ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries November 1985 / 561 * * * News from t he field Acquisitions •Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, has re­ ceived a large collection of library and archival material on human sexuality in general and on ho­ mosexuality in particular, from the Mariposa Edu­ cation and Research Foundation. The gift contains over 2,000 volumes and about 400 films, 300 video­ tapes, and extensive archival materials. In con­ junction with the university’s current holdings in human sexuality, the Mariposa material will form one of Cornell’s most important research collec­ tions. With the help of a bequest in the will of 1954 Cornell graduate David Goodstein, a $2 millon en­ dowment has been established to maintain the col­ lection. •Southern Oregon State College L ibrary, Ashland, has acquired an extensive collection of authentic examples of regional dialects of English recorded over a period of 50 years from the 1930s to the 1980s. By far the major portion of the collection includes village and rural speakers of the British Isles, but dialects of the United States, Canada, and other areas where English is a first language are also included. Consisting of 47 cassettes orga­ nized in 8 volumes with much accompanying transcripted material, the collection is described in detail in a booklet available free upon request from Harold Otness, Southern Oregon State College L i­ brary, Ashland, OR 97520. The booklet, Dialects o f English: Guide to the T apes, was prepared by Donald E. Moore, emeritus professor of English and compiler of the collection. •The University of North Carolina’s Southern Historical Collection, Chapel Hill, has announced that its Allard K. Lowenstein Papers are open for research. Housed in 206 boxes and containing over 150,000 items, the papers document Lowenstein’s life as Congressman from New York’s 5th Congres­ sional District, political activist, and U.S. Ambas­ sador to the United Nations for Special Political Af­ fairs. They are specially valuable in materials on the Civil Rights movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the “Dump Johnson” movement of which Lowenstein was chief architect, and materi­ als on South Africa and Zimbabwe/Rhodesia. The papers were a gift to UNC from Jennifer Lowen­ stein Littlefield in December 1982. A printed guide to the collection is available from the Wilson L i­ brary for $5.00. •The University of Texas at Arlington has added a number of important materials to its Spe­ cial Collections Division during the past year. A major acquisition is the Fort W orth Star Telegram collection of over 200,000 photographs and clip­ pings from the 1880s to the 1960s—one of the most complete newspaper archives in the United States. Another major photographic collection consists of 20,000 prints and negatives by the noted Texas photographer Basil Clemons, emphasizing the oil boom of the 1920s and 1930s. The collection was a gift from Vicki Vinson, of Dallas. The Political History Archives has received the papers of Bob McFarland, a noted Texas senator, and 44 boxes of papers of the Texas American Civil Liberties Union. The UTA Cartographic History Library has re­ ceived a collection of rare 19th century maps of the Texas Gulf Coast region from Perry Bass, of Fort Worth; a 16th century portolan chart of the British Isles by the Venetian cartographer Battista Agnese; and a manuscript map of the Texas borderlands drawn by the Franciscan priest Juan Agustin Morfi in 1778. The Robertson Colony Collection has received the diary of Robert Leftwich kept in Mexico City from 1822 to 1824. The diary contains the first rec­ ord of laws established for the colonization of Texas and as such is the cornerstone of Texas history. Finally, the Jenkins G arrett Library has re­ ceived a first-hand manuscript account by Karl Buster of the disastrous Mier expedition into Mex­ ico in 1842. •Yale University’s Collection of Western Amer­ icana recently acquired the archive of the Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas, as­ sembled and maintained by the directors of the Ve­ rein. The archive, which preserves the history of one of the most important colonization efforts in Texas history, contains over 17 linear feet of manu­ scripts and printed material with original corre­ spondence, reports, documents, business records, contracts, promotional material, and associated items. Only a small portion of the printed material has been recorded by bibliographers. The Verein, commonly known as the Adelsverein, was an orga­ nization of German noblemen first associated in 1842 for the purpose of supporting emigration by German nationals to Texas. During its most active years, the Adelsverein was responsible for settling thousands of new residents in Texas, notably in the town of New Braunfels. 