ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 430 / C&RL News ■ May 2000 G r a n t s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n s Ann-Christe Young North Carolina State U niversity (NCSU) has receiv ed a $4,000 gift from Ford Mo­ to r C om pany to pilot an in tern sh ip p ro ­ gram b eg in n in g this fall. The libraries will select a NCSU e n g in eerin g stu d en t to learn firsthand how inform ation tech n o lo g y is ap p lie d to libraries an d inform ation sys­ tem s. Library ad m in istrato rs h o p e th e in­ t e r n s h i p w ill e n c o u r a g e e n g i n e e r i n g lib rarian sh ip as an altern ativ e c a re e r p ath for e n g in e e rs . S c h w a rz w a ld e r from th e Ford M otor C om pany said, “This p a rtn e r­ ship will pro v id e stu d en ts w ith ex p e rien c e w ith cutting-edge inform ation technologies an d e x p o su re to the ap p licatio n s in the university and c o rp o ra te e n v iro n m e n ts .” T he in tern will w ork ten h o u rs p e r w eek for the NCSU Libraries. D uring th e su m ­ mer, the in tern will w ork full-tim e at the Ford c o rp o ra te library in D earb o rn , M ichi­ gan, w h ere tra n sp o rta tio n , lodging, an d a p ro fessio n al-lev el stip e n d will be p aid by th e Ford M otor C om pany Fund. If th e p i­ lot program is successful, the libraries plan to e x p a n d it d u rin g th e 2001-02 academ ic year. For m ore inform ation a b o u t the p ro ­ gram , call H onora Nerz, Textiles an d En­ g in eerin g Services Librarian at NCSU, at (919) 515-6120. New School University has been awarded a s e c o n d g ra n t by th e G la d y s K rieb le D elm as F o u n d atio n . The aw ard o f $10,000 to th e H arry S ch erm an Library, M annes C ollege o f Music (a division o f the U niver­ sity) c o n tin u e s to su p p o rt cataloging, p re ­ serving, a n d m aking accessible ch a m b e r m usic sco res an d individual instru m en tal parts from th e gift o f the late A rthur Cohn. New York University (NYU) has received th r e e gifts. T h e E lm er a n d M a m d o u h a B obst E oundation gave a gift o f $272,000, b ringing th e M am douha B obst B ook En­ d o w m e n t Fund to $3 m illion. Bobst is the w id o w o f Elm er H olm es Bobst, w h o se ini­ tial gift e n a b le d th e creatio n o f th e NYU B obst Library, th e cen tral library in th e NYU sy ste m . T h e M a c D o n a ld -P e te rs o n F o u n d a tio n has d o n a te d $62,000 to th e NYU Libraries: $50,000 for o n lin e tu to ri­ als, aim ed at d e v e lo p in g library research skills an d $12,000 for the d e v e lo p m e n t of th e F rench collection. A fu rth er gift from the Sharon Lee M acDonald C haritable Trust is e a rm ark e d for the Asian, African, an d F rench collections. W ayne State U n ive rsity has received a $300,000 gift from th e Ford M otor C om ­ p an y Fund. T he gift, w hich will be given o v er a p e rio d o f five years, will e n a b le the A dam any U ndergraduate Library to add 10,000 volum es to its b o o k collection. The library cu rren tly has ap p ro x im ately 30,000 volu m es in its co llectio n an d is w o rk in g to w ard a goal o f 100,000 volum es. Robert C o lu m b ia U n iv e rsity has re ce ive d a $20,000 g ra n t from th e G lad y s K rieb le D elm as F o u n d atio n to digitize data from th