College and Research Libraries News from the Field A C Q U I S I T I O N S , G I F T S , C O L L E C T I O N S T H E BODLEIAN LIBRARY o f O x f o r d U n i v e r - sity has a n n o u n c e d a g i f t by Paul M e l l o n o£ the personal library o f J o h n L o c k e , English p h i l o s o p h e r a n d scholar. T h e c o l l e c t i o n , c o n - sisting o f 835 p r i n t e d b o o k s a n d eleven man- uscripts, a n d i n c l u d i n g works o n p h i l o s o p h y , theology, natural science, a n d m e d i c i n e , is c o n s i d e r e d by authorities to b e o n e o f the most i m p o r t a n t extant collections of b o o k s o f an i n d i v i d u a l Englishman. M r . M e l l o n , son of the late A n d r e w W . M e l l o n ( f o r m e r Secretary o f the Treasury and A m b a s s a d o r to Britain), will retain possession a n d use of the b o o k s d u r i n g his lifetime. A n y m i c r o f i l m c o p i e s r e q u i r e d by O x f o r d will be m a d e a n d given to the library. B R A N D E I S U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s r e c e i v e d the g i f t o f a private c o l l e c t i o n of almost eight h u n d r e d books, pamphlets, manuscripts, a n d prints b y a n d a b o u t L e o n a r d o D a V i n c i . T h e d o n o r is Bern D i b n e r , b i b l i o p h i l e and e n g i n e e r o f W i l t o n , C o n n . , w h o m a d e the g i f t f r o m his distinguished c o l l e c t i o n o f ma- terials o n the history o f science. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F C I N C I N N A T I L I B R A R Y is the r e c i p i e n t of eight fifteenth-century vol- umes o n history a n d theology f r o m Jonas Bikoff, wholesaler a n d n o t e d N e w Y o r k State rare b o o k collector. T h e volumes i n c l u d e a 1471 v o l u m e o f Luctus Christianorum ex Passione Christi by N i c o l a s Jenson o f V e n i c e a n d a first e d i t i o n o f St. Augustine's City of God p r i n t e d b y K o b e r g e r in 1473. T H E C O L U M B I A U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R I E S h a v e b e e n presented with m a n y o f the original drawings a n d paintings o f A r t h u r R a c k h a m , n o t e d English b o o k illustrator whose illustra- tions f o r children's b o o k s m o v e d o n e critic to call h i m " c o u r t painter to K i n g O b e r o n and Q u e e n T i t a n i a . " T h e d o n o r s , M r . a n d Mrs. A l f r e d C. Berol of N e w Y o r k City, m a d e the initial g i f t to the R a c k h a m c o l l e c t i o n in 1956, a n d a d d e d sketches a n d water-color p a i n t i n g in 1957. T h e recent presentation includes twenty p e n c i l a n d water-color draw- ings f o r costumes used in the stage p r o d u c - tion o f Hansel and Gretel in 1933-34, with R a c k h a m ' s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e with the p r o - ducer, Sydney Carroll. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY h a s b e e n p r e s e n t e d with the papers o f M a r k V a n D o r e n , Pul- itzer Prize p o e t a n d professor emeritus of English at C o l u m b i a University, w h o retired last year after thirty-nine years of teaching at C o l u m b i a . I n c l u d e d in the vast c o l l e c t i o n o f nearly twenty thousand items are original manuscripts, notes, typescripts, galleys, let- ters, a n d a n n o t a t e d p r i n t e d books. T h e s e will b e housed in C o l u m b i a ' s Special Collec- tions Library. C O R N E L L U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s b e e n p r e - sented with a rare first e d i t i o n of H e n r y Fielding's n o v e l , Joseph Andrews. T h e two volumes, p u b l i s h e d in 1742 by A . M i l l e r , L o n d o n bookseller, are finely b o u n d in m o t t l e d calf with g o l d t o o l i n g a n d bear the armorial b o o k p l a t e o f a f o r m e r o w n e r , L a u - rence Currie, an English collector. T h e gift, m a d e by three u n d e r g r a d u a t e s — C a r o l Gitt- lin, N a n c y Rosenthal, a n d J u d i t h Y u s e m — is in m e m o r y o f their r o o m m a t e , C a r o l y n J. R i e g e r of B r o o k l y n . C O R N E L L U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s a c q u i r e d the c o m p l e t e papers o f W y n d h a m Lewis, L o n d o n painter, writer, and p h i l o s o p h e r . In- c l u d e d in the c o l l e c t i o n are nearly six thou- sand letters f r o m some o f the most e m i n e n t literary a n d artistic figures o f the century. T h e c o l l e c t i o n contains o v e r eleven h u n d r e d o f the author's o w n letters, some written to his m o t h e r a n d g r a n d m o t h e r f r o m his school days to his army service in W o r l d W a r I. A v a i l a b l e also are m a n y o f the Lewis b o o k s in the succession o f states most prized by scholars: r o u g h notes, first draft, revised type- script, revised galley, revised page p r o o f and, in many instances, first e d i t i o n . T h o u s a n d s o f pages of manuscript f o r his wide-ranging lectures a n d essays are present in the collec- tion. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I A M I h a s b e e n p r e - sented with the personal library o f Dr. P h a n o r James Eder, distinguished interna- tional attorney o f N e w York. T h e c o l l e c t i o n consists o f m o r e than eleven h u n d r e d b o o k s a n d b o u n d v o l u m e s o f rare p a m p h l e t s o n (Continued on page 232) MAY 1 9 6 0 229 ACRL Meeting; G e o r g e W . B r o w n , n o t e d C a n a d i a n edu- cator, will typify the b i n a t i o n a l spirit o f the M o n t r e a l C o n f e r e n c e as A C R L ' s speaker f o r its m e m b e r s h i p meeting, T u e s d a y e v e n i n g , J u n e 21. I n his talk, " N o r t h A m e r i c a n i s m : O u r C a n a d i a n a n d A m e r i c a n Patterns," D r . B r o w n will c o m p a r e the institutions a n d cultural characteristics of C a n a d a a n d the U n i t e d States. D r . B r o w n is best k n o w n as the e d i t o r o f the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. H e is also a professor of history at the University of T o r o n t o . James S. Coles, president o f B o w d o i n C o l - lege, F. T a y l o r Jones, executive secretary of the M i d d l e States Association o f Colleges a n d Secondary Schools, a n d Felix E. Hirsch, librarian o f T r e n t o n State C o l l e g e and chairman of the A C R L C o m m i t t e e o n Stand- ards will speak to the C o l l e g e Libraries Sec- tion o n " I m p l e m e n t a t i o n of A L A Standards f o r C o l l e g e L i b r a r i e s " at the University of M o n t r e a l , T u e s d a y a f t e r n o o n , J u n e 21. L i b r a r y standards will be the subject also of the p r o g r a m p l a n n e d by the J u n i o r C o l - lege Libraries Section f o r its meeting, M o n - day, J u n e 20. Felix H i r s c h will speak o n " T h e N e w Standards a n d T h e i r Significance f o r the 1960's." " C o l l e c t i n g in the Field of S c i e n c e " will b e the subject of the R a r e B o o k s Section's p r o g r a m scheduled f o r M o n d a y m o r n i n g , J u n e 20, in the l l e d p a t h Library o f M c G i l l University. Speakers