562 / C&RL News G ra n ts • T he Associated N atural Sciences Institutions (T A N SI) h ave b een aw arded a grant by th e N a ­ tio n a l H isto rical P u b licatio n s and R ecords C o m ­ mission for th e p reservation o f th eir arch iv a l h o ld ­ in g s . T h e p r o je c t w i l l c r e a t e a m o d e l fo r co o p erative a rch iv a l m anag em en t th a t w ill p erm it easy and rap id access to a n atio n al n etw ork o f n a tu ­ ra l history m aterials. T h e p ro je c t m em b er institu­ tions a re: T h e A cadem y o f N atu ral S ciences o f P h il­ a d e l p h i a , t h e A m e r ic a n M u se u m o f N a tu r a l H istory, th e F ie ld M useum o f N atu ral H istory, th e C a lifo rn ia A cadem y o f S cien ce , and th e N atu ral H istory M useum o f Los Angeles C ounty. • B ro w n U n iv e r s ity L i b r a r y , P r o v id e n c e , R h o d e Is la n d , has receiv ed a n H E A T it le I I - C g ran t o f $ 1 7 0 ,8 4 5 to c a ta lo g th e 1 8th cen tu ry E u ro ­ p ea n A m e ric a n a c o lle ctio n s in th e Jo h n C a r te r B ro w n and Jo h n H ay L ib ra rie s and to en ter th e records in to th e R L IN and O C L C databases. T h e in itia l focus w ill b e on C o n tin en ta l im prints n o t yet in eith er database. • T he New York Public L ib r a ry has received a $ 2 .5 m illio n d o n a tio n b y D a v id R o c k e fe lle r in h onor o f M rs. V in c en t A stor, a great ch am p io n o f th e L ib r a ry and th e cause o f litera cy . T h e co n tri­ b u tio n w ill b e used to r e lo c a te and re sto re th e R ead in g R oom of th e R a re Books and M anuscripts D iv ision, an d to endow a curatorsh ip fo r th e D iv i­ sion. I t w ill also establish an an nu al $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 aw ard f o r d is tin g u is h e d le a d e rs h ip a n d o u ts ta n d in g achiev em en t in litera tu re, cu ltu re or ed ucation . T h e R e a d in g R o o m , th e c u ra to rs h ip , a n d th e a w ard w ill each b ea r th e n am e o f B ro o ke Russell Astor. • R a d c liffe C o lle g e , C a m b r id g e , M a ssa ch u - setts, has b een aw arded a $ 7 5 0 ,0 0 0 grant from th e P ew M em orial T ru s t tow ard th e $ 3 .4 m illio n ex­ pansion and reno v atio n o f th e A rth ur and E liz a ­ b eth Schlesinger L ib r a ry on th e H istory o f W o m en in A m erica. T h e renovations, designed by th e Bos­ to n a r c h ite c tu r a l firm o f S h e p le y B u lfin c h R i ­ chardson and A b b o tt, w ill double t h e sp ace th e li­ b ra ry now occupies and com p letely m odernize its fa c ilit ie s . P la n n e d im p ro v e m en ts in c lu d e n ew read in g room s, a cen tra liz ed read er services area, c lim a t e -c o n t r o lle d s to ra g e a re a s , a c o n fe re n c e room and offices for visiting scholars, expanded au­ to m a tio n , n ew security systems, and im proved a c ­ cess fo r th e h and icap p ed. • T he University of C alifornia, Berkeley, has re- ceived L S C A funds th rou gh th e C a lifo rn ia S ta te L ib r a ry to im prove access for th e sta te’s p u b lic l i ­ braries to U C B erkeley’s lib ra ry collections. T h e funds w ill p erm it a m a jo r step fo rw ard in th e L i­ b ra ry ’s a b ility to p a rticip a te in m u lti-lib ra ry type program s and serve as an info rm a tio n resource for C a lifo rn ia p u blic lib raries. P ro je ct funds w ill b e used to install term in als in th e C a lifo rn ia S ta te L i ­ b ra ry a n d seven regio nal system I L L h eadqu arters to provide o n lin e access to U C Berkeley’s d atab ase, G L A D IS . An online in terlib ra ry lo a n m odule w ill b e developed on G L A D IS to sup port requests from th e lib ra ry systems and th e C a lifo rn ia S ta te L i ­ b ra ry fo r m a teria ls held a t U C Berkeley. In ad d