College and Research Libraries


A C R L Treasurers Report and A L A Accommodation 
Account, 1953-54 

I N C O M E 
B U D G E T E D A C T U A L 

A L A A l l o t m e n t s to A C R L f r o m D u e s $21,000.00 $22',568.28 
A d d i t i o n a l Section D u e s 139-50 
E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y T I A A P r e m i u m D u e s 360.00 360.00 
ACRL MONOGRAPHS 1 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 4 , 3 1 7 . 8 4 
B u i l d i n g s Institute 3 3 i - 5 o 
M i s c e l l a n e o u s Income 45-4° 
Interest on S a v i n g s A c c o u n t 290.32 

T o t a l Income $28,052.84 
B a n k B a l a n c e September 1, 1953 16,799.87 

T o t a l $44,852.71 

E X P E N D I T U R E S 

C&RL Subvention $ 4,120.00 $ 3,459.68 
A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e E x p e n s e 300.00 375-12 
Council of National L i b r a r y Association D u e s 10.00 20.00 
C N L A A m e r i c a n S t a n d a r d s Committee ( Z 3 9 ) '. 5-°o 
A C R L M O N O G R A P H S 3 > 7 2 4 - 0 8 

A m e r i c a n Council on Education - 50.00 57-5° 
Joint Committee 011 L i b r a r y W o r k as a C a r e e r 25.00 — < 
Cooperative Committee on B u i l d i n g s S t u d y and E x p e n s e 300.00 
Miscellaneous ( i n c l u d i n g subsidy to W h o ' s W h o in L i b r a r y S c i e n c e ) 200.00 237.50 

S E C T I O N E X P E N S E S * 

College $ 75-00 $ 91-25 
Junior College 150.00 180.70 
P u r e and A p p l i e d Science 250.00 103.69 
R e f e r e n c e 125-00 246.06 
T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g 159-63 162.40 
U n i v e r s i t y 186.06 203.41 

C O M M I T T E E E X P E N S E S 

A d m i n i s t r a t i v e P r o c e d u r e s $ 100.00 $ 
A u d i o - V i s u a l 75-00 
B u i l d i n g s 500.00 149-9° 
Constitution & B y l a w s . 25.00 
P r e p a r a t i o n & Qualifications f o r L i b r a r i a n s h i p 25.00 
Statistics 150.00 100.00 
N o m i n a t i n g Committee 3 - 0 0 

O F F I C E R S ' E X P E N S E 

P r e s i d e n t $ 25.00 $ 8.95 
T r e a s u r e r 50.00 50.00 
E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y T I A A 720.00 720.00 
General A d m i n i s t r a t i v e E x p e n s e ( i n c l u d i n g T r a v e l ) 900.00 575-02 

E X E C U T I V E O F F I C E E X P E N S E 

S a l a r i e s ( 4 ) , Social S e c u r i t y , I n s u r a n c e $19,800.00 $17,570.21 
T r a v e l E x p e n s e s of E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y i,2'5o.oo 
Communication, Supplies & N e w Office E q u i p m e n t 1,600.00 2,026.69 
A d d r e s s o g r a p h Plates 125.00 128.29 

T o t a l E x p e n d i t u r e s $31,504-39 

B a l a n c e on hand September 1, 1953 $16,799.87 
Income September, 1953 to A u g u s t 3 1 , 1954 $28,052.84 

T o t a l $44,852-71 
E x p e n d i t u r e s September 1, 1953 to A u g u s t 3 1 , 1954 $31,504-39 

B a l a n c e $13,348.32*" 

* I n c l u d e s an A s s o c i a t e Membership as well as R e g u l a r Membership. 
* * ($10,290.32 in S a v i n g s A c c o u n t at F e d e r a l S a v i n g s & L o a n , K a n s a s C i t y , M o . ) 

($3,058 in C h e c k i n g A c c o u n t a t F i r s t N a t i o n a l B a n k , K a n s a s C i t y , M o . ) 

JANUARY, 1955 87 



Notes from the A C R L Office 
B O O K C O S T S 

E v e r y librarian with a book budget is in-
terested in the average cost of books. W i l l i a m 
S. Carlson's latest biennial report, as director 
of libraries of the O r e g o n State System of 
H i g h e r Education, reports as f o l l o w s : the 
average volume purchased by the University 
of O r e g o n cost $2.86 in 1939-40 and $5.62 in 
1953-54; the average volume purchased by 
O r e g o n State College cost $3.82 in 1939-40 
and $7.02 in 1953-54 (higher because of large 
number of expensive back numbers of scientific 
j o u r n a l s ) . A v e r a g e book cost has nearly 
doubled for both institutions. O r e g o n State 
College reported a 6 1 % increase in average 
cost of American periodical subscriptions over 
the same period ($3.38 in 1939; $5.44 in 1953). 

Administrators of larger libraries w i l l be 
interested in the f o l l o w i n g statement f r o m M r . 
Carlson's r e p o r t : " A welcome factor in the 
prospects f o r the next biennium is the recently 
adopted f o r m u l a whereby 5 % of all research 
contracts is made available to the library of 
the contracting institution." A l l too f r e -
quently libraries have been forced to assume 
great additional burdens for special research 
services without any compensating budget al-
lowance. F r o m personal experience I know 
that f e w university administrators think of 
library costs in toting up the bill, yet no single 
factor is more important in many projects. 

U N I V E R S A L C O P Y R I G H T 

Passage and presidential signature of the 
legislation for the U n i v e r s a l Copyright C o n -
vention ( H . R. 6616) recalls the heroic labors 
t o w a r d this goal by the leading literary figures 
of the last t w o generations. A principal effort 
to secure international copyright w a s made in 
1885 when an important group of authors and 
publishers organized for that purpose. Legis-
lation passed in 1891 met some of the goals but 
no amount of effort over the past 60 years 
could convince the Congress sufficiently to 
pass legislation which would permit American 
membership in the Berne Convention. 

M u c h of the credit for the passage of the 
recent legislation should go to D a n L a c y , 
managing director of the American Book 
Publishers Council. In answer to a letter 

of congratulations, he w r o t e : 

W h a t m a d e the ratification of the copyright 
t r e a t y and the p a s s a g e of the legislation pos-
sible a f t e r so m a n y decades' effort w a s not 
really the catalytic effect of w h a t e v e r we 
w e r e able to do here, but the f a c t that we had 
something to catalyze. T h a t is, the U n i v e r s a l 
Copyright Convention in its present f o r m 
actually corrected m a n y of the obstacles that 
had lain in the w a y of earlier efforts of r a t i -
fication of the Berne t r e a t y . Even more im-
p o r t a n t w a s the f a c t t h a t there existed on the 
p a r t of m a n y g r o u p s of people, but in li-
b r a r i a n s most of all, a willingness to u n d e r -
take irksome jobs over a period of m a n y 
months f r o m purely public motives. T h e r e 
must h a v e been m a n y h u n d r e d s of letters 
written by l i b r a r i a n s to members of Congress 
d u r i n g this drive, of which I s a w carbons of 
a high proportion. T h e y w e r e t h o u g h t f u l , 
intelligent, i n d i v i d u a l l y d r a f t e d letters of pre-
cisely the sort that influenced the Congress-
men. I don't know of any other body of 
people in the country t h a t would h a v e u n d e r -
taken t h a t effort f o r a m e a s u r e which they 
w e r e s u p p o r t i n g solely out of a sense of its 
rightness and not out of any self-interest. All 
of the m a n y interests who w e r e united in the 
support of the m e a s u r e noticed and w e r e im-
pressed by this. 

M O R E A B O U T R E A D I N G 

T h e s e pages have been used before to em-
phasize the library's responsibility in creating 
in students the w i l l to read and good book 
habits. E a r l y last spring M i n n i e R. Bowles, 
librarian of Hampton Institute in V i r g i n i a , 
sent the f o l l o w i n g statement to announce an 
afternoon of informal faculty discussion on the 
role of the l i b r a r y : 

No doubt each member of the H a m p t o n In-
stitute faculty would agree without question 
that the l i b r a r y is an i m p o r t a n t instrument 
in the instructional process of the college, 
t h a t it can and does p e r f o r m an i m p o r t a n t 
educational function and t h a t the l i b r a r y staff 
can w o r k actively with them in the achieve-
ment of the aims of the college. H o w e v e r , 
the statement of this concept is r a t h e r the 
expression of an ideal t h a n an accomplished 
fact, for some members of the f a c u l t y use the 
l i b r a r y extensively, m a n y use it to a limited 
extent and some do not use it at all in their 
teaching. T h i s observation is m a d e with the 

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realization that r e a d i n g is more i m p o r t a n t in 
some types of courses and in some fields than 
in others. 

Although m a n y different media are used in 
teaching—lectures, discussions, experiments 
and demonstrations, audio-visual aids—read-
ing r e m a i n s one of the principal means by 
which college students acquire their educa-
tion. T h e social importance of r e a d i n g has 
increased with the g r o w t h of the r e a d i n g pub-
lic and the ever increasing amount of r e a d i n g 
m a t e r i a l . T h e i n f o r m a t i o n needed as a basis 
f o r successful living and participation as 
i n f o r m e d citizens in our democratic society 
has increased proportionately. M e m b e r s of 
a college faculty h a v e the opportunity to 
stimulate lasting r e a d i n g interests in students 
and to assist them in f o r m u l a t i n g desirable 
r e a d i n g habits as an essential p a r t of their 
educational equipment. T h e encouragement 
of student r e a d i n g should be one of the prime 
objectives of the educational p r o g r a m and a 
component p a r t of most courses constituting 
the curriculum. One of the criteria f o r j u d g -
ing the effectiveness of a college faculty— 
and l i b r a r i a n s a r e included in this group—is 
the extent to which students' r e a d i n g abilities 
are known and understood and their r e a d i n g 
activities stimulated and directed. 

At this time, when the administration h a s 
expressed its opinion on the importance of the 
l i b r a r y as an instrument of instruction in 
terms of the renovation and decoration of the 
building, it seems logical to focus the atten-
tion of the faculty upon the p a r t that the 
l i b r a r y can play in their teaching. It is 
believed t h a t the l i b r a r y can contribute more 
effectively to the instructional p r o g r a m if the 
faculty u n d e r s t a n d s the philosophy which 
underlies the f o r m u l a t i o n of l i b r a r y policies 
and services and the development of the col-
lection, and if the faculty and the l i b r a r y staff 
a r e more f u l l y a w a r e of w h a t each expects, or 
should expect, of the other. 

P R O J E C T P R O P O S A L 

O n e of our well-known institutions now 
issues monthly a publication which reproduces 
the tables of contents of fifty current journals 
in the field of electrical engineering. T h e 
Department of Engineering selects the j o u r -
nals to be included. A s current issues are 
received in the library, the table of contents 
page is photographed. T h e journals go on 
and the photographs collect in a folder until a 
certain day when the accumulation is run off 
on multilith (reduced size) and stapled be-
tween heavier printed covers. O f course, 

some journals are represented by several con-
tents pages. A foreign monthly journal may 
have t w o pages in one issue and none in 
another. Distribution is to all members of 
the department and, I suppose, to interested 
members of other engineering departments. 

T h i s simple, inexpensive publication puts in 
the hands of each faculty member a guide to 
the current literature in his field. H e can 
sit down at home or on the train and in half-
an-hour pick out the articles to which he 
should give attention. O f course, some titles 
are misleading. Even though the system is 
not foolproof, considerable aid is given. A t 
this one institution the service is very popular 
and other departments want it. 

