a d i n g and study 
m o r e a t t r a c t i v e . T h e hush signs a r e gone and 
the ash t r a y s a r e in sight. T h e color is cheer-
f u l and the stacks a r e open. S u p e r v i s i o n is 
not quite so f o r m a l and obvious and annoying. 
L e s s time, is spent in w a t c h i n g students and 
m o r e time in helping them. T h e s e and re-
lated trends w i l l all h a v e a good influence on 
the r e a d i n g trends of the c o u n t r y a g e n e r a t i o n 
hence. 

W e look back to the old days w h e n a stu-
dent T h o m a s W o l f e w a s helped and en-
c o u r a g e d and guided by a F l o r e n c e M i l n e r ( a 
l i b r a r i a n , n a t u r a l l y ) and think these things 
cannot happen today w i t h o u r s w o l l e n en-
r o l m e n t s and g e n e r a l l y impersonal m a s s edu-
cation method. I f o r one hope that the di-
visional l i b r a r y m e a n s m o r e personal contact 
and intelligent guidance of the student by the 
l i b r a r i a n . W e need to k n o w m o r e students 
and to h a v e a p e r s o n a l relationship w i t h at 
least some s m a l l n u m b e r of them. I m p o r t a n t 

JULY, 1954 
32 7 



as research must be to any l i b r a r i a n , it can-
not c o m p a r e in importance to the c o u n t r y ' s 
need f o r an enlightened citizenry. R e s e a r c h 
has b r o u g h t us o u r bomb, but not the means 
of controlling it. 

M r . G u i n z b u r g said that " s e e k i n g satis-
f a c t i o n in good books must s o m e h o w be made 
automatic f o r an educated A m e r i c a n . " T h e r e 
is a j o b to be done, and w h e r e v e r the solution 
is f o u n d , c e r t a i n l y the l i b r a r y w i l l be at the 
center of it. 

C U S T O M S S I M P L I F I C A T I O N 

T h e 8 3 r d C o n g r e s s passed the C u s t o m s 
Simplification A c t ( P . L . 2 4 3 ) which, among 
other provisions, permits i n f o r m a l entry into 
this country of books f o r l i b r a r y purposes 
w i t h o u t v a l u e limitation ( p r e v i o u s l y limited 
to $ 1 0 0 . 0 0 v a l u a t i o n ) . L e t t e r s f r o m R o b e r t 
V o s p e r ( c h a i r m a n , A R L C u s t o m s C o m -
m i t t e e ) and J u l i a B e n n e t t of o u r A L A 
W a s h i n g t o n Office indicate that customs 
offices h a v e applied v a r i o u s interpretations 
to the provisions of the A c t . 

L i b r a r i a n s should r e m e m b e r that this is an 
exceedingly detailed piece of legislation which 
involves i n n u m e r a b l e regulations and should 
understand the problems of local customs 
offices which m a y h a v e difficulty in applying 
the l i b r a r y provisions. I n case of trouble, a 
personal visit to the local C o l l e c t o r is recom-
mended. 

If it has not a l r e a d y done so, the l i b r a r y 
should file evidence to show it is entitled to 
the provisions of the A c t . Section 9 . 9 ( b ) of 
the C u s t o m s R e g u l a t i o n s r e a d s : 

" ( b ) W h e n an institution files e v i d e n c e to 
s h o w that it is entitled to i m p o r t books, 
music, and other m e r c h a n d i s e f r e e of duty 
u n d e r p a r a g r a p h 1 6 3 1 , T a r i f f A c t of 1 9 3 0 , 
the n a m e of such institution shall be p l a c e d 
on a f r e e list, to be kept by the Collector f o r 
that p u r p o s e , if the institution a g r e e s in 
w r i t i n g to n o t i f y the C o l l e c t o r in the e v e n t 
g o o d s not f o r the sole use of the institution 
a r r i v e a d d r e s s e d to the institution. A m a i l 
i m p o r t a t i o n of such m e r c h a n d i s e r e g a r d l e s s 
of v a l u e a d d r e s s e d d i r e c t l y to such an insti-
tution s h a l l be p a s s e d f r e e of duty w i t h o u t 
r e q u i r i n g c o m p l i a n c e w i t h p a r a g r a p h ( a ) 
of this section and w i t h o u t i s s u i n g a m a i l 
e n t r y . " 

Some local C o l l e c t o r s say the A c t covers 
only m a t e r i a l that is received by mail. If so, 
they a r e in e r r o r . A letter f r o m W . E . H i g -

man ( C h i e f B u r e a u of C u s t o m s , D i v i s i o n of 
C l a s s i f i c a t i o n , E n t r y and V a l u e ) to M i s s 
B e n n e t t of M a r c h 26, 1 9 5 4 s t a t e s : " a r t i c l e s 
imported under p a r a g r a p h 1 6 3 1 and section 
4 9 8 ( a ) ( 1 1 ) of the tariff act, as amended, and 
section 8 . 5 1 ( a ) of the C u s t o m s R e g u l a t i o n s 
thereunder, m a y be entered i n f o r m a l l y 
w h e t h e r the shipment of such articles is by 
m a i l o r o t h e r w i s e , such as by f r e i g h t or 
e x p r e s s . " 

A n o t h e r l e t t e r ( d a t e d F e b r u a r y 2 5 , 1 9 5 4 ) 
f r o m M r . H i g m a n to M i s s B e n n e t t s t a t e s : 
" B o o k s o r other articles imported in the m a i l s 
by a society, institution, school or l i b r a r y and 
classifiable under p a r a g r a p h 1 6 3 1 , T a r i f f A c t 
of 1 9 3 0 , may be cleared through an i n f o r m a l 
m a i l entry, regardless of value" I n other 
w o r d s , don't let any C o l l e c t o r impose a ceil-
ing of $ 2 5 0 . 0 0 . T h e r e is no ceiling. 

M i s s J u l i a B e n n e t t of the A L A W a s h i n g -
ton Office w i l l be g l a d to help any l i b r a r i a n 
w h o gets s e r i o u s l y enmeshed in the com-
plexities of the Simplification A c t . 

U N E S C O P U B L I C A T I O N S 

R e c e n t l y A L A H e a d q u a r t e r s had the 
pleasure of a visit f r o m M r . T h o r p of the 
U n e s c o s t a f f . H e w a s concerned o v e r the 
r e l a t i v e l y m e a g r e distribution of U n e s c o pub-
lications in the U n i t e d S t a t e s , as compared 
w i t h other countries. 

A v e r y l a r g e s h a r e of U n e s c o e f f o r t goes 
into publications because so m a n y of its 
projects depend on print. P u b l i c a t i o n s r e p o r t 
the findings of the m a n y international c o n f e r -
ences, s e m i n a r s and s u r v e y s conducted by o r 
under the auspices of U n e s c o . P u b l i c a t i o n s 
play a m a j o r p a r t in the c l e a r i n g house f u n c -
tions of the O r g a n i z a t i o n . T h e specialized 
and scientific publications a r e of course di-
rected t o w a r d s m a l l groups of specialists, but 
U n e s c o also has a n u m b e r f o r the g e n e r a l 
r e a d e r . A good e x a m p l e is the monthly 
Courier ( $ . 2 5 a c o p y ; special privilege r a t e of 
$ 1 . 5 0 a y e a r to l i b r a r i e s and e d u c a t o r s ) . T h e 
n e w f o r m a t is I 2 " h i g h and l i b e r a l l y i l l u s t r a t e d . 
T h e issue in hand happens to be l a r g e l y de-
voted to l a n g u a g e problems. I t w o u l d ap-
p e a r to be a t t r a c t i v e and w o r t h - w h i l e reading 
f o r college students, yet its U . S . circulation is 
less than 2000 copies. 

A n o t h e r u s e f u l publication is the a n n u a l 
Study Abroad. T h e c u r r e n t v o l u m e gives de-
tails on o v e r 45,000 opportunities a b r o a d . 

336 COI.LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



T h o s e w h o believe in the w o r k of the 
U n i t e d N a t i o n s and Unesco w i l l wish to have 
some of these general publications w e l l dis-
played and even promoted f o r student groups. 
A n y prejudices against Unesco w o r k will be 
dispelled by these u s e f u l publications. 

F o r f u r t h e r information about m a t e r i a l 
available and standing orders, w r i t e to M r . 
H e n r y E v a n s , Columbia University P r e s s , 
N e w Y o r k C i t y . 

