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1984's Birthright of NotorietyEverywhere in the media this year you will hear about theimplications of the year made notorious by George Orwell.The American Public Radio network is conducting a 5-partprogram on Orwell early this year; essays and feature storieswill proliferate.

Was Orwell right? Has Big Brother insidiously controlled ouraccess to knowledge? The latter is a question of key interest tolibraries, which exist to provide access to all kinds ofinformation, and thus take part in the creative process ofproducing new thought, information, knowledge.

This year library resources on George Orwell and his worksare likely to have increased use. Although the UI Library doesnot count the Orwell holdings among its premier subjectresearch collections, it is interesting to see just what theLibrary does have to offer the information-seekers of 1984.

A general subject search for materials about Orwell can bedone by consulting the Library's computer system, the cardcatalog, and periodical indexes. This is the kind of searchundertaken at the Library hundreds of times each month asstudents select term paper topics, and others explore ideas fora publication, project, or maybe a new course. Result: in amatter of a couple of hours, a list was compiled of primarysources, secondary sources (critical studies about Orwell andhis works), and a sizable batch of periodical articles.

How good is the Library when it isn't at its best?For not being among its best collections, the Library's

resources on Orwell are impressive. The Library holds at leastone copy of every title Orwell published-including oneautographed by the author. Following is a list of these works;the numbers after the titles indicate number of copies heldand number of editions represented, respectively.Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) 6, 6Burmese Days (1934) 7, 7A Clergyman's Daughter (1935) 2, 2Keep the Apidistra Flying (1936) 5, 2The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) 4, 3Homage to Catalonia (1938) 8, 5Coming Up for Air (1939) 6, 5Inside the Whale, and Other Essays (1940) 1, 1The Lion and the Unicorn (1941) 2, 1Animal Farm (1945) 11, 7Critical Essays (1946) 3, 3Dickens, Dali and Others (1946) 4, 2James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution (1946) 1, 1The English People (1947) 2, 2British Pamphleteers (1948) 1, 1Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) 10, 6Shooting an Elephant, and Other Essays (1950) 4, 2England Your England (1953) 1, 1Such, Such were the Joys (1953) 4, 1A Collection of Essays (1954) 3, 2The Orwell Reader (1956) 2, 1Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters (1968) 5, 2

Many of these titles are also held in translation, thoughthese do not appear to have been collected systematically. Forexample, the Library has Russian and Swahili translations ofAnimal Farm, but 1984 is available only in English.

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From the Library's first illustrated edition of Animal Farm (London,1954), Squealer leading the pigs in their first upright walk.

The search for secondary sources turned up 38 titles,including several acquired in the last year or so. The UIcollections do not include every such work published, but thecatalog records reflect a definite effort to acquire majorstudies about Orwell. Works not available in the Library areaccessible through the Library's statewide resource sharingnetwork and through interlibrary loan, which puts borrowersin touch with a book almost anywhere in North America.

The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature has long been afamiliar reference for researchers, and journal and magazinearticles are a good source of information on Orwell. A cursorycheck of volumes covering articles published since 1959showed 60 such articles about Orwell. These articles camefrom commonly available titles like Life as well as from lessfamiliar journals such as Reporter and Sewanee Review.

But knowing an article exists is only half the battle-if alibrary can't provide needed material quickly and efficiently, ithas not provided ideal access. So how does the UI Librarymeasure up against this list of articles about Orwell? Noproblem-at least one copy of each journal title cited is heldat the Library, either in the stacks in bound volumes, or inappropriate departmental libraries.

Still, one might wonder how these resources stand up to areal test. Professor of Library and Information Science LindaSmith is researching citations to Orwell in technical literature.She wants to know if others have addressed the issues oflanguage construction and the threat to privacy-issues Orwellraised in his novels-which have relevant implications for newonline technologies and databases. She said, "I easily foundwhat were the helpful critical works for my purposes. Therewere only one or two articles I could not readily obtain,because they were in the first volume of journals the Librarybegan subscribing to only with volume two. The depth of thecollections here was, however, very satisfactory overall."

This brief look at the Library's resources on Orwell promptstwo reactions: the Library's resources in a "non-stellar"subject area are nevertheless very good, and the quality ofinformation access provided by the UI Library can continue toargue for a fate better than Winston Smith's.

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"Little Black Sombo" Collection Comes to the Ul LibraryThe family of the late Mimi Kaplan hasenriched the Library with a fascinatingcollection of the children's story LittleBlack Sambo.