Richard D . A l t i c k w r o t e in the last issue 
o f C & R L : 

In l i t e r a r y scholarship, as in some other 
fields of the humanities and the social sci-
ences, we depend heavily f o r our knowledge 
of recent publications upon specialized serial 
bibliographies that come out a f e w months or 
so a f t e r the end of the c a l e n d a r year they 
cover. T h e s e bibliographies a r e godsends to 
the busy man who can't possibly keep up with 
all the publications in his field as they a r e 
issued.1 

If a need is felt f o r this sort of service else-
where, I believe it could be supplied easily 
through A C R L leadership. O n e institution 
would make up the list for mechanical engi-
neering and photograph the pages. Another 
would handle American history, and so forth. 
Photographed material would be f o r w a r d e d 
monthly to A C R L , which would arrange for 
manufacture and distribution to subscribers. 
W e could start in a small w a y w i t h a f e w 
fields and expand gradually if the project 
proved its usefulness. 

T h e principle behind this proposal is not a 
substitute to a periodical index; it is not 
to supply a bibliographical tool of permanent 
usefulness; it is purely and simply to put in 
the hands of faculty (and other readers with 
definite subject specialties) a handy guide 
to much of the current literature. O f course, 
many institutions would not have all of the 
journals whose contents pages w e r e repro-
duced. T h e r e would be difference of opinion 
about coverage. B u t these are not serious 
obstacles. 

1 A l t i c k , R i c h a r d D . , " T h e Scholar's P a r a d i s e , " COL-
L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S , 1 5 : 3 7 9 , O c t o b e r , I 9 S 4 -

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L i b r a r y science journal contents pages w i l l 
soon be covered by such a publication, now 
being developed by Saul H e r n e r and Eugene 
G a r f i e l d (236 East G u n H i l l Road, N e w 
Y o r k 67, N . Y . ) . Comments on the principle 
and on needs in other fields should be sent to 
the A C R L office. 

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

P e r h a p s the g r e a t e s t single weakness in the 
A m e r i c a n college is the lack of a d e q u a t e pro-
vision f o r considering questions of basic 
educational policy. . . . T h e presidents and 
deans are too absorbed in o r g a n i z a t i o n , ad-
ministration and promotion. . . . T h e p r o f e s -
sors . . . give little thought to over-all ob-
jectives. . . . 

T h u s it is that the m a t t e r of the direction 
of educational change has fallen between two 
stools (sic) with tne result that it has been 
determined largely by p r e s s u r e r a t h e r t h a n 
by planning, by outside influence r a t h e r t h a n 
by statesmanship. T h e g r e a t need is f o r edu-
cators to become m a s t e r s in their household 
with a v i e w to r e v e r s i n g the process.2 

L i b r a r i a n s have suffered intensely f r o m 
this lack of policy planning. W e all have 
favorite stories about top level decisions to 
give graduate w o r k in, say, oriental cultures 
next month without a thought to the necessary 
book resources or a w o r d to the librarian. 
O n the other hand, librarians too become en-
grossed "in organization, administration and 
promotion" and "give little thought to over-
all objectives." N o t all our woes are imposed 
upon us f r o m outside and above. Some may 
likewise fall "between t w o stools." In any 
case, librarians have a great responsibility 
to present the case for long-range institutional 
planning to both faculty and administration 
and to be sure that their own hands are clean 
on this score. 

W H O ' S W H O 

A news note of interest to every reference 
librarian is the establishment some months 
ago of a non-profit foundation to carry on 
Who's Who in America and other biographical 
publications of the A . N . M a r q u i s Company. 
M r . & M r s . W h e e l e r Sammons, the present 
owners of the company, have taken this step 
to insure that the reference w o r k s continue 

2 Carmichael, O l i v e r C . , " M a j o r S t r e n g t h s and W e a k -
nesses in A m e r c a n H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n , " Association of 
A m e r i c a n Colleges Bulletin, 3 9 : 2 ; p. 241-242, M a y , 
I953-

their past record of service. In M r . Sammons' 
words, " N o b o d y ever bought his w a y into a 
M a r q u i s publication, and one of the objects of 
our present step is to see that nobody ever 
w i l l . " 

T h e company maintains quite a storehouse 
of biographical data, a by-product of its pub-
lications. T h i s covers half a million A m e r i -
cans and goes back a century. T h e data on 
more than half these people is unpublished. 
A long range objective of the foundation is 
the production of a definitive American bio-
graphical dictionary. 

L i b r a r i a n s have always had a degree of 
recognition in M a r q u i s publications, not al-
ways accorded them elsewhere. T h i s g i f t of 
the Sammons' is generous and public spirited 
and librarians will f o l l o w with interest the 
new developments under the foundation. 

T H E A L A C O N F E R E N C E 

In the Antiquarian Bookman for A u g u s t 
21, Sol M a l k i n , the editor, has an interesting 
evaluation of the Minneapolis Conference and 
some suggestions for the f u t u r e . O f special 
interest are the editor's recommendations for 
more f r u i t f u l collaboration between librarians 
and other bookmen: 

. . . T h e i n c r e a s i n g importance of the li-
b r a r y in the book world, and the influential 
role of its professional o r g a n i z a t i o n , the ALA, 
has become evident to every bookman. T h a t 
is w h y we h a v e tried to give in this issue of 
A B a rounded picture of the A L A at work, 
and will continue to r e p o r t activities of inter-
est in our special field in f u t u r e issues. 

It is h o w e v e r only right t h a t we also record 
the increasing number of complaints in recent 
y e a r s by m a n y bookmen about libraries and 
l i b r a r i a n s . T h e A L A , it is contended, h a s 
become too "clannish," so l a r g e and unwieldy 
that p r o g r a m s a r e cut and dried, set f o r t h 
ex cathedra, with little or no time f o r " F r e e 
F o r u m s " or open discussion with give and 
take f r o m members and the general public, 
not just the f o r m a l stilted talks f r o m person-
ages, with usual w e l l - m e a n i n g platitudes. . . . 

. . . W e w o n ' t even attempt to enter into 
all the complaints about l i b r a r i a n s in our own 
special field, or w e ' d fill this issue and m a n y 
to come. But we must point out m a n y of the 
unresolved problems t h a t can be dispelled 
only by concerted action, the closest coopera-
tion between l i b r a r i a n s and bookmen. 

Booksellers w a n t to sell and serve libraries, 
book collectors w a n t to give and help l i b r a r -

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ies. W h y must it be made so h a r d f o r t h e m ? 
In the first instance, too m a n y l i b r a r i a n s 

r e g a r d d e a l e r s as "competitors"! T o be sure, 
dealers, w h e t h e r they sell to libraries or not, 
a r e or could be, with the smallest encourage-
ment, the greatest f r i e n d s of l i b r a r i a n s . H o w 
m a n y l i b r a r i e s h a v e a sign on their bulletin 
b o a r d : "If you've liked the book you've just 
read, w h y not buy a copy for your personal 
l i b r a r y ? You can get a new copy, or a good 
used one at a lower price f r o m your local 
bookseller. Addresses below: . . ." 

How m a n y libraries try to fill their list of 
book wants, new and old, f r o m their local 
d e a l e r s ? Is it really easier and cheaper to 
w r i t e to publishers and wholesalers and get 
an illusory l i b r a r y discount that may look 
good on paper, but does not help in building 
up a book-minded community? How m a n y 
l i b r a r i a n s drop in on an evening or S a t u r d a y 
afternoon at their local bookstores? J t could 
well be mutually profitable, so m a n y problems 
a r e the same, so much could be done to-
gether. H o w m a n y libraries, or local l i b r a r y 
groups, invite dealers, collectors, all book-
men to their meetings or socials? Is it just 
cut and dried procedure talks, or is there 
some f e a t u r e to attract them, if only a gen-
eral discussion p e r i o d ? 

W h y is it that so m a n y l i b r a r i a n s think 
they a r e the only ones who w a n t certain o.p. 
and r a r e books? T h a t just because they a r e 
libraries they should get it for a f r a c t i o n of 
its v a l u e on the m a r k e t place? How m a n y 
libraries give their local d e a l e r s a chance to 
fill their needs? (If he is not able, don't 
make up your own f o r a h a n d f u l of dealers, 
but send it to a specialist or one with whom 
you h a v e h a d dealings before, and give all 
d e a l e r s a f a i r chance. Remember, the out-of-
print field is one of the most competitive of 
all businesses, and l i b r a r i a n s will get the 
f a i r e s t possible price if they use a single 
d e a l e r f o r their needs.) . . . 

. . . And when it comes to p a y m e n t ! T o o 
m a n y libraries still require quintuplicate 
copies, notarized affidavits, etc. f r o m dealers. 
T o be sure, m a n y l i b r a r i e s are helpless in 
this situation. State l a w s and local rules re-
quire such mountainous p a p e r work, and the 
dealer usually u n d e r s t a n d s and is accomo-
d a t i n g . But when the amount is five dollars 
or less, or even below a dollar, cannot the 
l i b r a r i a n send stamps or coin f r o m petty 
cash, or ask for change in a d m i n i s t r a t i v e 
procedure t h a t will allow f o r the w r i t i n g of 
checks of five and u n d e r ? Such l a w s w e r e 
p r o m u l g a t e d decades ago, and h a v e no 
reason f o r being today. 

Now the above may seem petty, and yet it 

is just such things that lead to lack of coop-
eration between l i b r a r i a n s and dealers. If 
only each of the parties m a d e it a practice, 
once a week, once a month, once a season, to 
visit each other's quarters, there would be 
much better u n d e r s t a n d i n g of each other's 
problems, and practical betterment of the 
situation might well result. . . . 

. . . O u r point h o w e v e r is t h a t these are 
i m p o r t a n t a r e a s in which there is no set 
policy or recommendations on procedure 
either f r o m libraries or dealers. It is time 
that all bookmen got together in a single con-
certed effort to resolve their practical prob-
lems. P e r h a p s it could be done in the f r a m e -
work of the National Book Committee, the 
new organization which "seeks to foster a 
g e n e r a l public u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the v a l u e of 
books to the i n d i v i d u a l and to a democratic 
society," and to resolve questions of public 
policy which may be involved in book prob-
lems. 

W e believe h o w e v e r that the defects men-
tioned a r e in neglected a r e a s which could 
and should be considered on local and n a -
tional levels, and t h a t the A L A is the o r g a n i -
zation which can broaden its scope by allow-
ing for f r e e discussion of such practical prob-
lems at the next national conference in P h i l a -
delphia, July 3-9, 1955. 

T h e Philadelphia Conference is a long w a y 
off in point of time but all too close at hand 
for those w h o plan it. In past years our 
A C R L programs have been arranged largely 
by the chairmen and officers of A C R L and its 
sections and committees. T h i s year the ex-
ecutive secretary w a s directed to w o r k with 
officers in some over-all planning. 

A s things stand w e plan to have a day and 
a half early in the conference week on the 
University of Pennsylvania campus with a 
varied program of papers, group discussions 
and social events. Concentration of many 
A C R L programs in a f e w days should be a 
convenience to members who must pay their 
own w a y and can afford to stay only two or 
three days. 

T h e Penn Sherwood H o t e l is near the uni-
versity campus and convenient to the audi-
torium. A C R L officers w h o do not wish to 
stay in the central city area w i l l probably stay 
there or in the adjacent Hamilton C o u r t . 