H O R S E T H I E V E S , P O L Y G A M Y A N D P I G S 

The Library Bulletin, Canisius College L i -
brary, sometimes indulges in surprising topics. 
A recent issue ( M a r c h 3 1 , 1 9 5 4 ) carries 
" U n u s u a l Serial T i t l e s . " P e r s o n a l f a v o r i t e s 
on this list f r o m F a t h e r B o u w h u i s a r e : 
Anti-Horse Thief Association ( i n c l u d e d a s 
evidence of m o r a l rectitude) ; Anti-Polygamy 
Standard ( M r s . H a m l i n , please note) ; 
Colere d'un Vieux Republicain contre tout 
le Monde (to help my application f o r a 
f e d e r a l j o b ) ; t h e Large Black Pig Society; 
London Handbook and Journal; t h e Long, 
White Lop-Eared Pig Society Handbook ; 
a n d f i n a l l y , t h e National Union of Rollers, 
Rougher s, Catchers, and Hookers of the 
United States, Proceedings. ( W o u l d n ' t t h i s 
be a swell conference to a t t e n d ? ) 

D O C U M E N T S I N D E X 

T h e Superintendent of Documents still has 
several hundred copies of the Decennial 
C u m u l a t i v e Index to the M o n t h l y C a t a l o g , 
1 9 4 1 - 5 0 . T h i s index certainly seems essential 
to any college library that makes use of docu-
ments. Sales records indicate that many col-
lege and reference libraries do not have copies. 
T h e price is $25.00, and this sum is only a 
fraction of the cost of publication; the Index 
includes over 200,000 entries. T h e govern-
ment published this tool as a service to 
scholarship; their f u t u r e services w i l l un-
doubtedly be evaluated according to the sales-
support scholarship gives to such ventures. 

T H E L I B R A R Y OF C O N G R E S S 

I t is no news to report that again this y e a r 
the L i b r a r y of Congress budget request has 
been drastically cut by the H o u s e ( n o w 5 % 
below the slim current b u d g e t ) . E v e n the 
self-sustaining C a t a l o g C a r d Distribution 
Service w a s c u t ! 

R e a l news is the Appropriations Committee 
statement that "the L i b r a r y is the instrument 
and the creature of Congress. I t s duties his-
torically have been to meet the needs of the 
members of Congress first and to limit its 
services to others to that which can be f u r -
nished with the funds and staff available. . . . 
T h e reductions are due to the Committee's 
feeling that the library has gone f a r beyond 
the functions f o r which it w a s originally 
created." 

" T h e committee's feeling" may soon p e t r i f y 
into l a w . Obviously the committee feels that 
the L i b r a r y of Congress should be a library 
f o r congressmen, a collection of perhaps sev-
eral hundred thousand volumes of current r e f -
erence materials organized by a small staff in 
a modest building. 

T h i s feeling contradicts f a i r l y consistent 
congressional action which dates back to the 
J a n u a r y 1 8 1 5 purchase of J e f f e r s o n ' s library, 
and which recognizes the library as a national 
library with national service responsibilities. 
T h e P e t e r F o r c e papers w e r e not purchased 
because congressmen felt a need f o r them in 
debates, nor the vellum G u t e n b e r g Bible to 
facilitate their devotions. T h e t w o g r e a t li-
b r a r y buildings w e r e not built of marble and 
adorned with murals out of congressional feel-
ing f o r their servants, the librarians. 

Congress and the A m e r i c a n people have f o r 
many generations felt that the L i b r a r y of C o n -
gress w a s a national institution as w e l l as a 
servant to the Congress. T h e library staff 
have likewise felt their responsibilities to schol-
ars and scholarly institutions up and down the 
land. T h i s g r e a t library cannot stand a f u r -
ther cut of 94 staff members and related cur-
tailments without giving up many important 
services now rendered to every active college 
library in this country. T h o s e whose feelings 
d i f f e r with the feelings of Congressman W a l t 
H o r a n (Rep., W a s h i n g t o n ) and his subcom-
mittee should so express themselves to their 
congressman. 

L i b r a r i a n s w h o examine the printed Hear-
ings of the Appropriations Committee ( L e g i s -
l a t i v e - J u d i c i a r y Subcommittee) w i l l be dis-
tressed at the rough usage accorded by our 
duly elected representatives in Congress to 
L C officials whom w e know to be devoted 
public servants and talented colleagues.— 
Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary. 

JULY, 1954 
32 7 



News from the Field 
N i n e v o l u m e s of the 

Acquisitions, Gifts, d i a r y of G e o r g e von 
Collections L e n g e r k e M e y e r and a 

s m a l l g r o u p of photo-
g r a p h s and m e m o r a b i l i a h a v e been presented 
to the L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s by his d a u g h t e r s , 
M r s . P h i l i p O . C o f f i n and M m e . J u l i a M e y e r 
B r a m b i l l a . T h e d i a r y c o v e r s M r . M e y e r ' s 
y e a r s as A m b a s s a d o r to I t a l y , 1 9 0 1 to 1 9 0 5 , 
and to R u s s i a , 1 9 0 5 to 1 9 0 7 , as w e l l as his 
l a t e r service as P o s t m a s t e r G e n e r a l in 
T h e o d o r e R o o s e v e l t ' s C a b i n e t and his f i r s t 
f e w months as S e c r e t a r y of the N a v y in the 
T a f t a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . T h e e n t r i e s — a l l in his 
o w n h a n d w r i t i n g — a r e f o r the most p a r t 
r a t h e r f u l l . T h e y r e p o r t c o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h 
the K i n g of I t a l y , the E m p e r o r of G e r m a n y , 
and the C z a r of R u s s i a , and they comment 
on c u r r e n t i n t e r n a t i o n a l a f f a i r s and on e x -
changes at C a b i n e t meetings. M r . M e y e r ' s 
d i a r y also describes trips in his a u t o m o b i l e 
(in 1 9 0 1 a n e w and shiny toy, w h i c h " o v e r -
comes distances in a w o n d e r f u l w a y " ) , b r i d g e 
g a m e s , q u a i l shooting, picnics, and w a l k s w i t h 
T . R . T h e r e a r e m a n y r e f e r e n c e s to c o r r e -
spondence w i t h such public f i g u r e s as R o o s e -
v e l t and H e n r y C a b o t L o d g e and comments 
on others of his c o n t e m p o r a r i e s . T h e diaries 
a r e n o w a v a i l a b l e f o r r e s e a r c h use in the 
M a n u s c r i p t s D i v i s i o n . 

R i c h a r d J . N e u t r a , i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y - f a m o u s 
L o s A n g e l e s architect, has deeded his entire 
l i t e r a r y and g r a p h i c estate, and suitable f u n d s 
to u t i l i z e this m a t e r i a l , to 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 . N e u t r a ' s l i t e r a r y 
estate consists of thousands of a r c h i t e c t u r a l 
studies, r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t s , presentation d r a w -
ings, w o r k i n g d r a w i n g s , t r a v e l sketches, 
m a n u s c r i p t s and p h o t o g r a p h s of executed 
w o r k s and e x p e r i m e n t a l models. B e c a u s e 
these m a t e r i a l s a r e needed f o r r e f e r e n c e in 
N e u t r a ' s c r e a t i v e w o r k , he w i l l retain posses-
sion of them d u r i n g his l i f e t i m e , but access to 
them w i l l be m a d e a v a i l a b l e to students and 
r e s e a r c h e r s . U p o n his death, the mentioned 
estate w i l l be housed on the U C L A campus. 

I n m a k i n g the g i f t , N e u t r a s a i d : " I t is 
my hope that these m a t e r i a l s w i l l support 
study of design as w e l l as the evolution of 
planning and a r c h i t e c t u r e . D e s p i t e the invi-

tations of i m p o r t a n t e a s t e r n universities, and 
because of my long residence in C a l i f o r n i a 
and a t t a c h m e n t to o u r city, I f e e l it ap-
p r o p r i a t e that this potentially u s e f u l p a r t of 
my estate should go to U C L A . " T h e g i f t of 
liquid f u n d s w i l l apply to editing of m a n u -
scripts and f o r i l l u s t r a t i o n of r e s e a r c h and 
s t r u c t u r e s . N e u t r a plans to m a k e additional 
e n d o w m e n t s in the f u t u r e . 

