College and Research Libraries N e w s from the Field E a r l i e r in the year the Acquisitions, Gifts, L i b r a r y of Congress Collections acquired the manu- scripts of W a l t e r V a n T i l b u r g C l a r k ' s The Track of the Cat and The City of Trembling Leaves. T h e manu- scripts are in the Rare Books Division to- gether with signed first editions of M r . C l a r k ' s other works. T h e manuscripts w e r e both written in pencil or ink in a series of io-cent store notebooks, each page clearly showing the corrections and emendations of the author. The Track of the Cat fills I I notebooks, and The City of Trembling Leaves, seven. By examining these notebooks students can trace the preliminary planning and procedures fol- lowed by M r . C l a r k in w r i t i n g his novels. F o r The Track of the Cat, M r . C l a r k first listed all of his characters and described for himself the full history of each one to the moment when the novel opens. T h i s back- ground material is represented in the novel merely by suggestion. T h e manuscript also contains a map of the ranch and valley setting where the action takes place. T h e author further outlined for himself the total action of the novel, summarizing it in several pages. T h i s summary served as a guide for the w r i t - ing of the first d r a f t . T h e products of the creative w r i t e r are frequently w e l l known to readers. It is seldom possible, however, for the interested reader to study and understand the writer's method of creation. Radcliffe College L i b r a r y recently received seven scrapbooks concerned with the activities of Julia W a r d H o w e , author of " T h e Battle Hymn of the Republic," abolitionist, author, and reformer. Included in the Julia W a r d H o w e material is a collection of her letters about the women's movement; copies of 10 letters M r s . H o w e w r o t e to the Chicago Tribune about a trip to Europe in 1877-78; together with letters and papers describ- ing her w o r k as chief of the D e p a r t - ment of W o m e n ' s W o r k in the W o r l d ' s E x - position in N e w Orleans, December 1884-85. T h e scrapbooks cover M r s . H o w e ' s activities between 1886 and 1910. T h e material, a g i f t from Rosalind Richards of Gardiner, M e . , has been added to the W o m e n ' s Archives, Radcliffe College L i b r a r y , a research collec- tion concerning the historical role and con- tributions of women in the United States. T h e School of Medicine and the School of L a w at Northwestern University are seeking to raise $640,000 for their libraries as their share of the $8,250,000 which alumni and friends of Northwestern hope to present to the University on its 100th anniversary. T h e alumni of the School of Medicine plans to establish an endowment of $500,000 for the Archibald Church M e d i c a l L i b r a r y . T h e money would be used to maintain and build the collection, and to increase its present serv- ices. T h e L a w A l u m n i Association hopes to raise a total of $140,000 to complete the John Henry W i g m o r e Library Fund which w a s initiated in 1948. Approximately one third of the total would be used for immediate needs in the Elbert H . G a r y L a w L i b r a r y . T h e remainder would be used over a 10-year period for the purchase of books. Friends of the university wishing to support N o r t h - western's libraries through the centennial pro- gram may send their contributions to the Centennial Committee, Pearsons H a l l , Evans- ton, 111. T h e Pennsylvania State College Library has received an appropriation from the G e n e r a l State Authority for $1,408,000 to be used for the construction of an addition to the present building which was erected in 1940. P r e - liminary plans call for an increase in the book stacks, additional reading areas, and the con- centration of public service areas on the first floor. A storage depot, to house old or little-used materials kept by libraries of the Rocky M o u n t a i n area and plains states, is being established in D e n v e r . T h e depot, situated in the old Federal M e d i c a l Center, is a central depository designed to help libraries of the area combat the problems of crowded shelves and high storage costs. D r . James G . H o d g - son, director of libraries at Colorado A . and M . and chairman of the Bibliographical C e n - ter for Research, which is in charge of the depot, has stated that approximately 24,000 276 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES linear feet of shelving have been installed or are on order. M o s t of this is 24-inch shelving, intended for storage of over-sized periodicals and newspapers. T h e storage depot w a s authorized at the annual meeting of the Bibliographical Center on M a r . 18, 1950. T h e Alderman Library, University of V i r - ginia, has recently acquired three subject col- lections of importance. T h e first is the A l e x - ander M c G a y - S m i t h Collection on Music, the second is the P a u l B. Victorius D a r w i n C o l - lection, and the third is the T h o m a s W . Streeter Collection on Railways. T h e Streeter Collection contains material, much of which is quite rare, on the railways of the southeastern section of the United States. T h e manuscript collection at the University of Virginia L i b r a r y now contains more than three million pieces. One of its recent acquisi- tions w a s the papers of John H a r t w e l l Cocke, one of the founders of the university and the friend of several early presidents of the United States. T h e Unesco semi- Conferences, Curricula, n a r meeting in Scholarships M a l m o , Sweden from July 24 through A u g . 