ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries March 1987 / 139 institutions or vendors for p rin tin g a n d m ailing. T he section new sletter ed ito r’s an n u a l rep o rt w ill contain a financial section describing all local ex­ penditures. U nder no circum stances will ACRL provide fu n d in g for p ro d u ctio n expenses in cu rred by an outside institution or vendor th a t exceed the level b u dgeted for in-house p ro d u ctio n or coordi­ nation. 6. E ach section shall be provided, for each issue of its new sletter, a n u m b e r of copies not to exceed 10 % of th e n u m b e r of m em bers in th e section, at no charge, for th e section to distribute at its ow n cost an d discretion. 7. Sections m ay establish a policy on subscrip­ tions to th e ir new sletters. P aid subscription orders only will be taken by th e ACRL staff. 8. If a section believes th a t the co n ten t of its new sletter requires th a t th e new sletter be m ore ex­ tensive th a n its allotted 16 pages as outlined in 3 above, th e section m ay request fu n d in g for a d d i­ tio n al pages or issues. This special fu n d in g m ust be approved by the ACRL Publications C om m ittee an d m ust be sub m itted as p a r t of th e section’s n o r­ m al b u d g et request to th e A CR L R udget an d F i­ nance C om m ittee. Requests for such special fu n d ­ ing m ust specify th e n u m b e r of ad d itio n al pages p la n n ed an d justify th e need for them . ■ ■ ★ ★ ★ News from the field Acquisitions • T h e L ib ra ry of C ongress’s Music D ivision, W ashington, D .C ., has acquired a m ajor collec­ tion of nearly 400 m usic m anuscripts and papers of A m erican b an d m aste r an d com poser John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), th e gift of Sousa’s grandsons. T he m aterials have been on deposit in th e L ib rary for m an y years, a n d have been indexed and m icro­ film ed. T itles in th e collection include som e of Sousa’s best-know n com positions: Corcoran Ca­ dets; T he H igh School Cadets; K ing Cotton; The L ib e rty Bell; M a n h a tta n Beach; Nobles o f the M ys­ tic Shrine; O ur Flirtations; a n d Solid M en to the F ront. Also in c lu d e d are th e m a n u scrip ts of E l C apitan an d T he B ride Elect, tw o works represent ing th e com poser’s co n trib u tio n to operetta; Sheri­ d a n ’s Ride; a n d th e suites, The L ast D ays o f P om p eii a n d D w e lle rs o f th e W e ste rn W o rld . T h e collection also contains sketchbooks a n d literary item s including Sousa’s auto b io g rap h y a n d a semi- au tobiographical novel. • N ew York U niversity’s T am im en t In stitu te Li- b rary , N ew York C ity, has acquired th e archival m aterials of G reenw ich House, an im p o rta n t cen­ te r of so c ia l w e lf a r e a n d b e t t e r m e n t o f th e G re e n w ic h V illa g e c o m m u n ity since th e e a rly years of th e century. T he m a terial includes p h o to graphs, m inutes from R oard of D irectors m eetings, files a n d correspondence. In co rp o ra ted in 1901 as th e C ooperative Social S ettlem ent Society of the C ity of New York by M ary K ingsbury Simkovitch w ith Felix A dler, R. F u lto n C u ttin g , E ugene A. P h ilb in , H e n ry C. P o tte r, Jaco b Riis a n d C a rl Schurz, G reenw ich House was originally located on Jones Street in one of th e m ost crow ded areas of th e low er w est side. It p layed a vital role in th e im ­ ­ ­ ­ provem ent of th e neighborhood, w orking for b e t­ te r san itatio n , paved streets, child lab o r law s, in ­ creased recreational an d c u ltu ra l opportunities for adults an d children, slum clearance an d im proved housing, a n d a m ore responsive city governm ent. Follow ing th e m ove in 1917 to its present location on R arrow Street, G reenw ich House established th e first child care facilities for w orking m others. T hrough its research studies of living conditions in th e V illage, m any conducted by John D ew ey’s So­ cial Research C om m ittee, it m a d e contributions to social action, exam ining w age levels an d th e sta n ­ d a rd of living, old age a n d poverty, an