ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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an d  m anuscript m aterials relating primarily to 
Canada, British Columbia, an d  the Pacific North­
w est.

Deaths
C h arles M arsh all Adam s, librarian em eri­

tus at the University of North Carolina at G reens­
b o ro  (UNC-G), a n d  p a st-p re s id e n t o f ACRL 
(1950—1951), d ied  D ecem ber 8, 1991, at the 
age o f 83. Adams received his b ach elo r’s d e ­
gree from A mherst College in  1929 an d  w en t 
o n  to obtain his m aster’s degrees in English 
an d  library science from  Colum bia University. 
From 1934 to 1938 he w o rk ed  at the N ew  York 
Public Library, then w as assistant to the direc­
to r a n d  librarian in charge of special collec­
tions at Colum bia University from  1938 to 1945. 
In 1945 he becam e director o f the library at 
UNC-G, resigning in 1969 to  b eco m e director 
o f th e Sinclair Library at the University of H a­
waii, w h ere he served until his retirem ent in 
1973- In 1978 h e w as aw ard ed  an  honorary 
doctorate in hu m an e letters by UNC-G

The author o f m any professional articles and 
re v ie w s , A d am s w a s a ls o  a d is tin g u is h e d  
bookm an. His collection of the w orks of Randall 
Jarrell and w riters o f the Southern A ppalachians 
w ere given to  the A mherst College Library.

M ay D o m in , form er university archivist at 
the University o f California, Berkeley, died on 
February 19 at the age o f 94. D om in received 
h e r m aster’s in history at UC-Berkeley in 1922, 
six years after joining the library as a student 
assistant in the Catalog D epartm ent. She later 
becam e senior assistant in th e departm ent, then 
w as ap p o in ted  university archivist in 1949 and 
held th at position until her retirem ent in 1964. 
After retiring, D ornin co-authored A  Pictorial 
H istory o f  the University o f  C alifornia and as­
sum ed responsibility for m any articles in The 
C entennial Record, b o th  pub lish ed  in 1968.

A b b ot F id e lis J a m e s D u n la p , form er li­
brarian an d  library director at Saint Leo Col­
lege (SLC) in Florida, died March 25 at the age 
o f 66. D unlap ea rn e d  his MLS in 1957 from 
Catholic University o f America. After serving 
as library director at SLC, h e w as ap p o in ted  
executive vice-president o f the college, w as a 
m em ber of the B oard o f Trustees, an d  becam e

fourth A bbot o f Saint Leo A bbey from  1970 to 
1985.

M argie M ay H elm , form er h ead  librarian 
at W estern K entucky University (WKU), died 
o n  D ecem ber 19, 1991, at th e age o f 97. Helm 
b eg an  her career at WKU in 1920, th en  b e ­
cam e h e a d  librarian in 1923 and held that posi­
tion until h e r retirem ent in 1965. Active in the 
profession, she served as p resident of the Ken­
tucky Library A ssociation in 1929, w as o n e of 
the founders o f the Bowling G reen Public Li­
brary, an d  w as a m em ber o f the State B oard 
for th e Certification o f Librarians from  1938 to 
1955. She also contributed scholarly articles to 
Library Quarterly, Library Journal, and the K en­
tu c k y  School Journal. P roud o f her profession, 
H elm  once said, “I believe in reading as a form 
o f education an d  of elim ination o f racial and 
o th er prejudices. K now ledge o f o ther peoples 
an d  o ther w ays o f life will contribute to a bet­
ter understanding b etw een  peoples. I’m  pro u d  
to b e a librarian.”

L uella (B eck y ) P o llo ck , form er college li­
brarian at Reed College, Portland, O regon, died 
March 17. P ollock d irected th e Reed Library 
from  1957 until h er retirem ent in 1987. She also 
held positions at the University o f Iow a (1942— 
1945) a n d  V assar C ollege (1945-1957). She 
p lan n ed  an d  directed a 1962 addition to the 
Reed Library an d  w as responsible for m uch o f 
the planning for th e 1989 addition. T he library 
room  that houses a brow sing collection o f new  
books an d  recent n ew sp ap ers an d  periodicals 
is n am ed  in her honor. ■

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