will i n c l u d e Bern D i b - ner, e n g i n e e r a n d b i b l i o p h i l e f r o m N o r w a l k , C o n n . ; J a c o b Zeitlin, L o s A n g e l e s b o o k dealer; a n d R i c h a r d P e n n i n g t o n , librarian of M c G i l l . T h e p r o g r a m will be f o l l o w e d by a l u n c h e o n in the R e d p a t h Library. T h e section will h o l d a "sherry h o u r " in M c - Gill's Osier Library in the a f t e r n o o n . T h e Subject Specialists Section plans an all-day tour to visit special libraries in Ot- tawa o n T u e s d a y , J u n e 21. Reservations may be m a d e at the A L A ticket desk in M o n t r e a l . T h e A r t Sub-Section o f the Subject Special- ists Section will have a d i n n e r ( f o l l o w e d by a business m e e t i n g ) o n M o n d a y , J u n e 20. As part of the tour to Ottawa this g r o u p will make a special visit to the C a n a d i a n N a t i o n a l Gallery. A panel discussion of "Standards f o r School Library P r o g r a m s " will constitute the pro- O P E N M E E T I N G S A C R L M E M B E R S H I P M E E T I N G : T u e s d a y , J u n e 2 1 , 8 : 0 0 P . M . ( W i n d s o r H o t e l ) . Section Meetings: C o l l e g e L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n : T u e s d a y , J u n e 2 1 , 2 : 0 0 P.M. ( U n i v e r s i t y o f M o n t r e a l ) . J u n i o r C o l l e g e L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n : M o n d a y , J u n e 2 0 , 4 : 3 0 P.M. R a r e B o o k s S e c t i o n : M o n d a y , J u n e 2 0 , 1 0 : 0 0 A.M. ( M c G i l l U n i v e r s i t y ) ; l u n c h e o n 1 2 : 3 0 P.M.; s h e r r y h o u r 4 : 0 0 P.M. S u b j e c t S p e c i a l i s t s S e c t i o n : T u e s d a y , J u n e 21 ( t o u r t o O t t a w a ) . A r t L i b r a r i a n s S u b - S e c t i o n : M o n d a y , J u n e 2 0 , 6 : 3 0 P.M. ( d i n n e r f o l l o w e d b y b u s i - ness m e e t i n g u n t i l 1 0 : 0 0 P.M.); T u e s d a y , J u n e 21 ( t o u r t o O t t a w a w i t h S u b j e c t S p e c i a l i s t s S e c t i o n , i n c l u d i n g v i s i t t o N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y , 1 : 3 0 - 4 : 0 0 P . M . ) . L a w a n d P o l i t i c a l S c i e n c e S u b - S e c t i o n : M o n d a y , J u n e 2 0 , 8 : 3 0 P.M. T e a c h e r E d u c a t i o n L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n : T u e s d a y , J u n e 2 1 , 4 : 3 0 P.M. ( U n i v e r s i t y o f M o n t r e a l ) . U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n : S u n d a y , J u n e 19, 8 : 0 0 P.M. 2 3 0 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S at Montreal gram sponsored by the Teacher Education Libraries Section and ALA's American As- sociation of School Librarians at the Uni- versity of Montreal, Tuesday, June 21. Panelists will include Rachel W . DeAngelo, coordinator of the library education pro- gram, Queens College; Frances Breen, librar- ian, State University Teachers College, Plattsburg, N. Y.; Marion W . Taylor, assist- ant professor of library science, Chicago Teachers College; Walter S. Wilson, super- intendent, Massena (N. Y.) Central Schools; Charlotte M . Coye, librarian, Osborn High School, Detroit; and Walfred Erickson, director, Eastern Michigan University Li- brary, Ypsilanti. Dr. Erickson will be mod- erator of the panel. T h e University Libraries Section plans a panel discussion for its meeting Sunday eve- ning, June 19. T h e topic for the program will be "Storage Libraries and Storage Prob- lems." Ralph H. H o p p , associate director of the University of Minnesota Libraries, Lee Ash, editor and research analyst for Yale University Library's selective book retirement program, and Fred Dimock, head of the cir- culation department at the University of Michigan Library will each discuss a differ- ent aspect of the storage problems of univer- sity libraries. C L O S E D M E E T I N G S ACRL Committee Meetings: Advisory Committee o n Cooperation with Educational and Professional Organiza- tions: M o n d a y , June 20, 8:30 P.M. Committee to E x p l o r e the Relationship Between the Law Library and the General Library of a University: Wednesday, J u n e 22, 8:30 A.M. Committee o n Constitution and Bylaws: Sunday, June 19, 4:30 P.M. Committee o n the Duplicates Exchange U n i o n : Sunday, June 19, 4:30 P.M. Committee o n Grants: M o n d a y , June 20, 4:30 P.M. N o m i n a t i n g Committee: Tuesday, June 21, 4:30 P.M. Committee o n Organization: Sunday, J u n e 19, 4:30 P.M.; M o n d a y , June 20, 8:30 P . M . Publications Committee: M o n d a y , June 20, 8:30 P.M. Committee o n Standards: Tuesday, June 21, 4:30 P.M. State Representatives: Tuesday, June 21, 4:30 P.M. Section Committee Meetings: Steering Committee, College Libraries Section: Monday, June 20, 6:30 P.M. (dinner). Steering Committee, Subject Specialists Section:' M o n d a y , June 20, 4:30 P.M. Committee on A c a d e m i c Status, University Libraries Section: Tuesday, June 21, 1 0 : 0 0 A . M . Committee on Research and Development, University Libraries Section: Monday, June 20, 4:30 P.M.; Thursday, June 23, 8:30 A.M. Steering Committee, University Libraries Section: Tuesday, June 21, 8:30 A.M. Committee o n University Library Surveys, University Libraries Section: M o n d a y , June 20, 8:30 A.M. Committee o n U r b a n University Libraries, University Libraries Section: M o n d a y , June 20, 12 M. (luncheon, f o l l o w e d by business meeting). Board of Directors Meetings: M o n d a y , June 20, 10:00 A.M.; Tuesday, J u n e 21, 10:00 A.M. M A Y 1 9 6 0 231 C o l o m b i a a n d o t h e r L a t i n A m e r i c a n c o u n - tries. T h e items span f o u r centuries a n d em- brace history, botany, e c o n o m i c s , linguistics, e t h n o l o g y , archaeology, natural history, art, travel, literature, a n d b i o g r a p h y . T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I N N E S O T A L I B R A R Y has received a c o l l e c t i o n o f rare a n d valuable works o n orchids a n d their culture f r o m the family of the late G e o r g e C. V a n D u s e n , grain-milling industrialist of Excelsior, M i n n . A m o n g the o u t s t a n d i n g items is a massive f o u r - v o l u m e set of the I m p e r i a l E d i t i o n of Sander's Reichenbachia, Orchids Illustrated and Described ( L o n d o n : 1888-1894). T H E Y A L E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s a c - q u i r e d the original field notes o f W i l l i a m Clark o f the f a m o u s Lewis a n d Clark E x p e d i - tion. T h e notes, c o n t a i n i n g m a n y personal observations u n k n o w n to historians, have b e e n g i v e n to the library by Frederick W . B e i n e c k e o f N e w Y o r k City, w h o purchased them f r o m the o w n e r , L o u i s Starr of Prince- ton, N . J. ( o n e o f the H a m m o n d heirs). K n o w n as the " H a m m o n d Papers," Clark's notes were originally written b e f o r e and d u r i n g his j o u r n e y u p the Missouri R i v e r . T h e d o c u m e n t s will b e a d d e d to the Yale C o l l e c t i o n o f W e s t e r n A m e r i c a n a . P h o t o - graps of some o f the manuscripts are avail- able o n request t o the Yale University N e w s Bureau. T H E Y A L