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a n d  f o r m e r  law  li b r a r ia n  a t th e  C o r n e ll L aw  
School from  1935 to 1965, d ied  on January 25. A 
m e m b e r o f th e  C o rn ell faculty since 1931, M orse 
had re tir e d  in 1969. H e h a d  also se rv e d  as associ­
ate d ean  for alum ni affairs an d  p la c e m e n t at th e  
law school.

K a t h e r i n e  P. R ossi, a s s o c ia t e  lib r a r ia n  a n d

co o rd in ato r of th e  T echnical Services D e p a rtm e n t 
at th e  F . F ran k lin  M oon L ibrary, C ollege of E n ­
v iro n m en tal Science an d  F o re s try , State U n iv e r­
sity o f N ew  York, S y racu se, d ie d  on F e b ru a ry  
6. S h e  h a d  b e e n  a t t h e  M o o n  L i b r a r y  s in c e  
1966. ■■

News from the Field
A C Q U IS IT IO N S

•  A n t i o  U , Yellow Springs, Ohio, 
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M organ, fo rm er A ntioch p re s id e n t, first d ire c to r 
of O hio’s M iam i Valley C onservancy D istrict, and 
first chairm an of th e  T e n n e sse e  Valley A uthority 
(TVA). In c lu d e d  in th e  collection are family an d  
g e n e r a l c o r r e s p o n d e n c e ;  r e s e a r c h  fo r tw e n t y  
books and h u n d re d s o f articles an d  speeches; an d  
m aterial on A ntioch, th e  TVA, e n g in eerin g , M or­
gan’s C o m m u n ity  Service organization, a n d  s p e ­
cial p ro jects in w hich M organ was involved. Irw in  
A bram s, A ntioch U n iv ersity  d istin g u ish ed  p ro fes­
sor of history, notes th a t D r. M organ becam e “a 
social p la n n e r  of g re a t vision a n d  in te rn a tio n a l 
r e p u t a t i o n . ’’ As an  e n g in e e r , M o rg a n  w as i n ­
volved in over 50 w ater-co n tro l p ro jects and  as a 
c o n su lta n t, h e  se rv e d  ed u catio n al a n d  c o n stru c ­
tio n  p r o je c ts  in F in la n d , A frica, M exico, a n d  
India.

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 H e n ry  H astie P ap ers, a collection of 
a p p r o x im a te ly  3 5 ,0 0 0  ite m s . H a s t ie , la w y e r , 
e d u c a to r, G o v e rn o r o f th e  V irg in  Isla n d s a n d  
Ju d g e o f th e  U .S. C o u rt of A ppeals, T h ird  C ir­
cuit, d ied  in April, 1976. M aterials in c lu d e d  are 
drafts of an d  c o rre sp o n d e n c e  reg ard in g  opinions; 
C o u rt a d m in istra tiv e  item s such as re p o rts and 
statistical tables; briefs; c o rre sp o n d e n c e  re la tin g  
to his in v o lv em en t in civic an d  an ti-discrim ination 
causes; m an u scrip ts o f w ritings; and biographical 
m aterial in clu din g  p h o to g rap h s a n d  h o n o rary  cita­
tion.

•  I n d i a n a  U n i v e r s i t y ’ s L illy  L i b r a r y , 
B loom ington, has a d d e d  to its P o u n d  collection 
m ore th an  12,000 le tte rs from  th e  estate of E zra 
P o u n d ’s widow, D o ro th y  S hakespear Pound. This 
collection of incom ing co rresp o n d en ce, in clu din g  
le tte rs from  T. S. E liot, Jam es Joyce, K ath erin e 
A nne P o rte r, and L aw ren ce of A rabia, has b e e n  
a c q u ired  by th e  Lilly L ibrary  from  M rs. P o u n d ’s 
h e irs. T h e  le tte r s , w hich ra n g e  o v e r th e  years 
from 1900 to 1973, th e  y ear after E zra d ied , are 
p rin cip ally  c o n c e n tra te d  in th e  p e rio d  b e tw e e n  
1946 a n d  1953, th e  d iffic u lt y e a rs  o f P o u n d ’s 
c o n fin e m e n t a t S aint E liz a b e th ’s H o sp ita l, a n d

th e  p e rio d  le a s t w ell d o c u m e n te d  in  his b io g ­
raphies. A ccom panying th e  collection is th e  co r­
re sp o n d e n c e  b e tw e e n  P o u n d  and his good frien d  
an d  m usical m e n to r, A gnes B edford. T h e re  are 
198 le tte rs from  P o u n d  w ritte n  b e tw e e n  1919 a n d  
1940 a n d  88 fro m  B e d f o r d  d a tin g  fro m  1938 
th ro u g h  1968. T h e Lilly L ibrary is p ro cessin g  th e  
collection and expects to have it available for use 
by scholars in th e  spring.

