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JAN 27 1983vol. 4, no. 3

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f Perry Miller Adato Visit Celebrates Sandburg ResourcesPerry Miller Adato, producer-directorof documentary features for WNET-TVin New York, visited campus this fall asguest speaker during the Library'sweek-long Carl Sandburg program.

Mrs. Adato, who won an Emmy forher production of "Dylan Thomas: TheWorld I Breathe," presented twolectures on her films and attendedspecial events held in her honor,including a reception in the Rare BookRoom.

She has been to the UI Library onseveral previous occasions to doresearch for her Sandburg documentaryfilm, "Echoes and Silences," which wasreleased in 1982. Director of LibraryDevelopment and Public Affairs JoanHood noted: "Mrs. Adato drew heavilyon the Sandburg archives at the Library,especially for photographs and letters.Her research led her primarily to threelocations-Galesburg, where Sandburgwas born and raised; Connemara, N.C.,where he lived and died; and the UILibrary, which he chose as therepository for his literary collection andhis papers."

When University Librarian HughAtkinson invited Mrs. Adato to returnto campus to speak about her research,arrangements were also made for Mrs.Adato to donate her Sandburg researchmaterials to the Library collections.

Two of Mrs. Adato's films-"GeorgiaO'Keeffe," from WNET's The Originals:

Women In Art series, and "Echoes andSilences"-were shown on campusduring the week. Also marking theevents were displays of materials fromthe Sandburg collection, in the Library'smain corridor and in the Rare BookRoom. The latter exhibit then traveled

for display in other libraries throughoutIllinois.

The UI Library's Sandburg uniqueholdings constitute one of its foremostresearch collections. The materialsinclude Sandburg's personal papers,many of his manuscript writings,

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Prof. Robert Johannsen talked with Mrs. Adato about her Sandburg research after her lecture, "HeSang America: Carl Sandburg Remembered."

Dunn/Wustman Concert Heralds New Division,Undergraduate Library Friends

Chatting with Mr. Scott Bennett is Miss Mar-garet Sandburg, one of the poet's threedaughters, who accepted the Friends'invitation to attend the Sandburg lectureand the reception for Mrs. Adato.

A special concert this fall officiallyinaugurated the Undergraduate LibraryFriends, a new division of the LibraryFriends.

The program featured vocalist Ms.Susan Dunn, a former UndergraduateLibrary staff member, and pianist Mr.John Wustman in concert at Ul'sKrannert Center for the PerformingArts. The concert was a special eventsponsored by the Kate Neal KinleyMemorial Fellowship of the UI Collegeof Fine and Applied Arts in cooperationwith the Friends and the Under-graduate Library.

Ms. Dunn, who held the Kate NealKinley Memorial Fellowship in 1981-82,is one of the leading new sopranos inthe country. Ampog other honors, she

won the 1981 Philadelphia OperaCompany Luciano PavarottiInternational Vocal Competition.

Mr. Wustman, professor of music andaccompanying division chairman at UI,is a noted accompanist, havingperformed regularly in the world'scapitals with such artists as ElisabethSchwarzkopf, Birgit Nilsson, andLuciano Pavarotti.

The Friends of the UndergraduateLibrary is a division of UI LibraryFriends, focusing attention on supportfrom the Undergraduate Library'sthousands of users for its diversecollections and services. With thecommon goal of improved resourcesfor all the Library's patrons, Friends cantake pride in the efforts of its members.

Two AnniversariesCelebratedTwo anniversaries were celebratedOctober 6 at Bevier Hall by the LibraryFriends Volunteer Services committee.The year 1982 marks the tenth birthdayfor the Friends organization, and alsorepresents the 25th anniversary of theHome Economics Library.

As part of the volunteers' meeting,Home Economics Librarian BarbaraSwain conducted a tour of the library,which is located in Bevier Hall, andprovided a display of many of thelibrary's materials available for loan. Ms.Mastura Raheel, assistant professor oftextile science in the Department ofTextile Apparel and Interior Design,gave a talk to the group about currentresearch in that field at the University.

The two special birthdays were fetedwith a birthday cake and candles. TheLibrary looks forward to celebratingmany more such anniversaries as itcontinues to serve its wide public withthe support of the Friends.

Ul Librarion Electedto ARL BoardUniversity Librarian Hugh C. Atkinsonhas been elected to the board ofdirectors of the Association of ResearchLibraries.

Founded in 1932, ARL recentlycelebrated its 50th anniversary, andpublishes a well-known series of annuallibrary statistics, as well as findings of itssponsored library research projects. TheARL board acts on behalf of the 113U.S. and Canadian public and privateresearch libraries which belong to theassociation, setting its policy andmonitoring its progress.

Mr. Atkinson served as director ofthe Ohio State University Librariesbefore coming to UI in 1976. Inaddition to his active involvement inLibrary Friends, Mr. Atkinson's primaryfocus at Illinois has been theautomation of the Library's recordsystems and the conversion of the cardcatalog to the online circulation system(LCS) which is now in use.

A Note to MembersCopies of Non Solus No. 9 haverecently been mailed to all members ofFriends, along with important relatedinformation regarding the Friendsorganization.

