ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 8 4 4 /C& RL News ■ Sep tem b er 2001 G r a n t s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n s Ann-Christe Young Santa Clara U n ive rsity (SCU) has received a gift o f $15 million from Lorry Lokey, a m em ­ b e r o f th e SCU b o a rd o f trustees an d fo u n d er a n d p resident o f Business Wire. T he gift will b e u s e d to “tra n s fo rm t h e 1 5 0 -y ear o ld institution’s library into a technology-infused learning center.” The learning center will com ­ b in e th e physical resources an d professional su p p o rt o f a traditional university library with w ide access to n e w technologies. Th e U n iv e r s ity o f M in n e s o ta has re c e iv e d a gift o f $25,000 from Harry an d Sandy Lerner to su p p o rt the Jew ish Historical Society o f the U pper Midwest Archives. The first installment w a s given in h o n o r o f Rabbi B ernard a n d Leah Raskas. Harry Lerne r h as a lso a g reed to d ep o sit o n e co p y o f e a ch b o o k ev er p rinted by Lem er Publishing in the A nderson Library. The U n iv e rs ity o f N o rth F lo rid a (UNF) has received a gift o f $200,000 from m em bers of th e late philanthropist J. P. Hall’s family as paym ent o n a d eferred gift in su p p o rt o f the Lifelong Learning Initiative, th e building e n ­ hancem ent fund for the University Center. Hall an d his sister D ena Mae Lem en m ade a fi­ nancial com m itm ent to su p p o rt th e Univer­ sity C enter in Jan u ary 1999. At th at tim e they m ade a $50,000 gift. The U n iv e rs ity o f S o u th C a ro lin a (USC) has received a National Leadership Grant from the Institute o f M useum an d Libraries Services (IMLS) to fund th e Preservation T raining Ini­ tiative for Small Libraries a n d M useum s in South C arolina. C onservators from across South Carolina will d em onstrate p ro p er pres­ ervation a n d collection care techniques. The initiative, set to begin this year, is a joint ef­ fort o f USC’s T hom as C ooper Library and Mckissick M useum w ith the assistance o f Dis­ tance Education an d Instructional Support and the C ollege o f Library a n d Inform ation Sci­ ence. T he Institute o f M useum a n d Library Services (IMLS) resp o n d ed to the nation’s critical short­ ag e o f librarians b y aw arding nearly $2 mil­ lion to universities a n d colleges to recruit and e d u cate students in library a n d inform ation science. T he aw ards also pro v id e advanced training, especially in digital technologies, to professional librarians. T he follow ing u niver­ sities received awards: The University o f Ari­ zon a Sch ool o f Inform ation Resources and Library Science (SIRLS), $492,708; Uni­ versity o f Denver, Penrose Library $233,204; Indiana University, Indianapolis, $73,005; University o f Kentucky School o f library an d I n f o r m a tio n S c ie n c e , $ 3 2 9 ,4 2 7 ; M ansfield U niversity o f Pennsylvania, $356,491; T exas W om an ’s U n iv ersity School o f Library and Information Stud­ ies (SOS), $77,520; North Harris Montgom­ ery C om m unity C ollege District-Mont- gom ery College, $268,491. A c q u i s i t i o n s The Fred W. Todd Tennessee W illia m s Col­ lection has b e e n acquired by th e Historic New O rleans Collection. Williams lived in New O rleans from 1938 until th e tim e o f his d eath in 1983. T he collection includes signed first editions a n d p ro o f copies o f Williams’s sepa­ rate publications, b o o k s to w h ich Williams m ade a contribution, translations o f his w ork into n u m ero u s foreign languages, u n p u b ­ lished poetry, rew rites o f screenplays, short stories, plays, a significant cache o f Williams’ corresp o n d en ce, an d m em orabilia su rro u n d ­ ing th e theatrical an d film p ro d u ctio n s o f Williams’s w ork. A c t iv is t D a v id N ic h o ls d o n a te d 17,000 items to the new ly dedicated Williams-Nichols Library an d Archive for Gay an d Lesbian Stud- Ed. n o te : Send your news to: Grants & Acquisitions, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-mail: ayoung@ala.org. mailto:ayoung@ala.org C&RL News ■ Sep tem b er 2001 / 845 ies at th e University o f Louisville. T he ded i­ cation w a s h eld o n J u n e 28, 2001, th e 35th anniversary o f th e Stonew all Rebellion. The collection includes 3,000 m o nographs, peri­ odicals, a n d ep h e m e ra from dem onstrations a n d m arches. Regional g ay a n d lesbian o rga­ nizatio n s a re d o n a tin g th e ir arch iv es an d partnering w ith th e libraries to ex p a n d the collection. C. J. T a ylo r, a M o h a w k a u th o r a n d a rtis t, ha s d o n a te d 14 c o lo r illu stra tio n s fro m th e ch ild ren ’s b o o k Firedancers to th e N ational Library o f C anada. T a y lo r d ra w s h e r in sp i­ ra tio n to p a in t