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 a c o m p le te , a u to g ra p h e d , first e d itio n  

collection of th e  books of E u d o ra  W elty, d o n ated  
by th e  a u th o r. In  1972 W e lty  w on a P u litz e r  
P riz e  for h e r  n o v el, The O p tim ist’s D a u gh ter.
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an d  sig n e d  b la c k -a n d -w h ite  p h o to g ra p h s W elty  
shot in M ississippi w hile w orking as a pub licity  
ag en t for th e  federal W ork P rojects A d m in istra­
tion.

•  R i c e  U n i v e r s i t y ’ s F o n d re n  L ib rary , H o u s­
ton, officially and ap p ro p riate ly  b ecam e a m ajor 
c e n te r for th e  study o f m an n ed  space flight w ith 
th e  tra n sfe r of th o u sa n d s o f h isto rical m aterials 
co llected  d u rin g  th e  p a st tw en ty  years by NASA. 
T he m an n ed  flight collection, originally h o u sed  at 
th e L yndon B. Johnson Space C e n te r, consists of 
le tte rs, m em oran d a, Telex m essages, m in u tes of 
m e e tin g s , r e p o r ts , p ro p o sa ls, a n d  ta p e d  i n t e r ­
v ie w s. As th e  in d e x in g  o f t h e  m a te r ia l ta k e s 
p lace, th e  co llectio n  will b e  m a d e  available to 
NASA via a re m o te  te rm in a l to th e  d atabase at 
th e  Space C e n te r. Rice lib rary  users of th e  collec­
tion on site will also have access to th e  n e w e r 
d o cu m en ts still at NASA via th e  sam e c o m p u te r 
set-up.

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H o u s e  in  H a m p s te a d , E n g la n d . T h e s e  d o c u ­
m en ts, m any of th e m  u n p u b lish e d , in clu d e le t­
te rs an d  m em orabilia of th e  K eats circle.

•  T he U n   T ’ E u g e n e  C. B arker 
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late L u th e r H . E vans, d ire c to r g e n e ra l of U N ­
E S C O  from  1953 to 1958. In  1935 E vans, a p o lit­
ical scientist, organized and d ire c te d  th e  H isto ri­
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m inistration in W ashington, D .C ., an d  from 1945 
to 1953 h e  serv ed  as L ibrarian of C ongress. T he 
L u th e r H . E vans C ollection m easu res 200 lin ear 
shelf fe e t and consists of d iv erse m aterial in clu d ­
ing personal co rresp o n d en ce from  1924 to 1981 
and m anuscripts of E v an s’ speeches an d  articles. 
O th e r item s in c lu d e  a p p o in tm e n t books, n ew s­
p a p e r and m agazine clippings, pho to g rap h s, tap e 
r e c o r d in g s  a n d  p h o n o g r a p h  r e c o r d s  o f h is 
speeches, personal diaries from  1955 to 1978 and 
a variety of m iscellaneous publications re la te d  to 
his w ork w ith U N E S C O , th e  W orld F ed eralists 
and n u m ero u s in tern atio n al conferences.

•  T h e  U n i v e r s i t y  o f  T u l s a  h as r e c e iv e d  a 
com plete collection of th e  publications issu ed  by 
th e  Book C lub of California, including all of th e 
books it has p u b lish e d  since its in cep tio n  in 1913. 
In addition, th e re  is a co m p lete ru n  o f th e  Q uar­
terly N ew s-Letter of th e  Book C lub o f California 
(beginning in 1933), all of th e  annual keepsakes, 
as well as th e  p rin te d  e p h e m e ra  relatin g  to th e 
C lu b ’s o peration an d  publication program . R e p re ­
se n te d  th ro u g h o u t th e  collection are exam ples of 
th e  w o rk  of som e o f C a lifo rn ia ’s fin e st ty p o g ­
rap h ers and  p rin te rs , including John H e n ry  Nash, 
th e  G r a b h o r n s , A lfre d  a n d  L a w to n  K e n n e d y , 
Adrian W ilson, and  A ndrew  H oyem .

