ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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from th e N ational E n dow m ent o f th e  H um ani­
ties to  c o n d u ct a tw o-year study o f th e  mass 
deacidification o f p a p e r in archive a n d  m an u ­
script collections. A bout 350 linear feet o f the 
center’s 20th-century literary archives an d  m anu­
scripts collections will receive treatm en t at the 
diethyl zinc (DEZ) mass deacidification pilot plant 
operated by Akzo Chemical in D eer Park, Texas.

The University o f Victoria Archives received 
a backlog red u ctio n  grant from  the C anadian 
Council o f Archives to  m ake the inform ation in 
the School o f Music Concert T ape Archives avail­
able in th e form  o f a m icro co m p u ter database 
and p rin ted  finding aid. T he archives contain 
recordings o f faculty concerts, stu d en t recitals, 
guest recitals, scholarly pap ers, a n d  sym posia 
sponsored by the School of Music betw een  1968 
and th e present.

A cq u isitio n s
M e zzo -s o p ra n o  Jennie Tourel's papers
have b e e n  d o n a te d  to  th e T w entieth Century 
Archives in th e D ep artm en t o f Special Collec­
tions at B o s to n  U n iv e r sity . T ourel, w h o  died 
in 1973, w as k n o w n  for h e r art so n g  in terp re­
tations, particularly French a n d  Russian songs. 
She perform ed w ith the O péra C om ique in Paris, 
the N ew  Y ork M etro p o litan  O p e ra , a n d  th e 
N ew  Y ork P hilharm onic u n d e r th e  d irection o 
Arturo T oscanini. T ourel w as a close friend o f 
Leonard Bernstein.

Children's books submitted fo r consider­
ation for the Sugarm an C hildren’s B ook A ward 
w ill b e  d o n a t e d  to  G e o r g e  W a s h i n g t o n  
U n iv e r sity ’s  (GWU) G elm an’s Library. T he b i­
ennial Sugarm an A w ard is a regional aw ard that 
re c o g n iz e s q u a lity  c h ild re n ’s literatu re. T h e 
b ooks will b e  h o u se d  in the ch ild ren ’s b o o k  
section a n d  u se d  as a circulating reso u rce for 
GWU stu d en ts a n d  area teachers.

The Renier Collection o f 19th-Century En­
glish Crime B roadsides has b e e n  acq u ired  by 
the H arvard Law S c h o o l Library. D ating from  
1812-1868, th e 110 b ro ad sid es graphically d e ­
scribe m urders a n d  o th e r sensational crim es o f 
the period; m o st contain accounts o f th e  ex­
ecutions an d  dying w o rd s o f th e accused. Many 
o f the bro ad sid es w ere p rin ted  b y  local print­

ers for lim ited sale to  th e  throngs o f spectators 
w h o  a tte n d e d  th e executions o f criminals. The 
Renier Collection contains m any items for w hich 
n o  o th e r co p ies are recorded. The broadsides, 
m any b earin g  w o o d cu ts an d  m oralizing verse, 
su p p le m e n t th e  N ew gate C alendar an d  court 
reports o f no to rio u s crimes.

Victorian novelist G eorge Gissing's m anu­
scripts, letters, an d  first editions c o n tain ed  in 
the Pforzheim er Collection have b e e n  acquired 
by the Lilly Library at Indiana University. Gissing 
is best know n as the author o f New Grub Street 
(1891), Charles Dickens, A  Study (1898), and The 
Private Papers o f  H enry Ryecraft (1903).

D ram a titles from  the 16th-18th centuries 
w ere given to O h io  State U n iv e r sity  (OSU) 
Libraries’ Rare B ook a n d  M anuscript Division. 
T he collection o f o v er 400 titles in 363 vol­
um es contains n in e te e n  17th-century quartos 
o f plays b y  S hakespeare; plays b y  o th e r p rom i­
n e n t dram atists o f th e p erio d  (B eaum ont an d  
F le t c h e r , C o n g r e v e , C r o w n e , D a v e n a n t, 
D ryden, Fielding, an d  Shirley); a n d  c o n te m p o ­
rary so u rce m aterials (H o lin sh ed ’s Chronicles 
(1577), th e  D ouai-R heim s B ible (1582-1610), 
an d  G rafton’s Chronicle (1569)- T he boo k s w ere 
d o n ated  b y  th e family o f th e late Stanley J. Kahrl 
o f th e  OSU’s D ep artm en t o f English.

Papers o f Thomas Affleck, a  prom inent 
19th-century ag ricu ltu ralist a n d  w riter, h av e 
b e e n  d o n a te d  by his descen d an t, W. J. “Ja c k ” 
B ow en o f H o u sto n  to  the Sterling C. Evans Li­
brary  at T exas A&M University. A ffle c k ’s S o u th ­
ern  R u ra l A lm a n a c  a n d  P la n ta tio n  a n d  Gar­
d e n  C a len d a r is o n e  o f his b est-k n o w n  w orks. 
T he Affleck P apers consists o f letters, scientific 
w ritin g s, p e rs o n a l c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , p h o to ­
graphs, a n d  a scra p b o o k  o f new s clippings, 
circulars, pam phlets, a n d  o th er ephem era. They 
also contain the work of Mary Hunt Affleck, a promi­
nent early Texas poet and literary figure.

The H a rry  Ransom Humanities Research 
C enter at th e U n iv e r sity  o f  T ex a s a t A u stin  
has acq u ired  th e literary archive o f British nov­
elist a n d  critic Christine B rooke-R ose (1 9 2 6 - ). 
In clu d ed  in the collection are over 1,000 letters 
from  friends an d  colleagues including A nthony 
Burgess, U m berto Eco, a n d  A ngus Wilson. T he 
p a p e rs  also co n ta in  a u to g ra p h  m anuscripts, 
n o teb o o k s, p re-p u b licatio n  m aterials, a n d  p u b ­
lished editions of B rooke-R ose’s w ork. ■