Mr. Dan Kaplan, of Park Forest,Illinois, explained that his wife firstbecame interested in the Little BlackSambo story while doing research onracism in children's literature. She was alibrarian and professor of children'sliterature at Governors State Universityuntil her death last fall. Mrs. Kaplanused the various English and Americaneditions of the story in her classes toillustrate the transformation of theSambo characters over the years fromthe original fantasy tale, written byHelen Bannerman, a British resident ofIndia, for her children in 1898.

The book serves as an example ofwhat may have been an innocent storywhen written, but which created other,broader questions. (Little Black Sambois the only book ever to be bannedfrom the shelves of the Chicago PublicLibrary.)

First published in England in 1899, thestory was released by different pub-lishers in at least 30 versions between1905 and 1953. Mrs. Kaplan first beganto acquire copies to compare variationsin the illustrations and text. The collec-tion grew over the years to includemany different printings of the story, aswell as offshoot materials-films,puzzles, dolls, games, records, etc.

Mr. Kaplan explained that his wifehad always intended to donate hercollection to the University of Illinois:"She felt the UI Library would give her

The Library Is Looking...For a donation of time and skills (or offunds) to frame twelve prints in theEducation Library's S (School)Collection. The S-Collection's set of 12"Math in Nature" posters was includedin a selected list of outstanding sciencematerials for children chosen byScientific American. Contributions offraming materials and help fromvolunteers with framing expertisewould allow these 12"-square prints tobe permanently displayed in thecollection. A donation of $250 to havethese prints framed professionallywould also be most welcome.For funds to buy another copy of thesecond edition of EmploymentDiscrimination Law, by Barbara L. Schleiand Paul Grossman, for the Labor andIndustrial Relations Library. Publishedin 1983 by the Bureau of NationalAffairs, this 1600-page casebookincorporates changing patterns in the

Mr. Dan Kaplan and his son Joe hold someof the more special items among theapproximately 100 pieces in the Little BlackSambo collection.

collection the greatest exposure andthe best possible preservation care; shealso wanted to place the collection inproximity to the UI College of Educa-tion on campus." Assistant Rare BookLibrarian Mary Ceibert said it will beuseful for courses on the history of chil-dren's literature, and to scholars studyingthe history of racial discrimination.

When Mr. Kaplan visited his youngerson Joe, a UI sophomore in finance, hebrought additional items from home to

law and its enforcement, and is usedfor course reserve readings. Because itcosts $95, the Library could not affordmore than one copy, although userdemand is heavy enough that anadditional one is really needed.For funds to acquire a microfichestorage file for the Agriculture Library.Much of the agricultural researchmaterials held in the collections arestatistical in nature, and microfiche hasbecome an important publishingmedium for these data. A file wouldprovide better protection of theseresources and facilitate access to them,but the $400 price prohibits acquisitionwith budgeted funds.If you can help the Library with adonation or gift, please contact SandraBatzli at the Friends Office, 415 Library,1408 W. Gregory, Urbana, IL 61801(217/333-7480).

add to the collection at the Library. Mr.Kaplan has also offered to continue toacquire items for the collection as hefinds them, and to donate them to theLibrary.

The collection is now being catalogedand will be housed in the Rare BookRoom. The Friends and the Library joinin thanks to the Kaplans for theircollecting efforts, and for thegenerosity and wisdom exhibited inmaking this unique collection availableto the public through the UI Library.

Friends to FundGeology CatalogGeorge W. and Mildred K. White, eachof whom are longtime valuedsupporters of the University Library andmembers of the University Librarian'sCouncil, have donated $10,000 to theLibrary Friends to be used forpublication costs of Geology Emerging;A collection of rare and early booksheld in the Library of the University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The catalog organizes and recordsthe 2,000 rare and early geology-relateditems held in the UI Library, consideredto be among the foremost researchcollections in its field. Coauthors of thework are UI Professors Albert Carozziand Dederick Ward. The book is to bereleased later this year as number 8 inthe Robert B. Downs Publication Fundseries.

Friends will recall that Dr. White'sscholarly and collecting efforts havevastly enriched the Library's holdings inthe history of science and in geologyover many years. In special recognitionof these valued contributions, theUniversity named Dr. White HonoraryCurator in the History of Geology lastspring.

The Geology Emerging catalog willfacilitate use of the Library's collectionsand help scholars and students alike togain access to the great resourceshoused within the UI Library. Allincome from the sale of the book willbe used to acquire additional rareworks in geology for the Library.