T h e A m e r i c a n m u s i c a l s h o w , w h i c h in re-
cent y e a r s has been g a i n i n g s t a t u r e both here 
and a b r o a d as an i m p o r t a n t n e w f o r m of a r t , 
h a s become a collector's i t e m ; the l i t e r a t u r e 
of m u s i c a l comedy is n o w being collected at 
the Y a l e L i b r a r y . T h e n e w collection, k n o w n 
as T h e Y a l e C o l l e c t i o n of the L i t e r a t u r e of 
the A m e r i c a n M u s i c a l T h e a t r e , is p r i m a r i l y 
the p r o d u c t of a m a n w h o many y e a r s ago 
recognized the v a l u e of the m u s i c a l comedy 
as a c o m m e n t a r y on A m e r i c a n c u l t u r e — 
R o b e r t L . B a r l o w , of the Y a l e class of 1 9 3 3 , 
M a n a g i n g E d i t o r of the Yale Alumni Maga-
zine. H i s collection, which he is donating to 
the Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , n o w consists of 
about 5,000 items, including sheet music, p r o -
g r a m s , complete scores and recordings by 
o r i g i n a l casts or a r t i s t s . T h e e a r l i e s t item 
n o w in the collection is the o r i g i n a l published 
v o c a l score of " F l o r a d o r a , " a musical comedy 
produced on B r o a d w a y in 1 9 0 0 , which f e a -
t u r e d the song, " T e l l M e P r e t t y M a i d e n . " 

T h e U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s h a s v e r y recently 
acquired a complete collection of the w o r k s of 
D . H . L a w r e n c e including the scarce limited 
editions and m a n y pamphlets. F o r m e r l y the 
p r o p e r t y of a w e l l - k n o w n N e w Y o r k col-
lector, the L a w r e n c e m a t e r i a l includes all the 
necessary t e x t u a l v a r i a n t s . I n c l u d e d is a 
s m a l l e r g r o u p of t r a n s l a t i o n s , c r i t i c a l and bio-
g r a p h i c a l books and articles. T h e present 
collection is p a r a l l e l to the S p o e r r i J o y c e 
collection at K a n s a s described in COLLEGE 
AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES, A p r i l , 1 9 5 4 . E v e r y 
book in the collection is in a l m o s t mint con-
dition and most still retain their j a c k e t s . 
T h e collection w i l l be p r e s e r v e d intact in the 
R a r e B o o k section of the Special C o l l e c t i o n s 
d e p a r t m e n t ; both the J o y c e and L a w r e n c e 
collections w i l l be m a d e as complete as possi-
ble and then kept u p - t o - d a t e so that they w i l l 

338 COI.LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



provide f i r s t - r a t e sources f o r the study of 
two of the most important authors of the 
century. 

A t the U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s L i b r a r y , 
several r a r e publications relating to the his-
tory of the M o r m o n s w e r e recently discovered 
in a small group of uncataloged pamphlets. 
T h e s e w e r e part of a thirty-seven y e a r old 
g i f t to the University, the T h a y e r Collection 
of A r t , which brought with it in 1 9 1 7 a li-
brary, including important art reference and 
plate books. 

In the course of reprocessing some of these 
materials, which had been f o r so many y e a r s 
in use in the U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s Spooner-
T h a y e r A r t M u s e u m , a small cache of non-
descript pamphlets w a s uncovered and 
brought to the attention of Special Collections 
Bibliographer J o s e p h Rubinstein. W i t h the 
intuitive feelings of a bookman, he dug 
through the pilf. T h i r d one down he f o u n d : 
D a v i s , G e o . T . M . , An Authentic Account 
of the Massacre of Joseph Smith, the Mor-
mon Prophet . . . St. L o u i s , 1844 (Sabin 18824 
N Y P ) . Although not the r a r e s t of pamph-
lets, this account has been neglected by many 
historians, w h o concentrate on the W i l l i a m 
M . D a n i e l s pamphlet of 1 8 4 5 . T h e D a v i s 
piece does not appear in the auction records 
of the 1947 A u e r b a c h sale. T w o f u r t h e r 
down the pile appeared: Conyers, J o s i a h B., 
M . D . , A Brief History of the Leading 
Causes of the Hancock Mob, S t . L o u i s , 1 8 4 6 
(Sabin 1 6 2 2 7 , Boston P u b l i c ) ; not in the 
B e r r i a n Collection at the N e w Y o r k Public 
L i b r a r y and not in the A u e r b a c h sale. A n d 
still this f r a g i l e packet revealed additional 
r a r i t i e s : C a r l e t o n , J a m e s H e n r y , Report on 
the Subject of the Massacre at the Mountain 
Meadows in Utah Territory in September, 
1857, f o l l o w e d by the M i t c h e l l r e p o r t ; not in 
S a b i n ; A r k a n s a s Imprints 396 locates G r a f f , 
H a r g n e t t and Streeter copies; W a g n e r - C a m p 
( 1 9 5 3 ) 3 5 4 could locate only the G r a f f , 
Streeter and C o e (identical with H a r g n e t t ? ) . 
O t h e r rarities noted w i l l be reported l a t e r ; 
but t o w a r d the bottom of the packet a small 
sixteen-page pamphlet w a s found which 
caused a certain excitement: Constitution of 
the State of Deseret with the Journal of the 
Convention Which Formed It and the Pro-
ceedings of the Legislature Consequent 
Thereon, Kanesville, 1849 (Sabin 9 8 2 1 9 ) ; 
other copies: L i b r a r y of Congress, H a r v a r d 

L a w , C o e ( Y a l e ) , Streeter, Pennsylvania 
H i s t o r i c a l Society, G r a f f . T h e last copy sold 
at auction brought $ 1 0 3 0 in 1 9 2 2 . 

A l l of the present pamphlets came to the 
T h a y e r collection f r o m the l i b r a r y of G e n e r a l 
M a s o n B r a y m a n ( 1 8 1 3 - 1 8 9 5 ) w h o w a s G o v -
ernor F o r d ' s agent in the latter's efforts to 
compose the violent conflict between the 
M o r m o n s and the hostile neighborhood at 
N a u v o o in 1844. Although B r a y m a n later 
became a general in the Union armies and 
G o v e r n o r of Idaho T e r r i t o r y he retained 
interest in M o r m o n a f f a i r s and collected small 
amounts of relevant material throughout his 
life. T h e r e w e r e other B r a y m a n - T h a y e r dis-
coveries, including several books belonging to 
E m m a H a l e Smith Bidamon, w i f e of J o s e p h 
Smith, J r . T h i s review of the U n i v e r s i t y of 
K a n s a s M o r m o n material has added interest 
by virtue of the f a c t that the unusual M o r -
mon collection of T . J . F i t z p a t r i c k w a s ac-
quired last spring by the K a n s a s C i t y , 
M i s s o u r i , Public L i b r a r y . 

T h e B a k e r L i b r a r y at D a r t m o u t h College 
has received a collection of 98 hitherto un-
published letters by H e n r y J a m e s . P a r t of 
a correspondence extending f r o m 1892 to 1 9 1 1 
between J a m e s and M r . and M r s . D a n i e l 
Sargent C u r t i s of Boston, the letters are 
w r i t t e n f r o m E n g l a n d , F r a n c e and Italy and 
paint a picture of the l i f e of the l i t e r a r y man 
in p r e - W o r l d W a r I E u r o p e . T h e letters, 
which give an occasional glimpse of J a m e s ' 
"sensibility," come to D a r t m o u t h f r o m M r s . 
Sylvia C u r t i s O w e n , a granddaughter, of 
L y m e , N . H . , in whose f a m i l y they had re-
mained stored with other f a m i l y corre-
spondence. W r i t t e n f r o m London, Sussex, 
P a r i s , R o m e , Venice, B o l o g n a and other con-
tinental centers of learning and culture, the 
letters are an important addition to source 
material on a w o r l d - f a m o u s author and critic 
in an era when l i t e r a r y production and criti-
cism w e r e in f u l l flower. 

T h e U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois L i b r a r y has 
acquired by purchase a notable collection of 
materials relating to H . G . W e l l s . T h e 
papers begin with the diary of S a r a h W e l l s 
( H . G . ' s mother) in 1845, and pertain to his 
birth, boyhood, school successes, early com-
mercial f a i l u r e , and his experience as a 
teacher and endeavors as a w r i t e r . Included 
in the collection are his letters w r i t t e n as a 
boy and later, letters to and f r o m his friends 

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32 7 



and relatives, which give a picture of the 
boy and man in his w a r m personal relations, 
and letters to and f r o m his colleagues, w r i t e r s 
like G i s s i n g , C o n r a d , S h a w , Bennett, G a l s -
w o r t h y , Chesterton, B a r i n g , B a r r i e , H a r d y , 
H e a l e y , E z r a Pound, J o y c e , Kipling, and 
politicians like Churchill, Sydney and B e a t r i c e 
W e b b and L o r d B e a v e r b r o o k . T h e s e letters 
have not only l i t e r a r y significance but also 
political and social significance. T h e y give 
much of the inside story of the F a b i a n Society, 
in which W e l l s w a s active. 