E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s o b - tained a rare 154-year-old m a p o f the U n i t e d States t h r o u g h f u n d s g i v e n by Yale alumni f o r the university's c o l l e c t i o n o f unusual maps. T h e m a p , d r a w n f o r the " g e o g r a p h i c a l a m u s e m e n t " o f the " Y o u t h o f the U n i t e d States," is a Parcheesi-like g a m e n o w valu- able to historians because it reveals n o t o n l y s o m e t h i n g a b o u t early A m e r i c a n p a r l o r games, b u t also some fascinating data a b o u t Eastern cities in 1806. P r o d u c e d by J a c o b J o h n s o n , a P h i l a d e l p h i a b o o k dealer a n d stationer, it is m a d e o f hand-laid rag p a p e r b a c k e d with c l o t h a n d measures 33 x 26 inches. A L M O S T 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 PAGES o f c o n f i d e n t i a l i n - f o r m a t i o n f r o m the Japanese military ar- chives have b e n m i c r o f i l m e d a n d o p e n e d to historians by a g r o u p o f scholars f r o m C o - l u m b i a , G e o r g e t o w n , H a r v a r d , a n d Yale uni- versities a n d f r o m the Library o f Congress. T h e p r o j e c t was financed by the F o r d F o u n - d a t i o n . Professor C. M a r t i n W i l b u r , d i r e c t o r of C o l u m b i a ' s East Asian Institute, was p r o j - ect chairman. D o c u m e n t a r y i n f o r m a t i o n o n the C o m m u n i s t m o v e m e n t s , in C h i n a a n d N o r t h K o r e a fills a b o u t 40 p e r cent o f the m i c r o f i l m e d archives. A c c o r d i n g to Professor W i l b u r , the microfilms " s h o u l d be of tre- m e n d o u s value to historians specializing in East Asia. . . . N o historian has h a d such detailed i n f o r m a t i o n o n the Japanese army a n d navy in relation to Japanese p o l i t i c s . " C o p i e s o f the microfilms o f the archives may b e purchased f r o m the Library of Congress. T H E R E P U B L I C O F C H I N A h a s p r e s e n t e d the University of M a r y l a n d Library with a c o m p l e t e set o f the histories o f twenty-five Chinese dynasties. T h e set, w h i c h includes 934 v o l u m e s c o v e r i n g m o r e than three thou- sand years o f Chinese history, was r e p r i n t e d in T a i w a n f r o m the original w o o d - b l o c k - p r i n t e d e d i t i o n . B U I L D I N G S T H E H A M P S H I R E I N T E R - L I B R A R Y C E N T E R i n South H a d l e y , Mass., a n n o u n c e s that it will m o v e f r o m its present quarters i n M o u n t H o l y o k e ' s W i l l i s t o n M e m o r i a l Library to a special u n i t in the n e w University o f Massa- chusetts library a d d i t i o n . T h e e x p a n d i n g H I L C h o l d i n g s o f o v e r fifteen thousand b o u n d v o l u m e s a n d five special c o l l e c t i o n s have reached capacity limits in the center's present l o c a t i o n . T h e n e w quarters will p r o - v i d e bookstack space f o r 82,500 p e r i o d i c a l volumes, a r e a d i n g r o o m f o r twenty to twenty-eight readers, t y p i n g facilities f o r pat- rons, three m i c r o f i l m readers, a n d office r o o m to a c c o m m o d a t e d o u b l e the present staff. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY is p l a n n i n g a " f i r s t a d d i t i o n " to its library b u i l d i n g at Ames. T h e general, m e c h a n i c a l , a n d electrical speci- fications have b e e n c o m p l e t e d by the archi- tects, Brooks-Borg o f D e s M o i n e s . T h e addi- tion, measuring 74 b y 129 feet, will have five levels f o r reader service a n d stack areas. T h e a m o u n t o f f l o o r space f o r library purposes will b e a b o u t 75 p e r cent o f that in the present b u i l d i n g . Essential facts a n d illustra- tions s h o w i n g the elevation a n d a cross sec- tion of the b u i l d i n g a n d the site p l a n are given in the February 24, 1960 issue o f The Library at Iowa State. 232 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S T H E LAFAYETTE COLLEGE B o a r d o f T r u s - tees has a n n o u n c e d that a n e w library to cost a b o u t $1,800,000 is o n e of the primary goals o f its long-term d e v e l o p m e n t program. A fund-raising c a m p a i g n f o r this p u r p o s e will b e g i n this year. T h e c a m p a i g n c o m m i t - tee is h e a d e d by M r . Joseph A Grazier of N e w Y o r k City, president of A m e r i c a n R a - diator a n d Standard Sanitary C o r p o r a t i o n , a n d M r . Edward A . Jesser, Jr. of R i d g e w o o d , N . J., president of the Peoples T r u s t C o m - pany o f Hackensack. Plans f o r the n e w li- brary call f o r a b u i l d i n g that will seat ap- p r o x i m a t e l y 450 readers a n d house 300,000 volumes. MISSISSIPPI S T A T E C O L L E G E FOR W O M E N may well be p r o u d o f the n e w three-story a d d i t i o n to its Fant M e m o r i a l Library. M o r e r e a d i n g and reference r o o m s have increased the research a n d study area, cataloging fa- cilities have been enlarged, space f o r b o o k s has b e e n d o u b l e d , a n d a m i c r o f i l m r o o m and c o n f e r e n c e r o o m have b e e n a d d e d . O n e of the outstanding features is the Culbertson R o o m , n a m e d in h o n o r o f B e u l a h Culbert- son, librarian f o r almost fifty years. T h e r o o m contains M S C W ' s c o l l e c t i o n o f ar- chives and b o o k s by Mississippi authors. STANFORD UNIVERSITY r e c e n t l y d e d i c a t e d its n e w T a n n e r M e m o r i a l Library w h i c h was g i v e n to Stanford b y Professor and Mrs. O b e r t C. T a n n e r in m e m o r y o f their three sons. Dr. T a n n e r served briefly as acting chaplain at Stanford in 1945 and was a m e m b e r of the p h i l o s o p h y d e p a r t m e n t fac- ulty f r o m 1940 to 1945. A t present he is a professor o f p h i l o s o p h y at the University o f U t a h . T h e library a c c o m m o d a t e s a b o u t thirty students a n d will eventually contain 4,000 volumes. T H E R O S C O E L . W E S T L I B R A R Y a t T r e n t o n State C o l l e g e will be r e m o d e l e d u n d e r the college b o n d issue passed b y the voters o f N e w Jersey last N o v e m b e r . T h e sum of $200,000 has been set aside f o r enlargement o f the r e a d i n g a n d stack facilities. It is ex- p e c t e d that the seating capacity o f the library will b e d o u b l e d a n d that n e w shelf space will b e secured to a c c o m m o d a t e a c o l l e c t i o n of a b o u t 160,000 volumes. W o r k o n the re- m o d e l i n g is to b e g i n in the summer o r fall of 1960. T h e library has also recently b e n e - fited f r o m the i n t r o d u c t i o n of the most m o d - ern lighting facilities, f o r w h i c h the State of N e w Jersey allocated necessary funds a b o u t a year ago. BELOIT COLLEGE, B e l o i t , W i s . , h a s a n - n o u n c e d the construction of a $1,200,000 library b u i l d i n g as the first o b j e c t i v e of its m u l t i m i l l i o n d o l l a r d e v e l o p m e n t program. T e n t a t i v e plans call f o r a b u i l d i n g with a b o o k capacity o f 350,000 volumes. It will in- c l u d e such features as an audio-visual center, faculty study areas, seminars, a m a p library, a n d classrooms f o r the library science depart- ment. It is e x p e c t e d that the n e w library will be c o m p l e t e d not later than the fall o f 1962. M E E T I N G S A CONFERENCE o n area studies a n d the college library was h e l d at the B r o o k l y n C o l - lege Library in A p r i l . T h e topics i n c l u d e d the nature and extent of p u b l i s h i n g in a small country a n d in a large country, the m u s e u m as a resource f o r area studies, mu- tual a p p r e c i a t i o n of East-West values, sources o f area studies materials, cataloging and servicing area studies materials, a n d a bib- liography o f n o n - W e s t e r n civilizations. Illus- trative exhibits were o n display in the li- brary. T h r o u g h a grant-in-aid m a d e by the Carnegie F o u n d a t i o n o f N e w Y o r k , the B r o o k l y n C o l l e g e A r e a Studies C o m m i t t e e assisted in p r o m o t i n g the c o n f e r e n c e . ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY h e l d its s e c o n d a n - nual Congress f o r Librarians at the univer- sity campus in Jamaica, N . Y., in February. O v e r eight h u n d r e d persons attended. V e r n e r W . C l a p p , president o f the C o u n c i l o n Li- brary Resources, Inc., delivered the k e y n o t e speech, a n d D r . B e n j a m i n E. P o w e l l , presi- dent of A L A , gave the l u n c h e o n address. T h e day-long p r o g r a m i n c l u d e d eleven c o n - current panel sessions, staffed b y library ex- perts, and a series of exhibits by firms related to the w o r l d o f b o o k s . R e v . J o s e p h E. H o - gan, C.M., executive vice president o f St. John's, presided o v e r the program, and H e l e n R . Blank, chairman o f the d e p a r t m e n t of li- brary science, acted as chairman. P U B L I C A T I O N S T H E T H I R D DECENNIAL INDEX O F The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, a m o n u m e n t a l w o r k reflecting the acceler- M A Y 1 9 6 0 233 ated p r o g r a m of acoustical research in the past decade, will be p u b l i s h e d late this sum- mer. It will c o n t a i n the f o l l o w i n g sections: (1) a u t h o r a n d subject i n d e x e s to papers p u b l i s h e d in the J A S A 1949-1958 inclusive; (2) a u t h o r a n d subject i n d e x e s to c o n t e m - p o r a r y papers o n acoustics p u b l i s h e d i n m a n y o t h e r j o u r n a l s a n d listed in the J A S A 1949-1958; a n d (3) inventor, subject, a n d numerical i n d e x e s to acoustical patents re- v i e w e d in the J A S A 1949-1958. T h e r e will b e o n l y o n e p r i n t i n g of this 1,100-page i n d e x . In- quiries c o n c e r n i n g price a n d o t h e r i n f o r m a - tion s h o u l d be addressed to the A c o u s t i c a l Society o f A m e r i c a , 335 East 45th Street, N e w Y o r k 17, N . Y. ALTHOUGH IT IS CONCERNED s p e c i f i c a l l y w i t h influences o n s c h o o l a n d p u b l i c librarians, all librarians will find rewarding an exami- n a t i o n o f The Climate of Book Selection, a c o l l e c t i o n of papers presented at a sym- p o s i u m at the University o f C a l i f o r n i a in 1958 a n d b r o u g h t together i n t o a v o l u m e by f. Periam D a n t o n (Berkeley: University o f C a l i f o r n i a S c h o o l o f Librarianship, 1959, 98p.). A m o n g the c o n t r i b u t o r s to the v o l u m e are James D . H a r t , M a x L e r n e r , J o h n W . A l b i g , N o r t o n E. L o n g , R a l p h W . T y l e r , H a r o l d D . Lasswell, Fredric J. M o s h e r , M a r - j o r i e Fiske, a n d T a l c o t t Parsons. T h e place o f the library in society, the relations o f li- brarians to individuals a n d to g r o u p s , cen- sorship, and special p r o b l e m s in C a l i f o r n i a are a m o n g the topics treated. The Folger Library: A Decade of Growth, 1950-1960 (49p., illus., 1960), is an e x c i t i n g story o f the e x p a n s i o n of the great library of Shakespeare a n d related materials. " T h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f a vision c a u g h t by H e n r y Clay Folger w h e n a student at Amherst C o l - lege in the 1870's," the F o l g e r Library has g r o w n in collections, services, use, a n d space d u r i n g the d e c a d e of the report. T H E F O U R T H N U M B E R o f t h e N a t i o n a l S c i - ence F o u n d a t i o n series, Scientific Informa- tion Activities of Federal Agencies, is de- v o t e d t o the U n i t e d States G o v e r n m e n t Printing Office. T h e seven-page r e p o r t (NSF 60-9, M a r c h 1960) offers a concise summary o f the types of p u b l i c a t i o n available f r o m G P O a n d i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t their avail- ability. C o p i e s may be o b t a i n e d f r o m the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of D o c u m e n t s , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C., at five cents a c o p y . A SEVENTY P A G E R E P O R T , Deterioration of Book Stock, Causes and Remedies, describes two phases o f an investigation c o n d u c t e d by W . J. Barrow, d o c u m e n t restorer at the Vir- ginia State Library, w h i c h were previously r e p o r t e d in less detail. R a n d o l p h W . C h u r c h , Virginia State L i b r a r i a n , e d i t e d the report. T h e studies were m a d e u n d e r a grant f r o m the C o u n c i l o n Library Resources, I n c . T h e first phase o f the investigation i n v o l v e d the testing of 500 n o n - f i c t i o n b o o k s p u b l i s h e d between 1900 a n d 1949. T h e s e c o n d phase consisted i n the e x p e r i m e n t a l d e v e l o p m e n t of a m e t h o d f o r c h e c k i n g the h i g h rate o f d e t e r i o r a t i o n in p u b l i s h e d b o o k s . T h e sub- sequent investigation, still in progress, is c o n - c e r n e d with d e v e l o p i n g a stable b o o k p a p e r with a l o w rate o f d e t e r i o r a t i o n , yet prac- tical f o r c o m m e r c i a l use. BOSTON UNIVERSITY'S Catalog of African Government Documents and African Area Index ( B o s t o n : G . K. H a l l 8c C o . , 112p., $18.00) is an a u t h o r catalog o f m o n o g r a p h s a n d serials, b u t it does n o t i n c l u d e serial h o l d i n g s . T h e m a i n entries i n c l u d e tracings f o r variant titles a n d personal names. T h e r e are a b o u t two thousand titles c o v e r i n g all areas o f A f r i c a , with entries verified by the Library o f Congress (if possible). T h e use- fulness of this list lies in its b r i n g i n g i n t o o n e list identification o f materials n o t easily available elsewhere. T h e A f r i c a n A r e a In- d e x in the same v o l u m e is an alphabetical list o f all material o n A f r i c a in the Boston University c o l l e c t i o n . Index to the Classed Catalog of the Boston University Library, based on the Library of Congress Classification ( B o s t o n : G . K. H a l l & Co., l , 0 0 0 p . $49.50) is an alphabetical rela- tive i n d e x o n a b o u t twenty thousand cards o f subjects with their c o r r e s p o n d i n g Library o f Congress classification n u m b e r s as inter- preted at B o s t o n University in its d e v e l o p - m e n t o f its classed catalog. T h e i n d e x covers all the m a j o r areas of k n o w l e d g e to a limited extent, a n d is m o r e detailed in the h u m a n - ities, p u r e sciences, c o m m u n i c a t i o n arts, nurs- ing, a n d social welfare fields. T h e subject terms a n d classification n u m b e r s reflect cur- rent usage u p to J u n e 1, 1959. 