W e hope to have a fairly large space in or 
near the exhibition area for general A C R L 
purposes. A C R L staff will be there, except 
when otherwise occupied. Leading college 

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and reference librarians (and this doesn't 
mean just administrators!) w i l l , w e hope, 
agree to be on hand at stated times to meet 
other members and discuss their problems or 
just chat. T h o s e w h o come to conference can 
determine before they come that they w i l l have 
an opportunity to discuss the care of rare 
books with an authority on, say, M o n d a y 
morning, or allocation of the book budget 
with someone else on, possibly, T h u r s d a y 
afternoon. In addition to librarians there 
should be present f o r consultation the second-
hand bookseller, the binder, and perhaps others 
of the book w o r l d who share interests with 
us and are not heavily represented in the exhi-
bition area. W e hope to make this meeting 
area attractive and comfortable, a place where 
our members, both old and young, w i l l relax 
and fraternize. 

T h r o u g h this consultation service and 
through our discussion groups w e hope to be 
able to help college and reference librarians 

with most of their important practical prob-
lems. I t is expected that the A C R L member 
can j u s t i f y to his administration the expense 
money to attend conference by stating the 
problems he faces and w i t h which he will be 
assisted at conference. If members will send 
to headquarters those problems which are of 
great personal concern, your secretary w i l l 
see that these are covered in the discussion 
groups. N o one should expect to get at con-
ference neat little answers to all the problems 
of "back home." B u t he should get oriented 
in the right directions to find his own answers. 
In other words, the workshop is similar to the 
school which seeks to motivate the student, 
catch his interest, guide his thinking, etc. so 
that he is enabled to find his own answers, 
and so that he continues his search and solu-
tion long years later. It should develop self-
perception, a sense for experimentation, new 
horizons, and sketch out some new techniques. 
—Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary. 

A n Evaluation of the A C R L Statistics Report 
(Continued from page 57) 

f u l l y . O n e ironical p a r t of the d a t a as-

sembled above is that a l t h o u g h the m a j o r i t y 

of l i b r a r i a n s r e p o r t e d the s a l a r y data to be 

the most u s e f u l ( T a b l e I I ) , 9 5 , or approxi-

m a t e l y 7 5 % , did n o t f a v o r o m i t t i n g those 

institutions f r o m the published tables w h i c h 

do not submit this i m p o r t a n t i n f o r m a t i o n 

( T a b l e V I I ) . F e w libraries are restricted 

by u n i v e r s i t y statutes f r o m r e p o r t i n g staff 

salaries, and yet an i n c r e a s i n g n u m b e r f a i l 

to submit these statistics. W h i l e r e p o r t i n g 

salaries in the l o w e r brackets, m a n y chief 

l i b r a r i a n s w i t h h o l d the top a d m i n i s t r a t i v e 

ones because p u b l i c a t i o n m a y r e v e a l an in-

d i v i d u a l ' s s a l a r y . A n a r g u m e n t is that any 

f i g u r e reported m a y not be representative of 

one's t o t a l earnings. W h a t an i n d i v i d u a l 

earns by e x t r a t e a c h i n g and c o n s u l t a n t w o r k 

is his personal a f f a i r , but the fixed salary an 

institution pays its l i b r a r i a n has g r e a t signifi-

cance f o r the p r o f e s s i o n ! O n l y w h e n these 

f i g u r e s are reported do the statistics become 

an i m p o r t a n t tool f o r c o m p a r a t i v e purposes. 

I n this article, an a t t e m p t has been m a d e 

to e v a l u a t e the A C R L statistics and to point 

o u t some of the p r o b l e m s f a c i n g the C o m -

mittee. In m a k i n g a c r i t i c a l analysis of the 

published data, one could p u r s u e f u r t h e r 

m a n y of the points raised in this a r t i c l e as 

w e l l as m e n t i o n others, b u t perhaps w h a t 

has been i n c l u d e d w i l l indicate the need f o r 

serious t h i n k i n g a m o n g librarians. T h e 

C o m m i t t e e is e n d e a v o r i n g to g i v e y o u use-

f u l and a c c u r a t e i n f o r m a t i o n , and y o u r con-

tinued cooperation w i l l enable it to f u n c t i o n 

m o r e e f f e c t i v e l y . 

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News from the Field 
T h e University of 

Acquisitions, Gifts, W i c h i t a L i b r a r y has 
Collections received a g i f t of a 

b e a u t i f u l b r o w s i n g 
room and $5,000 f o r books for the room. T h e 
room is in memory of H a r r y S. Heimple and 
w a s given by his parents, M r . and M r s . H a r r y 
H . Heimple. T h e room is wood panelled, 
carpeted, and furnished in early American 
style. It w a s formerly a study room on the 
second floor of the M o r r i s o n L i b r a r y , erected 
in 1939. T h e books are recent publications of 
general interest in all fields, or are nice edi-
tions of older w o r k s . T h e y may circulate. 

M a x i m i l i a n A l e x a n d e r Philipp, prince of 
W i e d - N e u w i e d (1782-1867) w a s one of nu-
merous titled G e r m a n travellers in the A m e r i -
can W e s t of the early 19th century, such as 
Bernhard of S a x e - W e i m a r - E i s e n a c h before 
him. B u t Prince M a x i m i l i a n , in his journey 
up the M i s s o u r i R i v e r on the f u r - t r a d e boat, 
" Y e l l o w s t o n e , " in the summer of 1833, w a s 
accompanied by the artist C a r l Bodmer. By 
this good fortune, the latter's sketches of In-
dians, villages, forts, and animals, engraved 
by L u c a s W e b e r and other eminent artists, 
appeared, upon their return, in an imperial 
folio of 81 plates. T h e G e r m a n text of M a x i -
milian's travels w a s published with this atlas 
in 1839, followed in 1840-43 by a French 
translation, and in 1843 by an English trans-
lation. 

A f t e r the recent sale of Americana f r o m the 
library of W . J. Holliday, the University of 
Kansas L i b r a r y w a s fortunate to acquire its 
splendid copy of the first English edition of 
M a x i m i l i a n ' s Travels in the Interior of North 
America. T h e plates are all in brilliant color, 
the designs measuring on the average 
7 " X 1 0 " for the 33 vignettes and 1 2 " X 1 7 " 
for the 48 large plates, and each bearing the 
blind stamp of C . Bodmer. Accompanying the 
text volume is an A L S of the Prince, dated 18 
M a r c h , 1843, to his English translator, H . 
Evans Lloyd, requesting information about the 
delay in A c k e r m a n ' s publication of his w o r k . 

A s described in entry number 76 of W a g n e r -
Camp, Bodmer's original sketches are di-
vided between the N e w b e r r y L i b r a r y and the 
N e u w i e d estate. T h e acquisition of M a x i -

milian's Travels seems particularly fortunate 
during this year because of the forthcoming 
exhibit in Kansas C i t y and elsewhere across 
the nation, f o r the first time in the United 
States, of that portion of Bodmer's w o r k 
belonging to the Prince's descendants. 

Appropriate in this year of the Kansas T e r -
ritorial Centennial w a s the recent g i f t to the 
K U L i b r a r y of the original manuscript min-
utes of the first Common Council meetings 
of the city of L a w r e n c e , September 22-Octo-
ber 30, 1854. T h e donors w e r e M r . and M r s . 
Joseph L . W h e e l e r of Benson, V e r m o n t . M r s . 
W h e e l e r is a descendant of one of the first 
L a w r e n c e settlers. 

It has been officially announced that the 
University of C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y has acquired 
the recently discovered A n i t a M o f f e t t Collec-
tion of M a r k T w a i n Papers. T h e president, 
Robert G o r d o n Sproul, and a number of the 
Friends of the University, raised the funds 
for the purchase f r o m Zeitlin & V e r Brugge. 
T h i s makes the U C L i b r a r y the leading M a r k 
T w a i n repository. 

M r s . E v e r e t t U . Crosby, of N e w Y o r k 
City, has given her entire Charles L a m b col-
lection of 67 volumes to M o u n t H o l y o k e 
College L i b r a r y , in memory of her college 
roomate, the late H a r r i e t H e y w o o d Loomis. 
A m o n g the items is the only known surviving 
copy of the 1805 first edition of The King and 
Queen of Hearts; With the Rogueries of the 
Knave Who Stole the Queen s Pies. 

A l e x . B r o w n & Sons of Baltimore, "the 
oldest banking house in the United States," 
has given the L i b r a r y of Congress a collection 
of its records dating from its founding in 
1800 to 1875. T h e presentation w a s made 
by M r . Benjamin H . G r i s w o l d I I I , a partner 
of the firm and a great-great-great-grandson 
of the founder. 

T h e Sigmund Romberg collection of more 
than 4,000 vocal scores of operas, operettas 
and musical comedies, plus other items span-
ning three centuries of music, has been ac-
quired by the University of C a l i f o r n i a at 
Berkeley. T h e valuable collection of the late 
H u n g a r i a n - A m e r i c a n composer of such popu-
lar successes as "Student Prince," "Blossom 
T i m e , " " D e s e r t Song," " M a y t i m e " and " N e w 

JANUARY, 1955 93 



M o o n , " reveals him in a lesser-known l i g h t — 
as the devoted collector of various scores of 
early composers, as w e l l as those of his con-
temporaries. 

T h e R o m b e r g collection w a s officially turned 
over to the University last w e e k from the 
composer's estate. A t t e n d i n g the occasion 
w e r e D o n a l d Coney, librarian, and Vincent 
H . Duckies, music librarian, on behalf of the 
University, and W a r r e n H o w e l l , San F r a n -
cisco book dealer w h o assisted with details 
of the transaction. T h e bulk of the materials 
w i l l reside in the G e n e r a l L i b r a r y on the 
Berkeley campus pending their eventual dis-
position in a new music building tentatively 
scheduled to be completed in the spring of 
1957-

T h e University of Pittsburgh has received 
a $500,000 grant f r o m the M a u r i c e and 
L a u r a F a l k Foundation, Pittsburgh, f o r li-
brary facilities in the new building f o r the 
Schools of the H e a l t h Professions. T h e re-
cent g i f t is in addition to a previous grant of 
$300,000 provided in 1949 by the F a l k Founda-
tion f o r a medical school library. T h e new 
building, now under construction, w i l l house 
the Schools of N u r s i n g , Dentistry, Pharmacy, 
and Medicine. T h e $15,000,000 structure 
w i l l be located in the heart of the P i t t M e d i -
cal C e n t e r . 

F r a n k P. Burnap of K a n s a s City, M o . , a 
native of Parishville, has donated $50,000 to 
C l a r k s o n College of Technology, Potsdam, 
N . Y . , f o r completing a library in memory of 
his w i f e , the late H a r r i e t C a l l Burnap. 

T h e University of F l o r i d a L i b r a r i e s has 
recently acquired for its P. K . Y o n g e L i b r a r y 
of Florida H i s t o r y w h a t is considered the best 
single collection of reproductions of Spanish 
and British documents relating to the history 
of the southeastern part of the United States. 
Assembled by Colonel John B. Stetson, Jr., of 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the collection con-
sists of some 130,000 photostats of 7,000 
selected documents relating to Colonial F l o r -
ida which w e r e found in the A r c h i v o General 
de India at Seville, and typescript copies of 
records pertaining to Florida in the Public 
Records Office in London. 

Documents, bearing dates f r o m 1518 to 1821, 
include reports of governors, petitions of sol-
diers and w i d o w s for pensions, reports of 
shipwrecks, taxes, expeditions, lists of soldiers 
and their salaries, church records, royal de-

crees, and "residencias," or accounts which 
w e r e demanded of those w h o held public office. 

A calendar of the Spanish documents in the 
Stetson Collection has been made and a micro-
film of this calendar in chronological and ar-
chival order is in the L i b r a r y of Congress. 