d housing problem s of longshorem en a n d dock workers. Now a historic la n d m ark , G reenw ich House continues to sponsor special program s a n d a range of com m u­ nity activities. • R utgers U niversity’s A rt L ib rary , New Bruns- w ick, N ew Jersey, recently acquired 850 volumes on a r t h isto ry fro m a r t h is to ria n , a u th o r a n d teach er H o w ard H ib b a rd , of C olum bia U niver­ sity. T h e collection consists p rim a rily of w orks dealing w ith th e Ita lia n Renaissance an d B aroque A rt, w ith some m a terial on th e N o rth ern R enais­ sance. H ib b a rd , a Fellow of th e A m erican C ouncil of L e a rn e d Societies, is th e a u th o r of books on B ernini, C a ra v ag g io , M ichelangelo, a n d C arlo M oderno. H e is a form er director of th e Society of A rchitectural H istorians an d from 1974-78 was chief editor of A r t B ulletin. • Stanford U niversity’s H oover In stitu tio n Ar- chives, C alifornia, has acquired th e papers of Sir K arl Popper, in tern atio n ally acclaim ed philoso­ p h e r of n a tu ra l a n d social science. Born in V ienna in 1902, P opper is th e a u th o r of The O pen Society and Its E nem ies (1945) an d T he P overty o f H istori­ cism, an d is reg ard ed as one of th e greatest living 140 / C & RL N ew s p h ilo so p h ers. T h e co llectio n co n ta in s extensive c o rre s p o n d e n c e w ith p h ilo s o p h e rs , h is to ria n s , physicists, biologists, m a th e m a tic a l logicians a n d classicists, in c lu d in g E r w in S c h ro e d in g e r, Sir E rn st G o m b rich , B e rtra n d Russell, G .E . M oore, R udolf C a rn a p , H ans H a h n , K u rt G oedel, F ritz M ach lu p , a n d G o ttfried von H a b e rle r. O n e of th e largest files is a n early 50-year exchange of letters b e tw e e n P o p p e r a n d N o b el l a u r e a te F .A . von H ayek on th e lim its of ra tio n a lity , th e m ethodology of th e social sciences a n d econom ics, a n d o th e r to p ­ ics. I t is expected th a t th e P o p p er collection w ill be of in te re st to researchers in several disciplines, es­ pecially students of B ritish social a n d in te lle ctu a l life investigating th e flig h t of E u ro p e a n in te lle c tu ­ als fro m th e N azi th re a t. Grants • T h e B oston L ib r a r y C o n s o rtiu m h as b e e n a w a rd e d a g ra n t of $99,519 by th e C o m m o n w e a lth of M assachusetts B oard of L ib ra ry C om m issioners for a collection analysis project. M a ch in e -rea d ab le records for recen t acquisitions by m e m b e r libraries will be m erg ed , sorted by subject a n d analyzed for overlap using th e collection analysis services of­ fe re d b y th e A M IG O S B ib lio g ra p h ic C o u n c il. D a ta from th e p ro ject w ill be used to develop a p u b lic access tool, to p la n cooperative a n d local collection develo p m en t a n d m a n a g e m e n t a n d to serve as a m odel for o th e r consortia. T h e Boston P ublic L ib ra ry w ill serve as fiscal ag en t for th e project. • T h e C o n serv atio n C e n te r for A rt a n d H istoric A rtifa c ts, P h ila d e lp h ia , h as receiv ed a $50,000 g ra n t from th e W illiam P en n F o u n d a tio n in su p ­ p o rt of th e C e n te r’s lo n g -ran g e p la n n in g a n d m a r ­ keting activities a n d general o p e ra tin g expenses. • T h e M assachusetts H istorical Society, Boston, has received a $300,000 challenge g ra n t in th e form of a p e rm a n e n tly restricted e n d o w m e n t from th e A n d rew W . M ellon F o u n d a tio n . T h e g ra n t, w h ich is to be m a tc h e d 2:1 by th e Society, w ill b e used to p ro m o te access to th e Society’s collections, use of th e collections th ro u g h research a n d p u b lic atio n s activities, a n d fellow ships. • M o rav ia n C ollege a n d T heological S em inary, B ethlehem , P ennsylvania, has received a $200,000 anonym ous gift a n d $10,000 from th e P ennsylva­ n ia S tate L ib ra ry for its retrospective conversion project. • N o rth w e ste rn U niversity, E v an sto n , Illinois, has received a $5 m illion anonym ous d o n a tio n , $4.75 