19, 1950 will concern itself with " T h e Role of Libraries in A d u l t Education." T h e purpose of the seminar is to study and discuss library adult education techniques, methods, policies and programs with a view to stimulating the development of library educa- tional services in all member states. T h e seminar is limited to 50 participants selected by Unesco national commissions or national co- operating bodies and federal offices of educa- tion, in cooperation with national library asso- ciations. T h e following scholarships are available at the University of Minnesota for the year 1950-51: ( 1 ) T h e John C . Hutchinson Schol- arship of $300, given by L u r a C . Hutchinson in memory of her father, w i l l be awarded for study in library science in the Division of L i - brary Instruction. Applicants will be judged on the basis of aptitude, personal qualifications and need. (2) T h e H . W . W i l s o n Scholar- ship Fund is also available to students in the Division of L i b r a r y Instruction. Amounts available under the Wilson Scholarship w i l l be based upon need but will not be less than tuition. Applications for both of these schol- arships should be sent to the director of the Division of Library Instruction, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Plans for Faculty Research Fellowships to help young college faculty members, selected f o r their outstanding research ability, to do original w o r k in the social sciences w e r e an- nounced in February by D r . Pendleton H e r - ring, president of the Social Science Research Council. A grant of $465,000 has been re- ceived from the Carnegie Corporation of N e w Y o r k to finance the fellowship program for a five-year period. T h e fellowships are designed to enable young social scientists with excep- tional research ability to advance their re- search activities early in their teaching careers. T h e fellowships will provide sub- stantial financial aid to recipients for approxi- mately three years. In each case, cooperative financial arrangements will be worked out with a recipient's college or university so he will be relieved of half of his teaching duties in order to do sustained research. T h e aim of the fellowships is to demonstrate "the possi- bility of combining significant research and effective teaching." T h e fellowships w i l l be awarded each year to a total of seven men and women, not over 35 years of age, chosen from the whole range of the social science faculties in American colleges and universities. T h e council hopes to award the first Faculty Fellowships for the academic year 1950-51. Recipients w i l l be selected for their past achievements as w e l l as their promise of f u t u r e accomplishments on problems involving the formulation and empirical testing of general hypotheses concerning human relations and social institutions. Every candidate must have a doctoral degree or its equivalent in one of the social science fields, must be a regular faculty member of a college or university in the United States and must be nominated or endorsed by the head of his department or dean. Detailed information on the fellowships may be obtained from Elbridge Sibley, execu- tive associate of the council at its Washington office at 726 Jackson Place, N . W . A w o r k conference open to college teachers of library research methods, and college li- brarians interested in instructional problems will be held at T e a c h e r s College for three weeks, July 10-29. Designed for an ex- perienced group, it offers an opportunity to share experiences, study common problems, and prepare instructional materials. M e m - bers of the group may enrol for credit or may JULY, 1950 25 7 attend on a noncredit basis. F o r further in- formation regarding the w o r k conference write to Ethel M . Feagley, T e a c h e r s College Library, Columbia University, 525 W . 120th St., N e w Y o r k 27, N . Y . A n international conference of the world's leading specialists in the field of Portuguese and Brazilian studies w i l l be held at the L i - brary of Congress, October 4-7. T h e prin- cipal purpose of the gathering, known as the International Colloquium on L u s o - B r a z i l i a n studies, w i l l be to provide an opportunity for consideration of the present and future de- velopment of research and teaching in this subject field. T h e N e w Y o r k State School of Industrial and L a b o r Relations at Cornell University is sponsoring a special summer seminar in per- sonnel administration for business and indus- trial personnel. T h e program is under the direction of Professor E a r l Brooks and its aim is to help those persons w h o have had business experience but lack extensive training in personnel administration and industrial re- lations. T h e Personnel Administration Semi- nar meets daily, except Saturday, for a six- weeks period from July 3 to A u g u s t 12. T h e N e w Y o r k State School of