T h e most comprehensive 
Exhibitions specialized A m e r i c a n a his-

torical exhibition ever at-
tempted to encompass the entire cultural de-
velopment of a single state, and scheduled to 
run w i t h o u t interruption f o r approximately 
fifteen months, opened at the A t l a n t a Public 
L i b r a r y on M o n d a y , O c t o b e r 4. T h e result 
of intensive investigations during the past 
twelve months, and based largely upon re-
searches carried out over the past thirty years, 
the carefully planned exhibition w i l l comprise 
thirteen separate series covering all intellectual 
aspects of G e o r g i a history spanned by the 
years 1800-1900. 

M a r t h a Biggs, librarian of L a k e Forest 
College, sends us w o r d that nearly 1000 
people saw the " O n e T h o u s a n d Y e a r s of 
Christian B o o k s " exhibit presented recently 
in the library on the occasion of the second 
W o r l d Council of Churches meeting in Evans-
ton, Illinois. T h e exhibit traced the history 
of printing f r o m the ninth century to the pres-
ent by the showing of religious books, manu-
scripts and fragments. O n e of the features 
w a s a lecture on the items to be seen, by 
James M . W e l l s , curator of the John M . 
W i n g foundation of the N e w b e r r y L i b r a r y in 
Chicago. 

A n exceedingly rare group of items w a s as-
sembled f o r the exhibit, including a leaf of the 
Constance M i s s a l , believed by many to be the 
oldest printed book, and a complete G u t e n b e r g 
N e w T e s t a m e n t . O t h e r notable exhibits w e r e 
several early G e r m a n Bibles and a copy of the 
first Bible printed in N o r t h America, an edi-
tion translated into an Indian dialect by John 
Eliot, a clergyman of the early seventeenth 
century and known as "the apostle to the 
Indians." T h i s is the second book ever printed 
in the United States, preceded only by the B a y 
Psalm Book. 

T h e O x f o r d Lectern Bible and the Bible 
designed for the W o r l d Publishing Company 
by Bruce Rogers, A m e r i c a ' s foremost typogra-
pher, w e r e included as examples of the dignity 
and beauty to be attained in modern printing 

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of religious books. By special arrangement, 
Bruce Rogers, designed a catalog of the w h o l e 
exhibit, which w a s available to those w h o 
attended. 

Kelsey H a l l , the new li-
Buildings brary building at Sterling 

College, Sterling, Kansas, 
w a s dedicated on O c t o b e r 5, 1954. 

Kansas State College is moving the greater 
part of its book collection into a new stack 
addition which has been under construction f o r 
t w o years. W h e n fully completed, the addi-
tion w i l l house 580,000 volumes. T h e stacks 
w e r e installed by V i r g i n i a M e t a l Products 
Corporation. T h e floors on the eight levels 
are of poured concrete. T h e r e are 22 carrels 
on each of the completed floors. T h e most 
pleasing part of the entire construction is the 
very efficient fluorescent lighting used through-
out. A new elevator is part of the installation. 

G r o u n d has been broken during 1954 on 
new buildings (or expansions) f o r libraries at 
the N e w Jersey State T e a c h e r s Colleges at 
Glassboro, Paterson, and Jersey C i t y . In the 
near future, the entire campus of the State 
T e a c h e r s College now located in N e w a r k w i l l 
be moved and new buildings erected on a plot 
of ground purchased by the state in the vicinity 
of Elizabeth. 

O n O c t o b e r 23, the W i l l i a m H . and M a y 
D . T a y l o r M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y and the John 
M . Reeves Student Union Building w e r e 
dedicated on the campus of Centenary Junior 
College, H a c k e t t s t o w n , N e w Jersey. T h i s 
makes a total of five buildings constructed the 
past six years under the leadership of Presi-
dent E d w a r d W . Seay. T h e new buildings 
have been made necessary because of the in-
creased enrollment f r o m 148 students in 1942 
to 465 this year. 

T h e Surdna Foundation, w i t h which M r . 
and M r s . T a y l o r w e r e associated, gave the 
largest g i f t f o r the construction of the library, 
honoring these t w o friends of the college. 
T h e John M . Reeves Student Union Building 
is named in honor of M r . John M . Reeves, a 
Centenary trustee w h o contributed generously 
to the building of it. Construction of the t w o 
buildings w a s started in M a y , 1953 and w a s 
completed at a cost of $610,000. T h e library 
has a circulation lobby and reference area, a 
reading room and t w o stack levels, a music 
listening room and cubicles, a Centenariana 

conference room, seminar and library instruc-
tion classrooms, a student reading lounge, a 
periodical-recreational reading area, offices 
f o r the librarian and her assistant, and a large 
w o r k room. A fire-proof v a u l t for college 
records is located in the basement. T h e 
Cummins Room, named in honor of the late 
M r s . Annie Blair T i t m a n Cummins of Belvi-
dere, N e w Jersey, who l e f t her large estate to 
the College, is located in the west wing. It 
includes a large selection of Indian relics and 
O l d W o r l d artifacts. A faculty-staff reading 
room and a storage area are located on the 
ground floor. 

T h e C e n t r a l L i b r a r y of the N a t i o n a l Uni-
versity of M e x i c o has been reorganized and 
now occupies a new building on the campus 
of University C i t y in V i l l a Obregon (San 
A n g e l ) . O n e of the first decisions reached by 
the C o n s e j o T e c n i c o de Bibliotecas, established 
by university authorities to head the organiza-
tional program of the central library and its 
branches, w a s to offer training classes for 
personnel already employed in the university 
libraries. 

T h e historic private papers 
Projects of the A d a m s f a m i l y — r e -

flecting the actions, thoughts 
and feelings of f o u r generations of distin-
guished Americans from pre-Revolutionary 
times through W o r l d W a r I — s o o n w i l l be 
opened to scholars and published for the gen-
eral public. A long-range research, editing 
and publishing project w a s announced on 
October 14, 1954, at the annual meeting of the 
Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston. 
Sponsoring groups are the A d a m s M a n u -
script T r u s t , the Massachusetts Historical 
Society, H a r v a r d University and Life M a g a -
zine. In addition, the A d a m s M a n u s c r i p t 
T r u s t w i l l distribute microfilm copies of the 
entire collection to key research libraries 
across the country. 

T h e chairman and di-
Reference Librarians rector of the Reference 
Section News Section w e r e invited to 

Chicago for a confer-
ence with M r . Hamlin, A C R L executive 
secretary, on O c t o b e r 11 (the day of the 
G r e a t F l o o d ) . Plans w e r e discussed f o r 
M i d w i n t e r and the A n n u a l Conference in 
Philadelphia. If the plans materialize, the 

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section's program should be of great interest 
and help to the reference librarian of any size 
or type of library. O t h e r plans being w o r k e d 
out are aimed at increasing our section mem-
bership and, of course, that of A C R L and 
A L A . W a t c h for developments! 

T h e e d i t o r o f COLLEGE A N D R E S E A R C H L I -

BRARIES would welcome manuscripts on sub-
jects of special interest to reference librarians. 
B r i e f e r news items about our Section mem-
bers and their w o r k should be sent to the P u b -
lications Officer, A C R L , 5 0 E a s t H u r o n 
Street, C h i c a g o 11, at least t w o months be-
fore the quarterly date of COLLEGE AND RE-
S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S . 

In September w e r e pub-
Publications lished in book form t w o 

annual lectures relating to 
books and libraries at the University of 
Kansas. T h e third series of L o g a n 
Clendening L e c t u r e s on the H i s t o r y and 
Philosophy of Medicine ( 1 9 5 2 ) is Galen of 
Pergamon by G e o r g e Sarton ( L a w r e n c e , U n i -
versity of K a n s a s Press, 1954, H 2 p . , $ 2 . 5 0 ) . 
T h e first A n n u a l Public L e c t u r e on Books and 
Bibliography ( 1 9 5 3 ) is An Informal Talk by 
Elmer Adler at the University of Kansas, 
April 17, 1953 ( L o s Angeles, privately printed, 
1954, 44P) • 

T h e second A n n u a l Public L e c t u r e on 
Books and Bibliography w a s delivered at the 
University of K a n s a s on O c t o b e r 6, 1954, by 
P e t e r M u r r a y H i l l , distinguished actor, 
bibliophile, and antiquarian bookdealer, of 
London. T h e subject of M r . H i l l ' s lecture 
w a s " T w o A u g u s t a n B o o k s e l l e r s : John 
D u n t o n and Edmund C u r l l . " 

T h e University of K a n s a s L i b r a r y has pub-
lished a library handbook, Students and Li-
braries at the University of Kansas, edited 
by Robert L . Quinsey, assistant director. 
Copies are available f o r distribution and may 
be obtained upon application to the office of 
the director of libraries. 

T h e Engineering Societies L i b r a r y , 29 W . 
3 9 t h St., N e w Y o r k 18, has issued a " B i b l i -
ography of Filing, Classification, and Indexing 
Systems f o r Engineering Offices and L i -
braries" (Engineering Societies L i b r a r y , E S L 
Bibliography N o . 9, 1954, i 8 p . , $ 2 . 0 0 ) . 

Great Books in Great Editions, selected 
and edited by Roland Baughman and Robert 

O . Schad (San M a r i n o , Huntington L i b r a r y , 
I 9 5 4 , 65p., illus.), describes 2 8 significant 
w o r k s in the Huntington L i b r a r y . 

A r u n d e l l Esdaile's A Student's Manual of 
Bibliography has been revised by Roy Stokes 
and issued by G e o r g e A l l e n & U n w i n and T h e 
L i b r a r y Association (London, 1954, 392p., 
18s.). T h i s standard textbook, now in its 
third edition, has had an enviable reputation 
in both England and A m e r i c a . T h e arrange-
ment of the current edition has not been 
altered in any important respect from previous 
ones, although new material has been added. 
T h e second edition appeared in 1932. 

This is the Yale Library has been issued by 
the Y a l e University L i b r a r y ( 1 9 5 4 , 82p., 
illus.) as a guide to its resources and f a -
cilities. 

T w o new items in the Doubleday Short 
Studies in Sociology Series are Religion and 
Society by Elizabeth K . Nottingham ( 1 9 5 4 , 
84P.) and The Development of Modern So-
ciology ( 1 9 5 4 , 75P-). Each is priced at 95^. 

Phillips T e m p l e ' s Federal Services to Li-
braries has been published by the American 
L i b r a r y Association ( 1 9 5 4 , 256p., $ 3 . 5 0 ) . 
T h e author interviewed many government 
agency librarians and other officials in collect-
ing data f o r this w o r k . T h e material is 
arranged under subject headings which 
identify the various services provided by the 
federal government. Bibliographic notes pro-
vide a summary of existing literature. L i -
brarians should find many uses f o r this 
handbook. 

A Bibliographical Guide to the English 
Educational System, by G e o r g e B a r o n ( U n i -
versity of London, T h e A t h l o n e Press, first 
published 1951, is distributed in the U . S. by 
John D e G r a f f , Inc., N e w Y o r k , N . Y . (70p., 
$ 1 . 5 0 ) . A n o t h e r Athlone Press publication, 
distributed by John D e G r a f f , Inc., is Social 
Security in the British Commonwealth: Great 
Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, 
by Ronald Mendelsohn ( 1 9 5 4 , 3 9 i p . , $ 7 . 0 0 ) . 
T h i s is a comparative study of the f o u r social 
security systems, involving consideration of 
administrative principles of each and practi-
cal problems of operation. 

Brazil: People and Institutions, by T . L y n n 
Smith, is now available in a revised edition 
from the Louisiana State University Press 
( B a t o n Rouge, 1954, 704P., illus., $ 7 . 5 0 ) . 
T h i s is a comprehensive source book dealing 

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w i t h c u l t u r a l diversity, the people, levels and 
standards of living, relations of the people to 
the land, and social institutions. 