m illion of w h ich w ill b e used in su p p o rt of th e D ee rin g L ib ra ry , w h ic h houses th e U niversity’s fine arts a n d special collections. T h e re m a in in g $250,000 w as d esignated for use by th e M edical School in h o n o r of fo rm er p resid e n t a n d ch a n ce l­ lor, th e la te J. Roscoe M iller. T h e m a jo rity of th e m oney given to th e D eerin g L ib ra ry w ill b e used in su p p o rt of th e L ib ra ry E n d o w m e n t for C ollection D ev elo p m en t, w ith incom e from th e e n d o w m e n t used to p u rch ase new books. A p reserv atio n fu n d w ill en a b le th e lib ra ry to stre n g th e n its p ro g ra m th ro u g h th e p u rch ase of specialized e q u ip m e n t, b in d in g a n d conservation supplies, a n d th e a d d i­ tio n of professional staff. $1 m illion w ill also be used to establish a distinguished c h a ir of lib ra ry sci­ ence for th e U niversity L ib ra ria n . • T h e O hio H istorical Society, C o lu m b u s, has been a w a rd e d a $169,349 g ra n t from th e N atio n al E n d o w m e n t for th e H u m an itie s to begin th e b ib ­ lio g rap h ic phase of th e O hio N ew sp ap er P roject, p a r t of th e U n ited States N ew sp ap er P ro g ram . Be­ gun in J a n u a ry , th e b ib lio g ra p h ic p h ase is sched­ uled to co n tin u e th ro u g h Ju n e of 1989, a n d w ill in ­ volve th e in v e n to ry in g a n d c a ta lo g in g of som e 3,400 n ew sp ap er titles h eld by th e Society. • T h e U niversity of C a lifo rn ia , S an ta B a rb a ra , has been a w a rd e d a $136,000 g ra n t by th e F o rd F o u n d a tio n to process th e p ap e rs of d irec to r a n d p la y w rig h t Luis V aldez a n d th e archives of th e th e ­ a te r he fo u n d ed , E l T e a tro C am p esin o , a c q u ire d in 1986. T h e “th e a te r of th e fa rm w o rk e rs,” fo u n d ed in 1965 as an activist ensem ble to g a th e r su p p o rt for th e unio n -o rg an izin g effort of th e U n ite d F a rm W orkers, is considered th e largest a n d m ost in flu ­ e n tia l b ilin g u a l C h ic a n o th e a te r in th e U n ite d States. Its archives in clu d e u n p u b lish ed a n d ongo­ ing scripts, original a rtw o rk , p h o to g ra p h s, video a n d film footage, costum e ren d erin g s, historical m asks, set a n d p ro p designs, posters, d o cto ral dis­ sertations, books, articles, review s a n d co rresp o n ­ dence. O nce processed over a th re e -y e a r p erio d , th e m a te ria l is ex p ected to b e of in te re st to r e ­ searchers in la b o r history, p o litical science, sociol­ ogy, anth ro p o lo g y , w o m e n ’s studies, a n d c o m p a r­ ative eth n ic studies. T h e archives w ill be housed as p a r t of th e U n iv ersity ’s C o lleccio n T lo q u e N a- h u a q u e , focusing on C h ican o studies, a n d as th e re ­ pository of a w o rk in g d ra m a tis t a n d th e a te r com ­ p a n y w ill be a u g m en te d over tim e. • T h e U niversity of H o u sto n L ib raries, Texas, have received a $20,000 g ra n t from th e C am ille a n d H en ry D reyfus F o u n d a tio n , I n c ., to develop a C hem istry Research In fo rm a tio n Service designed to stream lin e th e in fo rm a tio n g ath e rin g process critical to chem istry researchers. A jo in t p ro jec t of th e L ib raries a n d th e U H C h em istry D e p a rtm e n t, th e Service w ill en a b le chem ists to search th e ch e m ­ ical lite ra tu re on a m ic ro c o m p u te r a n d req u est d e ­ livery of jo u rn a l articles from th e lib ra ry on th e sam e m ic ro c o m p u te r. M a tch in g funds from th e U niversity w ill be used to com plete th e p ro jec t, w h ich w ill also see use as a n ed u c atio n al tool for students in chem ical lite ra tu re a n d co m p u ters in chem istry classes. • T h e U niversity of W isconsin’s C harles H. Mills M usic L ib ra ry , M adison, has been a w a rd e d a U.S. D e p a rtm e n t of E d u c a tio n T itle I I –C g ra n t to b rin g a m a jo r collection of m usical stage m a te ria l u n d e r 142 / C & R L N ew s b ib lio g ra p h ic control a n d to allow it p ro p e r a