234 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S I N T E R N A T I O N A L BUSINESS M A C H I N E S C O R - PORATION has p u b l i s h e d The IBM Circula- tion Control System at Brooklyn College Library by H e n r y B i r n b a u m , chief circula- tion librarian at B r o o k l y n C o l l e g e . T h e sys- tem uses I B M transaction cards and I B M call cards to permit mechanical filing a n d w i t h d r a w i n g o f call cards f r o m the circula- tion l o a n file. C o p i e s o f this m a n u a l are available at local I B M sales offices. A BIBLIOGRAPHY issued by the Library of Congress u n d e r the title Latin America in Soviet Writings, 1945-1958 reflects rapidly g r o w i n g Soviet interest in Latin A m e r i c a a n d considerable curiosity a b o u t the U S S R in the m i n d s o f many Latin Americans. T h e b i b l i o g r a p h y was c o m p i l e d by L e o A . O k i n - shevich and Cecilia J. G o r o k h o f f and edited by N a t h a n A . Haverstock. A limited n u m b e r of copies are available f r o m the Office of the Secretary, Library o f Congress, W a s h i n g t o n 25, D . C. Good Reading, the descriptive general bib- liography that has b e f r i e n d e d librarians and educators f o r the past twenty-five years, has just b e e n p u b l i s h e d in the most c o m p l e t e and t h o r o u g h revision o f its history, a p p e a r i n g b o t h in a M e n t o r p a p e r b a c k e d i t i o n f r o m N e w A m e r i c a n Library and, f o r the first time since 1948, in a c l o t h b o u n d e d i t i o n f r o m R . R . B o w k e r C o m p a n y . T h e n e w 1960 e d i t i o n of Good Reading c o m b i n e s the forces o f thirty-six o f today's leading educators w h o have selected and described o v e r two thousand o f the world's most significant books, b o t h h a r d c o v e r and paperback. A l l periods and fields o f study are covered, i n c l u d i n g poetry, drama, b i o g - raphy, history, fine arts, politics, sociology, the sciences, psychology, the classics, etc., with each booklist prefaced by a discussion o f the p e r i o d o f subject at h a n d . Prepared by the C o m m i t t e e o n C o l l e g e R e a d i n g , each chapter is u n d e r the editorship o f o n e scholar, with the over-all editorial respon- sibility in the hands of J. S h e r w o o d W e b e r , professor o f humanities and chairman of the d e p a r t m e n t o f English at Pratt Institute. T h e M e n t o r p a p e r b a c k e d i t i o n costs 75 cents; the c l o t h b o u n d e d i t i o n , $4. R U T G E R S U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS h a s p u b l i s h e d the results of a b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l research en- titled Alcohol Education for the Layman. T h e authors are Margaret E. M o n r o e and Jean Stewart, w h o c o n d u c t e d their research at the Graduate School o f Library Service at Rutgers. B o t h research a n d p u b l i c a t i o n were underwritten by the U n i t e d States Brewers F o u n d a t i o n . I n c o m m e n t i n g o n the scope and p u r p o s e of the b i b l i o g r a p h y , the authors n o t e that the criteria f o r the selec- tion of materials were " s o u n d authority in the field o f a l c o h o l e d u c a t i o n , c o m p e t e n t a n d honest c o m m u n i c a t i o n o f the i n f o r m a - tion in a f o r m useful to the layman, and an i m p o r t a n t c o n t r i b u t i o n to an area of a l c o h o l e d u c a t i o n . Equally careful evalua- tion was m a d e of the materials rejected as of those selected." C o p i e s o f the b o o k may he p r o c u r e d directly f r o m the Rutgers U n i - versity Press, N e w Brunswick, N . J. A C A T A L O G O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E W O R K S b y living composers w h o are residents o f Illinois, with brief b i o g r a p h i c a l sketches and list o f publishers, is available free as l o n g as sup- plies last. Address requests to the c o m p i l e r , W i l l Gay Bottje, D e p a r t m e n t o f Music, Southern Illinois University, C a r b o n d a l e , 111. A Union List of Publications in Opaque Microforms ( N e w Y o r k : T h e Scarecrow Press, Inc., $7.50), listing nearly all the microcards p u b l i s h e d t h r o u g h D e c e m b e r 1958, is n o w available. T h i s is a c o m p i l a t i o n o f A m e r i c a n publishers' listings o f m i c r o p r i n t r e p r o d u c - tions, some thirty-two h u n d r e d items of twenty-three publishers. Entries are alpha- betical b y a u t h o r o r genealogy o r series and s u p p l e m e n t e d by an i n d e x of authors, co- authors, and subjects. T h e present v o l u m e is the first in a p r o j e c t e d series that will k e e p the list u p to date as n e w material is pub- lished and revisions b e c o m e necessary. T H E P I U S X I I M E M O R I A L L I B R A R Y o f S a i n t L o u i s University is h o l d i n g an e x h i b i t of paintings f r o m the c o l l e c t i o n o f M r . and Mrs. M o r t o n D . M a y o f St. L o u i s until July 4. A l l available wall space o n the second and third floors o f the n e w b u i l d i n g has b e e n utilized to display the 117 canvases in the c o l l e c t i o n . K e y n o t i n g the show are forty- eight canvases by M a x B e c k m a n n . O t h e r out- standing G e r m a n expressionistic paintings are represented in pictures b y Ernst Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka, O t t o M u e l l e r , and Emil N o l d e . C o l o r e d r e p r o d u c t i o n s o f some of M A Y 1 9 6 0 235 the paintings a n d an article c a p t i o n " R o u g h Stuff in the L i b r a r y " a p p e a r e d i n the M a r c h 14 issue o f Time. O n sale at the library is a catalog c o n t a i n i n g black a n d white repro- d u c t i o n s o f each o f the paintings in the e x h i b i t . T H E N A T I O N A L SCIENCE F O U N D A T I O N h a s available f o r l o a n to professional a n d aca- d e m i c g r o u p s an e x h i b i t o n f o r e i g n science literature. T h e e x h i b i t is designed to ac- q u a i n t U n i t e d States scientists a n d technol- ogists with what is currently b e i n g translated i n t o English f r o m the Russian scientific literature a n d where these translations may b e o b t a i n e d . A l l requests a n d inquiries re- g a r d i n g the exhibit, s h i p p i n g arrangements, etc., s h o u l d be addressed to office o f Science I n f o r m a t i o n Service, N a t i o n a l Science F o u n - d a t i o n , W a s h i n g t o n 25, D . C. An Appraisal of Favorability in Current Book Reviewing is the title of N o . 