A l s o present are W e l l s ' holograph manu-
scripts, typescripts, notes, proofs, etc., repre-
senting some f o r t y books and hundreds of 
stories and articles, and over one thousand 
copies of his books, including first editions, 
revised editions, and translations in many 
languages. Supplementing the correspond-
ence, manuscripts, and v a r i a n t editions are 
diaries, association books, photographs, and 
other materials pertaining to W e l l s . 

A g i f t of one-half million 
Buildings dollars t o w a r d the con-

struction of a new l i b r a r y 
at C a r l e t o n C o l l e g e has been announced. 
T h e donor has asked to remain anonymous. 

T h i s $500,000.00 donation brings the total 
of pledges and cash g i f t s t o w a r d the construc-
tion of the sorely-needed building to 
$ 1 , 2 4 3 , 9 4 1 . 7 1 . A $ 1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 structure is 
planned to replace the present inadequate li-
b r a r y facilities at C a r l e t o n . 

I n addition to these subscriptions t o w a r d 
the actual construction, C a r l e t o n has an o f f e r 
of approximately one million dollars in 
securities f o r the endowment of the mainte-
nance and operation of the l i b r a r y . T h i s 
anonymous g i f t is conditional in that the en-
tire $ 1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 f o r the building must be 
subscribed by September, 1954, in order f o r 
the college to receive the endowment million. 
T h i s combined library building and endow-
ment project, which totals t w o and one-half 
million dollars, is the largest in C a r l e t o n ' s 
history. 

P l a n s f o r the l i b r a r y are the result of 
several y e a r s ' intensive study of problems in-
volved and consultations with architects by a 
committee of f a c u l t y members. T o avoid 
mistakes of the past, C a r l e t o n ' s new library 
provides f o r the adequate housing of books 
estimated as being needed f o r a student body 

of 1,000 f o r the next f i f t y to seventy years. 
T h e functional building is so constructed 
that additions may be made a f t e r that time. 

T h e present l i b r a r y at C a r l e t o n , built in 
1896 to serve 2 7 2 students, houses only f o r t y 
per cent of the C a r l e t o n 160,000 volume col-
lection. A p p r o x i m a t e l y 90,000 volumes are 
scattered about the campus in basement, 
storerooms, corridors and offices in ten d i f f e r -
ent buildings. P l a n s f o r the new building are 
based on the assumption that C a r l e t o n w i l l 
continue to be a small liberal arts college of 
not more than 1,000 students, with emphasis 
on individual instruction. 

Recent dedications of new university l i b r a r y 
buildings w e r e those at the U n i v e r s i t y of 
Wisconsin, M a d i s o n , on F e b r u a r y 1 , and of 
W a y n e U n i v e r s i t y , D e t r o i t , on A p r i l 8. 

A t the U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s a Science L i -
b r a r y comprising m a t e r i a l s in chemistry, 
physics and pharmacy is expected to occupy 
q u a r t e r s in the new Science Building this 
summer. Stack space on t w o levels w i l l 
accommodate over 80,000 volumes. T h e r e 
will be a l a r g e general reading r o o m ; and f o r 
the f a c u l t y and g r a d u a t e students, 3 5 stack 
cubicles and a second separate reading room 
adjacent to the bookstack and office area. A s 
the academic departments concerned move to 
the new building, three individual depart-
mental libraries w i l l be consolidated; ma-
terials and services w i l l be thus brought 
together under the care of a science librarian 
w h o w i l l also supervise the operation of other 
scientific and technical libraries on campus. 

Reflecting the strength and 
Miscellaneous research value of the L i -

b r a r y of the H i s t o r y of 
M e d i c i n e at the U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s M e d i -
cal C e n t e r is the annual Clendening L e c t u r e -
ship on the H i s t o r y and Philosophy of M e d i -
cine. T h i s y e a r the f i f t h course of t w o lec-
tures w a s delivered on M a r c h 24-25 by D r . 
D o u g l a s G u t h r i e , lecturer in the history of 
medicine at the U n i v e r s i t y of E d i n b u r g h . D r . 
G u t h r i e ' s first lecture, delivered in L a w r e n c e , 
w a s on the subject of " W i t c h c r a f t and W i t c h 
D o c t o r s " ; his second lecture, at the M e d i c a l 
C e n t e r in K a n s a s C i t y , K a n s a s , w a s con-
cerned with " L i s t e r and his A c h i e v e m e n t . " 

Lending policy at the U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s 
L i b r a r i e s has been revised and r e f o r m u l a t e d 
in a Lending Code a n d a n e w s y s t e m of 

340 COI.LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



identification cards. L i b r a r i a n s w h o wish to 
compare notes with K U may obtain copies 
upon request f r o m the D i r e c t o r of L i b r a r i e s . 

T h e establishment of a C o m m o n w e a l t h L i -
brarianship at L e h i g h U n i v e r s i t y to provide a 
means f o r in-service professional experience 
and f o r the interchange of ideas has been 
announced. M i s s M a r g a r e t K . Kennelly, 
assistant librarian of the United States In-
formation Service L i b r a r y in M e l b o u r n e , 
A u s t r a l i a , is the first librarian to join the 
Lehigh library staff under its newly insti-
tuted plan of employing one qualified librarian 
on the staff f r o m the British C o m m o n w e a l t h . 

A t the second biennial convention of A l p h a 
B e t a A l p h a , national undergraduate library 
science f r a t e r n i t y , held M a r c h 1 9 - 2 0 at 
M u r r a y State College, M u r r a y , K e n t u c k y , 
speakers included D a v i d H . C l i f t , executive 
secretary of A L A , A r t h u r T . H a m l i n , execu-
tive secretary of A C R L , E . J . Humeston, 
director of the U n i v e r s i t y of Kentucky School 
of L i b r a r y Science, and H a r o l d L a n c o u r , 
associate director of the U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois 
L i b r a r y School. T h e theme of the conven-
tion w a s " H o r i z o n s U n l i m i t e d . " E u g e n e P . 
W a t s o n , librarian, N o r t h w e s t e r n State C o l -
lege, Natchitoches, L a . , is executive secretary 
of A l p h a B e t a A l p h a . 

D o u b l e d a y & Company is 
Publications issuing a new series of 

pocket size books of C a t h o -
lic interest. T h e series, I m a g e Books, w i l l 
constitute a quality library of Catholic w r i t -
ings, the m a j o r i t y of which w i l l consist of 
reprints. E u g e n e P . W i l l g i n g , D i r e c t o r of 
the L i b r a r y , Catholic U n i v e r s i t y of A m e r i c a , 
is on the editorial board. 

"Science C o u r s e s in H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n : A 
Selected L i s t of R e f e r e n c e s 1 9 4 7 - 5 3 , " a classi-
fied and annotated bibliography prepared by 
W a l t e r Allen, D a y t o n Public L i b r a r y and 
M iss M . H . Perkins, N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r -
sity L i b r a r y , appears in the F e b r u a r y issue of 
Science Education, pp. 40-58. T h e bibliogra-
phy "includes books and articles dealing with 
the philosophy, organization, and content of 
science curricula in the fields of G e n e r a l Sci-
ence, A s t r o n o m y , Biological Science, Chemis-
try, G e o l o g y , M a t h e m a t i c s , Physics, and 
Statistics." 

M a r y L . L y d a and Stanley B . B r o w n have 
p r e p a r e d Research Studies in Education: A 

Subject Index of Doctoral Dissertations, Re-
ports, and Field Studies ( a loose leaf file with 
annual supplements). B o u l d e r , Colo., P u b -
lished by the compilers with a grant f r o m 
campus chapters of Phi D e l t a K a p p a , 1 9 5 3 . 
M i s s L y d a is librarian, Education L i b r a r y , 
U n i v e r s i t y of C o l o r a d o L i b r a r i e s . 

Geography in the Twentieth Century: A 
Study of Growth, Fields, Techniques, Aims, 
and Trends, edited by G r i f f i t h T a y l o r , has 
been issued in a 2d, rev. and enl. ed. ( N e w 
Y o r k : Philosophical L i b r a r y . 1 9 5 3 , 661 p., 
$ 8 . 7 5 ) . 

Catholic Subject Headings, e d i t e d b y O l i -
ver L . K a p s n e r , is available in a 3d edition. 
(Collegeville, M i n n . : St. J o h n ' s Abbey P r e s s , 
I 9 5 3 , 6 1 5 p., $ 8 . 5 0 ) . T h i s list, designed to 
be used with either the L C or the S e a r s list 
of subject headings, is published under the 
auspices of the Catholic L i b r a r y Association. 
A n appendix on " N a m e s of S a i n t s " has been 
added. 