•  V a s s a r  C o l l e g e , P oughkeepsie, N ew  York, 
has a c q u ired  th e  p ap ers of th e  late p o e t E lizab eth  
B ishop, p riz e -w in n in g  a u th o r of G eogra p h y III
and 

 
North and South. T he Bishop collection has 

o v e r 3 ,5 0 0  p a g e s o f m a n u s c rip ts  b y  th e  p o e t, 
from h e r class notes w hile a stu d e n t at Vassar to 
poem s u n c o m p le te d  a t h e r death. T h e re  are also 
diaries, a p p o in tm e n t books, business p ap ers, and 
w orking p a p e rs a n d  galleys for h e r  p o em s a n d  
prose. T h e collection contains le tte rs from  m any 
of th e leading authors of th e tw e n tie th  c e n tu ry , 
including e .e . cum m ings, Alice B. Toklas, D ylan 
Thom as, an d  E u d o ra  W elty.

•  W  C ’  C lifton M. M iller 
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archive-library of source m aterials (and su p p o rt­
ing scholarly works) on th e  C hesapeak e Bay d u r­
ing th e R evolutionary p erio d . In c lu d e d  are all of 
th e  M ary la n d  a n d  V irg in ia n e w s p a p e rs , 1 7 7 3 - 
1783; th e  Pennsylvania G azette, 1728-1789; A d­
m iralty R ecords of ships’ logs, jo u rn als an d  p rize 
lis ts ; C u s to m s  R e c o r d s , b o t h  A m e r ic a n  a n d  
B ritish; p a p e rs (family, naval, A dm iralty C o u rt, 
C o n t i n e n t a l  C o n g r e s s , e tc .) ; a n d  t h e  Sol 
F ein sto n e collection of th e  A m erican R evolution. 
T h e s e  p r i m a r y  s o u r c e s  in  m ic ro f o r m  a r e  
s u p p le m e n te d  b y  a p p ro p r ia te  h is to ric a l m o n o ­
g ra p h s , m a p s, a tla s e s , b ib lio g r a p h ic a l w o rk s, 
P h .D . d iss e rta tio n s , along w ith  p h o to g ra p h s of 
c o n t e m p o r a r y  m a p s , s c e n e s , p o r t r a i t s , d o c u ­
m en ts, and cartoons. T he collection serv ed  as th e  
research  base for th e  b ic en ten n ial n arrative h is­
tory, C hesapeake Bay in the Am erican R evolu­
tion, (C e n tre v ille , M d.: T id e w a te r P u b lis h e rs , 
1981).

G R A N TS

•  T h e  lib r a r y  o f th e  B  I  
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$240,000 g ra n t from  th e  P ew  M em o rial T ru st. 
T h e g ra n t w ill fu n d  a th r e e - y e a r  re tr o s p e c tiv e  
cataloging p ro ject, in clu ding th e  p u rch ase of an 
O C L C  term in al an d  th e  acquisition of additional 
staff. T he p ro ject will allow th e  library to pro v id e 
im p ro v ed  su b ject access to its extensive collection 
of books on im m igration and eth n icity , an d  it will 
also  m a k e  t h e  c o l le c tio n  a c c e s s ib le  to  o t h e r  
O C L C  libraries.

•  T he vast collection of rarities and treasu res 
h eld  by T h e  N e w  Y o r k  P  L  m oved a 
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an n o u n cem en t of a $1,250,000 g ran t to NYPL by 
th e  D .S. and R .H . G ottesm an F o undation . T he 
grant will b e  u sed  to re sto re  th e  m ain exhibition 
room  in th e  lib r a r y ’s 4 2 n d  S tr e e t C e n tr a l R e­
search Building, a c e n te rp ie c e  in th e  Beaux Arts 
building d esig n ed  by C a rrè re  and H astings th a t 
served as th e  lib rary ’s m ajor display area from  its 
opening in 1911 to W orld W ar II. T he G ottesm an 
grant is th e  keystone in w hat library officials e sti­
m ate to b e  a $3.5 m illion p ro ject to fully resto re 
an d  re fu rb is h  th e  e x h ib itio n  room . T h e m oney 
also will b e  u sed  to endow  an exhibition program  
and h ire a staff.