Library Friends is pleased to be partof this important publishing venture,and to assist in goals of increasingaccess to the Library's materials and ofenhancing the collections. Dr. and Mrs.White have once again shownthemselves to be dedicated supportersof the Library, and the Friends join inappreciation for their continuedsupport.

Milton MilestoneReachedThe most recent addition to theLibrary's unsurpassed collections of firsteditions of John Milton's works hasbeen housed in the Rare Book Room.

The book, Declaration, or LettersPatents of the Election of this presentKing of Poland John the Third..., waspurchased with funds provided byLibrary Friends. It is a small, somewhatinconspicuous volume, but is generallyconsidered the rarest of all Milton firsteditions; only seven other copies areknown to exist in the world. LikeMilton's first work, this title waspublished anonymously-whichprobably helps to explain its greatrarity. In it Milton discusses the electionand accession to the throne of JohnSobieski as king of Poland. Thetranslation from Latin, according tosome bibliographers, might have beencommissioned by Brabazon Aylmer,who printed this and some of Milton'sother works.

The Library's copy of the work isparticularly interesting in that someone,at some time, carefully printed Milton'sname in ink on the title page-apparently to record the authorship ofthe unsigned work.

The addition of this book marks amajor milestone for the University ofIllinois Library. The Library, longacknowledged to have the premiercollection of Miltoniana in the world-thanks in large part to the efforts of thelate noted Illinois scholar HarrisFletcher-now boasts a completecollection of the first editions of thepoet's works in English. Rare BookLibrarian Frederick Nash notes that theLibrary does not possess the Latin title,Epitaphium Damonis; the only copyknown to exist is at the British Library.

The long efforts of the Friends and ofmany dedicated book people havehelped to make the Milton collectiondream a reality at the UI Library.

Book Sale A SuccessThe Library's annual book sale held inearly November yieldedapproximately $6000 in income for theLibrary's collections.

Coordinator of the sale Robert Jonessaid that staff contributed many hoursto sort and price the 8000 booksavailable at the sale. The works were, inall cases, donated; they were unneededduplicate copies of titles already in theLibrary's collections.

This year Friends were given firstopportunity to select from the books at

From theLibrarian's ViewOne of the interesting things abouttechnological change is that it seldomcompletely replaces the previoustechnology. Here in the Library wehave an extraordinarily wide range oftechnologies, almost all of whichoverlap one another by what used tobe centuries and now are certainlydecades.

We still do have papyrus and claytablets. Certainly very little is beingpublished on them now, but they didoverlap with the succeedingtechnologies for many generations.Even these media (or their equivalents)are not completely dead. The bronzeplaques which festoon the walls of allpublic buildings and the footprints andnames set in the sidewalks ofHollywood are direct descendants ofEgyptian wall decorations andBabylonian tablets. We have manuscriptbooks which are laboriously inscribedby hand at least 100 years afterGutenberg invented movable type andused it to produce the first printedbook. We have books that are stilluseful and vibrate with life 500 yearsafter they were printed, and we stillhave calls for those first journals, theJournal des Savants, and theProceedings of the Royal Society. Thesecome at a time when people arepredicting the death of the modernjournal-and accurately, I might pointout. We continue to print books at thesame time we supersede recordingtechnology with yet other technologiesto record both voice and vision.

Simultaneously we present the newsin print, on the radio, on television. It isinteresting to note that radio is doingquite well and seeing a real resurgenceat the same time that we have ever-increasing printing and publication, andan obviously increasing mirage of videoimages from cable, satellite, and directbroadcast. The brave new world willcontinue to have the old technologiesas well as the new.

-Hugh C. AtkinsonUniversity Librarian

a special preview sale held October 30.Mr. Jones said the preview sale was"very successful; we plan to continue itin the future."

The book sale has become animportant event in the Library'scalendar, for it helps the Librarydoubly-by creating needed space forits steadily growing collections, and bygenerating income to supplementacquisitions funds. It is another way theLibrary works to maintain continuedexcellence of service and materials.

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Famous Lincoln SpeechJoins CollectionsDonations to Library Friends haverecently enabled the Library to acquirethe first issue of the "spot resolutions"speech of Abraham Lincoln. Thisspeech, as well as first issues of the twoother speeches made by Lincoln duringhis term as congressman, werepurchased together, further enhancingthe Library's extensive holdings on thesixteenth U.S. president.