a n d w r ite c h ild r e n ’s b o o k s fro m t h e le g e n d s o f v a rio u s A b o rig in a l natio n s. Firedancer tells th e s to ry o f a little girl w h o a c c o m p a n ie s h e r g r a n d m o th e r to a n isla n d to p e rf o r m a s a c r e d d a n c e . In fro n t o f a fire, t h e y r e n e w th e ir c o n n e c ­ tio n w ith t h e “F ire d a n c e rs ” o f t h e p ast. U sing acrylic o n p a p e r, T a y lo r p a in ts c o l­ orful a n d c aptivating s c en e s d ep ic tin g ch ar­ ac te rs w h o liv e in h a rm o n y w ith n a tu re . The Jacobs C o lle c tio n o f A s ia n S tu d ie s has b e e n acquired by D ickinson College. The collection, d o n a te d b y N orm an Ja co b s an d his w ife, M argaret A yres J a c o b s (C lass o f 1951), in clu d e s m o re th a n 20,000 b o o k s, m ap s, a n d o t h e r m ate ria ls o n a ll o f Asia. T h e c o lle c tio n is s tr o n g e s t in th e a re a s o f J a c o b ’s p e rso n a l e x p e rtise (institutional h is­ to ry a n d t h e so c ia l sc ie n c e s) , b u t a lso in ­ c lu d e s, a m o n g o t h e r to p ics, classical a n d m o d ern Ja p a n e s e literature in English tran s­ lation. T h e c o lle c tio n a lso in c lu d e s h u n ­ d r e d s o f m ap s a n d c h a rts p r o d u c e d d u rin g W o rld W ar II b y A llied a n d J a p a n e s e m ili­ tary so u rc e s. Som e o f th e m a p s a n d c h arts w e r e o rig in a lly c la s s ifie d a n d iss u e d in ab o u t a d o z e n copies; th ere m ay b e n o o th er co p ies existing today. A m issing 13th-century sto n e corbel fro m T ro y es C ath e d ra l in F ra n ce h a s b e e n r e ­ tu rn e d to C o rn ell U niv ersity Library a fte r h a v in g d i s a p p e a r e d fo r m o re t h a n n in e dec ad e s. A C ornell p ro je c t e n g in e e r, Randy N esbitt, w a s re s e a rc h in g c a m p u s a rc h ite c ­ tu r e w h e n h e le a r n e d a b o u t th e m y stery s u rr o u n d in g th e w h e r e a b o u ts o f th e c o r­ b e l t h a t A n d r e w D i c k s o n W h it e ( t h e u n iv ersity ’s first p resid e n t) acquired in 1886. W hile looking at so m e 19th-century pho to s o f the corbel that h a d b e e n d isc o v e red w h ile digitizing th e A. D. W hite A rchitectural P h o ­ to g ra p h s C o llectio n , t h e e n g in e e r rea liz e d h e ’d s e e n th e c o rb e l in a c o lle a g u e ’s g a r­ d e n . A p p a re n tly it h a d b e e n in a n o th e r C o r n e ll e m p l o y e e ’s o ffic e f o r a b o u t 30 y ears, a n d w h e n h e r etired in 1990, h e gave it to h is su ccesso r. T h e c o rb el w a s retu rn ed t o th e u n iv ersity a n d is n o w o n d isp la y in K roch Library in t h e D iv isio n o f Rare a n d M a n u scrip t C o llectio n s a n d will b e tra n s ­ f e r r e d t o t h e s c u l p t u r e c o l l e c t i o n a t C o rn e ll’s H e rb e rt F. J o h n s o n M u seu m o f Art. The John A. Lind seth C o llection o f A m e ri­ c an W o m an Suffrage h a s b e e n a c q u ir e d by t h e C o rn ell U niv ersity Library. T h e c o lle c ­ tio n , d o n a te d b y a lu m n i c o u p le J o n A. a n d Virginia M. Lindseth, chro n icles th e his­ to ry o f w o m e n ’s stru g g le fo r th e r ig h t to v o te , fro m th e e a rly 19th c e n tu r y th ro u g h 1920, w h e n th e 19th a m e n d m e n t to th e C o n stitu tio n o f th e U n ited States e n fr a n ­ ch isin g A m erican w o m e n w a s s ig n e d in to law . T h e c o llectio n c o n ta in s m o re th a n 500 item s, in clu d in g ra r e b o o k s , p e rio d ica ls, p a m p h le ts , letters, c a rto o n s, p h o to g ra p h s , b a n n e r s , c a m p a i g n b u t t o n s , a n d r a r e e p h e m e r a l b r o a d s id e s a n d c a m p a ig n leaf­ lets u s e d to s p r e a d s u p p o r t fo r th e ca u se at p o litic a l rallies a n d c o n v e n tio n s. The Coxe Fam ily M in in g Papers, o rig in a lly acquired by th e Historical Society o f Pennsyl­ vania in 1968, are n o w o p e n to researchers. From 1865 to 1905, th e C oxe family com pa­ nies w ere recognized as o n e o f the largest in­ d e p e n d en t anthracite coal p roducing interests in th e U nited States. T he family o w n ed 30,000 acres in P ennsylvania’s Carbon, Schuylkill, Luzerne Counties. T he 500 linear feet o f m ate­ rials “chronicle all aspects o f the family’s coal mining interests, documenting the changing im­ m igrant labor force, an d various strikes and l a b o r o r g a n iz in g e ffo rts a t C o x e - o w n e d collieries,” said David Moltke-Hansen, the His­ torical Society president. The processing o f the papers w as funded b y a $77,873 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Historical Society funds, and a $14,755 grant from the Pennsylvania Historical a n d M useum Commission. ■