ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries July /August 1985 / 359 sions on legislation, lobbying, library instruction, copyright and a state-w ide update. ACRL Executive D irector JoAn S. Segal and I did a session on “ACRL: W h a t’s in It for Me?” In p a rt of our program , we involved the participants in a priority setting activity as a pilot test for the 1985 President’s Program at the Chicago ALA An­ nual Conference. The WAAL participants helped identify bugs in the program design and provided sample d ata th a t will be com pared to d ata from the Chicago Conference program . An analysis of the WAAL d ata indicated a high level of consensus on the priorities for ACRL: publications, standards, continuing education, library education, liaison w ith higher education groups and fiscal and politi­ cal support for academ ic libraries. There was also a high level of consensus am ong all the participants th a t this Spring WAAL m eeting was a success.— Cathleen Bourdon. ■ ■ ★ ★ ★ News from the f i e ld Acquisitions • Brown University’s John H ay L ibrary, Provi- dence, Rhode Island, acquired the papers and m em orabilia of Rabbi Baruch Korff, founder of the N ational Citizens C om m ittee for Fairness to the Presidency and the U.S. Citizens Congress d u r­ ing the W atergate era. Although richest in m aterial relating to R ichard Nixon, the collection also con­ tains m uch m aterial connected w ith Rabbi Korff’s other political activities, his efforts on behalf of E u ­ ropean Jew ry under Nazi and Soviet persecution, his involvement in the founding of the state of Is­ rael and other M iddle Eastern affairs, and his ra b ­ binical activities. Over 90 linear feet of papers, in­ c lu d in g r e ta in e d re c o rd s of th e E m e rg e n c y C om m ittee to Save the Jewish People of Europe, the Political Action C om m ittee for Palestine, and the tw o W atergate-era com m ittees, have been re­ ceived. • H arvard University L ibrary received a $1 mil- lion unrestricted gift from John W . Blodgett, Jr., class of 1923, and E dith Ferris Blodgett. This was half of a $2 million donation, the other $1 million going to H a rv a rd College. The Blodgetts have helped to support the L ibrary since 1933, notably in the field of history, w here Mr. Blodgett funded the acquisition of Leon Trotsky’s papers and the form ation of The Blodgett Collection o f Spanish Civil W ar Pamphlets. • H a rv a rd University’s H oughton L ibrary ac­ quired the Am ericana portion of the M oldenhauer Archives, a m ajor collection consisting of m an u ­ scripts, scores, letters, and in some cases the entire estates of leading 20th century composers. Notable m usicians re p resen ted are L eo n a rd B ernstein, Aaron C opland, George G ershwin, W alter K auf­ m ann, and m any others. The acquisition is p a rt of a joint program betw een H arvard and the B avar­ ian State L ibrary in M unich, w here a division of the M oldenhauer Archives was established in 1979. Hans M oldenhauer is noted as a concert pianist, teacher, and author, whose collection is in memory of his wife Rosaleen. This acquisition was helped by a generous gift from Francis Goelet, class of 1947. • The Historic New Orleans Collection in New Orleans, Louisiana, recently acquired the papers of Lt. Charles H. B. Caldw ell of the United States Navy. These consist prim arily of orders received by C aldw ell during the Civil W ar, the most im por­ ta n t of w hich are those issued by F lag Officer D avid G. F arrag u t concerning the attack on Fort Jackson and F ort St. Philip, and the orders of F a r­ ragut and C apt. T hornton Jenkins during the seige of Port Hudson. The C aldwell Papers com plem ent several other collections which give an excellent overview of the most im portant Civil W ar battle in Louisiana. • The Museum of C om parative Zoology, Har- vard University, receiveddhe papers of noted ento­ mologist W illiam M orton W heeler (1865-1937). Professor W heeler, who specialized in the study of ants, was also renow ned as a lecturer, w riter, lin­ guist, scientific historian, and social philosopher. This gift was from his grandsons W illiam M. W heeler Jr., and Paul S. W heeler, and consists of 187 volumes of historical interest; 35 boxes of ad ­ m inistrative and scientific papers, including corre­ spondence, m anuscripts, and notes; 8 boxes of re­ prints; and 6 boxes of illustrations. • Purdue University Libraries, W est Lafayette, In d ia n a , have ac q u ired a p riv a te collection of 20,000 volumes on Am erican literature and cul­ ture. This collection represents the largest single addition to th e P u rd u e L ibraries d u rin g its 110 years of service to the University. The titles in the collection provide a comprehensive representation 360 / C&RL News of the finest in American