T h e D i a l P r e s s has published The Negro in 
American Life and Thought: The Nadir, 
1877-1901, by R a y f o r d W . L o g a n ( N e w 
Y o r k , 1954, 380 p., $ 5 . 0 0 ) . T h i s w e l l docu-
mented and indexed volume should be a use-
f u l source of reference. 

T w o recent publications of the Philosophi-
c a l L i b r a r y a r e Cults and Creeds of Graeco-
Roman Egypt, b y H . I d r i s B e l l ( 1 9 5 3 , P-, 
$ 4 . 7 5 ) , a n d a History of the Theories of 
Aether and Electricity: The Modern 
Theories, 1900-1926, by Sir E d m u n d W h i t -
taker ( 1 9 5 4 , 3 1 9 p., $ 8 . 7 5 ) . 

T h e Institute of L a b o r and Industrial R e -
lations, U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois, has issued three 
n u m b e r s of i t s Bibliographic Contributions: 
N o . I , Structure and Government of Ameri-
can Labor Unions: An Abstract bf Selected 
Literature, compiled by R a l p h H . B e r g m a n n ; 
N o . 2 , History of Labor and Unionism in the 
United States: A Selected Bibliography, c o m -
piled by R a l p h E . M c C o y , with the assistance 
of D o n a l d G s e l l ; N o . 3, Industrial Sociology: 
An Annotated Bibliography, c o m p i l e d b y V i r -
ginia P r e s t r i d g e and D o n a l d W r a y . R a l p h 
E . M c C o y , Institute librarian and series 
editor, indicates that contributions are pri-
marily f r o m the staff and faculty members. 

The End of the Ancient World and the 
Beginnings of the Middle Ages, b y F e r d i n a n d 
L o t , has been published by B a r n e s and 
N o b l e ( 1 9 5 3 , 454 P-, $ 7 - 5 ° ) • T h i s is a 

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32 7 



v o l u m e in the History of Civilization series, 
edited by C . K . O g d e n . T h e main thesis of 
the v o l u m e is that the n e w w o r l d owed its l i f e 
to the three f o r c e s of I s l a m i s m , the P a p a c y , 
and F e u d a l i s m . 

R u t h S a v o r d , l i b r a r i a n , and D o n a l d 
W a s s o n , assistant l i b r a r i a n , of the C o u n c i l 
on F o r e i g n R e l a t i o n s , Inc., N e w Y o r k C i t y , 
h a v e c o m p i l e d World Affairs—a Foreign 
Service Reading List, January 1954• C o p i e s 
a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r 1 5 ^ each. 

T h e A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n of U n i v e r s i t y 
P r o f e s s o r s Bulletin f o r A u t u m n , 1 9 5 3 , con-
tains t w o articles of i n t e r e s t : " H o w to M o t i -
v a t e Student U s e of the L i b r a r y , " by E d w a r d 
M u r r a y C l a r k , and " F a c u l t y R a n k f o r L i -
b r a r y S t a f f M e m b e r s in M e d i u m - S i z e d U n i -
versities and C o l l e g e s , " by R o b e r t H . M u l l e r . 

T h e f i r s t n u m b e r ( B i n d 1 , h e f t e 1 ) of 
Accessionskatalog ( K 0 b e n h a v n , 1 9 5 3 , pub-
lished by R i g s b i b l i o t e k a r e n : publisher's ad-
d r e s s : D e t kongelige B i b l i o t e k , C o p e n h a g e n ) , 
has been received. W i t h the present issue, the 
c a t a l o g which has been published r e g u l a r l y 
since 1 9 0 2 , and includes the accessions of about 
1 5 0 D a n i s h s c h o l a r l y and technical l i b r a r i e s , 
appears in a n e w f o r m . I t w i l l be published 
f r o m n o w on in classified, n o n - c u m u l a t i v e 
lists f o u r times a y e a r , succeeded at the end 
of a y e a r by an annual v o l u m e containing the 
same titles a r r a n g e d alphabetically. T h e 
q u a r t e r l y issues c l a s s i f y the titles according 
to the D a n i s h decimal classification w i t h slight 
modifications. T h e subscription f o r the sys-
tematic q u a r t e r l y issues is 8 D a n i s h c r o w n s , 
and f o r the alphabetical annual v o l u m e 2 4 
D a n i s h c r o w n s . 

Studies in Romance Philology and French 
Literature, presented to J o h n O r r by pupils, 
c o l l e a g u e s and f r i e n d s , has been issued by 
the M a n c h e s t e r U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s ( 1 9 5 3 , 3 1 5 
p., $ 1 0 . 0 0 ) . T h e exclusive A m e r i c a n distri-
bution is by B a r n e s and N o b l e , Inc., 1 0 5 
F i f t h A v e . , N e w Y o r k 3 . 

B a r n e s and N o b l e has published Economic 
History of the United States, by F r a n c i s G . 
W a l e t t , in C o l l e g e O u t l i n e Series ( 1 9 5 4 , 
265 p., $1 . 5 0 ) . 

T h e composite r e p o r t of the studies m a d e 
by m e m b e r s of the Subcommittee on E d u c a -
tion f o r Special L i b r a r i a n s h i p , appearing in 
the J a n u a r y issue of the Library Quarterly, 
outlines a n e w approach to p r o f e s s i o n a l t r a i n -
ing in special subject fields. R e p r i n t s of the 
article a r e a v a i l a b l e upon application to M i s s 
E l e a n o r S. C a v a n a u g h , L i b r a r i a n , S t a n d a r d 
and P o o r ' s C o r p o r a t i o n , 3 4 5 H u d s o n St., 
N e w Y o r k 1 4 , N . Y . T h e Subcommittee is 
sponsored by the J o i n t C o m m i t t e e on L i b r a r y 
E d u c a t i o n of the C o u n c i l of N a t i o n a l L i -
b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n s . I t s c h a i r m a n , M r . 
E d w a r d N . W a t e r s , M u s i c D i v i s i o n , L i b r a r y 
of C o n g r e s s , w e l c o m e comments and sug-
gestions on the studies. Since the studies do 
not cover all subject a r e a s , the Subcommittee 
does not r e g a r d this r e p o r t as final and there-
f o r w i l l continue its w o r k . 

V o l u m e 6 of Studies in Bibliography: 
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the 
University of Virginia, edited by F r e d s o n 
B o w e r s ( C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e : 1 9 5 3 , 288 p., $ 6 . 0 0 ) 
is an impressive addition to the p r e v i o u s 
v o l u m e s . A m o n g the papers included a r e 
" E n g l i s h P u b l i s h i n g and the M a s s A u d i e n c e 
in 1 8 5 2 , " by R i c h a r d D . A l t i c k ; " T h e ' P r i v a t e 
I s s u e s ' of The Deserted Village," by W i l l i a m 
B . T o d d ; " T h e F o l i o T e x t of I Henry IV," 
by A l i c e W a l k e r ; " T h e P r o o f - r e a d i n g of the 
F i r s t F o l i o T e x t of Romeo and Juliet," by 
C h a r l t o n H i n m a n ; " S h a k e s p e a r e ' s T e x t and 
the B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l M e t h o d , " by F r e d s o n 
B o w e r s ; " T h e F i r s t E d i t i o n of The Abbey of 
the Holy Ghost," by C u r t F . B i i h l e r ; " A 
C a v a l i e r L i b r a r y — 1 6 4 3 , " by J o h n L . L i e v s a y 
and R i c h a r d B . D a v i s ; " T h e B r i t i s h 
M u s e u m ' s C o p y of a R a r e B o o k f r o m 
B r e s c i a : A P r o b l e m in D a t i n g , " by D . E . 
R h o d e s ; and other papers by A r t h u r F . 
S t o c k e r , E d w i n H . M i l l e r , J o h n R . B r o w n , 
C y p r i a n B l a d g e n , A l l a n Stevenson, L e o n a r d 
C l a r k , F . D e W o l f e M i l l e r , J o h n A l d e n , 
M a r i a n H . H a m i l t o n , W i l l i a m B . T o d d , 
R i c h a r d B . H u d s o n , and F r e d s o n B o w e r s . 
R u d o l f H i r s c h and H o w e l l J . H e a n e y con-
tribute " A Selective C h e c k - L i s t of B i b l i o -
g r a p h i c a l Scholarship f o r 1 9 5 2 . " 