Industrial and L a b o r Relations is also offering, this summer, a course in audio-visual methods. Persons registering for the course will receive instruction in the effectiveness of audio-visual methods as a means of communication, the proper methods of using audio-visual ma- terials, the effective operation of various audio-visual devices, and an appreciation of the place of audio-visual materials in modern mass communication. Instruction w i l l be given in the operation of sound-slide machines, motion picture projectors, wire recorders and transcription players, and how to make the most effective use of posters, models, and charts and graphs. F o r information concern- ing the course w r i t e to the N e w Y o r k State School of Industrial and L a b o r Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, N . Y . A n album of phonograph rec- Publications ords, telling in dramatic docu- mentary style the living story of the United Nations is being produced at L a k e Success and w i l l be ready for sale to schools, libraries and community organizations this summer. T h e origin, scope, aims and achievements of the United Nations w i l l be described, and the material used w i l l be un- dated and have permanent value. It is hoped that many schools and community organiza- tions in the United States and Canada w i l l have a copy of the album by October 24, "United Nations D a y . " Inquiries about the documentary record album can be sent to the Education Section or to the N o n - G o v e r n - mental Organizations Section, Department of Public Information, United Nations, L a k e Success, N . Y . Earlier in the year the L i b r a r y of Congress published A Resume of Public Laws Enacted during First Session of Eighty-First Congress. T h i s document w a s intended to fill a need, long felt by persons working closely with federal legislation. I t presents currently a general view of the public laws enacted during a session of Congress. It w a s issued as N o . 79 in the L i b r a r y ' s Public A f f a i r s Bulletin series. T h i s type of document bridges the gap which has existed between the appearance of the slip l a w and the printing of the Statutes at L a r g e . T h e bulletin contains summaries in general language of the legal effects of the 440 public (Continued on page 280) to 'Piea&e Q U A L I T Y , • si' ^ S JJ R R B § jWf'iJ Jf combined with PROMPT SERVICE m§§ . a postal and our Representative will call Immediately J • - - HL' 1 j H k T h e H E C K M A N B I N D E R Y , Inc. N O R T H M A N C H E S T E R , I N D I A N A 278 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Personnel GEORGE C . A L L E Z , 52, director of the Library School of the University of Wisconsin, died A p r i l 26 from a heart at- tack at his home in Madison. President E . B. Fred of the University of Wisconsin issued this statement on the death of Pro- fessor A l l e z : " T h e sudden death of Professor G e o r g e C . A l l e z is a saddening blow to the entire uni- versity staff. " P r o f e s s o r A l l e z came to us in 1938 as assistant director of the Library School. His rich background of training and experience included degrees from the University of W a s h - ington and Columbia University, and the li- brarianship of the Central State T e a c h e r s College at Stevens Point. H e was made associate director in 1939 and director in 1941. "Since that time the performance and prestige which he has built into our Library School has resulted in recognition from stu- dents and colleagues alike. Enrolment is now the largest in the history of the school. O n l y recently the university faculty approved the granting of master of arts and master of sci- ence degrees by the school. Under Professor A l l e z ' direction the University of Wisconsin Library School reached new peaks in teach- ing, research, and public service. "Besides directing the school, Professor A l l e z found time to make significant contribu- tions to professional periodicals and serve as president of the Association of American L i - brary Schools. " P r o f e s s o r A l l e z w i l l be missed on the cam- pus, but his spirit of service will live on in the lives of hundreds of former students and the citizens they serve." Professor A l l e z was born Sept. 25, 1897 ' n Bath, N . Y . , but g r e w up in the State of Washington where his family moved. H e w a s a veteran of W o r l d W a r I, serving overseas for two years. H e was president of the Wisconsin L i b r a r y Association in 1937, and of the Association of American Library Schools, 1947-48, and a con- tributor to numerous professional periodicals. —Rachel K. Schenk. MARGARET FIELD, e n g i n e e r i n g l i b r a r i a n at O r e g o n State College since 1942, died in Corvallis, Ore., on A p r . 