57 o f the Occasional Papers p u b l i s h e d by the U n i v e r - sity of Illinois G r a d u a t e School o f Library Science. T h e p a p e r , written by G u y A . M a r c o , library o f A m u n d s e n J u n i o r C o l l e g e , C h i c a g o , attempts to measure favorability in the b o o k r e v i e w i n g scene as a w h o l e , a n d particularly in regard to individuals, by means o f aggregate figures and a simple sta- tistical i n d e x . C o p i e s are available w i t h o u t charge u p o n request to the Editor, Occa- sional Papers, University o f Illinois G r a d u a t e School o f Library Science, U r b a n a , 111. C o p i e s o f the Arizona State University Li- brary: Report of a Survey of the Library, by R i c h a r d H a r w e l l a n d Everett T . M o o r e (Chi- c a g o : 1959), are available f o r purchase f r o m the A C R L office at $2.00 a c o p y . T h e s u p p l y is limited, a n d the r e p o r t will n o t b e re- p r i n t e d . Laws of the Creek Nation, e d i t e d by A n - t o n i o J. W a r i n g with a f o r e w o r d by W . P. Kellam, is the first n u m b e r o f the University o f G e o r g i a Libraries series Miscellanea Pub- lications. T h e series is b e i n g p u b l i s h e d by the University o f G e o r g i a Press a n d will c o n - tain b o t h source materials a n d reprints o f rare items in the libraries' collections. M I S C E L L A N E O U S T H E A S S O C I A T I O N O F R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S has received a grant o f $11,550 f r o m the C o u n c i l o n L i b r a r y Resources, Inc., W a s h i n g t o n , D . C., f o r a study of the b i b l i o g r a p h i - cal c o n t r o l o f m i c r o f o r m s . T h e study will b e c o n d u c t e d by Wesley S i m o n t o n , assistant professor of library science, University of M i n n e s o t a . H e will be a i d e d by an advisory c o m m i t t e e , i n c l u d i n g H e r m a n H . Fussier, director o f libraries, University o f C h i c a g o ; Stanley Pargellis, director, T h e N e w b e r r y Li- brary, C h i c a g o ; and G e o r g e A . S c h w e g m a n n , chief, U n i o n Catalog D i v i s i o n , Library of Congress. T h e study is e x p e c t e d to b e c o m - p l e t e d in m i d - S e p t e m b e r 1960 a n d a r e p o r t will be p u b l i s h e d . BROWN UNIVERSITY h a s r e c e i v e d a g r a n t o f $24,000 f r o m the C o u n c i l o n Library R e - sources, Inc., W a s h i n g t o n , D . C., f o r a study o f ways to i m p r o v e school library services in R h o d e Island through c o o r d i n a t i o n of university, c o m m u n i t y , a n d school libraries. T h e study will b e u n d e r the general super- vision o f Professor E l m e r R . Smith, chair- m a n o f the D e p a r t m e n t o f E d u c a t i o n at B r o w n University. A t the c o n c l u s i o n o f the study a r e p o r t will b e p u b l i s h e d w h i c h s h o u l d be of assistance to o t h e r m e t r o p o l i t a n areas. E L E A N O R L O U I S E N I C H O L E S h a s b e e n awarded a f e l l o w s h i p by the A m e r i c a n C o u n c i l o f L e a r n e d Societies to further h e r w o r k o n a b i o g r a p h y o f T h o m a s L o v e Pea- cock. She has resigned as librarian o f the Carl H . P f o r z h e i m e r Library and will s p e n d the r e m a i n d e r o f the year in E n g l a n d . R E C E N T A L A REPRESENTATIVES a t c o l l e g i a t e c e r e m o n i e s were WILLIAM H . JESSE, director of libraries, University o f T e n n e s s e e , at the inauguration o f L e R o y A l b e r t M a r i n as president o f the University o f C h a t t a n o o g a , M a r c h 18; HOWARD ROVELSTAD, d i r e c t o r o f libraries, University o f M a r y l a n d , at the in- auguration o f Charles B. Hirsch as president of W a s h i n g t o n Missionary C o l l e g e , W a s h i n g - t o n , D . C . , M a r c h 2 3 ; H . D E A N STALLINGS, librarian, N o r t h D a k o t a Agricultural C o l - lege, Fargo, at the i n a u g u r a t i o n o f J o h n J. N e u m a i e r as president o f M o o r h e a d State T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , M o o r h e a d , M i n n . , M a r c h 2 5 ; a n d JOHN F . HARVEY, d i r e c t o r o f l i b r a r - ies, D r e x e l Institute o f T e c h n o l o g y , at the i n a u g u r a t i o n o f Clarence M o l l as president of Pennsylvania Military C o l l e g e , A p r i l 30. 236 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S Personnel DAVID E . KASER h a s r e s i g n e d as assistant director f o r technical services at W a s h i n g - ton University to accept a p p o i n t m e n t as di- rectors o f the J o i n t University Libraries a n d professor o f li- brary science in V a n - d e r b i l t University, G e o r g e P e a b o d y C o l - lege f o r T e a c h e r s , a n d Scarritt C o l l e g e f o r Christian W o r k - ers. H e will assume his n e w duties o n July 1. A native o f I n d i - ana, M r . Kaser grad- uated f r o m H o u g h - ton C o l l e g e in 1949. H e received an M . A . in English f r o m the University o f N o t r e D a m e in 1950. G o i n g o n to the University o f M i c h - igan f o r his professional training, he was awarded an A . M . L . S . degree in 1952 a n d a Ph.D. in 1956. B e g i n n i n g as a student assistant in col- lege, M r . Kaser has h a d varied e x p e r i e n c e in a c a d e m i c libraries. D u r i n g his years in A n n A r b o r he h e l d half-time positions in the o r d e r division o f the University o f M i c h i g a n Library. F r o m 1952 to 1954 he was p e r i o d i c a l service librarian at Ball State T e a c h e r s C o l - lege. I n 1956 he b e c a m e chief of acquisi- tions at W a s h i n g t o n University, and in 1959 h e was m a d e assistant director f o r technical services. A m o n g his responsibilities at W a s h i n g t o n University have been the supervision of a special b o o k - b u y i n g p r o j e c t i n v o l v i n g the e x p e n d i t u r e o f $150,000 f o r research material in the humanities a n d social sciences and the i n a u g u r a t i o n o f a c o o p e r a t i v e acquisi- tions p r o g r a m a m o n g the large libraries in St. Louis. A l o n g with his professional duties M r . Kaser has maintained an active interest in research a n d p u b l i c a t i o n . H i s study o f Messrs. Carey & Lea of Philadelphia, based o n his d o c t o r a l dissertation at M i c h i g a n , was p u b l i s h e d in 1957 by the University o f P e n n - sylvania Press. H i s e d i t i o n o f the cost b o o k s o f this p u b l i s h i n g firm is ready f o r the press. In 1958 Washington University Manuscripts; a Descriptive Guide, e d i t e d by M r . a n d Mrs. Kaser, was issued by W a s h i n g t o n University in its Library Studies Series. M r . Kaser is n o w at w o r k o n a b o o k a b o u t the p i o n e e r Irish-American journalist, J o s e p h Charless. U n d e r a grant f r o m the A m e r i c a n P h i l o - sophical Society he will s p e n d several weeks in Ireland this spring gathering material in the N a t i o n a l Library. I n his scholarly interests, his administra- tive ability, his pleasing personality, and his enthusiasm f o r librarianship M r . Kaser pos- sesses an unusual c o m b i n a t i o n o f talents w h i c h fit h i m well f o r the i m p o r t a