rc h i­ val storage. T h e T am s–W itm a rk /W isconsin C o l­ lection, consisting of 37,000 item s, represents som e 1,600 o p era, o p e re tta a n d m usical com edy titles p u b lish ed since th e b eg in n in g of th e n in e te e n th c e n tu ry . T h e c o lle c tio n c o m p ris e s fu ll scores, p ia n o -v o c a l scores, o rch estra l p a rts , a n d ch o ral p a rts, as w ell as extensive scrip t m a te ria l. A m ong th e m a n y com posers rep rese n ted are O ffen b a ch , Lecocq, Jo h a n n Strauss, A rth u r S ullivan, S uppé, R eginald D eK oven, a n d V icto r H e rb e rt. A re p e r­ to ry of item s from th e p o p u la r stage of th e 1880s to th e 1920s is of p a rtic u la r in terest. R a re o r e a rly im ­ p rin ts from th e g ra n d o p e ra tra d itio n , in c lu d in g those of w orks by M o zart, V erd i, Rossini, W e b e r, Puccini, a n d M eyerbeer, are also fe a tu re d . P ro ject catalogers w ill be a d d in g records of th e collection to O C L C a n d R L IN . • T h e W ash in g to n S tate U niversity L ib ra rie s, P u llm an , in co n ju n ctio n w ith th e o th e r fo u r P acific N orthw est L a n d G ra n t U niversity L ib ra rie s, M on­ ta n a State U niversity, O regon S tate U niversity, th e U niversity of Id a h o , a n d th e U niversity of Alaska- F a ir b a n k s , h a v e b e e n a w a r d e d a t h r e e - y e a r , $177,000 g r a n t b y th e F r e d M e y er C h a r i t a b l e T rust. T h e p u rp o se of th e g ra n t is to set u p a n e t­ w ork am o n g th e five universities for th e c o o p e ra ­ tive selection a n d deselection of science serials in an effort to a u g m e n t th e research p o te n tia l of th e a re a by increasing th e n u m b e r of jo u rn a ls availab le. P a rt of th e m o n ey w ill be used fo r o p tic al scan n in g a n d express m a il delivery of m a terials. T h e g ra n t w as one of seventeen g ran ts, to ta llin g $1,610,000, a w a rd e d by th e M eyer T ru s t for b u ild in g lib ra ry resources in th e P acific N o rth w e st in fields such as business, e d u c a tio n , m usic a n d th e sciences. News notes • S ta n f o rd U n iv e rs ity , C a lif o r n ia , h a s com - p le te d its E a rly A m e ric a n Im p rin ts: Second Series c a talo g in g p ro jec t. T his collection of m icro card s is b ased on th e S h aw a n d S h o em a k er ch eck list of A m erican im p rin ts from 1801 to 1819 a n d co n tain s over 50,000 item s. T h e titles exist in a v a rie ty of fo r­ m a ts, in c lu d in g broadsides a n d “w a n te d ” posters, a n d cover a w id e ra n g e of topics. T h e S tan fo rd p ro je c t w as fu n d e d by an H E A T itle II-C g ra n t a n d r a n for five years from O cto b e r 1981 to D ec em b e r 1986. I t succeeded in p ro v id in g b ib lio g ra p h ic d e ­ scrip tio n a n d m u ltip le access p oints in full co m p li­ an c e w ith n a tio n a l c a ta lo g in g s ta n d a rd s . T h ese catalo g ed records w e re keyed in to th e R L IN system w ith full M ARC coding. T ap es for these records w ill be m a d e av a ila b le by th e R esearch L ib raries G ro u p to O C L C . • Texas A&M U niversity a t G alveston d e d ic a te d its new Jack K enny W illiam s L ib ra ry on N ovem ber 1, 1986. T h e new b u ild in g ’s space is 27,000 sq u a re feet w ith shelving for up to 100,000 volum es a n d se atin g for 200. T h e lib ra ry collection, w h ic h totals a b o u t 45,000 volum es, w as m oved to th e new facil­ ity in one d ay by 200 fa c u lty , staff, a n d stu d e n t v o lu n te ers— despite ra in a n d logistics problem s. T h e arch itects for th e b u ild in g a re th e R a p p P a r t­ ners of G alveston a n d H ouston. ■ ■ WHEN THE QUESTION IS SERVICE THE ANSWER IS AMBASSADOR • FIRM ORDERS • C O N TIN U A TIO N S • APPROVAL PLANS • BINDING SERVICES • ON-LINE ORDERING “ serving college and university libraries for over 12 years" A mbassador B ook S ervice, inc. 42 CHASNER STREET • HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK 11550 to ll fr e e in N ew York c a ll c o l l e c t 8 0 0 - 4 3 1 - 8 9 1 3 ( 5 1 6 ) 4 8 9 - 4 0 1 1