ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries M arch 1983 / 85 News fro m Field A C Q U IS IT IO N S • A l f r e d U n i v e r s i t y L ib r a r y , N ew Y o rk , has a cq u ired a ra re a rch iv e o f letters by 3 5 B ritish a u ­ th o r s i n c lu d in g T . S . E l i o t , W il li a m G o ld in g , T h o m a s H a rd y , Jo h n M a se fie ld , Jo h n B u c h a n , H .H . M u n ro , J . B . P riestley, and Jo h n G alsw o rth y. T h e l e t t e r s a r e t h e g i f t o f E v e l y n T e n n y s o n O p enh ym o f W ellsv ille, w h o h ad also donated a 5 ,3 0 0 -v o lu m e co lle ctio n o f m odern B ritish lite r a ­ tu re to th e lib ra ry . M uch o f th e c o n ten t o f th e c o r­ respond en ce is c o n cern ed w ith th e business aspects o f authorsh ip . • G e o r g e W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y ’s G e lm a n L ib r a ry has a cq u ired c a b le fra n ch ise prop osals for m o re th a n fifty m a jo r telev isio n m a rk e ts in th e U n ited S ta tes. T h e c o lle ctio n , housed in th e T e le ­ c o m m u n ic a tio n s I n f o r m a tio n C e n t e r , in c lu d e s proposals fo r such cities as C in c in n a ti, C olu m b u s, D a lla s, S t. P a u l, T u c so n , an d W a sh in g to n , D .C . T h e T eleco m m u n ica tio n s In fo rm a tio n C e n te r spe­ cializes in cu rre n t in fo rm a tio n c o n cern in g trends and p o licy -m akin g issues in th e c a b le industry. • T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f G e o r g i a L ib r a rie s ’ Sp ecial C o lle c tio n s D iv isio n , A th en s, h a v e r e c e n tly re ­ ceived th e p ersonal a rc h iv e o f th e So u th ern w riter L o n n ie C o lem a n ( 1 9 2 0 - 1 9 8 2 ). Inclu d ed in th e co l­ le c tio n a re diaries and jo u rn a ls, ed ito ria l an d oth er corresp o n d en ce, typescrip ts and w o rk in g drafts o f b o th previously published and un p ublished stories, p lays, and novels. T h e U n iversity o f G eo rg ia has also receiv ed from th e So u th ern F o rest In s titu te a su b sta n tia l co llec­ tio n o f p h o to grap h s on south ern forestry an d th e files o f fo u r fo restry o rg anizatio n s. O v er 1 ,0 0 0 pho­ tograp h s a re o f p a rticu la r interest in d o cu m entin g th e So u th ern logging industry from 193 9 to 1946. Su p p lem en tin g th ese a re th e files o f th e follow in g groups th a t fo rm ed to solve sp ecific p rob lem s of S o u th ern forests: th e S o u th e rn F o re s t R eso u rce C o u n cil, th e So u th ern F o rest D isease an d In sect C o u n c il, th e H arw ood F o restry R esearch F e llo w ­ ship P ro g ra m , and th e S ou th ern P in e B e e tle A ction C o m m itte e. G RA NTS • B a b s o n C o l l e g e . W e lle s le y , M a ssa ch u setts, has b een aw ard ed a g ra n t b y th e B oston c h a p te r o f th e A m erican P ro d u ctio n an d In v en to ry C o n tro l S o ciety fo r th e estab lish m en t o f a p erm a n en t li­ b ra r y c o lle ctio n o f m a teria ls on p ro d u ctio n and in ventory m a n a g em en t. T h e co lle ctio n w ill b e in te­ grated w ith o th er lib ra ry h oldings and w ill includ e books, jo u rn a ls, m onograph s, textbooks, papers and proceedings o f p rofessional associations, and n o n -p rin t m a teria ls. •The L i b r a r y C o m p a n y o f P h i l a d e l p h i a has re­ ceived tw o gran ts, $ 1 5 2 ,0 0 0 fro m th e J . H ow ard P ew Freed o m T ru s t and $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 from th e W illia m P en n F o u n d a tio n , to e n a b le i t to m a k e m a jo r b u ild in g a lte ra tio n s. T h e en closure o f tw o second- flo o r te rra ces w ill en large th e P rin t R o o m , provide a d e q u a te s p a c e fo r th e B in d e ry / C o n s e r v a tio n W o rk sho p , an d en d th e p ro b lem o f re cu rrin g leaks from th e open b alco n ies. T h e se gran ts, to g eth er w ith a p p ro x im ately $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 from m em bers to in ­ crease th e lib ra ry ’s en d o w m en t, m eet tw o -third s o f th e rece n tly aw a rd ed $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 th re e-fo r-o n e C h a l­ lenge G r a n t from th e N atio n al E n d o w m en t fo r the H u m an ities. • T h e R esearch L ib ra rie s o f th e N e w Y o r k P u b ­ l i c L i b r a r y h ave b een granted $ 1 .2 5 m illio n to aid b o th long and sh o rt ra n g e e ffo rts in m a teria ls pres­ ervatio n . T h e A ndrew W . M ellon F o u n d a tio n has given $ 7 5 0 ,0 0 0 to help en dow th e exp ansion o f th e lib ra ry ’s p reserv ation efforts an d a $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 b e ­ quest from th e esta te o f K a th e rin e B . H ad ley w ill b e used to endow th e cu rren t o p eration s o f th e li­ b ra ry ’s C o n servatio n D iv ision. So m e o f th e m a teri­ als ta rg eted fo r p reserv ation w ith th e new fu nd ing a r e th e l i b r a r y ’s c o lle c t io n o f d o c u m e n ts fro m W o rld W a rs I and I I , a p a m p h let volu m e c o lle c ­ tio n o f L a tin A m erica n lite ra tu re ra n g in g fro m th e 18th cen tu ry to th e p resen t, th e p apers o f th e 19th - c e n tu r y e c o n o m is t H e n ry G e o r g e , a n d S o p h ie T u c k e r’s scrap b o o k. T h e p reserv ation funds from th e M ellon F o u n d a tio n a re p a rt o f a $1 m illio n g ra n t a w a rd ed to th e lib r a r y on a th re e -to -o n e m a tch in g basis. T h e H ad ley b eq uest is from th e es­ ta te o f the w ife o f M orris H ad ley, president o f th e N ew Y ork P u b lic L ib r a ry B o a rd o f T ru stees from 19 4 3 to 195 8 . ■ ■