ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 332 /C&RL News ■ March 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 C o rn e ll U n iv e rsity has re ce iv e d a one-year grant o f $799,085 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a pro­ posed architecture for a new online library for science education. The award is part o f a $13-5 million NSF initiative to create a Na­ tional Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL). NSF is targeting the fall o f 2002 for launch of a com pleted NSDL library system. The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been awarded $15 million by the American Legacy Foundation to estab­ lish perm anent Internet access to 40 million pages o f once-secret to b acco industry docu­ ments and to develop a center for scholarly study o f the material. Most o f the documents have b e e n obtained through litigation led by state attorneys general. The new online docum ents library is considered critical to continued research in this field since the to­ b a c co industry can rem ove existing docu­ ments from the Internet in 2010 under the terms o f the 1998 Master Settlem ent Agree­ ment betw een the industry and 46 state at­ torneys general. Legacy is the national foun­ dation created in March 1999 as a result o f th e to b a c c o s e ttle m e n t a g re em e n t. T h e library’s current T o b acco Control Archives can be found at http://www.library.ucsf.edu/ tobacco/. A p r il 1 d e a d lin e f o r m u se u m - lib r a r y g r a n t The Institute o f Museum and Library Ser­ vices will award grants to support projects that demonstrate how museums and li­ braries can work together to expand their services to the public. Either the museum or the library may be the lead applicant and may apply for up to $500,000. Appli­ cations are due April 1, 2001. For more information, visit http://www.imls.gov/ grants/museum/ m us_nlgm. asp . The Golda Meir Library at the University o f W isconsin, M ilwaukee, has received a $2,000 grant from the Theod ore and Anna Grollman Fund. T he gift will enable the li­ brary to provide im m ediate preservation treatment for the most fragile Germ an-lan­ guage items in the American Geographical Society Collection. T hese materials date from the late 1800s through the early part o f the 20th century. They cover topics such as car­ tography and geology; pre-World War I his­ tory; geology, geography, and ethnography o f Germ an regions, cities, and colonies; g e­ ography and ethnography o f Middle Europe at the turn o f the 20th century; and German folk , custom s, and costum e history. The highly acidic content o f the paper on which these materials w ere originally printed has caused significant deterioration. R o w an U n iv e rs ity has re ce iv e d a $2.5 m illion gift from K eith and Shirley Campbell family o f Salem County, New Je r ­ sey, to fund an endow m ent for the library and establish a professorial chair in the Col­ lege o f Business. Both gifts w ere given to the university in the form o f stock. Keith Campbell is the chairm an o f the board o f trustees at Rowan University. For a portion o f time, the funds from this endow m ent and the expected state match will b e used to help purchase a hom e for the president o f the university and augment the library budget. O nce the house is paid for, it is expected that an endow m ent o f at least $1.5 million will b e available to support the library in perpetuity. A c q u i s i t i o n s Robert James Waller Jr., author of The Bridges o f M adison County, named his alma mater Indiana University as the recipient of an estate gift with an estimated value well into the sev en -figu re range. W aller’s gift will reco g n ize four areas o f the university: a b eq u est to the Sch ool o f Music will even- http://www.library.ucsf.edu/ http://www.imls.gov/ C & R L N ew s m M arch 2001 / 333 tually esta b lish th e R o b ert J . W aller Sr. and R obert J . W aller Jr. C hair in Ja z z Stud ies; the K elley S c h o o l o f B u s in es s w ill re c e iv e a b e q u e s t to n am e th e cou rty ard in th e C orp orate and G rad u ate C en ter; th e U n i­ versity L ibraries w ill re c e iv e a b e q u e s t o f cop yrigh ts to all o f his literatu re, art, and m u sic; an d th e R e s e a r c h and U niversity G radu ate S c h o o l w ill r e c e iv e a b e q u e s t o f W aller’s ran ch in T e x a s fo r p re se rv a tio n and re s e a rch . A m a jo r archive o f a rtis t Benjam in West has b e e n acq u ire d by th e H