•  N e w  Y o r k  U n i v e r s i t y  L ib ra rie s, th e  N ew  
York P u b lic  L ib ra ry , a n d  C o lu m b ia  U n iv e rs ity  
L ibraries have b e e n  aw arded a jo in t H ig h e r E d u ­
cation Act, T itle II-C  g ra n t, for cataloging  an d  
p re s e rv in g  a rt m aterials. E x p e n d itu re s  to talin g  
$662,816 w ere a u th o rized  for th e  fiscal y ear th a t 
began O cto b er 1, 1981. O f th e  total am o unt, N ew  
Y ork U n iv e r s ity  w ill r e c e iv e  $ 2 1 6 ,8 2 7 ; t h e s e  
funds will b e u sed  to im prove access to th e  a rt 
holdings of th e  In s titu te  of F in e A rt L ib rary (IFA) 
a n d  th e  P arso n s School o f D e sig n  G im b e l L i­
brary. T he NYU p ro je c t will co n cen trate on r e t ­
rospective conversion an d  p reserv atio n  activities.

•  T u s c u l u m  C o l l e g e ,  G re e n e v ille , T e n n e s ­
see, has receiv ed  a N ational E n d o w m e n t for th e  
H u m an ities g ran t for th e  cataloging an d  p re s e rv a ­
tion of th e  C harles Coffin Book C ollection, w hich 
re p re se n ts an im p o rta n t source of inform ation on 
th e  d e v e lo p m e n t o f h ig h e r  e d u c a tio n  in  p o st- 
R evolutionary A m erica and th e  w estw ard sp read  
o f cu ltu re. T h e collection consists of n early 2,000 
volum es w hich co m p rised  th e  C ollege’s original 
library b e tw e e n  1794 and 1827.

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w ith innovative videodisc technology to p re se rv e , 
catalog, and d issem in ate its film an d  p h o to g rap h  
co lle c tio n s d o c u m e n tin g  Jew ish  life in p re -w a r 
E a s te r n  E u r o p e . T h e  p r o je c t w ill s e le c t from  
am ong th e  m any silen t “travel film s’’ in YIVO’s 
collection, m ost of th e m  tak en  by visitors from  
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r iod, transfer th at footage to videodisc, and invite 
eyew itnesses who w ere p re se n t at the filming or 
lived in the place film ed to be in terv iew ed  and 
describe w hat is on th e  screen. In addition, the 
p roject will store an d  catalog some of YIVO’s col­
lection of 120,000 photographs. YIVO, w hich was

founded in Vilna, Poland, in 1925, and m oved to 
N ew  York in 1940, is a m ajor c e n te r for th e study 
of Jewish history and culture in E astern  and C e n ­
tral E u ro p e ; Jew ish im m ig ratio n  to an d  s e ttle ­
m en t in th e U nited States; th e H olocaust period; 
and Yiddish language, literatu re and folklore. ■■

New Technology
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u n d ertak en  to autom ate th e libraries and link th e 
system s of those six New E ngland libraries. The 
r e p o r t, w h ic h  is d a te d  D e c e m b e r, 1981, was 
c o m p le te d  by R ichard W. Boss of In fo rm atio n  
System s C o n su ltan ts. In  a d d itio n  to a 94-page 
discussion of th e  needs of those libraries and how 
they m ight approach autom ation, and a series of 
recom m endations, th e re p o rt contains a series of 
appendices sum m arizing th e activities u n d ertak en  
as a p a rt of th e study. Copies of the re p o rt are 
available for $15 from Joseph P. C usker, E xecu­
tive Officer, Council of P resid ents, N ew  E ngland 
L an d  G ra n t U n iv e rsitie s, 15 G arrison A venue, 
D urham , N H  03824.