" T h e C o l l e g e L i b r a r y and Its C o m m u n i t y , " 
by E v a n T . F a r b e r , is included in the J u l y , 
x954i issue of the Alabama Librarian. 

T h e Subject Index to Periodicals, 1953, has 
been issued by T h e L i b r a r y Association 
( C h a u c e r H o u s e , M a l e t Place, L o n d o n , 
W . C . i , 1954, 574P-, £7.5s, £ 6 to association 
m e m b e r s ) . 

W i l l i a m S. W a l l a c e , of N e w M e x i c o H i g h -
lands U n i v e r s i t y , L a s V e g a s , has available 
copies of his Bibliography of Published 
Bibliographies on the History of the Eleven 
Western States, 1941-1947 ( P u b l i c a t i o n s in 
H i s t o r y , H i s t o r i c a l Society of N e w M e x i c o , 
September 1953, p . 2 2 4 - 2 3 3 ) . O r d e r f r o m 
author, 50^ cash. 

L o u i s Round W i l s o n is the editor of the 
Selected Papers of Cornelia Phillips Spencer 
( U n i v e r s i t y of N o r t h C a r o l i n a Press, 1954, 
76op., $ 7 . 5 0 ) . T h e papers are arranged in 
nine groups around such topics as M a n n e r s 
and C u s t o m s , N o r t h C a r o l i n a A t t i t u d e s and 
B a c k g r o u n d , Social Q u e s t i o n s and Institutions, 

Education, N a t u r a l B e a u t y , and the U n i -
versity. 

M a r g a r e t H . U n d e r w o o d has compiled a 
Bibliography of North American Minor 
Natural History Serials in the University of 
Michigan Libraries ( A n n A r b o r , U n i v e r s i t y 
of M i c h i g a n Press, 1954, I97P-, $ 1 . 7 5 ) . A n -
notations and bibliographical notes are in-
cluded in the citations. 

G o u c h e r C o l l e g e has issued The College 
Library in a Changing World: A Conference 
Celebrating the Opening of the Julia Rogers 
Library, Goucher College, April Q-IO, 1953 
( 1 9 5 4 , 74P.)- T h e publication includes 
several interesting papers on the college 
library. 

Supplement N o . 2 has been issued f o r each 
of the volumes ( 1 - 2 ) of An International 
Bibliography on Atomic Energy ( V o l . I is 
" P o l i t i c a l , Economic and Social A s p e c t s , " 
! 9 5 3 » 3 I P - , a n d V o l . 2 is "Scientific 
A s p e c t s , " 1953, 320p., $ 3 . 5 0 ) , published by 
A t o m i c E n e r g y Section, D e p a r t m e n t of Se-
curity Council A f f a i r s , U n i t e d N a t i o n s ; 
distributed by C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y Press, 
2 9 6 0 B r o a d w a y , N e w Y o r k 27, N . Y . 

A C R L Midwinter Meeting Program 

A s usual the tentative schedule f o r the M i d w i n t e r meeting is carried in the J a n u a r y ALA 
Bulletin. T h e Bulletin p r o g r a m gives data on open meetings only. T h e f o l l o w i n g comments 
w e r e prepared at page proof stage and are, t h e r e f o r e , s o m e w h a t l a t e r than information in the 
Bulletin but have not been p r o o f r e a d . 

A f e w of the A C R L committee meetings w i l l be open to any interested A C R L members 
w h o wish to listen in. T o date these are the A C R L Publications C o m m i t t e e (scheduled f o r 
W e d n e s d a y morning but may be m o v e d ) and the A C R L State Representatives ( 8 : 3 0 A.M. 
T h u r s d a y ) . 

T h e r e w i l l be no A C R L G e n e r a l Session. T h e C o l l e g e and U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y Sections are 
holding a joint session f o r their business and to hear John D . M i l l e t t , president of M i a m i 
U n i v e r s i t y ( O h i o ) , and author of the controversial treatment of the college l i b r a r y in Financing 
Higher Education in the United States (see review in COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES f o r 
J u l y 1 9 5 3 ) . A panel w i l l raise questions and comment on President M i l l e t t ' s treatment of 
library finances. T h e r e w i l l also be a summary report on the recent M o n t i c e l l o (111.) C o n f e r -
ence on financing research libraries. A brief A C R L business meeting w i l l f o l l o w this joint 
session of the t w o sections. 

T h e J u n i o r C o l l e g e Section, which meets T u e s d a y afternoon, is considering l i b r a r y self 
surveys and standards f o r j u n i o r college libraries, t w o topics of g r e a t interest to many senior 
college librarians. B o t h the R e f e r e n c e and the T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g sections have interesting 
p r o g r a m s as w e l l as business (see ALA Bulletin) and are scheduled f o r T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n 
at present. I t is hoped this conflict w i l l be resolved in the final p r o g r a m . P A S S meets T u e s d a y 
a f t e r n o o n and w i l l concentrate on divisional and departmental l i b r a r y problems as w e l l as 
business and committee r e p o r t s . — A r t h u r T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary 

JANUARY, 1955 97 



Personnel 
D R . R U B E N S B O R B A A L V E S DE M O R A E S , i n 

becoming the director of the L i b r a r y of the 
U n i t e d N a t i o n s , 
brings w i t h him an 
active and v a r i e d c u l -
t u r a l and p r o f e s s i o n a l 
life, as librarian, his-
torian, editor, a u t h o r , 
t r a n s l a t o r and bibli-
o g r a p h e r . 

D r . M o r a e s , native 
of A r a r a q u a r a , state 
of S a o P a u l o , B r a z i l , 
w a s born on J a n u a r y 
23, 1899. H e f o l -
l o w e d higher studies 
in P a r i s at the C o l l e g e Stanislas and in S w i t z -
erland at the U n i v e r s i t y of G e n e v a . 

In his native land he directed, 1936-1943, 
the M u n i c i p a l P u b l i c L i b r a r y of the city of 
Sao P a u l o , g i v i n g to it a modern, f u n c t i o n a l 
pattern, c h a r a c t e r i z e d by its architecture, or-
g a n i z a t i o n and service, and in keeping w i t h the 
s u r g i n g movement, d a t i n g f r o m 1929, of li-
brarianship in B r a z i l . D r . M o r a e s envisioned 
the necessity of training personnel not only 
f o r the M u n i c i p a l L i b r a r y but also f o r other 
libraries of his country, and f o r that reason 
p r o j e c t e d the incorporation of the recently 
f o r m e d School of L i b r a r y Science in the M u -
nicipal L i b r a r y o r g a n i z a t i o n . H e r e it f u n c -
tioned under his direction until 1940 w h e n it 
became a unit of the E s c o l a L i v r e de Socio-
logia e P o l i t i c a . 

In 1944 D r . M o r a e s accepted the invitation 
of his g o v e r n m e n t to serve as associate direc-
tor of the N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y and to p r e p a r e 
plans f o r the r e o r g a n i z a t i o n of t h a t l i b r a r y . 
In D e c e m b e r 1945 he became its director. 

T h e w o r k and qualifications of D r . M o r a e s 
in B r a z i l came to the attention of the U n i t e d 
N a t i o n s w h e n it f o u n d itself in need of o r g a n -
i z i n g and c o o r d i n a t i n g the rapidly g r o w i n g 
l i b r a r y collection and services. H e joined the 
U n i t e d N a t i o n s in 1948 in the capacity of as-
sistant director of l i b r a r y services. T h e f o l -
l o w i n g y e a r he t r a n s f e r r e d to the directorship 
of the U n i t e d N a t i o n s I n f o r m a t i o n O f f i c e in 
P a r i s . T h e n , in 1954 he r e t u r n e d to N e w 
Y o r k to become director of the U n i t e d N a -
tions D e p a r t m e n t of L i b r a r y Services. 

D u r i n g the course of his professional life, 
D r . M o r a e s has t r a v e l l e d extensively. In 1939 
he visited the U n i t e d States on invitation of 
the A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n to observe 
A m e r i c a n l i b r a r y practices. W h i l e in the 
U n i t e d States he attended the A m e r i c a n L i -
b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n C o n f e r e n c e in San F r a n -
cisco. H e r e t u r n e d in 1947 to attend the 
A s s e m b l y of L i b r a r i a n s of the A m e r i c a s in 
W a s h i n g t o n . 

D r . M o r a e s is a u t h o r of Le Chevalier au 
barizel ( G e n e v a , 1 9 1 9 ) ; Domingos dos seculos 
( S a o P a u l o , 1924) ; Contribuiqao ao estudo 
deo povoamento de Sao Paulo nos seculos XVI 
a XVIII ( S a o P a u l o , 1 9 3 5 ) ; O problema das 
bibliotecas brasileiras ( S a o P a u l o , 1942) ; Cul-
tural relations with Latin America ( 1 9 4 2 ) ; 
and A ligao das bibliotecas americanas ( 1 9 4 2 ) . 
H e has edited the series, Biblioteca historica 
brasileira, and, as coeditor, the Handbook of 
Brazilian studies. H e translated f r o m the 
F r e n c h Viagem a Sao Paulo ( 1 9 4 1 ) by Saint 
H i l a r i e . In 1942 he accepted a task of co-
o r d i n a t i n g w i t h W i l l i a m B e r r i e n , P r o f e s s o r at 
H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y , the compilation of a bib-
liographic m a n u a l of B r a z i l i a n studies. T h i s 
task culminated w i t h the publication of an e x -
cellent contribution Manual bibliogrdfico de 
estudios brasileiros ( R i o de J a n e i r o , 1 9 4 9 ) . — 
Arthur E. Gropp. 

R A L P H M C C O Y , w h o is t o b e c o m e d i r e c t o r 

of libraries at S o u t h e r n Illinois U n i v e r s i t y in 
F e b r u a r y 1955, has 
exceptional qualifica-
tions f o r his n e w post. 
H e w a s b r o u g h t up 
in Springfield, Illinois, 
attended college at 
Illinois W e s l e y a n in 
B l o o m i n g t o n , and is a 
g r a d u a t e of the li-
b r a r y school in U r -
bana. H i s w o r k e x -
perience includes f i v e 
y e a r s as editor of 
P u b l i c a t i o n s at the 

Illinois State L i b r a r y , five y e a r s in the A r m y 
w h e r e he w r o t e a number of training manuals, 
and seven y e a r s in the l i b r a r y of the U n i v e r s i t y 

Rubens Borba 
Alves de Moraes 

Ralph McCoy 

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of Illinois. D u r i n g most of his years in U r -
bana, M r . M c C o y has been reference librarian 
and research assistant professor in the U n i v e r -
sity's Institute of L a b o r and Industrial Rela-
tions. L i k e most labor librarians, M r . M c C o y 
has been active in the research and teaching 
program of his institute and in the closely knit 
and productive Committee of University Indus-
trial Relations Librarians. In the midst of 
these activities he has somehow managed to 
w r i t e a volume on personnel administration in 
libraries which w a s published in 1954 by A L A , 
and he has completed most of the requirements 
f o r a doctor's degree in librarianship at the 
University of Illinois. H i s dissertation, which 
deals with censorship in Boston, w i l l attract 
attention both in and outside of his home state. 

M r . M c C o y becomes director of libraries 
at Southern Illinois University at a time when 
the library of that institution is entering into 
a period of enlarged usefulness. Southern Illi-
nois University is rapidly expanding into new 
fields, and a carefully planned library building 
is under construction on the campus in C a r b o n -
dale. U n d e r this happy conjunction of circum-
stances, the staff of the library of Southern 
Illinois University can look f o r w a r d to many 
rich and rewarding achievements in the years 
directly a h e a d . — L e s l i e W. Dunlap. 