istorical S o cie ty o f P en n sy lvan ia. T h e a rc h iv e c o n ­ sists o f 20 lin ea r fe e t o f m aterial fro m the c o lle c tio n s o f p ro fe s so rs A llen Staley and Helm ut v o n Erffa ( 1 9 0 0 - 9 7 ) , b o th B en jam in W est s ch o la rs. In clu d ed in th e c o lle c tio n are w ork s in the c a ta lo g — The P aintings o f B e n ja m in West (Y a le U n iv e rs ity P re s s , 1 9 8 6 ), file s o n w o rk s r e je c te d as W est at­ trib u tio n s, c o r r e s p o n d e n c e a b o u t p o s sib le West attrib u tio n s, n o te s o n th e b o o k , and m is ce lla n e o u s item s that did n o t m ak e it into th e o rig in al W est c a ta lo g . T h e arch iv e is a gift from S taley an d th e B arra F o u n d a ­ tion , In c. A set of W illiam M axwell's final letters have b e e n a c q u ire d b y th e U niversity o f Illin o is at U rb an a-C h am p aig n fro m n o v e l­ ist J o h n U p d ik e. T h e s et c o n sis ts o f eight letters w ritten o r re c e iv e d by M axw ell just p rior to his d ea th ( 1 9 0 8 - 2 0 0 0 ) . It has b e e n ad ded to the W illiam M axw ell C o llec tio n , an e x t e n s iv e b o d y o f m a n u s c r ip ts an d m aterials d o n a te d to th e lib rary by M ax­ w ell in 1995. M axw ell, a 1 9 3 0 U niversity o f Illin o is g rad u ate, w as a n o v elist, sh o rt story w riter, an d leg en d a ry fic tio n editor. He w o rk e d at The New Yorker m ag azin e ( 1 9 3 6 - 7 6 ) , w h e r e h e p ro v id e d e d ito ria l gu id an ce to J o h n U pdike and o th er fam ou s w rite r s , in c lu d in g J o h n C h e e v e r, J . D. S alin g er, E u d o ra W elty, T e n n e s s e e W ill­ iam s, an d o th ers. The U niversity o f Georgia (UGA) has c o m p le te d a p r o je c t to p re s e rv e te le v isio n p rog ram s d o cu m e n tin g A frican -A m erican history. M ore th a n 1 ,1 0 0 te le v is io n p r o ­ gram s datin g fro m 1 9 4 9 to th e p re s e n t that d o c u m e n t A frica n -A m e ric a n h isto ry and cu ltu re h a v e b e e n c a ta lo g e d , p reserv ed , an d m ad e a c c e s s ib le to facu lty , stud en ts, re s e a rc h e rs and th e p u b lic at th e UGA Li­ b r a r i e s ’ B r o w n M e d ia A r c h i v e s a n d P ea b o d y A w ards C o llec tio n . T h is p ro je c t w as fu n d ed in part b y a $ 9 6 ,5 9 0 grant from th e N ational E n d ow m en t fo r th e H um ani­ ties w ith a d d itio n al su p p o rt p ro v id ed by the libraries. T o b e in clu d ed in this p ro ject, a n o n fic tio n p ro g ram h ad to fo cu s o n a to p ic relev a n t to A frican A m erican s o r fe a ­ ture a n A frican -A m erican re p o rte r o r host; e n te rta in m e n t and c h ild re n ’s p rog ram s r e ­ q u ired at lea st o n e A frican -A m erican c h a r­ acter, p erfo rm er, o r gu est. In clu d e d in this p r o je c t w e re su ch v aried p rog ram s as a 1 9 4 9 lo c a l s p e cia l o n B a ltim o re ’s slum s; n atio n al and lo c a l n ew s p rogram s from the civil rights era; re c e n t P eab o d y A w ard-w in­ n in g d o c u m e n ta rie s o n M a lco lm X an d H en ry A aro n ; a n d s e v e ra l p ro g ra m s on M artin Luther K ing Jr. F o r a full listin g o f titles and more information about the project s e e th e p ro je c t W eb site at http://www. libs.uga.edu/peabody/wlcmafam.html. A collection fo r theology and religious studies has b e e n acquired by Mount Aloysius C olleg e in Cresson, Pennsylvania. T h e E cu ­ m e n ic a l Studies C o llec tio n o f m o re than 1 0,000 volum es w as given to the b y the Rev. G erald Myers o f H ooversville, Pennsylvania. F or the last 35 years, Myers has collected titles covering all areas o f the Ju d eo-C h ris­ tian tradition, including supporting material w ith a historical and biograph ical em phasis. A significant part o f the collectio n is devoted to prim ary religious sou rces and their e x p li­ cation. Myers con tin u es to add new titles, and it is his desire, as w ell as the c o lle g e ’s, to s ee the E cu m enical Studies C ollection b e ­ com e a focal point o f d ialogu e am ong all denom inations. Copy cataloger Jo a n Mix has cataloged m ore than 7 ,5 0 0 volum es in just n in e m on th s and th e s e c a n b e a c c e s s e d t h r o u g h th e l ib r a r y ’s n o n l i n e c a t a lo g , M ountlink, w h ich will s o o n b e available on th e Internet. ■ Ed. note: Send y o u r news to: Grants & Acquisitions, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-mail: ayoung@ala.org. http://www mailto:ayoung@ala.org