The title of the document is Speechof Mr. Lincoln, of Illinois, on theReference of the President's Message,in the House of Representatives.Lincoln scholar Mark Neely points outin his Lincoln Encyclopedia that theprinter of the text mistakenly indicatedon the title page that the speech wasdelivered Wednesday, January 14, 1848;Lincoln made the speech on January 12.

It was the first speech Lincoln madein Congress, having been elected asrepresentative from Illinois the previousfall. The "spot resolutions" message isimportant for its challenge to PresidentPolk to name the "precise spot"Mexico had invaded the United States,an assertion in the president's earlieraddress to Congress about the war.

The other two texts added to theLincoln Room at the same time werespeeches delivered before Congress byLincoln on June 20 and July 21, 1848.

The Lincoln Room collection wasestablished in 1951 by Harlan Hoyt andHenrietta Calhoun Horner as a tributeto the UI class of 1901. Its holdings nownumber about 20,000 books,manuscripts, and documents, andinclude a substantial number of the7,000-8,000 original Lincoln itemsknown to exist.

History and Philosophy LibrarianMartha Friedman, curator of thecollection, notes that the Library isquite fortunate to acquire at the sametime first issues of all three of Lincoln'sspeeches as a congressman.

The "spot resolutions" speech, aswell as the two other first issues, will beimportant resources for the study ofAbraham Lincoln. Its acquisition withFriends donations is another example ofthe advantage that individual supportcan provide for the Library.

The Emerging Trendin Memorial GivingFrom a modest start nine years ago, thememorial giving program operatedthrough the Library Friends today has36 separate funds. The growth ofdonations, both in number of gifts andincome generated for the Library,reflects increased awareness of thisavenue of private support.

The first memorial donations receivedthrough Friends were recorded duringthe 1975 fiscal year. They were made inhonor of Lucien White, UniversityLibrarian from 1971 until his death in1975. In the past year, almost $9,000 formemorial acquisitions was contributedby donors. These gifts were made to 26new memorials and 10 previouslyestablished funds. The chart at rightshows the remarkable growth ofmemorial giving.

Books purchased with memorialdonations have special bookplatesplaced in them naming the personhonored as well as the donor(s).Wherever possible, an effort is made tomatch the subject of the bookpurchased with the interests of theperson honored. Books acquired varyfrom rare and "special" items to basicsources and reference materials.

Memorial gifts are made in variousways. Most common is the basicdonation made to honor a friend, lovedone, family member or businessassociate. In many cases, an annual giftis made in subsequent years toaugment the fund.

Larger memorial gifts can take theform of endowment funds set up inmemory of a spouse or other family

Memorial Gifts to UI Librarythrough Library Friends

member. These gifts generate importantincome for the Library; all or part ofthe principal can be invested toguarantee future acquisitions.

Memorial donations for books giveappropriate recognition to theimportance and pleasure of reading inthe person's life. Its value reaches toothers who benefit from use of thebooks purchased with these gifts, andthus represents a lasting tribute.

No matter what the type of memorialdonation to the Library, however, thereis a clear trend toward dedicating giftsto the memory of loved ones.Memorial contributions made to LibraryFriends are, of course, tax deductible; agift of $25 or more entitles the donor tofull benefits of membership in theFriends as well.

Bookstore Stock Transferred to LibraryLast spring Mr. Michael Fain, owner ofthe Jewish Book Mart in Chicago,retired. Paul Weichsel, professor ofmathematics at the Urbana-Champaigncampus, amateur Yiddish scholar, andlong-time patron of the Book Mart,convinced Mr. Fain to donate a portionof his remaining stock to the UniversityLibrary. After Mr. Fain agreed, ProfessorWeichsel also helped box up thematerials and deliver them to theLibrary.

The collection of Judaica materialswhich Mr. Fain has donated containsapproximately 2400 volumes of Yiddish,Hebrew, and English-languagematerials. The 600 Hebrew booksinclude works of some of the majorHebrew authors of the twentiethcentury.

The most important part of thecollection, however, is the Yiddish

material. Of the some 1700 volumes,the majority of the works are devotedto belles lettres, representing suchclassical Yiddish authors as ShalomAsch, Leivich, Peretz, Pinsky, Reisen,and Sholem Aleichem. Also includedare many works of literary criticism,encyclopedias, biographies, memoirs,history, and Judaism. There is as well ainteresting assortment of Yiddishtranslations by prominent authors ofboth fiction and nonfiction.