FOSTER E . MOHRHARDT h a s been d i r e c t o r 

of the L i b r a r y of the United States D e p a r t -
ment of A g r i c u l t u r e 
since September 14, 
1954. W i t h i n t w o 
weeks a f t e r he took 
over the staff realized 
how fortunate they 
and the profession are 
to have him there. 
T w o letters from t w o 
different parts of the 
L i b r a r y report, ". . . 
we like M r . M o h r -
hardt, and hope he 
likes us." C o m i n g 

f r o m these people, liking is subsidiary to re-
spect for his professional competence, and that 
sentence tells more about Foster M o h r h a r d t 
than could be told in a book of statistics about 
his various jobs and achievements. 

H i s scholarly w o r k — r a n g i n g from his 
C a r n e g i e Foundation study which produced 

Foster E. Mohrhardt 

the list of books f o r junior college libraries 
to his recent standards of performance for 
hospital libraries and his articles in Library 
Trends; his development of communication 
systems as head of the library and abstracting 
service of the Office of T e c h n i c a l Services; 
his advisory service to the A t o m i c Energy 
Commission and the C i v i l Service Commis-
sion; his productive w o r k as head of various 
college libraries and as assistant in o t h e r s — 
those things are all reported adequately in the 
current Who's Who in America. 

W h a t is more important is that Foster 
M o h r h a r d t is one of the rare creatures in this 
w o r l d who combines an extraordinary amount 
of ability to get things done with a greater 
than usual share of the milk of human kind-
ness. N o one, no matter whether his prob-
lems are personal or professional, fails to 
receive his wise and sympathetic advice and 
active assistance. 

H e finds time to do more than the usual 
amount of administrative routine, plus more 
than his share of outside professional w o r k , 
and more than most, of creative thinking; and 
he does all this so casually that the effort 
involved hardly shows. 

L e s t this picture be considered to be over-
drawn, and the w r i t e r admits freely that he 
is not entirely unbiased in his attitude, the 
record should show that Foster really is not 
one of the w o r l d ' s outstanding Scrabble ex-
perts, and his game of cribbage leaves some-
thing to be desired. B u t these are not primary 
professional requirements f o r his new job, so 
the profession can join his w i f e Kathrine, his 
son D a v i d , his daughter " C o t t i e , " and the 
writer in being proud of him and pleased at 
his appointment to the directorship of one of 
our great national research libraries. 

T h e profession is the richer f o r this ap-
pointment.—Ralph R. Shaw. 

L O R E N A A . G A R L O C H ( M r s . P . H . B y e r s ) 

has been appointed university librarian at the 
University of Pittsburgh. M i s s G a r l o c h has 
held the position of acting university librarian 
since the death of D r . A . L . Robinson t w o 
years ago. 

M i s s G a r l o c h is a graduate of the U n i v e r -
sity of M i c h i g a n where she received her B . A . 
in library science in 1928, and the University 
of Pittsburgh where she got her M . A . in geog-

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raphy in 1943. She attended W e s t m i n s t e r 
C o l l e g e f o r three years. 

M i s s G a r l o c h has 
been associated w i t h 
the P i t t l i b r a r y staff 
since 1929, except f o r 
the period f r o m 1 9 3 0 
to 1931 w h e n she w a s 
head of the o r d e r 
d e p a r t m e n t of the 
A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y in 
P a r i s . She is the 
a u t h o r of n u m e r o u s 
articles in l i b r a r y 
j o u r n a l s , as w e l l as 
in economic and g e o g -

raphy periodicals. A member of A L A , she 
is a past president of the P i t t s b u r g h L i b r a r y 
C l u b and has served as secretary of the P e n n -
sylvania L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n . 

D A V I D W I L D E R w a s a p p o i n t e d a s s i s t a n t d i -

rector of O h i o State U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s on 
O c t o b e r 1, 1954. In 
this n e w l y created po-
sition he w i l l super-
vise the public service 
departments of the 
l i b r a r y system. 

M r . W i l d e r is a 
g r a d u a t e of U n i o n 
C o l l e g e and obtained 
his m a s t e r ' s degree in 
history f r o m the U n i -
versity of R o c h e s t e r . 
H e received his B . S . 
in L . S . f r o m C o l u m -

bia U n i v e r s i t y in 1942 and immediately there-
a f t e r entered the A r m y A i r C o r p s , in w h i c h 
he remained until N o v e m b e r , 1945. M o s t of 
this time he w a s a staff s e r g e a n t w i t h the 1 9 t h 
W e a t h e r S q u a d r o n w h i c h served A f r i c a and 
the M i d d l e E a s t . A f t e r his r e t u r n to civilian 
life he spent six months on a special f e l l o w s h i p 
assisting in the w o r k of the A L A I n t e r n a -
tional R e l a t i o n s Office. H e w a s appointed 
l i b r a r i a n of H a m i l t o n C o l l e g e L i b r a r y in 
A u g u s t , 1946, and continued in the position 
f o r five years, l e a v i n g to accept the l i b r a r i a n -
ship at the A m e r i c a n U n i v e r s i t y of B e i r u t . 
W h i l e in B e i r u t he also served as l i b r a r y 
consultant to the M i d d l e E a s t R e p r e s e n t a t i v e 
of the F o r d F o u n d a t i o n , an activity w h i c h 
included s u r v e y s of l i b r a r i e s in S y r i a and 
E g y p t as w e l l as in L e b a n o n . H e w a s 

president of the b o a r d of the A m e r i c a n 
C o m m u n i t y School in B e i r u t f o r t w o and a 
half years. H e r e t u r n e d to the U n i t e d States 
last A u g u s t a f t e r three y e a r s at B e i r u t . 

W h i l e he w a s at H a m i l t o n C o l l e g e , M r . 
W i l d e r w a s active in l i b r a r y association a f -
f a i r s . H e w a s c h a i r m a n of the C o l l e g e and 
U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y C o m m i t t e e of the N e w 
Y o r k L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n f r o m 1947 to 195 1 , 
and a member of the N Y L A C o u n c i l f r o m 
1949 to 1951, also serving as a representative 
of the N Y L A on the A L A C o u n c i l . H e w a s 
s e c r e t a r y of the C o l l e g e Section of A C R L 
in 1 9 4 9 - 1 9 5 0 . 

O h i o State U n i v e r s i t y is f o r t u n a t e in ob-
taining M r . W i l d e r f o r this n e w position. 
H i s t h o r o u g h k n o w l e d g e of l i b r a r y techniques 
and resources both here and abroad, his 
keen interest in f a c i l i t a t i n g student and f a c u l t y 
use of the l i b r a r y , and his sympathy and under-
standing in personal relationships a u g u r w e l l 
f o r his success in this challenging position in 
one of our l a r g e s t university l i b r a r i e s . — J o h n 
R. Russell. 

LUCILE KELLING became dean of the School 
of L i b r a r y Science at the U n i v e r s i t y of N o r t h 

C a r o l i n a in Septem-
ber, 1954. M i s s 
K e l l i n g , a native of 
M i n n e s o t a , holds a 
B a c h e l o r of A r t s de-
gree, magna cum 
laude, f r o m W h i t m a n 
C o l l e g e and a B a c h -
elor of L i b r a r y S e r v -
ice degree f r o m N e w 
Y o r k S t a t e L i b r a r y 
School and has done 
e x t e n s i v e g r a d u a t e 
w o r k in the classics. 

She began her l i b r a r y c a r e e r at the 
C a r n e g i e P u b l i c L i b r a r y in C e n t r a l i a , W a s h -
ington and subsequently served on the staff at 
the N e w a r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y , M i l l s C o l l e g e L i -
b r a r y , H o y t L i b r a r y , and S t a t e T e a c h e r s 
C o l l e g e , A l b a n y , N e w Y o r k . H e r teaching 
experience includes appointments at the L i -
b r a r y School of the P u b l i c L i b r a r y of L o s 
A n g e l e s ; School of L i b r a r y Service, C o l u m b i a : 
and the School of P u b l i c A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , U n i -
versity of S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a . M i s s K e l l i n g 
came to N o r t h C a r o l i n a in 1932 as an assistant 
p r o f e s s o r in the L i b r a r y School and has been 
a f u l l p r o f e s s o r since 1946. Responsibilities of 

Lorena A. Garloch 

David Wilder 

Lucile Kelling 

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the deanship are not new to her for she was 
acting dean during various summer terms as 
w e l l as during 1950-1951. T h u s , in addition 
to her own administrative ability, she brings 
to the position a thorough knowledge of local 
conditions—all of which should serve the 
School in good stead. 

H e r sense of professional obligation is 
strong, and she gives generously of her time 
and talent. She has fulfilled committee assign-
ments f o r the American L i b r a r y Association, 
the Association of American L i b r a r y Schools, 
Southeastern L i b r a r y Association, N o r t h 
C a r o l i n a L i b r a r y Association, and the local 
chapter of American Association of University 
Professors. H e r f o r m e r students are con-
tinually turning to her for advice, and others 
in the region have drawn upon her experi-
ence. In 1951 at the request of the Board of 
T r u s t e e s of the Pack M e m o r i a l and Sondley 
Reference Libraries of Asheville, N o r t h C a r o -
lina she conducted a survey of those 
libraries. 

In addition to her many library activities 

she has interests in various other f i e l d s — 
writing, classical literature, book collecting. 
T h e genuineness of these interests is evidenced 
by a number of well-known bulletins she 
w r o t e f o r the University of N o r t h Carolina's 
Extension Division plus several short stories 
published under pseudonyms, a book Index 
V erborum Iuvenalis, which she prepared 
jointly with D r . A l b e r t Suskin, and her own 
collection of various editions of T h a c k e r a y ' s 
Vanity Fair. 

M i s s Kelling's varied experiences and inter-
ests have enabled her to bring to her students 
a richness and breadth of vision not often 
found in the classroom. T h e s e qualities 
coupled with her sympathetic understanding 
explain to some extent the love her students 
have for her. T h e y w i l l be delighted to know 
that she plans to continue to offer " h e r " 
courses in reference and book selection and 
that she w i l l continue to direct the placement 
program in spite of her increased responsi-
bilities f o r the g r o w t h and development of the 
L i b r a r y S c h o o l . — M a r y Edna Anders. 

Appointments 

Dorothy A c k e r m a n returned to her duties 
at O h i o State as librarian of the M o d e r n 
L a n g u a g e s G r a d u a t e School a f t e r a year's 
leave of absence for a Fulbright Scholarship. 

M a r g a r e t A y r a u l t is chief catalog librarian, 
University of M i c h i g a n L i b r a r y . 

Elizabeth Bond has been appointed C o -
ordinator of A d u l t Services, Minneapolis Pub-
lic L i b r a r y . 

C h a r l e s C . Colby, medical librarian, U n i -
versity of Missouri, Columbia, w a s formerly 
reference librarian, Boston M e d i c a l L i b r a r y . 

A l b e r t D a u b has established his own firm 
of A l b e r t D a u b & Co., Inc. at 257 4th A v e . , 
N e w Y o r k 10. 

Jack J. Delaney is order librarian, T e x a s 
Technological College, Lubbock. 

H e r b e r t W . D r u m m o n d is now circulation 
librarian of the Sacramento State College. 

Ethel M . F a i r is acting librarian, N . J . State 
T e a c h e r s College at T r e n t o n . She w a s f o r -
merly head, D e p a r t m e n t of L i b r a r y Science, 
at N . J . College f o r W o m e n . 

C a r l y l e J. F r a r e y is now associate professor, 
School of L i b r a r y Science, University of N o r t h 
Carolina. 