literature. In addition to m ajor authors, secondary and lesser known writers are also present. The most significant p a rt of the collection contains 19th and 20th century fiction, poetry, hum or, dram a, and theater. In addition th ere are titles by recognized and lesser know n wom en authors, and American radical literature, Black-American literature, design, photography, and the cinem a are represented. There are biogra­ phies of literary figures, titles on the history of American literature, and works representing the m ajor schools of literary criticism. Grants • The A ndover-H arvard Theological L ibrary, C am bridge, was given $5,000 by the Trustees of the Endow m ent for Biblical Research for the p u r­ chase of periodicals, m onographic series, and an­ nuals in the field of Biblical archaeology and Bibli­ cal study. • The Bowling Green State University, Ohio, Sound Recording Archives has received a $100,000 grant from the National E ndow m ent for the H u­ manities. The grant will support the cataloging of a b o u t 15,000 p o p u la r long-playing recordings from 1950 to 1970, and the sharing of th a t inform a­ tion w ith O C LC and the L ibrary of Congress p u b ­ lication, “Music, Books on Music and Sound Re­ cordings.” • C olum bia University, New York, received $3 m illion from the S tarr F oundation for its C .V . Starr East Asian Library. This grant will ensure the excellence of the present collection and facilities, support the continued acquisition of new m aterials needed for teaching and research, and enable the library to lead in the areas of preservation and in­ form ation technology. O pportunities for collection grow th include the unprecedented explosion of new publications from post-Mao C hina, as well as new Japanese and Korean m aterials. • H arvard University’s E da Kuhn Loeb Music Library has been aw arded a three-year, $220,000 grant by the N ational E ndow m ent for the H um an­ ities to inventory some 1,000 music m anuscripts in the United States w ritten between 1600 and 1800. The work will be p a rt of an international effort centered at Kassel, West G erm any, the Repertoire International des Sources Musicales, w hich is com ­ piling and publishing catalogs of musical source materials dating from before 1800. • The N ortheast D ocum ent Conservation Cen- ter (NEDCC) in Andover, Massachusetts, received a grant of $27,000 from the National Endow m ent for the H um anities to support a conference for leaders of regional conservation centers serving li­ braries and archives and other cooperative preser­ vation program s. T he aw ard is one of the first round of grants announced by the newly estab­ lished Office of Preservation at NEH. The two- day, invitational conference will be held in O cto­ b e r, 1985. Its p u rp o s e is to p ro m o te com m unication between centers, to plan for the sharing of resources between regions, and to p ro ­ vide a forum for articulating positions on national issues. • N o rth e rn Illinois U niversity, D eK alb , re- ceived a $1,000 grant from the Polaroid F ounda­ tion, Inc., of C am bridge, Massachusetts, to add to its library m aterials in w om en’s studies, p articu ­ larly wom en and science, and wom en and health. • Purdue University Libraries will establish a grant program to enable prom ising young faculty members to gain access to library m aterials vital to their research. Funds for the project, called the L i­ brary Scholars G ran t Program , have been m ade possible through a 50th anniversary endow m ent from the class of 1935. A nnouncem ent of the pro­ gram , along w ith the appropriate forms and infor­ m ation, will be m ade to the faculty in September w ith a due date of O ctober for the first round of proposals. G ra n t proposals will be sought from nontenured faculty to fund translations, photo­ co p y in g , in te r lib r a r y lo a n ch a rg es, c o m p u te r searches, travel to other libraries, and other ser­ vices to obtain research m aterials and d a ta not available at Purdue. Proposals will be screened and ranked at the appropriate academ ic level to ensure academ ic quality. Following review, library fac­ ulty members will make final recom m endation to Joseph M. Dagnese, director of libraries. • Wesleyan University, M iddletown, Connecti- cut, received a grant for $14,900 from the N ational E n d o w m en t for the H um anities to support the p lan n in g of a series of regional program s in li­ braries on the fram ing of the United States Consti­ tution and on the character and values of the 18th century New England society th a t first ratified and later considered repudiating th a t docum ent. News notes • Boston College, C hestnut Hill, Massachusetts, has instituted a m edal, nam ed after an early donor to the college, in honor of the recent