•  D a t a p r o  R e s e a r c h  C , D e lra n , 
N ew  J e r s e y , h as p u b lis h e

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source for organizations faced w ith th e  n e e d  to 
im prove upon conventional text com m unications 
sy stem s. T h e 2 6-page re p o r t, All A b o u t E lec­
tronic Mail, provides an overview  of th e state-of- 
t h e - a r t in e le c tro n ic  m ail p ra c tic e s  a n d  t e c h ­
nologies. T h e  r e p o r t ex am in es e le c tro n ic  m ail 
from  a w ide range of p ersp ectiv es, h ighlighting 
fu n ctio n al an d  econom ic co n sid e ratio n s of vo l­
um e, speed, and com patibility in th e analysis and 
selectio n  of electro n ic m ail altern ativ es. It fea­
t u r e s  te c h n o lo g ie s  r a n g in g  fro m  c o m p le te  
in te r n a l/e x te r n a l c o m m u n ic a tio n s n e tw o rk s to 
sim ple extensions of conventional mail service. A 
lis t o f m o re  th a n  100 h a r d w a r e  a n d  s e r v ic e  
supp lier nam es, addresses, and telep h o n e n u m ­
bers is in clu d ed  at the end of the repo rt.

Copies of All A bout Electronic Mail are avail­
able at $15 each from D atapro Research C orpora­
tio n , 1805 U n d e rw o o d  B o u lev ard , D e lra n , NJ 
08075; (800) 257-9406, or in N ew  Jersey, (609) 
764-0100.

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n t e r n a t i o n a l , M ark h am , O n ta rio , 
C a r l y l e  S y s t e m s , B erkeley, California, have 

agreed to link th e Geac online circulation system  
with th e  Carlyle online catalog system  in o rd er to 
provide libraries with an in te g ra te d  approach to 
s o p h is tic a te d  catalog se a rc h in g  an d  c irc u la tio n  
control. Using th e com bined system , th e  libraiy 
patron will be unaw are which of the two linked 
system s is b e in g  u se d . F o r catalo g  se a rc h in g ,

messages and com m ands e n te re d  on Geac term i­
nals will b e  au to m a tic a lly  p a sse d  th ro u g h  th e  
G eac m in i-c o m p u te r to th e  C arlyle c o m p u te r. 
The C arlyle system , which provides full keyword 
searching, Boolean com binations, authority con­
trol, and index brow sing capabilities, will execute 
each search and tran sm it th e results back to the 
term inal. A re q u e st for inform ation on th e availa­
bility of d e sire d  m aterials can be m ade on the 
same term inals, and will b e ex ecu ted  solely by 
the Geac system . U n d e r th e ag reem ent, Carlyle 
and Geac will both m arket th e com bined system.

•  J o h n s  H o p k i n s  U n i v e r s i t y ’ s M ilto n  S. 
E is e n h o w e r L ib ra ry  has re c e iv e d  a $1,232,000 
grant from th e  Pew M em orial T rust to im prove 
th e  L ib ra ry ’s in fo rm atio n  re trie v a l cap ab ilities. 
The grant will b e used to continue th e conversion 
of inform ation in th e  card catalog to co m p u ter- 
read ab le form  and to acq u ire c o m p u te r e q u ip ­
m e n t sufficient for a local c o m p u ter-accessib le 
catalog. T he grant will also enable th e L ibraiy to 
b e g in  ex p lo ratio n  of v id eo d isc te ch n o lo g y  as a 
preservation m edium  and to use telecopying d e ­
vices for in creased  reso u rce sharing am ong th e 
U niversity’s libraries.

• LITA’s V i d e o  a n d  C a b l e  C o m m u n i c a t i o n
S e c t i o n  is seeking library p ro d u c e d  videotapes 

 

for a screen in g  to be h e ld  at th e  annual Video 
Showcase du rin g  th e ALA annual conference in 
P h ilad e lp h ia . This year, lib ra rie s are asked to 
subm it tapes th at feature new  or unusual uses of 
v id e o  a n d  c a b le  te c h n o lo g y  in lib r a r ie s . T h e  
showcase provides an oppo rtu n ity  for those ALA 
m em bers in te re ste d  in video and cable com m uni­
cations to see how librarians across th e country 
are using this technology. T he video showcase 
will be h eld  in the LITA suite, which provides an 
informal atm osphere for sharing ideas.

V id e o ta p e  e n trie s  sh o u ld  b e in ¾ ” U -m atic 
form at and lim ited to ten  m inutes. Tapes should 
b e  s u b m itte d  to Bob K atz, A lbany P u b lic L i­
b r a r y , 161 W a s h in g to n  A v e n u e , A lb a n y , NY 
12210. H ighlights from th e video tapes may be 
e d ite d  to g e th e r and m ade available as a VCCS 
Video Sam pler.

•  T he E d ito rial L ibrary  of th e  A
T i m e s  will b e th e first te st site for

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