342 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



Personnel 
C O L T O N S T O R M , assistant director of the 

W i l l i a m L . C l e m e n t s L i b r a r y of the U n i v e r -
sity of M i c h i g a n , has been elected director of 
the W e s t e r n R e s e r v e 
H i s t o r i c a l Society. 
H e took up his 
duties on J u n e I, 
1954-

B o r n in K a n s a s 
C i t y , S t o r m w a s 
r e a r e d in O a k P a r k , 
Illinois. I n 1 9 3 0 he 
g r a d u a t e d f r o m O b e r -
lin C o l l e g e , and a 
y e a r l a t e r he s t a r t e d 
his long c a r e e r in 
the antiquarian book 
field. A f t e r w o r k i n g f o r v a r i o u s book stores 
in C h i c a g o , he became associated w i t h the 
A m e r i c a n A r t A s s o c i a t i o n - A n d e r s o n G a l -
leries, Inc., in N e w Y o r k in 1 9 3 4 . T w o y e a r s 
l a t e r S t o r m founded the f i r m of R e t z & 
S t o r m , Inc., dealers in original manuscripts 
and r a r e books. A m o n g other collections 
handled by this f i r m w a s an important seg-
ment of the r a r e books and manuscripts be-
longing to W i l l i a m R a n d o l p h H e a r s t . I n 
1 9 4 2 the late R a n d o l p h G . A d a m s invited 
S t o r m to j o i n the staff of the W i l l i a m L . 
C l e m e n t s L i b r a r y of the U n i v e r s i t y of 
M i c h i g a n , and there he served as c u r a t o r of 
maps, c u r a t o r of manuscripts, and assistant 
director. 

C o l t o n S t o r m is w e l l k n o w n as a l e c t u r e r 
and w r i t e r on A m e r i c a n history and r a r e 
books. I n addition to many articles which he 
has w r i t t e n he is c o - a u t h o r w i t h H o w a r d 
P e c k h a m of Invitation to Book Collecting, a 
standard w o r k f o r neophyte collectors. H e 
has also edited several books and manuscripts, 
including a f i v e - y e a r stint as editor of Ameri-
can Book-Prices Current and an appointment 
as editor of Manuscripts, a j o u r n a l f o r auto-
g r a p h collectors. 

F o r r e l a x a t i o n S t o r m is an enthusiastic 
a m a t e u r c a l l i g r a p h e r and collector of calli-
graphic manuscripts, and on occasions he helps 
M r s . S t o r m design and m a k e her w o n d e r f u l 
paste papers which a r e used f o r fine book 
binding. S t o r m also collects f a k e s and 

f o r g e r i e s and facsimiles of l i t e r a r y and his-
torical manuscripts, p a r t l y because he finds 
them amusingly instructive and p a r t l y because 
he w a n t s to get them off the m a r k e t . 

T o the W e s t e r n R e s e r v e H i s t o r i c a l S o -
ciety, w i t h its r e m a r k a b l e collections on 
C o l o n i a l history, the old Connecticut R e -
serve, S h a k e r and C o n f e d e r a t e m a t e r i a l , and 
e a r l y O h i o V a l l e y books, C o l t o n S t o r m brings 
a rich experience as a r a r e bookman and a 
scholar. H e believes that g r e a t libraries a r e 
p r i m a r i l y collections of choice and w e l l se-
lected books and manuscripts, but at the same 
time he is a competent housekeeper, an able 
a d m i n i s t r a t o r . — L a w r e n c e S. Thompson. 

M R S . K A T H L E E N M A D D E N C R I L L Y has been 
appointed associate l i b r a r i a n of F o r d h a m 
U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . F o r m e r l y l i b r a r i a n of 
the U n i v e r s i t y ' s C i t y 
H a l l D i v i s i o n , she 
w i l l make her head-
q u a r t e r s in D u a n e 
L i b r a r y on the M a i n 
C a m p u s w h e r e she 
will co-ordinate the 
planning f o r expan-
sion of the l i b r a r y . 

A native N e w 
Y o r k e r , M r s . C r i l l y 
w a s g r a d u a t e d f r o m 
the C o l l e g e of M o u n t 
St. V i n c e n t in R i v e r -
dale, N e w Y o r k C i t y , with the degree of 
B a c h e l o r of A r t s in 1948 and received her 
M a s t e r of Science degree in L i b r a r y Science 
f r o m C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y in the f o l l o w i n g 
y e a r . 

O n g r a d u a t i o n she joined the C i r c u l a t i o n 
department of the N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i -
b r a r y and l a t e r served in the L e g i s l a t i v e 
R e f e r e n c e Service of the L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s 
f r o m 1 9 4 9 to 1 9 5 1 . She returned to N e w 
Y o r k in September 1 9 5 1 as l i b r a r i a n of F o r d -
ham's C i t y H a l l D i v i s i o n L i b r a r y . 

A member of A L A and the C a t h o l i c L i -
b r a r y Association, M r s . C r i l l y is presently 
serving on the A l u m n i A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e 
of the C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y School of L i b r a r y 
Service. 

Colton Storm 

Kathleen M. Crilly 

JULY, 1954 
32 7 



M r s . C r i l l y assumes her n e w duties against 
the backdrop of a thorough acquaintanceship 
w i t h F o r d h a m ' s educational p r o g r a m and a 
v i b r a n t interest in the g r o w t h of the l i b r a r y ' s 
role at F o r d h a m . — J o s e p h T. Hart. 

J . W . GORDON G O U R L A Y r e s i g n e d a s a s -
sociate l i b r a r i a n at L o u i s i a n a Polytechnic I n -
stitute to become director of the l i b r a r y of 
C l e m s o n C o l l e g e . 

M r . G o u r l a y , a 
native of C a n a d a , 
received his A . B . de-
gree f r o m Q u e e n ' s 
U n i v e r s i t y , 1940, his 
B . L . S . degree f r o m 
the M c G i l l U n i v e r -
sity L i b r a r y School, 
1 9 4 1 , and his 
A . M . L . S . degree 
f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y 
of M i c h i g a n , 1 9 4 2 . 
H e s e r v e d in the 
R o y a l A i r F o r c e as a 
m e m b e r of a B o m b i n g S q u a d r o n d u r i n g the 
y e a r s 1 9 4 2 - 4 5 . B e f o r e coming to L o u i s i a n a 
T e c h , he held the position of circulation li-
b r a r i a n at B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y and I n d i a n a 
U n i v e r s i t y . 

A s associate l i b r a r i a n at L o u i s i a n a T e c h , 
M r . G o u r l a y did an outstanding j o b in 
o r g a n i z i n g a combined circulation and r e f e r -
ence service. H i s pleasant personality and 
p r o f e s s i o n a l competence w o n him the respect 
and friendship of f a c u l t y , students, and staff 
members. H i s alertness to w a y s to i m p r o v e 
l i b r a r y service and his keen analytical ap-
proach to problems w e r e of inestimable v a l u e 
in increasing the efficiency of the l i b r a r y . 

D u r i n g his tenure at T e c h , he served as 
c h a i r m a n of the C o l l e g e and R e f e r e n c e Sec-
tion of the L o u i s i a n a L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n , and 
as c h a i r m a n of the S o u t h w e s t e r n L i b r a r y 
A s s o c i a t i o n ' s C o m m i t t e e on S t a n d a r d s . 

M u c h as the l i b r a r y staff of L o u i s i a n a T e c h 
r e g r e t s M r . G o u r l a y ' s leaving, it is pleased 
that he has the opportunity to s e r v e as di-
rector of the C l e m s o n L i b r a r y . I t is also f e l t 
that the w i d e r scope thus a f f o r d e d him as an 
a d m i n i s t r a t o r of m a r k e d ability w i l l result in 
continuous development of the l i b r a r y . — 
E. J. Scheerer. 

H . R I C H A R D A R C H E R has l e f t sunny C a l i -
f o r n i a f o r C h i c a g o . S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a 
booklovers, l i b r a r i a n s , booksellers, g o u r m e t s , 
and s a r t o r i a l aficio-
nados a r e j u s t n o w 
emerging f r o m a 
state of shock into 
the r e a l i z a t i o n that 
H . R i c h a r d A r c h e r , 
f o r m e r supervising 
bibliographer of the 
W i l l i a m A n d r e w s 
C l a r k L i b r a r y and 
more lately, c u r a t o r 
in c h a r g e of g r a p h i c 
a r t s and r a r e books H. Richard Archer 
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 , has departed to 
accept the position of l i b r a r i a n at R . R . 
D o n n e l l e y Sons & C o m p a n y of C h i c a g o . 