e A very I n d e x to A rc h ite c tu ra l P erio d i­ cals. D irector o f Avery, A ngela Giral, said, “T he funds will allow us to c o m p le te the ad d itio n to th e o n lin e in d ex o f th e e q u iv a ­ lent o f ten years o f p ro d u c tio n in a single year, w h ic h w ill p ra c tic a lly d o u b le th e n u m b e r o f r e c o r d s a v a ila b le to u s e rs th ro u g h rem o te a c c e ss.” The p roject will a d d ap p ro x im ately 150,000 p erio d ical ci­ tatio n s to the d a ta b a se from Avery’s card file (1934-76). The in d ex is available in m assive p a p e r v o lu m es an d CD-ROM for­ m ats. O n ly d a ta from 1977 to p re s e n t, w hich in clu d es ap p ro x im ately 1,000 jo u r­ nals w ith m ore th an 219,000 o n lin e cita­ tions u p d a te d daily, is cu rren tly available o n lin e th ro u g h th e R esearch Libraries In ­ fo rm atio n N etw ork. Ed. note: 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 & R L N e w s ■ M a y 2 0 0 0 / 431 A c q u i s i t i o n s The papers of novelist Caryl Phillips, h a v e b e e n a c q u i r e d b y th e B e i n e c k e R a re B o o k & M a n u s c r ip t L ib ra ry . B o r n in 1958 in th e W e s t In d ie s , P h illip s g r e w u p in E n g la n d , w h e r e h e w a s e d u c a t e d at O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . P h illip s is p r o f e s s o r o f E n g lis h a n d H e n r y R. L u c e p r o f e s s o r o f M ig r a t io n a n d S o c ia l O r d e r at B a r n a r d C o l l e g e at C o lu m b ia U n iv e r s it y . T h e a r c h iv e in c lu d e s h o l o g r a p h a n d t y p e d d rafts, n o te s , a n d r e s e a r c h m a t e r i a l s r e l a t i n g t o s e v e n p u b lis h e d b o o k s , in c lu d in g his m o s t r e c e n t n o v e l , The N a t u r e o f B lo o d ( 1 9 9 7 ) , a m u lt ifa c e t e d n a r r a tiv e t o ld in p a rt b y a H o l o c a u s t s u r v i v o r . A l s o p r e s e n t a r e e x t e n s i v e f il e s f o r th e t r a v e l o g u e The E u ro p e a n T r ib e (1 9 8 7 ) a n d th e n o v e ls F in a l Passage (1 9 8 5 ), A State o f In d e p e n d e n c e (1 9 8 6 ), H ig h e r G r o u n d ( 1 9 8 9 ), C a m b rid g e (1 9 9 1 ), a n d C rossin g the R iv e r. T h e a r c h iv e a ls o in c lu d e s m a te r ia ls r e la t in g to P h i l l i p s ’s s ta g e, film , a n d r a d io p r o je c t s , as w e l l as m a n u s c r ip ts o f s e l e c t e d s h o rt f ic t io n a n d a rticles. S u b sta n tia l c o r r e s p o n d e n c e s w it h su ch w r it e r s as J a m a ic a K in c a id , P e t e r C a re y , a n d J o a n R ile y a re p r e s e n t in th e a r c h iv e , as w e l l as e x c h a n g e s w it h T o n i M o r r i s o n , M i c h a e l O n d a a t j e , S a lm a n R u s h d ie , C h a r le s S im ic, a n d D e r e k W a lc o t t . A collection of Samuel Butler's satirical p o e m H u d i b ras has b e e n g i v e n to th e R a re B o o k C o l l e c t i o n o f th e A c a d e m i c A ffa ir s L ib ra ry at th e U n iv e r s it y o f N o r t h C a r o lin a at C h a p e l H ill. R o b e r t S e v e r a n c e , a f o r m e r p r e s id e n t o f A C R L , d o n a t e d th e c o l l e c t i o n , w h ic h c o n s is ts o f 130 e d itio n s o f B u tler’s classic w o r k fr o m th e first e d i t io n o f 1663 to th e 