NEWSLETTER 13

GEORGETOWN

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37TH & 0 STREETS, NoW

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20057

April 1981

ANNUAL MEETING - The 1981 annual meeting of the Associates is scheduled for Saturday May 16. The Associates Board of Trustees will meet Saturday afternoon to review accomplishments of the past year and to discuss plans for 1982. The annual Trustees reception and dinner will follow their meeting. The speaker after dinner will be Barry Moser, a distinguished artist and book illustrator whose work is in many major museums and libraries throughout the united States and other countries.

AMERICAN FINE PRINTING - During May and June the library will display in the Gunlocke Special Collections Room a selection of more than a hundred printed books representing the development of fine printing in America from 1883 to 1981. The exhibit will focus on changing tastes in typographic design and the impact of the private press on trade publishing. Work by major designers such as Bruce Rogers, W. A. Dwiggins, D. B. Updike and Barry Moser will be included. On display will be books from the library's collections, recent donations from Patricia G. England and Mrs. William Zimmerman, and material borrowed from Washington area collectors. A catalog of the exhibit will be printed and Associates can receive a free copy by writing to the Special Collections Librarian.

ZIMMERMAN GIFT OF FINE PRINTING - Mrs. William Zimmerman recently gave to the library the final portion of the collection of modern literature and fine printing assembled by her late husband. This most recent gift includes a presentation copy of Irving's Sketch Book, a group of E. M. Forster first editions, and a collection of press books, printed ephemera, and manuscripts. Among the material from English presses are Golden Cockerel books and a fine group of Ashendene and Doves trial pages, proofs and flyers. On the American side, there are Bruce Rogers rarities and good exampl es from Goudy's Village Press, the Blue Sky Press, and others. The gift also includes a variety of materials related to bookplates, including the original drawing for one from the 18th century, and a small group of manuscript and related items including curricula for D. B. Updike's printing course at Harvard, 1910-11, a group of autograph letters by Samuel Butler, and photogravure proof of a portrait of G. B. Shaw by Mary Langdon Coburn.

DIPLOMATIC SERVICE MATERIAL - The books, correspondence, diaries, documents, and maps gathered by diplomats and other persons in foreign service provide valuable historical research resources for students and faculty. In connection with the recent formation and development of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown the library is seeking to acquire more collections of diplomatic service material. Associates can help by notifying the Librarian of collections which may be acquired.

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EARLE B. MAYFIELD PAPERS - Mr. and Mrs. John S. Mayfield have donated to the library the books and papers of Mr. Mayfield's father, Senator Earle B. Mayfield of Texas. Senator Mayfield (1881-1964) had a distinguished career in Texas politics. He was at the time the youngest man elected to the State Senate (1906), where he served until 1912, in which year he was, for the first of three times, elected to the State Railroad Commission. He won election to the United States Senate in 1922 and was active in Texas politics for many years. The papers span Senator Mayfield's career and are especially valuable for insight into Texas politics in the 1920's.

Included in the gift is a substantial body of John S. Mayfield's papers from the 1920's including letters from literary figures such as Robinson Jeffers and Vincent Starrett, and copies of books and pamphlets written by Mayfield and others which he published between 1924 and 1930.

RICHARD CRANE PAPERS - Mrs. Bruce Crane Fisher of Richmond, Virginia, has presented to the library the papers of her late father, diplomat Richard Crane, who served as private secretary to Secretary of State Robert Lansing and in 1919 was appointed by President Wilson the first American ambassador to the new nation of Czechoslovakia. The collection contains Crane's personal papers and diaries, his extensive diplomatic files, and the papers of his wife, Ellen Bruce Crane. Among the correspondents are Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Foster Dulles, Allen W. Dulles, and Charles Crane who was American ambassador to China and the father of Richard Crane. The acquisition of this important diplomatic collection was aided by a former member of the Georgetown faculty, the late Dr. Dagmar Horna-Perman.

HINCKLEY - WERLICH FAMILY PAPERS - From Mr. Robert Werlich of Washington, D.C., the library has received the records of the Hinckley and Werlich families with manuscript material dating between 1850 and 1972. This gift includes the papers of McCeney Werlich, Robert O'Donnell Hinckley and Thomas Hinckley, all career diplomats; Robert Hinckley, a well known Washington portrait painter, and Gladys Hinckley Werlich. Of particular interest is the extensive family correspondence detailing diplomatic activities in Vienna during World War I, in Warsaw during the 1920's, and in Monrovia during the 1930's.

LEONARDO DA VINCI ANATOMICAL STUDIES - When Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519 he left a collection of his drawings and manuscripts' among which were sketches of the human body he had made at various times during his scientific investigations and artistic work. These drawings were acquired in 1580 by Pompeo Leoni who was a sculptor in the court of King Phillip II of Spain, and later were brought to England by Lord Arundel who was an advisor to King Charles I of England. They now are in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. Five years ago the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York and London arranged to construct at Windsor Castle a studio with special cameras to produce photographs of these drawings in full color and original size. The films were converted to plates for printing at the Curwen Press in London. The result is a true facsimile of all the two hundred anatomical drawings in the collection, printed on folio pages which are arranged in a portfolio box bound in goatskin dyed in royal blue. Accompanying the portfolio are two volumes of text containing transliterations of Leonardo's notes in the original fifteenth-century Italian and translations of the notes into English, with commentaries by two outstanding scholars, Dr. Kenneth Keele and Dr. Carlo Pedretti.

A Georgetown alumnus of the Class of 1969 acquired and presented to the library a set of this facsimile edition of the Leonardo da Vinci anatomical studies. This outstanding gift to the library brings to Georgetown students and faculty one of da Vinci's most important works.