A r c h e r ' s c a r e e r in books since his birth on 
September 1 3 , 1 9 1 1 at A l b u q u e r q u e , T e r r i -
tory of N e w M e x i c o , has been w i d e l y v a r i e d . 
H e a r r i v e d in C a l i f o r n i a in 1 9 1 9 . A f t e r em-
ployment as a bookseller on L o s A n g e l e s ' 
W e s t 6th S t r e e t , and l a t e r in P a l o A l t o , he 
g r a d u a t e d f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a 
at B e r k e l e y in 1940. A r c h e r attended the 
School of L i b r a r i a n s h i p at B e r k e l e y and f r o m 
there w e n t to 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 y School, w h e r e he received his M . A . in 
1 9 4 3 and remained as a research assistant 
until the s u m m e r of 1 9 4 4 . H e r e t u r n e d to 
L o s A n g e l e s in 1 9 4 4 to become supervising 
bibliographer of the C l a r k L i b r a r y , w h e r e he 
did much to develop the collections, especially 
in the field of fine modern printing. 

F r o m 1 9 4 6 to September 1 9 5 3 he w a s 
s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r and guiding genius of 
the R o u n c e and C o f f i n C l u b . H e served the 
Z a m o r a n o C l u b as editor of Hoja Volante, 
f o r t w o y e a r s and l i b r a r i a n f o r three y e a r s . 
H e w a s the f o u n d e r and s e c r e t a r y of the 
society of C a l l i g r a p h e r s , and he is on the 
B o a r d of E d i t o r s of the A u g u s t a n R e p r i n t 
Society and of the B o o k C l u b of C a l i f o r n i a ' s 
Quarterly News Letter. I n the midst of 
these activities he has also f o u n d time to 
operate the H i p p o g r y p h P r e s s f o r his pleas-
u r e and that of his f r i e n d s . 

H i s many talents in the field of l i b r a r i a n -
ship and printing, his impeccable taste, his 
g r e a t social talents and personal c h a r m w i l l 
undoubtedly p r o v e a g r e a t asset to the L a k e -

J. W. Gordon Gourlay 

344 COI.LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



side P r e s s and to the f r a t e r n i t y of l i b r a r i a n s 
and booklovers of the C h i c a g o a r e a . — J a k e 
Zeitlin. 

L Y D I A M . G O O D I N G w a s appointed C u r a t o r 
of the A n n m a r y B r o w n M e m o r i a l of B r o w n 
U n i v e r s i t y on J a n u a r y I , 1 9 5 4 . 

T h e A n n m a r y 
B r o w n M e m o r i a l , 
which had been an 
independent museum 
f r o m the time of its 
f o u n d i n g in 1907 by 
G e n e r a l R u s h H a w -
kins, w a s t r a n s f e r r e d 
to B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y 
in 1948. U p o n the 
retirement on D e -
cember 3 1 , 1 9 5 3 , of 
M i s s M a r g a r e t B . 
S t i l l w e l l , w h o had 

served as C u r a t o r since 1 9 1 7 , the a d m i n i s t r a -
tion of the A n n m a r y B r o w n M e m o r i a l w a s 
t r a n s f e r r e d to the U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . 

M i s s G o o d i n g has been a member of the 
U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y staff since 1946, w h e r e 
she has served as l i b r a r i a n of P e m b r o k e C o l -
lege, personnel officer, and r e f e r e n c e li-
b r a r i a n at the J o h n H a y L i b r a r y . B e f o r e 
coming to B r o w n , she had served on the 
f a c u l t y of l i b r a r y schools at E m o r y , S y r a c u s e 
and C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t i e s , and had held ap-
pointments in the P r i n c e t o n U n i v e r s i t y L i -
b r a r y and as l i b r a r i a n at Dickinson C o l l e g e 
and M o u n t H o l y o k e C o l l e g e . 

M i s s G o o d i n g received the B a c h e l o r of 
Philosophy degree at Dickinson C o l l e g e and 

B a c h e l o r of Science and M a s t e r of Science 
degrees f r o m C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , w h e r e she 
l a t e r w a s a member of the f a c u l t y and as-
sistant to the D e a n of the School of L i b r a r y 
Service. D u r i n g her y e a r s of teaching, she 
has conducted classes in bibliography and the 
history of p r i n t i n g . —David A. Jonah. 

D r . L u c y W . M a r k l e y , f o r m e r l y on the 
staff at the L u t h e r a n T h e o l o g i c a l S e m i n a r y 
in Philadelphia, w i l l become assistant l i b r a r -
ian of the G a r r e t t B i b l i c a l Institute, E v a n s -
ton, Illinois, the first of September. D r . 
M a r k l e y received her B . A . , B . D . , and P h . D . 
f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o , and w o r k e d 
in that l i b r a r y as c a t a l o g e r in the field of 
religion until 1 9 3 9 . She then served as l i b r a r -
ian at U n i o n T h e o l o g i c a l S e m i n a r y in N e w 
Y o r k until 1 9 5 0 . F o l l o w i n g this, she w a s 
w i t h the H . W . W i l s o n C o m p a n y . D r . M a r k -
ley is an ordained U n i v e r s a l i s t minister. 

M r s . R u t h L a n e , w h o retired on J u n e 30, 
1 9 5 3 as l i b r a r i a n f o r the V a i l L i b r a r y of 
E l e c t r i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g at M . I . T . , has been 
w o r k i n g w i t h P r o f e s s o r H . F r a z i e r of the 
D e p a r t m e n t of E n g i n e e r i n g on the develop-
ment of the electrical engineering collection 
and on a p r o g r a m f o r the more effective use 
of the V a i l L i b r a r y . 

M i r i a n S. Smith, w h o retired J u n e 30, 1 9 5 3 
as r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n at M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n -
stitute of T e c h n o l o g y , has been s u r v e y i n g the 
M . I . T . l i b r a r i e s ' service to industrial o r g a n i -
zations. 

Lydia M. Gooding 

Appointments 
R u t h B o a z is assistant l i b r a r i a n of Illinois 

W e s l e y a n U n i v e r s i t y , Bloomington, Illinois. 
J e w e l l D a v i s is n o w head of the catalog 

department of the A l a b a m a Polytechnic I n s t i -
tute L i b r a r y , A u b u r n , A l a b a m a . 

W i l l i a m R . E s h e l m a n is n o w assistant li-
b r a r i a n of L o s A n g e l e s S t a t e C o l l e g e . H e 
had f o r m e r l y been serials l i b r a r i a n of the 
same institution. 

R i c h a r d A . F a r l e y is assistant director of li-
b r a r i e s f o r science and technology at the U n i -
v e r s i t y of N e b r a s k a . 

A n n e E . F i n n a n has been appointed l i b r a r -

ian of the C i t y H a l l D i v i s i o n of the F o r d h a m 
U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y in N e w Y o r k . 

M r s . H e r t a F i s c h e r has been appointed 
l i b r a r i a n of the U n i v e r s i t y of N e b r a s k a C o l -
lege of M e d i c i n e in O m a h a . 

E l i z a A t k i n s G l e a s o n , f o r m e r l y director of 
the A t l a n t a U n i v e r s i t y School of L i b r a r y 
Service, is n o w head, r e f e r e n c e department, 
C h i c a g o T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e and W i l s o n J u n i o r 
C o l l e g e . 

R e v . J a m e s G . H o r i g a n , S . J . , has been 
appointed director of the R i g g s M e m o r i a l 
L i b r a r y of G e o r g e t o w n U n i v e r s i t y , succeed-

JXJLY, 1954 345 



ing R e v . F r a n c i s %X. B y r n e s . F a t h e r B y r n e s 
is now in charge of the U n i v e r s i t y ' s J e s u i t 
collection. 

R i c h a r d J o h n s o n has been appointed circu-
lation librarian of I o w a State T e a c h e r s C o l -
lege, C e d a r F a l l s . 

R o b e r t K . J o h n s o n , f o r m e r l y chief of the 
C a t a l o g Division of the A i r U n i v e r s i t y L i -
braries, M a x w e l l A i r F o r c e B a s e , A l a b a m a , 
has been promoted to the position of chief of 
the T e c h n i c a l Services Division. 

Kenneth C . Knight, f o r m e r l y assistant to 
the director of the A l a b a m a Polytechnic Insti-
tute L i b r a r y , became associate l i b r a r i a n at 
L o u i s i a n a Polytechnic Institute, Ruston. 

N e l s o n W . M c C o m b s , f o r m e r l y assistant 
director of the N e w Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y L i -
braries, has been appointed librarian of the 
G o u l d M e m o r i a l library at the U n i v e r s i t y 
H e i g h t s C e n t e r of N . Y . U . 