1930s. M o r e th a n 50 w e r e p r in t e d b e f o r e 1800. A n u m b e r o f 1 8 th -c e n tu ry e d i t i o n s c o n t a in w o o d c u t s b y W i l l i a m H o g a r th . Hundreds of rare documents of Benjamin Franklin Y a n c e y , o n e o f the first b la c k e d u ­ cators in central V irgin ia an d fo r w h o m the c u r r e n t e l e m e n t a r y s c h o o l in E s m o n t is n a m ed , h a v e b e e n g iv e n to th e S pecial C o l­ lectio n s D e p a rtm e n t at the U n iv ersity o f V ir­ gin ia (U V ) . T h e d o c u m en ts, w h ic h o f f e r an e x t e n s iv e pictu re o f e a rly A fric a n A m e ric a n e d u c a tio n in V irgin ia, w e r e re c e n tly d is c o v ­ e r e d in the attic o f a b o a r d e d - u p h o u s e a b o u t to b e to rn d o w n in A lb e m a r le C ou nty. T h e d ocu m en ts w ill b e p la c e d o n the W e b through U V ’s “ R ace an d P la c e ” p ro je c t o n the h istory o f th e Jim C r o w era (a t h tt p :/ / w w w .v c d h . v irg in ia .ed u / a fa m / in d ex .h tm l). Y a n c e y , w h o d i e d in 1 9 1 5 , c a m e t o r u r a l s o u t h e r n A lb e m a r le C o u n ty in the 1890s to fou n d , raise m o n e y for, an d teach at a o n e - r o o m s c h o o l fo r A fric a n A m e r ic a n ch ild ren . T h e c o lle c ­ tion, fillin g th ree la rge b o x e s , in clu des m o r e than 250 letters, p h o to g r a p h s an d tintypes, an d s c h o o l d o c u m e n ts s h e d d in g light o n ru­ ral e d u c a tio n an d c o m m u n ity life in V irginia. Phil Johnson, a 1950 Loyola graduate and fo r m e r o n -a ir editorialist fo r W W L - T V , g a v e L o y o la U n iv e r s it y - N e w O rle a n s his life tim e w o r k , w h ic h consists o f m o r e than 10,000 b ro a d ca st ed itoria ls h e p r o d u c e d th ro u g h o u t his 38-year ten u re at the station. J o h n s o n ’s w r itin g a n d narration o f te le v is io n d o c u m e n ­ taries e a r n e d him an E m m y and t w o P e a b o d y A w a r d s . H e h a s a l s o r e c e i v e d s e v e r a l G ab riels, a w a r d e d b y the C a th olic B ro a d ca st­ ers A s s o c ia t io n f o r p r o d u c t io n s r e fle c t in g C a th o lic tea ch in gs an d m orals. ■ J.Y. J o y n e r Library aaRre lsva eanrrtavie vaiaabllet East C a rolin a U n i- v ersity has re p rin te d the rare narrative o f F rid a y Jones, a fo r m e r s la v e fro m W a k e C ou n ty, N o rth Carolina. T h e lib ra ry ’s c o p y o f Days o f B ondage: A u to b io g ra p h y o f F rid a y Jones, bein g a B r ie f N a rra tiv e o f H is Trials a n d T rib u la - tions in Slavery (W a s h in g to n , D.C.: C o m - m e rc ia l Pub. C o., 1883), is th e o n ly o r ig i­ nal v e r s io n re p r e s e n te d in th e O C L C da- tabase. T h e reprin tin g, w h ic h con tain s a b i o ­ gra ph ical sketch o f Jones, illustrations, and an in tro d u ctio n b y W illia m L. A ndrew 's, an au th ority o n the s la v e narrative as a literary g e n re , is a v a ila b le fr e e to librar­ ies. T o ob ta in a c o p y , sen d a self-ad dressed 6 1/2" X 9 1/2" e n v e l o p e w ith $1 fo r p o s t­ a g e to F red H arrison, N o rth C a rolin a C o l­ le c tio n , J.Y. J o y n e r Library, G r e e n v ille , N o rth C a rolin a 27858. ■ http://www.vcdh 4 3 2 / C & R L N e w s ■ M a y 2 0 0 0