4, 1950, a f t e r an illness of one day. M i s s Field w a s gradu- ated from Carleton College in 1919, and at- tended the University of Illinois Library School during 1928-29, receiving the bachelor's degree there in 1929. She served as librarian of D a k o t a W e s l e y a n University from 1929-32, resigning for further study at the School of Librarianship at the University of California. A f t e r being awarded a master's degree at C a l i f o r n i a in 1934 she became the librarian of the Lewiston, Idaho Public Library, re- maining in that post until she became engi- neering librarian at Oregon State College. Although M i s s Field had not prepared for w o r k in the technical and scientific fields she developed, during her period of service at O r e g o n State College, an extensive knowledge of the literature of the engineering fields and particularly of the bibliographical services and the reference tools of the various engineering branches. She w a s active in the w o r k of the Engineering School Libraries Section of the Association of College and Reference L i - braries, and for the past several years had been a member of the A . C . R . L . Committee on Publications. She contributed significantly to professional literature. A n extensive bib- liography on the electric heating of houses, compiled by her, was published by the Bonne- ville P o w e r Administration in 1946. In her untimely death the library and engineering professions have lost a valuable and highly effective w o r k e r . — W i l l i a m H. Carlson. C . Louise Roewekamp, librarian of the East L o s Angeles Junior College and active in the Junior College Libraries Section of A . C . R . L . , died on M a y 6, 1950. Appointments D r . Raymund L . Z w e m e r , executive secre- of the National Research Council since 1947, tary of the National Academy of Sciences and has been appointed chief of the Science D i - JULY, 1950 25 7 vision of the Library of Congress and con- sultant in biology. David K . Berninghausen, head of Cooper Union's Division of Libraries, has been ap- pointed an Education Fellow in the Harvard Graduate School of Education for 1950-51. During M r . Berninghausen's leave of absence, Harold C . W h i t f o r d will be acting librarian. T . D . Kendrick, keeper of the Department of British Antiquities of the British Museum, has been named director and principal librarian of the museum in succession to Sir John Forsdyke, who is retiring after holding the directorship for 14 years. D r . Gertrude Rathbone Jasper is on special leave from Hunter College in N e w Y o r k to become assistant professor of library science at Pratt Institute. Lucille Simcoe has resigned her position as acting head of the Reference Department in Duke University Library to become order librarian at the Virginia State Library. Richard W . Morin, executive officer of Dartmouth College since 1948, has succeeded Nathaniel L. Goodrich as librarian of the col- lege. M r . Goodrich is retiring after serving as Dartmouth's librarian since 1912. D r . H a z e l Pulling, of the University of Southern California, has been appointed as- sistant dean of the Library School of Florida State University at Tallahassee. W a l t e r W . Wright, formerly head of the Circulation Department of the University of Pennsylvania Library, has been promoted to the position as assistant librarian of the Service Division, succeeding Arthur T . Hamlin. Stanley M c E l d e r r y has joined the staff of the University of Minnesota as circulation li- brarian and assistant professor. Frances L . M o a k , formerly librarian of the Charity Hospital School of Nursing in N e w Orleans, is now librarian of the State Teachers College in Livingston, Alabama. Retirements Harriet E. Howe retires this year from the directorship of the University of Denver School of Librarianship with the title of pro- fessor emeritus. Beginning with the summer session, Donald E. Strout will become director of the school in addition to his present duties as director of the University Libraries. He holds the Ph.D. degree in Classics from the University of Illinois and took his library de- gree later at the University of Michigan. M r . Strout came to Denver in the fall of 1948 from the Division of Library Instruction of the University of Minnesota. N e w s from the Field (Continued from page 278) laws enacted during the first session of the eighty-first Congress. Copies may be pur- chased from the Card Division, Library of Congress, Washington 25, D . C., at 70^ each. Other recent Library of Congress publica- tions are Planning National Defense, 1950 to 1970, by S. Arthur Devan (Public Affairs Bul- letin No. 75) ; Newspapers Currently Re- ceived, September, 1949 (free to libraries, apply to Information and Publications Office) ; The United States Capitol: A Selected List of References, compiled by Alice Duncan B r o w n ; Fiscal and Budgetary Phases of Research: A Selected List of References, compiled by Helen D . Jones; and The Study and Teaching of Slavic Languages: A Selected List of Refer- ences, compiled by John T . Dorosh. T h e U. S. Department of State has issued International Protection of Works of Art and Historic Monuments, by Charles de Visscher; English translation edited by Ardelia R. Hall. ( O r d e r from Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D . C . , price 25^.) Aslib (4, Palace Gate, London, W . S . ) has issued another of its Guides to Sources of Information in Great Britain. T h i s is No. 4, "Textiles and Allied Interests." (Price, 12s. 6d. net, 10s. to Aslib members). A new fea- ture of this latest guide is that details of the classification used in the libraries covering this field have been included, as well as details of their document reproduction facilities. 280 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES