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Ann-Christe Galloway G r a n t s  a n d  A c q u i s i t i o n s  

O b e r l i n  Co l l e g e  L i b ra r y  a n d  s i x  o t h e r  
a c a d e m i c  l i b r a r i e s  h a v e  r e c e i v e d  a  
$500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon 
Foundation to continue their cooperative pro­
gram designed to encourage undergraduates, 
including those from diverse backgrounds, 
to pursue careers in librarianship. The new 
grant builds on three grants awarded by the 
Mellon Foundation in June 2003, December 
2004, and December 2006. It brings the 
amount awarded for the various phases of 
the librarian­recruiting program to a total 
of $2,075,000. The grant will continue to 
encourage the participation of students from 
the four federally defined minority groups 
(African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, 
and Native Americans) that are signifi cantly 
underrepresented in the profession. Mem­
bers of the consortial program—libraries at 
Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, 
North Carolina; Oberlin College in Oberlin, 
Ohio; Occidental College in Los Angeles, 
California; Saint Augustine’s College in Ra­
leigh, North Carolina; Swarthmore College in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Atlanta 
University Center in Atlanta, Georgia, which 
serves Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse 
College, and Spelman College—will take part 
in all aspects of the project. Wellesley College 
in Wellesley, Massachusetts, will participate 
through summer internships. 

Acquisitions 

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company 
has donated more than 70 years’ worth of 
photography, providing a panoramic, insider’s 
look at the people and products involved in 
the rise of the company, to the University of 
Akron. The collection, valued at more than 

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$1.1 million, features more than 83,000 indi­
vidual photos covering the period from 1912 to 
1984. The collection provides historic, social, 
and industrial documentation, featuring images 
of products, workshop and factory scenes, fa­
cilities, company events, company­sponsored 
celebrities and the development of the Good­
year Blimp, according to Goodyear offi cials. 
Among the highlights of the photo collection: 
the first home for Goodyear on the banks of 
the Little Cuyahoga River; construction of the 
blimp hangar; baseball legend Babe Ruth on 
the Goodyear Blimp; and images of other 
notable figures, including President Herbert 
Hoover, President Richard Nixon, President 
Dwight Eisenhower, Arnold Palmer, and Jack 
Nicklaus. The collection, which refl ects the 
work of several photographers, was started in 
1912 by Goodyear founder Frank Seiberling 
and stands as one of the first corporate photo­
graph collections ever established. 

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December 2008  745 C&RL News 

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