Before these materials were donated,the Library collections included only ahandful of Yiddish books. Thanks to theefforts of Professor Weichsel and to Mr.Fain's generosity, it now possesses thebeginnings of an important researchcollection.

-Robert Sewell

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Spirit of Giving Enriches Library CollectionsIn the past several months, the Libraryhas received notable gifts from Friendsfor addition to the collections.

Mrs. Kathleen Cairns of Urbanadonated 390 volumes in the fields ofart, genealogy, heraldry, costumes,monumental brasses, literature,mathematics, and railroads. Thevaluable collection belonged to her andher late husband, Stewart S. Cairns, UIprofessor of mathematics.

Mrs. Vera Korry, Champaign, has alsomade a gift to the Library of a library ofmedical books belonging to her latehusband, Dr. Myron Korry, a localpediatrician.

Other collections of books recentlydonated include 70 books on socialwork-related subjects from Mrs.Mildred Bergheim, Urbana; 38 volumeson religion and on health and exercisefrom the Rev. David Turner,Champaign; and 100 assorted works onmathematics by Professor Joseph L.Doob, Urbana.

Other multivolume gifts receivedinclude 300 volumes of Russian andSoviet literature donated by Ralph L.Smith, Normal, from the collection ofthe late Ralph Gnesin. Seventy-eightvolumes and miscellaneous journalswere contributed to the Librarycollections by Mr. Paul Garcy ofChicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jorgensen,Champaign, have given the Music

Japanese Novelist's VisitIncludes Book SigningOn November 2, noted Japanese writerMr. Kenzaburo Oe visited the UILibrary while on the Urbana-Champaign campus. During his stay atthe University, Mr. Oe presented apublic lecture, "The Making of aJapanese Novelist." He toured theLibrary and inscribed the Library'scopies of his works while in the RareBook Room.

Mr. Oe has won many literaryawards, and is the author of a dozennovels and four volumes of essays; anumber of his works have beentranslated into English.

UI faculty member Robert Sewellresponded to Mr. Oe's expression ofinterest in Mark Twain by showing himthe Library's extensive collection ofmaterials on the American writer. Onbehalf of the Library, Director ofCollection Development Carl Dealthanked Mr. Oe for his visit and for thetime he took to autograph the Library'scopies of his books.

Library a 10-volume set of The GreatOperas, published in 1899 and editedby James W. Buel. Professor Earl D.Rodda of Urbana recently donated his4-volume set, International Conferenceon Energy Use Management, to beadded to the Library collections.

Two titles recently donated to theLibrary were presented by the authorsthemselves. Three copies of GrandmaHad Class, a recently publishedautobiographical reminiscence, wereautographed and presented by Mr.Robert J. Carr, Champaign. The Rev.James Larkin, C.S.V., Arlington Heights,has presented the Library with hisrecently published study, Stewart RoyalProclamations, vol. 2: The RoyalProclamations of King Charles 1, 1625-49.

Mr. Robert Dennler, Champaign,arranged for a cooperative giftdonation to the Library by thepublishing firm John Wiley & Sons ofForecasting: Methods and Applications,a 1983 work by S. Makridakis, et al.

Dr. Norah McClintock Grady,Danville, donated a copy of RudyardKipling's The Dipsy Chanty and OtherSelected Poems. Mr. and Mrs. RichardFaletti, Clarendon Hills, have againmade important gifts to the Library. Theworks include two rare fine print booksfrom China, The Pageant of Peking(Shanghai, 1920) and An Old ChineseGarden (Shanghai, 1922). They have alsogiven the Library a third book,

Mr. Deal looks on as Mr. Oe autographs theLibrary's copies of his works.

Pennsylvania German IlluminatedManuscripts. Mrs. Phyllis Mischo,Champaign, has donated to thecollections the Milwaukee JournalState/Regional News Index for 1979-80.

Finally, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Armseyof Urbana have added to the Library'sresources a copy of Jedidiah Morse'sThe American Universal Geography(Boston, 1819).

These donors have enriched theLibrary's holdings through theirgenerosity. Efforts like these help tokeep the Library among the premierresearch centers in the nation.

ExecutiveCommittee NotesYour program committee has twoimportant meetings on schedule for1984, beginning with a Spring Program(3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., April 10) in theRare Book Room. If a racy title canbring crowds, the room will be packed.Topic of Professor Jack R. Harlan, plantgeneticist at UIUC, is "Sex andRomance in Ancient Egypt: The Lettuceand Sycamore Fig." It's really aboutvegetables; refreshments will beserved; Friends will be receiving aninvitation confirming date and time.

Plans for the opening and formaldedication of the new Library additionare being made for early fall. TheLibrary expects by September to havecompleted at least the first stages of themassive reshelving of volumes. Afterinterior work on the building has beencompleted and the electronic shelvingunits are ready for use, some half-million volumes now at two differentand remote storage sites will be movedback into the Library.

The committee hopes to bring anoutstanding speaker to the campus forthis occasion. Because the Libraryserves units all over the University andbeyond, we hope that various units willjoin in a cooperative marking of theLibrary's stack dedication.

Our aspirations are manyfold: (a) toshow people the new building; (b) topresent a meaningful public program;(c) to indicate our appreciation touniversity officials and the state forsupport of the Library; and (d) toremind everyone that the UI Library ISthe finest among state universities inthe land.

-Chuck Flynn

CalendarExhibitsNovember 10-,"Luther und Buchproduktion." Rare BookRoom. To continue indefinitely.January 1-31"Social Science Research and Cuba: 25thAnniversary of Castro Regime, Oscar LewisResearch Project." University Archives.January 30-February 19"The Illinois Contribution to City Planning:Education and Professional Practice." FriendsCase and Main Corridor, UI Library.February 1-28"25th Anniversary of Departments ofAnthropology and Russian; 50th Anniversaryof Dixon Springs Agricultural ExperimentStation." University Archives.February 20-March 4"Women Making an Impact for 100 Years:YWCA at UI." Friends Case and MainCorridor, UI Library.March 1-31"YMCA War Relief and PublicationsPrograms in Europe; Paul Anderson andDavid Lowrie." University Archives.March 5-30"The Lost Culture." Friends Case, UI Library.March 5-April 1"Women in History." Main Corridor, UILibrary.April 1-30"Illinois Commerce, 1684: LaSalle and theExploration of Illinois and 25th Anniversaryof the St. Lawrence Seaway." UniversityArchives.April 2-30"Islam in Africa." Friends Case, UI Library.

EventsApril 10"Sex and Romance in Ancient Egypt: TheLettuce and Sycamore Fig." Prof. JackHarlan, speaker. Rare Book Room, 346Library. Refreshments, 3:30; lecture, 4 p.m.Public welcome.

Asian Library ReceivesChinese VolumesThe widow of an authority on Chineselibrary administration has given part ofher husband's private collection ofbooks to the UI Asian Library.

Mrs. Yu Chiu donated 240 volumes inChinese and 170 in English, plusmanuscripts, pamphlets and copies ofessays on Chinese economics andlibrary administration once owned byAlfred Kaimang Chiu, the first librarianof the Harvard-Yenching Library atHarvard University, 1931-65.

Mr. Chiu was probably best known asthe founder of the Harvard-Yenchingclassification system for East Asianmaterials. He was also the foundinglibrarian of the Chinese UniversityLibrary of Hong Kong from 1960 to1970. He died in 1977 at age 79.

When Mr. Chiu's private collectionwas shipped to Hong Kong to be partof the Chinese University Library,material relating to two subjects,Chinese library administration andChinese economics, was retained forhis personal use. The Asian Library isfortunate to receive these gift materialsfrom Mrs. Chiu.

The collection contains not only 240volumes, but also a great number ofmanuscripts, pamphlets, and off-printcopies of essays. Many of them carryMr. Chiu's signature and ownershipseal, or are autographed copies whichwere presented to him by famousauthors. In addition, Dr. Chiu's studynotes appear in many of these volumes.

Asian Librarian Bill Wong noted thethe addition of these materials to thecollections will enhance the AsianLibrary's resources on Chinese businessand librarianship. Mrs. Chiu's gift to theLibrary will have important benefits toscholars now and in the future.

The Art of Making BooksFor the fall Friends volunteer programOctober 18, Ms. Jane Gammon, head ofthe Library's conservation unit,presented a talk on "Fine Books andDecorative Art Aspects." Ms. Gammonused various examples from theLibrary's holdings to illustrate herdiscussion of types of book bindings,materials, endsheets, tooling, stamping,and other decorations, including theintricate "fore-edge" paintings hiddenalong the edge of a book's pages.

Ms. Gammon has had over 30 yearsexperience in book conservation andrestoration; her informative and wellreceived talk was sponsored by theFriends.

Ms. Gammon holds one of the books sheused to illustrate the special bindingmethods she described in her talk.

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