M r s . C . W . G a t e s has been appointed 
assistant librarian at B a k e r University, Bald-

win, Kansas. 
Fanny Goldstein, librarian of the W e s t 

End Branch of the Boston Public L i b r a r y , 
is now curator of the Judaica Collections. 

Richard B. H a r w e l l , assistant librarian 
of E m o r y University, has been appointed 
executive secretary of the G e o r g i a - F l o r i d a 
Committee for Planning Research L i b r a r y 
Cooperation. T h e recently formed committee 
has been set up to make surveys of libraries 
at the cooperating universities and to explore 
ways to strengthen and share them. T h e 
Committee w i l l develop a method by which 
cooperating libraries w i l l exchange informa-
tion about their respective acquisitions and 
will sponsor a w o r k conference. A s executive 
secretary, M r . H a r w e l l w i l l coordinate the 
w o r k of the committee with member institu-
tions. T h e research library committee in-
cludes representatives of the libraries of 
Emory University, Florida State University, 
G e o r g i a T e c h , the University of G e o r g i a , 
the University of M i a m i and the Southern 
Regional Education Board. M r . H a r w e l l , 
who has been granted a year's leave of absence 
from Emory University, w i l l assume his duties 
October 1. 

John D . H o w e l l , Jr., has been appointed 

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circulation librarian at the Clemson College 
L i b r a r y . 

H a n n a h H u n t has been appointed assistant 
professor in the School of L i b r a r y Science of 
W e s t e r n Reserve University. 

M r s . Frances K e m p H u r l e y , librarian, 
N e w Jersey College for W o m e n , w a s f o r -
merly readers consultant, T e a c h e r s ' College, 
C o l u m b i a University. 

H a z e l M a r i e Johnson, senior divisional li-
brarian at the University of M i c h i g a n since 
1951, has been appointed associate reference 
librarian at O h i o State University. 

Roy L . Kidman, formerly of the University 
of C a l i f o r n i a at L o s Angeles L a w L i b r a r y , 
has been appointed science librarian of the 
University of Kansas. H e w i l l supervise a 
combined chemistry, physics, and pharmacy 
library in the new Science Building which w a s 
dedicated on N o v e m b e r 5, 1953. 

D a v i d C . Libbey, formerly reference li-
brarian, W a s h i n g t o n State College at P u l l -
man, is now head of reference and circulation, 
N e w a r k Colleges of R u t g e r s University. 

John C . M c K e e , formerly circulation li-
brarian, w a s made head of the circulation de-
partment, I o w a State C o l l e g e L i b r a r y . 

W i l l i s K e r r , w h o retired as librarian, 
C l a r e m o n t College, is now librarian at L a -
V e r n e C o l l e g e in C a l i f o r n i a . 

M r s . D o r o t h y Rogers M c L e a n , f o r many 
years assistant librarian of the U . S . T a r i f f 
Commission, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . , has been 
appointed librarian. 

James A . M a r t i n d a l e , formerly librarian 
of the P u r d u e University A g r i c u l t u r a l E x p e r i -
ment Station, has been appointed serials li-
brarian of the B a l l State T e a c h e r s College, 
M u n c i e , Indiana. 

John R . M a y , formerly of the reference 
staff of the P u r d u e University L i b r a r y , has 
been appointed serials librarian. 

Beverly T . M o s s has been appointed assist-
ant librarian at Evansville College in Evans-
ville, Indiana. 

H e n r y T . M u r p h y , Jr., formerly librarian 
of the U . S . D e p a r t m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e , P l u m 
Island A n i m a l Disease L a b o r a t o r y , G r e e n -
port, L o n g Island, has been appointed librarian 
of the P u r d u e University A g r i c u l t u r a l E x -
periment Station. 

Eileen F . Noonan, f o r m e r l y a high school 
librarian at T a c o m a , W a s h i n g t o n , has been 
appointed periodicals librarian at I o w a State 

T e a c h e r s College, C e d a r Falls, I o w a . 
T h e f o l l o w i n g appointments have been 

made to the library staff at O h i o State U n i -
v e r s i t y : M o r t o n Coburn, purchase l i b r a r i a n ; 
H a z e l M . Johnson, associate reference 
librarian and instructor in library administra-
tion; H a z e l Kemp, assistant librarian, Educa-
tion L i b r a r y ; Frances A . L a n g e r , stack 
supervisor; Jean Leyman, librarian, circulation 
desk; Sidney M a t t h e w s , acting acquisition li-
brarian in the absence of James Skipper w h o 
is on leave of absence to w o r k on his P h . D . 
at the University of M i c h i g a n ; Ruth I. M i l l e r , 
c a t a l o g e r ; Elizabeth Olmsted, librarian, 
M u s i c L i b r a r y ; M i r i a m Ridinger, librarian, 
interlibrary l o a n ; C a r o l y n Roderick, cata-
l o g e r ; E r y k T a l a t - K i e l p s z , c a t a l o g e r ; G e o r g e 
L . W i l l i a m s , librarian, closed reserve and 
M a r y E . W o o d , cataloger. 

O d r u n Peterson has been appointed li-
brarian of G u s t a v u s Adolphus College, St. 
Peter, Minnesota. 

H u g h C . Pritchard, formerly with the 
University of Illinois L i b r a r y , has been ap-
pointed reference librarian of the University 
of N e w Hampshire. 

R u t g e r s University, G r a d u a t e School of 
L i b r a r y Service, has made the f o l l o w i n g ap-
pointments: M a r g a r e t E . M o n r o e , w h o w i l l 
teach courses on adult education; F r e d H . 
G r a v e s , technical methods and cataloging; 
and James H . M a c B r i d e , courses in library 
service f o r business organizations. A l l are 
assistant professors. 

M a r y E . Schaap is documents librarian of 
the Clemson College L i b r a r y . 

Ellen K . Shaffer, formerly of D a w s o n ' s 
Book Shop in L o s Angeles, has been appointed 
rare book librarian of the F r e e L i b r a r y of 
Philadelphia. 

D r . Jesse H . Shera, dean of the School of 
L i b r a r y Science at W e s t e r n Reserve U n i v e r -
sity, is now also editor of the W e s t e r n Reserve 
University Press. 

M a r y Shovlin, formerly head of the Science 
and T e c h n o l o g y Department of the University 
of C o l o r a d o L i b r a r y , has been appointed as-
sistant deputy librarian of the C o l o r a d o State 
L i b r a r y in D e n v e r . 

H e l e n C . Sill has been appointed head li-
brarian at the W i l l i m a n t i c State T e a c h e r s 
College in W i l l i m a n t i c , Connecticut. 

T h e f o l l o w i n g personnel changes have taken 
place in the Stanford University L i b r a r i e s : 

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Emily I. Olson is now education librarian; 
M r s . M a r y D . Ravenhall and Rinaldo P o r -
cella are catalog librarians; Joan C . Dandois 
is biological science l i b r a r i a n ; W i l l i a m B . 
Ready is assistant director for acquisition. 
M r . Ready had been chief acquisition librarian 
since July i , 1951. A sketch of M r . Ready 
appeared in the July, 1951, issue of COLLEGE 
A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S , p p . 2 9 1 - 9 2 . 

C h a r l e s H o w a r d Stevens, formerly librarian 
of the U . S . A i r Force A i r - G r o u n d School at 
Southern Pines, N o r t h Carolina, has been 
appointed aeronautics librarian at P u r d u e 
University. 

T e m p l e University L i b r a r y : John Knight 
has been appointed junior reference librarian, 
C a r o l Ranshaw, junior business librarian and 
Julia G a s k i l l , senior business librarian. 

H a r o l d T h o m p s o n is now library assistant, 
N . J . State T e a c h e r s College at N e w a r k . H e 
w a s librarian, T r e n t o n Junior College. 

Arnold H . T r o t i e r , associate director f o r 
technical processes in the University of Illi-
nois L i b r a r y , is the recipient of a Fulbright 
a w a r d for a lectureship in library science at 
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, T h a i -
land. H e w i l l be in T h a i l a n d f r o m September 
1954 through A p r i l 1955. 

F r a n k M . Vanderhoof w a s appointed Sep-
tember 1 as librarian of the S w i f t L i b r a r y 
(divinity and philosophy) and lecturer in the 

Divinity School of the University of Chicago. 
G e r t r u d e E . V o e l k e r , w h o has just returned 

irom t w o years of service with the U. S. A r m y 
in Europe, has been appointed cataloger at 
the I o w a State T e a c h e r s College L i b r a r y , 
C e d a r Falls, I o w a . 

L a u r a K . V r o m a n has been appointed 
assistant professor of library science at N . J . 
State T e a c h e r s College, T r e n t o n . 

E d g a r W e l c h , formerly of the O k l a h o m a 
C i t y University L i b r a r y , has been appointed 
documents and serials librarian of the U n i -
versity of W i c h i t a L i b r a r y . 

D o r o t h y H . W e s t has succeeded D o r o t h y 
E. C o o k as editor of the Standard Catalog 
Series of the H . W . W i l s o n Company. M i s s 
C o o k has retired. 

A l l e e n W i l s o n , formerly librarian of B a k e r 
University, Baldwin, Kansas, has been ap-
pointed librarian of the research library of 
O l d Sturbridge V i l l a g e , Sturbridge, M a s s . 

Elizabeth A . W i n d s o r , formerly librarian, 
C o e College, is now head of the reference 
department, I o w a State C o l l e g e L i b r a r y . 

D r . Eugene H . W i l s o n , director, University 
of C o l o r a d o Libraries, is acting dean of the 
faculties at the University, 1954-55, while 
D e a n W . F . D y d e is on leave as a Fulbright 
fellow. H e n r y J. W a l t e m a d e , associate direc-
tor of libraries, is now serving as acting direc-
tor. 

Retirements 
Completing a period of 42 years of continu-

ous service to the State University of I o w a 
Libraries, M i s s GRACE WORMER retired from 
f u l l time w o r k July 1 as S U I ' s assistant di-
rector for special collections. 

D u r i n g her 42 years of service, M i s s 
W o r m e r has held positions in almost every 
department of the l i b r a r y ; she w a s general 
assistant, 1 9 1 2 - 2 0 ; order librarian, 1 9 2 0 - 2 2 ; 
head, order department, 1 9 2 2 - 3 2 ; assistant 
librarian, 1 9 3 1 - 1 9 4 3 ; acting director of 
libraries 1922-24, 1927-30 and 1932-1943. 

W h i l e M i s s W o r m e r w a s acting director of 
libraries, the book collections g r e w from 
approximately 185,000 volumes to w e l l over 
half a million; the library staff g r e w from 
less than 20 persons to more than 50, exclu-
sive of student help. I t w a s primarily because 
of her leadership that the library continued to 
expand and develop in the difficult depression 

and early w a r periods. 
M i s s W o r m e r is a native Iowan, graduated 

from C o r n e l l College, M t . Vernon, I o w a , 
and attended the University of Illinois L i -
brary School. H e r energy w a s not devoted to 
the S U I Libraries alone: she has served on 
the A L A Council, the Committee on C o m -
mittees, as w e l l as on the Board of D i r e c t o r s 
of A C R L . She has been active in the I o w a 
L i b r a r y Association, serving on the Executive 
Board, the Board of L i b r a r y Action, and 
others, and has been a member of the I o w a 
C i t y L i b r a r y Club, serving as that organiza-
tion's president in 1917-18. 

In her present position, M i s s W o r m e r has 
developed the I o w a A u t h o r s Collection, be-
gun in 1947 and now approaching 2,500 vol-
umes, representing some 550 authors; there 
are also about 275 manuscripts of books by 
nearly 100 I o w a w r i t e r s in the collection. 