n t position he will assume in Nashville. MARION A . MILCZEWSKI b e c o m e s d i r e c t o r o f libraries at the University o f W a s h i n g t o n in Seattle in July. B e f o r e j o i n i n g the G e n - eral Library staff at t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a at Berke- ley as assistant li- brarian in 1949 he had been director of t h e S o u t h e a s t e r n States C o o p e r a t i v e Library Survey f o r t w o y e a r s . F r o m 1943-1947 he was as- sistant to the direc- tor o f A L A ' s Inter- n a t i o n a l R e l a t i o n s Office in W a s h i n g - ton and d u r i n g the n e x t two years its direc- tor. P r i o r to that he h a d served A L A vari- ously in c o n n e c t i o n with its " B o o k s f o r Latin A m e r i c a " p r o g r a m and as assistant to Carl M i l a m , A L A ' s executive secretary. Im- mediately f o l l o w i n g his graduation f r o m the University o f Illinois Library School he was library intern in the T e n n e s s e e Valley A u - thority. T h i s varied e x p e r i e n c e was p r o m p t l y ex- p l o i t e d a n d enlarged u p o n his arrival at Berkeley as J o h n Mackenzie Cory left f o r N e w Y o r k P u b l i c Library. In the succeeding years M r . Milczewski weathered the shifts of duty o c c a s i o n e d by the arrivals a n d depar- tures o f colleagues: D o u g l a s Bryant to Har- David E. Kaser Marion A.Milczewski M A Y 1 9 6 0 237 vard, Frances B. Jenkins to Illinois, Jean M c F a r l a n d to R e e d (later to Vassar), and M e l v i n V o i g t to Kansas State University. T h i s was a time at the University o f Cali- f o r n i a characterized by r a p i d g r o w t h a n d change. M r . Milczewski participated in all aspects o f this history: at various times he was in charge of p e r s o n n e l and b u d g e t , he sat o n u n c o u n t e d committees to p l a n b u i l d - ings c o n t a i n i n g library space, a n d he advised o n the library's collections. H i s Latin A m e r i - can interest c o n t i n u e d t h r o u g h his associa- tion with the Seminar o n the A c q u i s i t i o n of Latin A m e r i c a n Materials a n d is currently expressed in m e m b e r s h i p in the Research C o m m i t t e e of the C e n t e r f o r L a t i n A m e r i c a n Studies in the Berkeley Institute o f Interna- tional Studies. M r . Milczewski's sympathetic interest in f o r e i g n library d e v e l o p m e n t a n d librarians has b r o a d e n e d t h r o u g h contact with the m a n y visitors f r o m f o r e i g n libraries w h o flow annually t h r o u g h the Berkeley campus. R e v e r s i n g this role, he a n d his fam- ily spent 1954-55 in E n g l a n d o n a F u l b r i g h t grant where he studied British university li- brary administration. H e n o w goes to a vigorous, e x p a n d i n g university in the Northwest where m u c h o f the institutional history with w h i c h he has b e e n associated at Berkeley will be repeated — r e p e a t e d , that is, with the k i n d o f vari- ations w h i c h makes big game h u n t i n g , p o l i - tics, a n d library m a n a g e m e n t e x c i t i n g a n d hazardous. Donald Coney, University of California, Berkeley. R A Y WILLIAM FRANTZ, JR. w i l l b e c o m e as- sistant d i r e c t o r of p u b l i c services o f T h e O h i o State University Libraries o n July 1, succeeding D a v i d W i l d e r . B o t h his master's degree i n library science a n d his P h . D . in English were taken at the University of Illi- nois (see sketch in A p r i l 1955 CRL) while he g a i n e d e x p e r i e n c e in the library a n d in teaching freshman English. A p p o i n t e d librarian o f the University of R i c h m o n d in January o f 1955, D r . Franz' first duty i n v o l v e d interior p l a n n i n g o f the n e w Boatwright M e m o r i a l Library a n d the transfer o f e q u i p m e n t a n d b o o k s i n t o the n e w facility. H e subsequently reorganized library services at R i c h m o n d . A m e m b e r of Beta Phi M u , he has a scholarly interest in a n d a p p r e c i a t i o n of graduate e d u c a t i o n a n d research. H i s duties at O h i o State will i n c l u d e the c o o r d i n a t i o n o f reader services o n a campus- w i d e basis, f u r t h e r i n m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f the recently a d o p t e d c o n c e p t o f area libraries, a n d the p l a n n i n g o f i m p r o v e d library facili- ties f o r u n d e r g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s . — L e w i s C. Branscomb. Appointments ROBERT FINLEY DELANEY, f o r m e r l y i n s t r u c - tor in the library science d e p a r t m e n t , Catho- lic University o f A m e r i c a , is n o w c o u n s e l o r f o r p u b l i c a n d cultural affairs o f the U n i t e d States Embassy in San Salvador. B O G D O N D F R E S I E W I C Z i s n o w o n t h e c a t a - l o g i n g staff o f the O l i n Library, W e s l e y a n University, M i d d l e t o w n , C o n n . DAVID K. EASTON, f o r m e r l y associate librar- ian o f the Quartermaster F o o d a n d C o n - tainer Institute, C h i c a g o , is n o w librarian of the Research Library, A r m c o Steel C o m p a n y , M i d d l e t o w n , O h i o . PHILIP H . ENNIS h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d as as- sistant professor in the University o f C h i c a g o G r a d u a t e Library School. T h o u g h M r . Ennis is n o t a professional librarian, he will b r i n g to his teaching a n e w a p p r o a c h to library p r o b l e m s f r o m a strong b a c k g r o u n d o f ex- e x p e r i e n c e in social science research. BARBARA A . GATES, f o r m e r l y head of tech- nical services, P u b l i c Library o f B r o o k l i n e , Mass., is n o w catalog librarian, C h e n e r y Li- brary, Boston University. ANTHONY F . H A L L h a s j o i n e d t h e l i b r a r y staff at U C L A . 238 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S DAVID W . HERON, assistant d i r e c t o r o f Stanford University Libraries, has ben n a m e d special library adviser to the University of the Ryukyus, O k i n a w a , u n d e r the terms of a R o c k e f e l l e r F o u n d a t i o n grant administered by M i c h i g a n State University. M r . H e r o n will b e o n leave f r o m Stanford d u r i n g the eighteen m o n t h s to two years he will s p e n d at the University of Ryukyus. H e leaves f o r O k i n a w a this July. WILLIAM L . HUTCHINSON, f o r m e r l y l i b r a r - ian, L i n f i e l d College, M c M i n n v i l l e , Ore., is n o w librarian of the newly established in- dustrial reference library o f the Pacific P o w e r and L i g h t C o m p a n y , Portland, O r e . CARLETON KENYON, f o r m e r l y h e a d o f t h e catalog division o f the L o s Angeles C o u n t y L a w Library, is n o w law librarian, C a l i f o r n i a State Library. TAD G . KUMATZ, formerly o f H o f s t r a C o l - lege, is n o w head of circulation, Pratt Insti- tute, B r o o k l y n , N . Y. R E V . J O V I A N L A N G , O . F . M . , h a s b e e n a p - p o i n t e d librarian of Q u i n c y College, Q u i n c y , 111. CONSTANCE E. LEE, f o r m e r l y supervising reference librarian, C a l i f o r n i a State