i­ tio n , th e n u m b er o f B e rkeley’s titles accessible o n ­ l i n e w ill b e e x p a n d e d th r o u g h r e t r o s p e c t i v e conversion o f 3 0 ,0 0 0 m an u al c a ta lo g records fo r t i ­ tles o f p a rticu la r interest to patrons o f C a lifo rn ia li­ braries. • T he University of M innesota B io -M e d ica l L i- b ra ry , M inneap olis, has received a gra n t from th e R esea rch L ib r a rie s G ro u p fo r th e retro sp ectiv e conversion o f th e holdings o f th e W an gen steen H is­ to rica l L ib r a ry o f B iology and M ed icin e. In th e first yea r o f th e p ro je c t ap p roxim ately 1 5 ,0 0 0 rec­ ords w ill b e inp ut. Should continu ed fu nd ing be provided th e en tire co llectio n o f 3 1 ,0 0 0 records w ill b e in R L IN b y m id -1 9 8 7 , m akin g it th e first m a jo r history o f m ed icine c o llectio n in th a t d a ta ­ base. • T h e U niversity of O k lahom a S ch o o l o f L i- b ra ry and In fo rm a tio n Studies and its Scien ce and P u b lic P olicy p rogram h ave been aw arded a grant o f $ 1 4 8 ,0 0 0 to investigate th e effectiveness o f p u b­ lic versus p riv a te o n lin e scien tific and tech n o log i­ c a l in fo rm a tio n (S T I) systems. T h e study w ill co m ­ p a re th e effectiveness o f th e tw o types o f system s, as w ell as recom m en d tech n iqu es to increase access to F e d era l research co n tain ed in th ese systems and p rovide a p olicy analysis o f key issues related to th e tech n o log y tran sfer process. • T he University of R ochester’s E a s tm a n School o f M usic has received an H E A T itle I I - C g ran t o f $ 2 3 3 ,0 0 0 for a p ilo t p ro je c t to dem on strate th e fe a ­ sib ility o f proposed m ethods and standards fo r re t­ rosp ective conversion o f m usic m aterials. T h e stan ­ d a rd s a r e th o s e d e v e lo p e d a t th e C o u n c il on L ib r a ry Resources C o n feren ce on Stand ards fo r the R etro sp ectiv e C onversion o f M usic la st yea r (see C i r R L N e w s, July/August 1 9 8 5 , p .3 4 2 ). T h e p ilot p ro je c t, in w h ich th e U niversities o f In d ia n a and C a lifo rn ia a t B erkeley w ill also ta k e p a rt, w ill add o r e n h a n c e a p p r o x im a te ly 3 0 ,0 0 0 title s in th e O C L C and R L IN n etw orks. W o rk on th e p ilot b e ­ g a n in O c to b e r a n d w ill c o n t in u e fo r tw e lv e m onths. •T h e University of Texas a t Arlington’s Sp ecial C ollection s D ivision has b een aw arded a g ran t o f $ 7 6 ,0 0 0 fro m th e Sid R ich ard so n F o u n d a tio n for th e p u rchase o f ra re books, m anu scripts and m aps re la tin g to th e h istory o f T exas and th e Spanish Borderland s. A nother g ran t o f $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 fro m W . A. M o n creith J r . has b een added to a p erm a n en t fund fo r co ntinu ed developm ent o f U T A ’s Sp ecial C o l­ lections. N e w s notes • T h e C onsortium of A cadem ic and R esearch Libraries (C O R A L ), o f San A ntonio, T exas, has N ovem ber 1985 / 563 co m p leted a tw o -y e a r p ro je c t to develop a union list o f p eriodicals w ith in O C L C ’s u nion list co m p o ­ n en t. T h e n ew C O R A L U n io n L is t o f P erio d icals consists o f 1 7 ,5 3 2 titles and 3 9 ,5 0 0 sep a ra te h o ld ­ ings records. T h e w ork was fu nd ed b y successive o n e -y e a r L S C A T it l e I I I g ra n ts o f $ 6 1 ,0 0 0 and $ 8 5 ,0 0 0 , w h ic h w e re a d m in iste re d th ro u g h th e T ex a s S ta te L ib ra ry . • T h e Illinois Institute of Technology L ib r a ry , C h ica g o , has been ded icated th e P a u l V . G alv in L ib r a r y in honor o f th e fo u nd er o f M o to ro la , In c . T h e n a m in g o f th e lib ra ry recognizes th e G alv in fa m ily ’s lo n g lead ersh ip ro le in I I T a ffa irs and its generous su p p o rt fo r th e un iv ersity . R o b e r t W . G a lv in , th e c h a ir o f I I T ’s B o a rd o f T ru stees sin ce 1 9 7 9 an d th e son o f th e la te P a u l G a lv in , w as e le c te d to I I T ’s B o a r d in 1 9 5 3 . T h e d e d ic a tio n m arks th e co m p letio n o f a p ro g ram fo r expansion o f th e lib ra ry fa cilities fo r university and m idw est business use. T h e d e p artu re o f th e J o h n C r e ra r L i ­ b ra ry fro m I I T to th e U n iversity o f C h ica g o (see C ò - R L N e w s , D e c e m b e r 1 9 8 4 , p . 