ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


1044 /  C&RL News ■  Decem ber 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

The In s titu te  o f  M u se u m  a nd L ib ra ry Ser­
vices (IMLS) gave m ore than $2.4 million in 
grants to libraries across the nation for library 
and inform ation s cien c e research that e x ­
plores creative solutions to bridging the digi­
tal divide. T he academ ic libraries awarded 
the grant include the California Institute of 
Technology in Pasadena; Drexel Univer­
sity in Philadelphia; Florida State Univer­
sity in Tallahassee; the Image Permanence 
Institute in Rochester, New York; the Uni­
versity of Michigan School of Information 
in Ann Arbor; and the University o f North 
Texas in Denton.

IMLS also awarded m ore than $3 million 
for 14 projects that will help libraries and 
museums work together to expand  public 
access and m eet a range o f individual, fam­
ily, com m u n ity n eed s. A cad em ic library 
awardees include the University o f Illinois 
in Chicago; Southern Utah University in 
Cedar City; Johns Hopkins University in 
Baltim ore; Lee College in B ay ton  Texas; 
Palau Community College in Koror, Repub­
lic o f Palau, Palau; University of Illinois in 
Champaign; University o f Michigan in Ann 
Arbor; University o f South Carolina in Co­
lumbia.

IMLS awarded m ore than $2.7 million to 
12 libraries for projects that will digitize li­
brary resources and m ake them  available on 
the Web. T he libraries include Cornell Uni­
versity in Ithaca, New York; Georgia De­
partment of Archives and History in At­
lanta; Indiana University in Bloom ington; 
Louisiana State University in B aton Rouge; 
Nebraska State Historical Society in Lin­
coln; New York Public Library; Northern 
Illinois University in DeKalb; Tufts Uni­
versity Archives and Special Collections 
in Medford, Massachusetts; University of Ari­
zona in Tucson; University of Georgia in 
Athens; University of North Carolina in 
Chapel Hill; and the University o f the Vir­
gin Island in St. Croix.

President E m eritus V ernon A ld e n  pledged
$5 million to O hio University Libraries to cre­
ate the Marion Parson Alden Permanent En­

dowment for Univer­
sity Libraries. Alden, 
w h o  s e r v e d  fro m  
1962 to 1969 as the 
1 5 th  p r e s id e n t , 
nam ed the en d o w ­
m en t after his late 
w ife  w h o  d ie d  in 
1999. “In making this 
p led g e to establish 
th e M arion P arso n  
A ld e n  P e r m a n e n t Vernon Alden
E n d o w m e n t fo r  
Alden Library, I wish to recognize Marion’s 
devotion and com m itm ent to O h io .” Alden 
Library was dedicated in Vernon Alden’s name 
w hen it opened  in February 1969 with som e 
500,000 volumes.

The U n iv e rs ity  W is c o n s in -M ilw a u k e e 's
G olda Meir Library has b e e n  awarded an 
$8,000 grant from the W isconsin Humanities 
Council, with funds from the National En­
dowm ent for the Humanities, in support o f a 
project entitled “T he Shape and Color o f R e­
search .” The project, directed by Special Col­
lections Librarian Max Yela, will endeavor to 
dem onstrate the relationship b etw een  the 
research process and the creation o f original 
works o f art through a series o f public dia­
logues, a published catalog o f the project, 
and three exhibition formats.

The Schlesinger L ib ra ry  o n  th e  H is to ry  o f
W omen in America in the Radcliffe Institute 
for Advanced Study at Harvard University has 
received a grant o f $295,000 from the An­
drew W. Mellon Foundation to com plete the 
cataloging and digitizing o f 2 0,000 p hoto­
graphs as part o f the library’s Photo Access 
project. The new  photographs, with 16,000 
previously digitized images, will b e  available 
on  the Internet initially as part o f Harvard’s 
Visual Inform ation Access database at http:// 
via. harvard. edu:748/html/VIA.html.