Library, is n o w chief o f reader services. WILLIAM F. LINDGREN, f o r m e r l y c a t a l o g li- brarian, University of Arizona, is n o w head catalog librarian C o l o r a d o State University, Fort Collins. L A W R E N C E C L A R K P O W E L L h a s b e e n n a m e d dean of U C L A ' s new School o f Library Serv- ice. D r . Powell earned his A . B . degree at O c - cidental C o l l e g e a n d his d o c t o r a t e in letters at the University of D i j o n , France. His li- brary degree was earned at the University of C a l i f o r n i a , Berkeley. H e has b e e n at U C L A since 1938, a n d head librarian since 1943. O c c i d e n t a l C o l l e g e c o n f e r r e d u p o n h i m the h o n o r a r y Litt. D . in 1955. T h e n e w school, temporarily located i n the U C L A Library a n d scheduled to get u n d e r way n e x t Sep- tember, will offer a one-year p r o g r a m lead- ing to the degree Master o f Library Science. It will enroll fifty students in the initial class. NAOMI ROBBINS, formerly reference assist- ant at Pratt Institute, B r o o k l y n , N . Y., is n o w head o f the science reference depart- ment. L o u i s SHORES, dean o f the Library School of Florida State University will take a year's leave o f absence f r o m the University to serve as editor-in-chief o f Collier's E n c y c l o p e d i a . MELVILLE R . SPENCE, f o r m e r l y a c q u i s i t i o n s librarian, University o f O k l a h o m a Library, is n o w assistant director in charge of p u b l i c services a n d assistant professor in the School of Library Science. ALVA W . STEWART h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d chief librarian at the newly established M e t h - odist C o l l e g e in Fayetteville, N . C. HELEN Y . YOUGH, f o r m e r l y l i b r a r i a n o f t h e State T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e Library at Frostburg, M d . , is n o w librarian of the T e x t i l e M u s e u m Library, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C. Retirements K A T H A R I N E P . C A R N E S r e t i r e d o n 1 S e p - tember 1959 as librarian of the C a n d l e r M e - m o r i a l Library, W e s l e y a n College, M a c o n , Ga. JAMES G . HODGSON r e s i g n e d o n A p r i l 8, 1960 as chief o f the library branch, Quarter- master F o o d a n d C o n t a i n e r Institute, Chi- cago. M R S . M A G D A L E N E FREYDER HODGSON r e - tired o n February 29, 1960 as librarian of the A m e r i c a n M e d i c a l Association. Mrs. H o d g s o n was also e d i t o r of the Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus. BEULAH M U M M h a s r e t i r e d as c h i e f o f reader services after forty-seven years o f serv- ice with the C a l i f o r n i a State Library. M A Y 1 9 6 0 239 Necrology C H A R L E S H A R V E Y B R O W N , l i b r a r i a n e m e r i - tus o f the I o w a State University, d i e d o n January 19, 1959. D r . B r o w n c o n t r i b u t e d as m u c h as any o t h e r single i n d i v i d u a l to creat- ing the present f o r m a n d f u n c t i o n of A C R L . A t the same time, h o w e v e r , f e w m o d e r n uni- versity librarians had the same b r o a d v i e w of the basic needs of all aspects of librarian- ship. D r . B r o w n ' s d e p t h o f p e r c e p t i o n i n t o li- brary p r o b l e m s arose in part f r o m his belief in the h u m a n e , b o o k - c e n t e r e d tradition o f li- brarianship, in part f r o m a rich professional e x p e r i e n c e p r i o r to c o m i n g to A m e s in 1922. H e started his career as assistant librarian at his alma mater, W e s l e y a n University, M i d - d l e t o n , C o n n . , in 1897, the year in w h i c h he w o n his baccalaureate degree. T w o years later h e received a master's degree f r o m W e s l e y a n ; a n d in 1937 he was awarded the h o n o r a r y L i t t . D . In 1901 he was graduated f r o m the o l d N e w Y o r k States Library School in A l b a n y . F r o m 1901 to 1903 he was at the L i b r a r y o f Congress d u r i n g the e x c i t i n g early years o f the P u t n a m administration. A g a i n he h a d the e x p e r i e n c e o f b e i n g with a li- brary in its f o r m a t i v e years w h e n he served u n d e r D r . C l e m e n t W . A n d r e w s at the Crerar f r o m 1903 to 1909. A t the B r o o k l y n P u b l i c Library as assistant f r o m 1909 to 1919, h e was in the midst o f an institution that was almost the p r o t o t y p e of the p u b l i c library, a n d f r o m 1919 to 1922 he h a d a taste o f the federal library service with the U n i t e d States Navy. W h e n D r . B r o w n w e n t to I o w a State in 1922 he f o u n d an institution whose collec- tions were far f r o m the distinguished b u t practical scientific c o l l e c t i o n that existed at I o w a State u p o n his retirement in 1946. H e b r o u g h t to I o w a State's library the scholar- ship a n d b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l insight urgently n e e d e d by a v i g o r o u s a n d creative scientific institution. A t the same time h e m a d e the I o w a State C o l l e g e Library a vital f o r c e in the state t h r o u g h active c o o r d i n a t i o n with state library activities, a p i o n e e r i n g use o f the c o l l e g e radio, an effective p r o g r a m f o r training undergraduates (and graduates!) in the use o f the library, a n d imaginative serv- ice to agricultural e x t e n s i o n . Charles B r o w n d i d n o t fade away after his retirement. H i s service to the Far East, to the i n c i p i e n t research c o l l e c t i o n s in the South, a n d as a visiting professor at I l l i n o i s h e l p e d to distinguish the g e n e r a t i o n o f Lydenbergs, W h e e l e r s , a n d Bays w h o h a d some of their most creative years in their chosen aspects of librarianship in the p e r i o d after retirement. F o r the benefit o f n e w m e m b e r s o f the profession w h o d o n o t r e m e m b e r D r . B r o w n ' s m e m o r a b l e presidency o f A L A in 1941-42, this fact s h o u l d be r e c o r d e d here; b u t l o n g - time observers o f A L A activity c o u l d never visualize o u r n a t i o n a l organization in its present f o r m if w e h a d n e v e r had the benefit of Charles B r o w n ' s leadership. Finally, Charles B r o w n ' s perceptive k n o w l - e d g e o f m e n e n a b l e d h i m to pick f o r his staff a n d d e v e l o p at A m e s some of the out- standing leaders o f A m e r i c a n librarianship, m e n such as R a l p h D u n b a r , R o b e r t W . Orr, a n d E u g e n e H . W i l s o n , all o f w h o m were assistant librarians at I o w a State at o n e time o r another. T h e s e men a n d dozens o f others of us w h o w o r k e d at A m e s d u r i n g the B r o w n administration will never f o r g e t o u r chief a n d the solid f o u n d a t i o n he h e l p e d lay f o r o u r professional c a r e e r s . — L a i v r e n c e S. Thompson. CORRECTION: T h e a u t h o r o f " I n f e r n a l M a c h i n e s " (CRL, X X I (1960), 148) is Earl Farley, assistant head o f the preparations d e p a r t m e n t , University of Kansas Li- brary. 240 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S