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• ATHLETICS AT GEORGETOWN, 1798-1980 - The University Archivist has assembled an exhibit of photographs, posters, programs, letters, and memorabilia from 190 years of Georgetown sports. This interesting exhibit was displayed in the Gunlocke Room in January and February and it was so popular that a similar exhibit will be on display during alumni weekend in June and again in August and September. Information about the exhibit can be obtained from the University Archivist, telephone 625-4160.

GEORGETOWN SPORTS POSTERS - The library is pleased to offer sets of fine reproductions of sports posters which advertised Georgetown games with Princeton, Yale, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in 1901. The original posters were designed by John E. Sheridan (C'1901) who became a well-known artist. The reproductions are printed in full color on heavy paper in the original size, 15" x 23". Many alumni have purchased sets for decorating recreation rooms and offices. These attractive posters can be ordered by sending a check in the amount of $20.00 per set to the University Archives, Georgetown University Library.

GEORGETOWN ARCHIVES - The University Archivist is pleased to report the following examples of recent gifts to the archives: Mr. Edmund P. Marsden donated a silver prize medal which had been awarded by the University in 1832 to his kinsman Edmund Plowden (C'1883). Rev. Joseph A. Haller, S.J. gave two engraved silver Philodemic Society medals from the 1840's. Mr. A. Chesley Wilson, Jr. gave Georgetown diplomas, dated 1845 and 1846, which had been awarded to Eliel S. Wilson (C'1846). Mr. Ralph L. Duplin (C'29) presented a scrapbook containing photographs, clippings, and related ephemera from his years at Georgetown. Mr. John W. McDermott (FS'24) donated a piece of sheet music entitled Rose of Delta Sig, (Washington: 1924), with words and music written by Paul H. Coughlin (FS'27) for the members of Georgetown's Mu Chapter. Mr. John J. Connor (C'71) presented a video tape copy of the film of the famous football game between Georgetown and Boston College in 1940.

Georgetown soon will begin planning for the bicentennial of the founding, and a special effort is being made to locate and obtain additional documentary and photographic material. Alumni and others who have Georgetown photographs, scrapbooks, letters, diaries, programs, and memorabilia are invited to contact University Archivist Jon Reynolds in the library.

CELTIC CULTURAL PROGRAMS - The first annual Celtic Cultural Program, presented on March 13-14, featured actor Hurd Hatfield, authors Burke Wilkinson and Morgan Llywelyn, and musicians Geraldine O'Grady and Tomas 0 Canainn. Under the patronage of Mrs. Rose Maguire Saul Zalles the Celtic Cultural Program sponsors lectures, concerts, art and book exhibits, and other cultural events showing the richness of Celtic culture. Associates who would like to receive information about future Celtic programs should call or write to the University Librarian and ask to be placed on the mailing list.

In conjunction with this program an exhibit of a selection of books from the Maguire Celtic Book Collection was displayed in the Gunlocke Special Collections Room of the Lauinger Memorial Library. This collection was donated recently to the library by Mrs. Rose Maguire Saul Zalles. It was formed from her own books and a collection she acquired recently from a renowned Celtic scholar. It has extensive mat erials on seven Celtic speaking peoples: Irish, Scotch-Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Gaulish, Breton and Cornish. The scope of this collection includes many aspects of Celtic civilization - art, history, language, literature and folklore.

EDMUND SCIENCE BOOK FUND - A special fund for acquisition of science reference books has been established by an alumnus and Associates trustee, Robert M. Edmund ('70 BSBA) , president of Edmund Scientific Company and his father, Norman W. Edmund, who established the Edmund company forty years ago. Edmund Scientific is a pioneer in the design and production of telescopes, microscopes, precision optics, weather instruments, and an extensive variety of scientific and educational equipment. The company is headquartered in Barrington, New Jersey, and has international distributors in Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Edmund Scientific also has given to the library two portable telescopes, several optical instruments, and other useful scientific equipment. These gifts from Edmund Scientific are greatly appreciated by students, faculty, and librarians.

BUSINESS BOOK FUND- A special fund has been initiated for acquisition of books needed by students in business administration. Contributions to this fund have been received from thirty alumni and some corporations. Additional contributions are needed so that the library can acquire and maintain an adequate collection of books required for study and research in business administration and finance.

NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE - The Georgetown curriculum offers many courses and seminars related to national security and international intelligence. Students and faculty in these courses and seminars need a wide range of pertinent books and documents for study and research. The library is actively engaged in obtaining such material and would l~. ke to acquire more from Associates and other appropriate sources. The largest such collection in the library is the Russell J. Bowen Collection on Intelligence, Security and Covert Activities. The Bowen Collection has more than four thousand books and documents from the United States, England, France, Germany, Japan, USSR and other countries.

Associates can assist the growth and development of the national security and intelligence collections by contributing appropriate books and documents.

HIGHEST HONORS - The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Library Associates, the Honorable John W. Snyder, has been given the Patrick Healy Award, the highest award that the Georgetown University Alumni Association can bestow on a non-alumnus. It was presented to him by President Timothy Healy at the John Carroll Awards ceremony held in Atlanta last October.

At that same ceremony Hughes Spalding, Jr. (C'39), a charter Library Associate, received a John Carroll Award for service to Georgetown.

Congratulations to both of these dedicated Associates.

ASSOCIATES ARE INVITED TO VISIT THE LIBRARY - The University Librarian is pleased to welcome Associates when they visit Georgetown. In recent months visitors have come from Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Your visits, letters, and contributions are greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Joseph E. Jeffs University Librarian