Bonnie M . M c G e h e e has been appointed 
assistant librarian of T a r l e t o n State College, 
Stephenville, T e x a s . She w a s f o r m e r l y cur-
riculum and textbook librarian of the U n i -
versity of T e x a s . 

J a n e O l i v e r , f o r m e r l y librarian of the 
U n i v e r s i t y of G e o r g i a L a w School, became 
G e o r g i a State L i b r a r i a n on I A p r i l 1 9 5 4 . 

J o h n P a r k e r has been appointed c u r a t o r of 
the J a m e s F o r d B e l l H i s t o r i c a l L i b r a r y of 
the U n i v e r s i t y of M i n n e s o t a . 

P a u l P a r h a m has been appointed librarian 
of Panhandle A . & M . College, G o o d w e l l , 
O k l a h o m a . 

M r s . L e n i c e E v e l y n F e l t h o u s R e e d has 
been appointed director of the G o r d o n C o l l e g e 

L i b r a r y in Boston, M a s s . 
M a r y K . Sanders, f o r m e r l y assistant in 

the U n i v e r s i t y of W a s h i n g t o n L a w L i b r a r y , 
has been appointed supervising l a w librarian 
in the C a l i f o r n i a State L i b r a r y . 

C h a r l e s W . Sargent has been appointed 
c u r a t o r of the K a n s a s H i s t o r i c a l Collections 
at the U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s . 

L a u r e n c e H . Soloman, f o r m e r l y chief of 
the branches of the P e o r i a , Illinois, Public 
L i b r a r y , is now order librarian of the C o l g a t e 
U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . 

R u t h S c h a e f f e r has been promoted f r o m 
acting librarian of the U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois 
Education, Philosophy, and Psychology L i -
b r a r y to librarian. 

J a y W . Stein has been appointed librarian 
of Southwestern College, M e m p h i s , T e n -
nessee. 

E s t h e r W i t c h e r , f o r m e r l y periodicals li-
brarian of the U n i v e r s i t y of O k l a h o m a , has 
been appointed librarian of the new Education 
Psychology L i b r a r y of the U n i v e r s i t y of 
O k l a h o m a . 

P a t r i c i a W o j i c k , f o r m e r l y librarian of the 
Creighton U n i v e r s i t y M e d i c a l School, has 
been appointed reference librarian of the 
K r e s g e - H o o k e r Scientific L i b r a r y of W a y n e 
U n i v e r s i t y . 

C a r o l y n W r a y , f o r m e r l y librarian of G a r d -
n e r - W e b b J u n i o r College, Boiling Springs, 
N . C . , has been appointed librarian of J u d s o n 
C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , M a r i o n , A l a b a m a . 

H e a r t s i l l H . Y o u n g has been appointed 
serials acquisition librarian and lecturer in 
l i b r a r y science, U n i v e r s i t y of T e x a s . 

Retirements 
D r . A r t h u r W . H u m m e l , member of the 

L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s staff since December 
1 9 2 7 , and Chief of its Division of O r i e n t a l i a 
since J u n e 1928, has retired a f t e r nearly 27 
y e a r s of service. D u r i n g this period the 
Division of which he has been in charge has 
expanded f r o m a small unit named the D i v i -
sion of Chinese L i t e r a t u r e to a much l a r g e r 
Division that is concerned w i t h providing 
f o r the Congress, f o r the F e d e r a l G o v e r n -
ment, and f o r the public information con-
cerning the v a r i o u s countries of the F a r and 
the N e a r E a s t ; and w i t h the acquisition, 
cataloging, custody, and service of materials 

in the languages of these regions. W h e n D r . 
H u m m e l came to the L i b r a r y in 1 9 2 7 , the 
Division of Chinese L i t e r a t u r e already pos-
sessed a substantial collection of nearly 
100,000 Chinese v o l u m e s ; but during the 
y e a r s of his administration it has expanded 
greatly, and at present the Division's collec-
tions of w o r k s in the languages of A s i a total 
more than 750,000 volumes. 

M a r y M . Smelser has retired as c u r a t o r of 
the K a n s a s H i s t o r i c a l Collections, U n i v e r s i t y 
of K a n s a s , a f t e r f i f t y y e a r s of service. 

M a r g a r e t B i n g h a m S t i l l w e l l , c u r a t o r of 

346 COI.LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



the A n n m a r y B r o w n M e m o r i a l , B r o w n U n i - and early printing, has retired f r o m this po-
versity since 1 9 1 7 and authority on incunabula sition. 

Necrology 
A l f r e d H a f n e r , associated with the firm 

of G . E . Stechert & Co., l a t e r S t e c h e r t - H a f -
ner, Inc., of 3 1 E a s t T e n t h Street, N e w Y o r k 
C i t y , f o r sixty years, died in a small town 
near Z u r i c h , S w i t z e r l a n d , on A p r i l 1 3 , 1954. 
H e w a s the f a t h e r of W a l t e r A . H a f n e r of 
D a r i e n , Connecticut and O t t o H . H a f n e r of 
N e w Y o r k C i t y , president and vice president 
of S t e c h e r t - H a f n e r , Inc., respectively. 

A l f r e d H a f n e r w a s educated in F r a u e n f e l d 
and Z u r i c h , w h e r e he began his life w o r k as a 
bookseller, f o l l o w e d by a period with a book 
concern in G e n e v a , through which he gained 
sound experience in the trade and proficiency 
in E u r o p e a n languages. In J u n e 1889, he 
came to N e w Y o r k and, a f e w days a f t e r 
a r r i v a l , applied f o r w o r k in G . E . Stechert's 
bookstore. G u s t a v Stechert, founder of the 
firm, made him manager of the French D e -
partment, then general manager in 1894, a n d 
a partner in 1897. F o l l o w i n g M r . Stechert's 
death in 1899, A l f r e d H a f n e r administered 
the business f o r several years, becoming sole 
owner in 1 9 1 4 . H e had become a citizen of 
the United States in 1904. 

T h u s , f o r f i f t y years G . E . Stechert & Co., 
developed under the guidance and e x t r a o r -
dinary organizational ability of A l f r e d H a f -
ner, with his t w o sons as partners a f t e r 1926. 
T h i s w a s a period of remarkable develop-
ment in industry and in educational and 
technological institutions accompanied by the 
beginnings of the g r e a t reference, scientific 
and other special library collections of today. 
M r . H a f n e r ' s unique contribution to A m e r i -
can libraries w a s his recognition of the 
rapidly expanding need f o r scientific and 
other scholarly books and periodicals, and in 
filling this need through the organization he 
built up. H e maintained branch offices in 

England, F r a n c e , and G e r m a n y , and agents 
throughout the w o r l d . H i s friends w e r e 
many among his associates and in the pro-
fessional groups he served during good periods 
and bad, through t w o w o r l d w a r s and in the 
f a c e of difficulties created f o r the interna-
tional bookseller by w a r and its a f t e r m a t h . 
I n 1946, the G . E . Stechert partnership w a s 
dissolved and S t e c h e r t - H a f n e r incorporated, 
with A l f r e d H a f n e r as vice president and the 
name of H a f n e r appearing in the firm name 
f o r the first time. In 1949 he officially re-
tired and returned to his native S w i t z e r l a n d 
f o r his remaining years. H e w a s an active 
supporter of the A L A and other library and 
c u l t u r a l organizations. 

M i s s R e b a S a r a h C a w l e y , head of the 
C a t a l o g D e p a r t m e n t of the Princeton U n i v e r -
sity L i b r a r y f r o m 1927 to her retirement in 
1942, died at the age of 77 in Princeton on 
F e b r u a r y 20, 1954. A f t e r attending the U n i -
versity of Pennsylvania M i s s C a w l e y joined 
the staff of the Princeton University L i b r a r y 
in 1 9 1 0 w h e r e she w o r k e d in v a r i o u s depart-
ments. 

W i l l i a m W i r t Foote, head librarian of the 
State College of W a s h i n g t o n f o r thirty-one 
years, died on October 20, 1 9 5 3 . M r . F o o t e 
became librarian emeritus of Washington 
State in 1946. 

D r . A l e x a n d e r M a r x , director of the J e w i s h 
T h e o l o g i c a l Seminary L i b r a r i e s since 1 9 0 3 , 
died on December 26, 1 9 5 3 . 

D r . P a u l J . Neumann, librarian of the 
University Heights C e n t e r of N e w Y o r k 
University, died in N o v e m b e r 1 9 5 3 . 

JULY, 1954 
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