6 0 6 ) en a b led I I T to o p en up w h a t h a d b e e n tw o clo s ed -sta ck l i ­ b ra rie s in to a single op en -stack lib ra ry . R efe ren ce co llectio n s a re n ow grouped o n th e u p per level and c irc u la tin g co llectio n s o n th e lo w er level n ea r th e n ew c irc u la tio n desk an d secu rity ch eck p o in t. ■ ■ Two new staff members at A CRL headquarters M a r y E l l e n D a v is L o r r a i n e D o r f f M a ry E lle n D a v is h as b een a p p o in ted A C R L prog am o ffic e r effectiv e N ovem ber 1 , fillin g th e p osition re ce n tly v a ca ted b y Sa n d y W h ite le y . She w as m ost re ce n tly p rog ram o ffic er fo r t h e A ssocia­ tio n o f Sp ecialized and C o o p e ra tiv e L ib r a r y A gen­ cies, an A L A division. In h er c a p a c ity as A S C L A p ro g ra m o ffic e r , D a v is w as re sp o n s ib le fo r th e d aily o p era tio n o f th e division’s sup port activities and fo r th e p la n n in g and im p lem en ta tio n o f p ro ­ gram s and activities fo r th e division. I n add ition , she fu n ctio n ed as assistant p ro je c t d irecto r fo r AS- C L A ’s “L e t ’s T a lk A b o u t I t ” p ro g ram . D avis holds an M L S and a b a c h e lo r’s degree in e lem en ta ry ed u catio n fro m th e U n iversity o f I l l i ­ nois, as w ell as a m a ste r’s d egree in ed u catio n from C e n tra l M ich ig a n U niversity. H er responsibilities a t A C R L w ill inclu d e advisory services to th e li­ b ra ry profession and re la ted o rg an izatio n s; m a n ­ ag em en t o f th e A C R L advisory, p u b lica tio n s, and fo reign ex ch an g e lib ra ria n p ro g ram s; an d coun sel­ in g th e A C R L execu tive d irecto r on a c a d em ic li­ b ra ry issues o f n a tio n a l and lo ca l im p o rta n ce. L o r ra in e D o r ff has jo in ed A C R L as assistant ed i­ to r o f C o l l e g e ò R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s N e w s , effectiv e S e p tem b er 3 0 . H er m ost re ce n t position w as in th e p u b lica tio n s d e p a rtm e n t o f th e Illin o is S ta te B a r A ssociation in Sp rin g field , Illin o is, w h ere she w as m a n a g in g ed ito r o f th e IS B A n ew sp ap er T h e B a r N e w s . She has also w orked as a n ew sw riter fo r W I L L -A M / F M r a d io in U r b a n a , Illin o is , an d c o m p le t e d a n e w s r o o m i n t e r n s h i p a t W G N - T V / C h an n el 9 in C h ica g o . D o r ff holds a b a c h e lo r’s degree in jo u rn alism fro m th e U n iversity o f Illin o is. H er responsibilities a t A C R L w ill in c lu d e co m p ilin g th e “A p p o in t­ m e n t s ,” “ P u b l i c a t i o n s , ” a n d “ N ew s fr o m th e F ie ld ” colum ns fo r C ò R L N e w s , c o o rd in a tin g th e classified advertising, assisting in th e p ro d u ctio n o f A C R L sectio n new sletters, and general p ro d u ctio n fo r C & R L N e w s an d R a r e B o o k s & M a n u s c r ip t s L i ­ b r a r i a n s h ip . ■ ■ National library/m edia center search T h e U . S . D e p a rtm e n t o f E d u c a tio n has c o m ­ m issioned a n a tio n a l search fo r o u tsta n d in g l i ­ brary/m edia c e n te r p rogram s. T h e search is in ­ tend ed to provide th e in fo rm a tio n fo r a p ilo t to in c re a se d isse m in a tio n o f ex e m p la ry lib ra ry and m ed ia c en ter p rogram s. N o m ination s m ay b e m ad e to th e R M C R esea rch C o rp o ra tio n , th e c o m p a n y co n d u ctin g th e p ilo t. T h e c rite ria b y w h ich n o m in a ted p rogram s w ill b e ju d g ed fo r inclusion in th e p ilo t dissem i­ n a tio n p ro je c t a re : 1) th e p ro g ram addresses an id en tified an d sig n ifica n t need ; 2) it d em on ­ strates a n efficie n t solution to th e p rob lem it a d­ dresses; 3) i t has w e ll-d efin ed goals and th e sta ff o f th e p ro je c t a re a b le to d e m o n stra te th a t th e goals o f th e p ro je c t h a v e b een m et; an d 4) it is o n e t h a t is tra n s fe ra b le to o th er sites. I f you w ish to consider n o m in a tin g a p ro ­ g ra m , c a ll R M C R esearch a t (800) 2 5 8 -0 8 0 2 to requ est a fo rm ; or w rite L ibrary/ M ed ia C en ter S e a rc h , R M C R esea rch , 4 0 0 L a fa y e tte R o a d , H a m p to n , N H 0 3 8 4 2 .