ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries December 1995/783 Grants and Acquisitions Hugh Thompson Albion College in Michi­ gan has received a grant o f $2 million from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation o f Battle Creek. The grant w ill be used to expand information technology within the col­ lege, extend information ser­ vices to the Albion commu­ nity, and allow the com ­ munity access to information resources via the Internet through the creation o f three public access sites. The American Antiquarian Society has received grants o f $110,000 from the National Science Foundation and $12,000 from the Na­ tional Endowment for the Humanities to fund the “First Democratization Project,” which will collect, analyze, and archive all the existing fed­ eral, state, and local voting records from the U.S. in the early national period from 1788 to 1824. The result will be an important contribu­ tion to the understanding o f the way American politics operated in the age o f Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library has received a $220,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humani­ ties to preserve and catalog the archives o f modernist architect and theatrical designer Jo­ seph Urban (1872– 1933). The collection in­ cludes architectural drawings, stage models, glass plate and acetate negatives, sketches, drawings and paintings— many in fragile con­ dition. The two-year grant will allow hiring of two full-time employees who will improve stor­ age o f materials, make minor repairs, and iden­ tify items that need major conservation work. Indiana University's (IU) School o f Li­ brary and Information Science (SLIS) has been awarded a $6,250 grant from OCLC Online Com­ puter Library Center and Office Research to Ed. note: To ensure that y ou r news is con ­ sidered f o r publication, write to: Grants & A c­ quisitions, C&RL News, 50 E. H uron St., Chi­ cago, IL 60611; e-mail: hugb.thompson‹Sala. org. Photos are welcome. study the impact o f elec­ tronic journals on scholarly com m unication. T h e re­ search is expected to high­ light electronic journal titles that major research libraries should consider acquiring and w ill also serve as a benchmark against which future studies o f electronic journals can be compared. IU’s SLIS has also been awarded $14,000 in federal funds, added to $10,000 in institutional support, to edu­ cate a doctoral student in the area o f human- computer interaction (HCI), an interdisciplinary field drawing on psychology, cognitive science, computer science, sociology, and ergonomics. “Libraries and information centers o f all kinds cannot afford to ignore the issues associated with system usability and effectiveness— the domain o f HCI,” said Blaise Cronin, dean o f SLIS. The funds were granted under the U.S. Department o f Education’s Library Education and Human Resource Development Program. Rutgers University has received a grant o f $55,723 from the National Historical Publi­ cations and Records Commission to arrange and describe the records, dating from 1893, o f four New Jersey utopian communities: Jersey Home­ steads, Farmingdale, the Modern School, and Free Acres. The records will be entered into RLIN and OCLC. The University o f the Arts in Philadel­ phia has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Terra Foundation for the Arts which will lead to a series o f direct and matching grants over two years totaling $22 million. The funds will enable the university to expand its mission in education, research, and the fostering o f cre­ ative development in the visual, performing, and design arts through new academic pro­ grams, scholarships, and enhanced faculty and staff compensation and developm ent. The grants will also contribute to the building o f a new teaching facility and support improvements to an existing dormitory. The University o f North Dakota has been awarded an $11,000 grant from the U.S. West 784/C&RL News Foundation to fund an educational program for K– 12 students in North Dakota. The grant will be used to purchase and set up a server and construct a W eb site that will contain regional educational and historical information to be used by school children throughout the state. A cq u isitio n s A collection o f recordings documenting Western music from the 1930s to the present has been acquired by the Autry Museum o f Western Heritage in Los Angeles. The almost 250 LPs and singles w ere donated by the Music Department o f California State University, Northridge. The collection, originally compiled by the university’s radio station, KCSN-FM, spans a range o f Western styles, including Western swing, traditional cow boy, singing cowboy, rockabilly, and modern-contemporary. Featured artists include Spade Cooley, Bob Wills, Pee W ee King, and a host o f lesser-known but significant performers. Small independent labels such as Texas Rose and Cattle Records, are represented with reissues o f rare original recordings and inaccessible radio transcriptions. Former Pennsylvania G overn or Robert P. Casey has donated his personal papers and administrative documents Pennsylvania State University’s Pattee Library. The collection o f more than 75 boxes o f material records Gover­ nor Casey’s terms in office (1987– 1995 and in­ cludes speeches, administrative correspon­ dence, photos, and newspaper clippings. The papers will be an excellent source for anyone seeking information on 20th-century public of­ ficials and their public activities. The personal papers o f W . McNeil Lowry (1913– 1993), the creator and administrator o f the humanities and arts division o f the Ford Foundation from its inception in 1957 until his retirement in 1975, have been acquired by the University Archives at the University o f Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The collection includes thousands o f field notes taken by Lowry and his assistants; transcripts o f private conferences held with some o f the most famous names in the performing arts; copies o f oral histories with Lowry for the Truman Library; personal corre­ spondence with political, philanthropic, and arts figures; and much detailed information about how a major philanthropic foundation is run. The papers o f the late Arthur J. H. Clem­ ent Jr., a prominent African American business­ man and civic leader from Charleston, South Carolina, have been acquired by the University o f South Carolina’s South Caroliniana Library. Clement was associated with the North Caro­ lina Mutual Life Insurance Company for over 37 years in positions o f increasing responsibil­ ity. The papers contain thousands o f letters, speeches, newspaper clippings, reports, pro­ grams, and photographs concerning Clement’s widespread interests. The p a p ers o f the M au ry Fam ily, a prominent family o f Virginia, have been ac­ quired by the College o f William and Mary’s Earl Gregg Swem Library in Williamsburg. The largest part o f the collection o f more than 700 items centers around the correspondence o f James Maury (1746-1840), the first American consul to Liverpool, England, and his wife, Margaret Rutson Maury, with their five children. Other parts o f the collection include the letters and diaries o f Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806- 1873), famed oceanographer and nephew o f James Maury. ■ Hugh Ferriss’s rendering o f the Ziegfeld Theater in New York designed by Joseph Urban. From the Joseph Urban Collection at Columbia University.