opening of th eir new lib rary (see C & R L N ew s, N ovem ber 1984, p p .557-58). At a m eeting of the New E n ­ gland C hapter of ACRL held at Boston College on April 30 and May 1, the Joseph Coolidge Shaw M edal was aw ard ed to three librarians: Philip McNiff, retired director of the Boston Public L i­ brary; Yen–Tsai Feng, librarian of H arvard Col­ lege; and Jeanne Aber, form er acting director of the Boston College Libraries. • The State L ibrary of Florida, Tallahassee, has begun a m ajor survey and planning project for li­ brary autom ation and resource sharing in Florida. The project, aw arded to King Research, Inc., has four survey review phases, and the final five-year planning docum ent is due in November 1985. The p ro jec t w ill co n tin u e ev alu ativ e an d p la n n in g processes begun this year during the State L ib rary ’s July /August 1985 / 361 review and approval of the State University Sys­ te m ’s F lo rid a C e n te r for L ib ra ry A u to m atio n (FC LA ). D uring the same period, tw o m ultitype li­ brary consortia, T am pa Bay L ibrary Consortium (TBLC) and Southeastern Florida L ibrary Infor­ m ation N etw ork (SEFLIN), were reviewed and approved for LSCA Title III planning and startup grants. These three will serve as w orking models during the survey and planning process. • University of U tah students have initiated an $8,000 appropriation of student funds w hich m ay lead to $50,000 in new books for the university’s M arriott L ibrary. The Freshm an Council of the Associated Students of the University of U tah is ad ­ m inistering th e “ G ive–a –Book” cam paign. Area charitable foundations have been asked to double the $8,000 appropriated by the student assembly, and each U tah alum nus will be asked to give at least $25 tow ard a book in a subject area of their choice. Books donated through the cam paign will have the donor’s nam e perm anently inscribed on the inside front cover. If successful, the Give–a– Book cam paign will become a perm anent Fresh­ m an Council project. ■ ■ . P E O P L E . Profiles Charles B. Lowry, director of libraries at the University of South Alabam a, has been appointed director of libraries at the University of Texas at A rlington, effective July 1. L o w ry h as b e e n a t S o u th A la b a m a since 1980, w here he was re­ sponsible for the univer­ sity l i b r a r y a n d tw o branches of the Biome­ d ical L ib ra ry . H e w as instrum ental in the for­ m ation of the N etw ork of A la b a m a A cadem ic L ib r a r ie s , a n d has served as vice-chair and Charles B. L o w rychair-elect of the C oun­ cil of L ibrarians of the A labam a Commission on H igher E ducation and on several Advisory C om m ittees of the A labam a P ub­ lic L ibrary Service. Low ry has served on the Board of D irecto rs of S O L IN E T since 1983 an d was elected vice-chairm an of the Board in 1984. In August 1985 he will be a p articip an t in the Senior Fellows Program at the UCLA G rad u ate School of L ibrary and Inform ation Science. He was also a p articip an t in the ARL/OMS C onsultant T raining Program in 1979. Low ry currently serves on the ACRL Publica­ tions C o m m ittee an d th e LAMA M em bership C om m ittee, and he was chair of the ACRL College L ib rarie s S ection’s M em bership C o m m itte e in 1979-81. He has published articles and com m en­ tary in College & Research Libraries, A labam a L i­ b ra ria n , Jo u rn a l o f A c a d e m ic L ib ra r ia n s h ip , N orth Carolina Libraries, A m erican Jewish His­ torical Quarterly, and Florida Historical Quar­ terly. His previous positions include head lib ra ria n and director of learning resources at Elon College, N orth C arolina (1978-80), social science reference bibliographer and head of reference at the Univer­ sity of N orth C arolina at C harlotte (1974-78), and c h a ir m a n of th e S ocial S ciences D iv isio n a t Faulkner State C om m unity College, Bay M inette, A labam a (1965-69). Low ry received his bachelor’s degree in history from Spring Hill College in 1964. He also has a m aster’s in history from the University of A labam a, Tuscaloosa (1965), an MLS from the University of N orth C arolina, C hapel Hill (1974), and a Ph.D . in history from the University of Florida, Gaines­ ville (1979). James M. Myers has been appointed director of the Tem ple University Libraries, Philadelphia, ef­ fective April 15. He will direct a full-tim e staff of 159 employees and a library system of some 1.8 m illion volum es. F o r th e p ast six years Myers served as associate director of libraries at Stanford University. Before going to Stanford, Myers was assistant di­ rector for technical services at the University of A r­ izona. He has also served as associate lib rarian for E astern W ashington University, Cheney; head of