Ed. note: Send y o u r  new s to : G rants 8  A cq u isitio ns, 
C & R L  N e w s ,  5 0  Ē. H u ro n  St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; 
e -m a il: ayou n g @ ala .o rg .

mailto:ayoung@ala.org


C&RL News ■ D ecem ber 2000 /  1045

A c q u i s i t i o n s

The archive of Irish-bom Canadian novelist
Brian Moore (1 9 2 1 -9 9 ) has been  acquired by 
the University o f Texas at Austin. Until his 
death, Moore was regarded as on e o f Canada’s 
greatest living authors. His novels Ttoe Doctor’s 
Wife (1976), B lack Robe (1985), and Lies o f  
Silence (1990), w ere each shortlisted for the 
B o o k e r Prize. M oore later p e n n ed  the 
screenplay for the film adaptation o f Black 
Robe. Included in the Moore papers are 
working notes; early, intermediate, and final 
drafts; and corrected proofs for much o f his 
published work. The archive includes various 
versions o f ten novels, including The Doctor’s 
Wife, Lies o f  Silence, Cold Heaven (1983), and 
Tloe Color o f  Blood{1987). In addition to these 
drafts, the archive also contains the author’s 
original journal, in 42 volumes, dating from 
1 9 5 7  to 1 9 9 8 ; a la r g e  c o l l e c t i o n  o f  
c o r r e s p o n d e n c e ; an d  v a rio u s  o rig in a l 
documents and personal effects relating to 
M oore’s life.

A  c o l le c tio n  o f  ra re  a r ts  a n d  c ra fts -e ra
books and related ephem era was acquired by 
Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin Library. 
The Triple Crown Collection includes 150 
volumes printed by the Kemscott, Doves and 
A sh en dene p resses; com b in ed  w ith the 
university’s existing holdings, the collection 
reprësents virtually the com plete published 
output o f the three presses, w hich together 
mark the epitom e o f fine bookm aking in 
England. In addition to printed books, the 
collection includes hundreds o f supplementary 
items docum enting both the artistic and 
business p rocesses behind  many o f the 
volum es’ creation. Highlights include Ballads 
a n d  Narrative Poems (1893) by Danta Gabriel 
Rossetti, published by the Kemscott Press; 
Song o f  Solomon (1902), published by the 
A s h e n d e n e  P r e s s  w ith  h a n d -d r a w n  
illuminations throughout the text by Florence 
Kingsford; and The English Bible (1 9 0 3 -0 5 ) 
designed by T. J. Cobden-Sandersons and 
published by the Doves Press.

A m a n u s c rip t copy o f th e o r ig in a l jo u rn a ls
o f explorers William Clark and Meriwether 
Lewis have b e e n  acquired by Lewis & Clark 
C ollege in Portland, O regon . T h e 1893

manuscript is part o f the G eorge Tw eeney 
Collection, on e o f two prem iere collections of 
printed material on the Lewis and Clark 
Expedition acquired by Lewis & Clark College. 
W hen Elliott Coues edited the original journals 
o f the explorers in 1893, the American 
Philosophical Society permitted him to take 
the journals from Philadelphia to Washington,
D.C. Unbeknow nst to the society, Coues 
hired handwriting expert Mary Anderson for 
$150 to make an exact handwritten copy of 
the journals. “Coues intended to publish the 
journals on a future date, but that never 
happ en ed,” said Gary Moulton, a leading 
scholar on  the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 
The 1-million word manuscript fills 16 slipcase 
boxes.

Wanda Gag's drawings fo r Snow W hite and 
the Seven Dwarfs.

W a n d a  G a g 's o r ig in a l, p re lim in a ry , a nd
final drawings for Snow White a n d  the Seven 
Dwarfs (first published in 1938) have been  
acquired by the University o f Minnesota 
L ibraries C h ild ren ’s L iterature R esearch  
Collection (CLRC). CLRC now  contains all 
but on e o f G ag’s original manuscripts and 
illustrations. Gag, a Minnesota native, is 
world-fam ous for her classic children’s tale, 
Millions o f  Cats. Purchase o f the Snow  W hite 
drawings was m ade p ossible through the 
Elizabeth F. and Phillip Y. Barrett Endowment 
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