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Miss Grace Wormer looks at the bound vol-
ume of letters 'written by former library associ-
ates which was presented to her by Dr. Ralph E. 
Ellsworth, director, State University of Iowa 
Libraries, at a tea in her honor. 

Pictured with Miss Wormer is Tom Garst 
holding the silver serving tray which he pre-
sented on behalf of the Iowa University library 
staff association. 

A t a tea held in her honor June 17, she 
was presented with a silver tray and with 

a bound volume of 50 letters, written by 
former associates and staff members. 

M i s s W o r m e r is justly proud that some of 
the younger librarians, encouraged by her, are 
now in responsible positions in library admini-
stration. Robert A . M i l l e r , Lucile M o r s c h , 
Helen D . Hutchinson and F r e d Folmer are 
some of today's librarians whose early careers 
w e r e under her leadership.—Clyde C. 
fValton, Jr. 

Bertha R. Barden has retired from the 
faculty of the School of L i b r a r y Science of 
W e s t e r n Reserve University, w h e r e she has 
been teaching since 1924. 

Solon J. Buck, assistant librarian of C o n -
gress since 1951 and former archivist of the 
United States, retired on A u g u s t 31, 1954. 

Irene Ehresman retired from the position 
of periodicals librarian at I o w a State T e a c h -
ers College, C e d a r Falls, on J u l y 1, 1954. 

Abbie Gammons, senior catalog librarian at 
Stanford since 1948, retired on A u g u s t 31, 
I954-

C . Irene H a y n e r has retired f r o m the staff 
of the University of Minnesota L i b r a r y 
School, with which she has been associated 
since 1945. 

M i l d r e d Louden, w h o has been associated 
with the L i b r a r y of Congress since 1918 and 
with its R a r e Books Division since 1927, re-
tired on A u g u s t 31, 1954. 

M r s . M a r g a r e t W e l l s , education librarian 
at Stanford University since 1925, retired on 
A u g u s t 31, 1954-

Foreign Libraries 

H o l g e r E h r e n c h r o n - M i i l l e r , w e l l known as 
compiler of the Dansk Forfatterlexikon died 
in 1953 at the age of 85. H e served as head 
of the Danish D e p a r t m e n t in the Royal L i -
brary in Copenhagen f r o m 1901 to 1938. 

Josef G r e g o r , director of the theater collec-
tion in the A u s t r i a n N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y , retired 
on J u l y 1, 1954. 

Sigurd Gundersen retired from the direc-
torship of the Bergen ( N o r w a y ) Public L i -
brary on June 1, 1954. 

Bruno Kaensche retired from the director-

ship of the W e i m a r Landesbibliothek on 
July 1, 1953. O n July 16, 1953, K u r t K a m p e 
succeeded him as director. 

Johannes L u t h e r , retired director of the 
University of G r e i f s w a l d L i b r a r y and the 
oldest G e r m a n librarian, died on M a y 1, 1954. 

Jose M o n c a d a M o r e n o has been appointed 
director of the Biblioteca Nacional in C a r a c a s . 

C a r l W e h m e r , one of the outstanding G e r -
man incunabulists w a s appointed director 
of the University of Heidelberg L i b r a r y on 
September 1, 1953. 

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Necrology 

R A L P H A . B E A L S , d i r e c t o r o f t h e N e w 

Y o r k Public L i b r a r y since 1946, died on 
October 14, 1954, in 
the N e w England 
M e d i c a l Center, Bos-
ton. M r . Beals had 
been ill since last Feb-
ruary, and had gone 
to Boston f o r treat-
ment on A u g u s t 20. 

H i s death removed 
from the library pro-
fession one of its 
most valued members. 
I had been a student 
at the University of 

Chicago G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y School f o r a year 
when Ralph Beals appeared on the campus 
in 1939. A tall, thin man, easily taken for 
a scholarly professor, M r . Beals w a s instantly 
pegged as a serious, sound person w h o would 
go f a r in the library profession. H e had 
come to librarianship w i t h an interesting back-
ground, but certainly one that w a s not f a r 
removed from the field. A c t u a l l y , he had 
served as librarian for the A r m y during the 
first W o r l d W a r . A f t e r the w a r he gained 
his bachelor's degree at the University of 
C a l i f o r n i a and his master's degree at H a r -
vard. Seven years of teaching E n g l i s h — t w o 
at H a r v a r d and five at N e w Y o r k Uni-
v e r s i t y — w e r e followed by a six-year period 
as assistant to the director of the American 
Association for A d u l t Education. H i s w o r k 
with the A A A E convinced him of the possi-
bilities of librarianship as a career. 

A t the G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y School, M r . Beals 
w a s an eager student, and both faculty mem-
bers and his fellow students admired his forth-
rightness, sharp pen, g i f t of speech, and ability 
to sweep away underbrush. Some thought at 
times he w a s brusque, but he w a s not one to 
be led astray by whimsy. People w e r e always 
impressed by his sincerity and diligence. In 
1940, he went to the District of Columbia 
Public L i b r a r y as assistant librarian, and two 
years later returned to Chicago as director of 
the University of Chicago L i b r a r y . In 1944, 
he w a s made also dean of the G r a d u a t e L i -
brary School. T w o years later he w a s called 
to the directorship of the N e w Y o r k Public 
L i b r a r y . 

A s an administrator at Chicago, Ralph 
Beals w a s as eager as he had been as a 
student. A l w a y s wanting to learn, he la-
mented the shortness of the day. H e amazed 
the staff with his intensive study of the Union 
List of Serials and his searching of titles in 
hundreds of dealers' catalogs. H e w a s inter-
ested in all the activities of the l i b r a r y — i n 
developing the collections, in cataloging, in 
making the building more functional, and in 
providing a high level of service to students 
and faculty. Concerned about the morale 
of the staff, he welcomed ideas which would 
improve staff unity and personal happiness 
of individuals. Despite an innate gentleness 
and kindness, he w a s impatient with dullards. 

H i s w o r k at the N e w Y o r k Public L i b r a r y 
is w e l l known. H e strove to overcome a 
shortage of funds for the w o r k that he 
thought the library should be doing. H e 
sought and secured the interest and support 
of the public in general, as w e l l as of business 
and industry. H e instituted new services, im-
proved the w o r k i n g quarters of the library, 
changed operations to increase efficiency, and 
fought for increases in salaries. Perhaps 
he w a s not as close to all members of the 
staff as some and he himself would have 
liked, but he w a s constantly w o r k i n g f o r them. 
H e firmly believed in the value of books and 
libraries for all groups of people. H e w a s 
equally at home with the newly arrived f o r -
eigner and the erudite scholar. 

Ralph Beals w a s interested in libraries on 
regional, national and international levels. 
Cooperative enterprises w e r e a primary ob-
jective in his agenda. H e w a s involved in 
state and national library association w o r k . 
H e held the Royal O r d e r of St. O l a v , F i r s t 
Class, awarded by the K i n g of N o r w a y for 
his help in restoring the library of the 
University of Oslo. H e had a deep concern 
for library education, and the development of 
the profession. His contributions during the 
relatively short period that he w a s a librarian 
are many and significant. H e will be missed 
not only by the N e w Y o r k Public L i b r a r y and 
its staff, but by a multitude of friends and 
c o l l e a g u e s . — M a u r i c e F. Tauber. 

Pre-eminence in the library profession is 
not always achieved by those w h o seek i t ; 

Ralph A. Beals 

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sometimes it is acquired unknowingly by a li-
brarian by virtue of his influence on others. 
S u c h w a s t h e c a s e of J A C K C . MORRIS, l i -

brarian of the O a k Ridge N a t i o n a l L a b o r a -
tory, O a k Ridge, Tennessee, w h o died on 
September 23, 1954. 

M o r r i s , a graduate of the University of 
Illinois L i b r a r y School, w a s a university and 
a special librarian w i t h a background in 
chemistry. F r o m 1943 through 1947 he dis-
played his capabilities in another field, that 
of the patent specialist, encompassing posi-
tions as patent chemist and supervisor of 
patent services, H e r c u l e s P o w d e r Company, 
Wilmington, D e l a w a r e ; and patent adviser, 
Office of Rubber Research, R F C , W a s h i n g t o n , 
D . C . A s chief librarian at the O a k Ridge 
N a t i o n a l L a b o r a t o r y f r o m 1947 until his death, 
the research library he built and perfected 
testifies to his outstanding qualities as a li-
brarian. 

H i s position in the library profession is not 
solely attributable to his w o r k with the 
O R N L L i b r a r y . H e w a s a firm believer in 
the professional status of librarians and spent 
freely of his own time to achieve an equality 
of consideration f o r librarians as compared 
to members of other professional groups. 

M o r r i s sought perfection in library techni-
ques and w a s intolerant of inadequacies. H i s 
concern with the A E C system for cataloging 
reports and his proposals for the change and 
improvement of the system w e r e discussed 
within the A t o m i c Energy Commission in-
stallations f r o m Brookhaven to the University 
of C a l i f o r n i a Radiation L a b o r a t o r y . H i s 
subsequent interest in retrieval of information 
systems resulted in extensive correspondence 
with librarians throughout the country. 

H e never sought office in professional so-
cieties nor did he willingly prepare papers for 
either oral presentation or f o r publication. In 
the early days at the O a k Ridge N a t i o n a l 
L a b o r a t o r y he f e l t his responsibilities to the 
L a b o r a t o r y precluded any use of his time for 
preparing material f o r publication, and only 
within the last t w o years when his concern 
with retrieval systems overcame his distaste 

f o r personal aggrandizement did he permit 
publication of his ideas. 

In spite of this reticence, Jack M o r r i s w a s 
as w e l l known and more highly respected f o r 
his opinions than many w h o have lacked his 
reticence. H i s death is a loss not only to the 
community of O a k Ridge librarians, and to 
the technical information personnel of the 
A t o m i c Energy Commission, but is a personal 
loss to all of us w h o have communicated with 
h i m . — G . E. Randall, manager, Technical In-
formation Branch, ARO, Inc., Tullahoma, 
Tennessee. 

D o n a M . Ames, assistant librarian of B a k e r 
University, Baldwin, Kansas, died at N o r t o n , 
Kansas, on July 12, 1954. 

M a r i o n F . Dondale, librarian of the A l -
bany, N e w Y o r k , M e d i c a l College since 1933, 
died suddenly on June 28, 1954. 

F . W . K . D r u r y , librarian at Nashville, 
Tennessee, f r o m 1931 to 1946, died on Sep-
tember 3, 1954. M r . D r u r y w a s an active 
librarian throughout his career, and his contri-
butions to the profession w e r e numerous. 
D u r i n g the period 1919-1928 he w a s assistant 
librarian at B r o w n University. 

H i l d a M a r g a r e t Rankin, librarian of the 
School of Dentistry of the University of 
M i c h i g a n since 1939, died on July 14, 1954, 
at the age of 61. 

Florence M . Wilkinson, head cataloger at 
the M o u n t H o l y o k e College L i b r a r y , died on 
September 7, 1954, at the age of 46. A 
graduate of the University of Michigan, with 
a B.S. degree f r o m the Columbia University 
School of L i b r a r y Service, she w a s on the staff 
of the M i l l i c e n t L i b r a r y , Fairhaven, f o r 12 
years, then head of the catalog department at 
the Public L i b r a r y , Y o n k e r s , N . Y . She came 
to M o u n t H o l y o k e as senior cataloger in 

1948, and w a s appointed head cataloger in 
1949. She w a s a member of A L A and the 
Massachusetts L i b r a r y Association. 

A d Index 
T h e Advertisers Index has been omitted f r o m this issue due to space requirements. I t w i l l 

be resumed in the A p r i l issue. 

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