This year's Non Solus features theLibrary's six millionth acquisition,Flamsteed's Historia Coelestis and AtlasCoelestis, and includes an oversize starchart reproduced from the atlas.

Included in the same mailing packetFriends will find a card describing thespecial memorial gift program, anintegral part of Library Friends supportfor the Library. The Friends memorialprogram has grown substantially in thepast several years, and there are nownearly 30 separate memorial funds.These have been established to honorthe memory of a loved one, colleagueor friend through support for theLibrary's outstanding collections. Futureissues of Friendscript will feature the"whys and wherefores" of theseavenues of support for the nation'slargest publicly-funded academicresearch library.

If you have not yet received yourcopy of Non Solus, please contactSandra Batzli at the Friends Office, 415Library, 1408 W. Gregory, Urbana, IL61801 (217/333-7480).

Friends should also remember thatthey are entitled to a 30% discount onall books published by the UI Press. Ifyou would like to receive a copy of thecurrent catalog of UI Press publications,please contact Friends CoordinatorSandra Batzli at the address/phonegiven above.

Happy reading!

Indian Novelist VisitsThe Library welcomed Indian writerand philosopher Raja Rao in mid-November when he visited campus forthe opening of a special exhibition ofhis writings in the Asian Library.

Professor Michael Gorman, Directorof General Services for the Library,spoke at the formal inauguration of theexhibit, which included Mr. Rao'sworks and a selection of scholarlyarticles and criticism. Mr. Rao, a notednovelist who writes in English, is theauthor of Kanthapura; The Serpent andthe Rope, which won the NationalAcademy Award; and The Cat andShakespeare. Mr. Rao is retired lectureron Indian philosophy at the Universityof Texas.

Mr. Narindar Aggarwal, assistantAsian Librarian, and Mr. Braj B. Kachru,professor of linguistics, selected theitems for display.

Executive CommitteeNotesThe Library Friends ExecutiveCommittee has installed a newpresident and committee chairpersons,and is delighted to welcome five newmembers to the committee.

Mr. Edwin Scharlau II, president ofBusey First National Bank of Urbana,assumed the duties of president of theExecutive Committee in September. Mr.Scharlau earned his doctorate from UIin 1974. He has previously servedFriends as vice-president of theExecutive Committee and chairman ofits development committee.

The various committees managingaspects of Friends activities are nowhard at work planning the year ahead.Mrs. Helen Levin heads the budgetcommittee; Mr. John Barr serves aschair of the development committee;the program committee is headed byMr. John Burness; and Mrs. DonnaFollmer chairs the volunteer servicescommittee.

New members of the ExecutiveCommittee include: Mr. James W.Armsey and Mrs. Elizabeth Armsey, LifeMembers of Friends; Mr. Ronald Bates,partner in McGladrey Hendrickson &Co.; Mr. Charles E. Flynn, editor of TheNews-Gazette; and Mr. Robert Futrelle,research scientist in genetics anddevelopment at UI. These people jointhe 16 other Executive Committeemembers in steering the efforts ofconcerned supporters of the Library toachieve the Friends goals of superiorservices and resources for the UILibrary.

Mr. Gorman, left, and Mr. Rao review one ofthe items included in the special exhibit.

friendscriptAppears quarterly in April, July, Oct.,and Jan. Editor: Linda Hoffman. Officeof Publication: Library Friends, 415Library, Univ. of Illinois, 1408 W.Gregory, Urbana, IL 61801. (POST-MASTER: Send Form 3579 to thisaddress.) Second-class postage paid atUrbana, III.

Asian Library Receives 500-Volume Gift from ChinaThe UI Asian Library has recentlyreceived a donation of nearly 500. volumes of current Chinesepublications from the National CentralLibrary in Taiwan, Republic of China.gf The collection, which covers a widerange of subject fields, including manymultivolume sets of Chinese calligraphyand art works, was on exhibition at theAmerican Library Association annualconference this summer. Thepresentation ceremony took placeduring the ALA conference at thePhiladelphia Civic Center on July 11.

Mr. K.C. Dunn, Director, Office in NewYork, Coordination Council for NorthAmerican Affairs, represented theNational Central Library at theceremony.

University Librarian Hugh Atkinson,who accepted the donation for UI,noted that the faculty and students ofthe University will long treasure thisfine gift collection as a symbol of theuniversal bonds of scholarship. The giftdemonstrates the friendship and goodwill among academic colleagues at thetwo institutions.

UI Asian Librarian Bill Wongand Mr. Atkinson represented the Libraryat the formal presentation oithe gift collection by Mr. and Mrs. K.C. Dunn (right) during the ALA conference.

The Library Is Looking...For funds to deacidify and restore twoimportant works, each of which is aclassic in its field. One is CottonMather's The Christian philosopher...(London, 1721); the other is Thepresent state of the Europeansettlements on the Mississippi...(London, 1770), by Philip Pittman. Eachbook has reached the point at whichfurther use without restoration risksirreparable damage. Restoration costestimates are about $400 for eachvolume. For more information, contactMr. Fred Nash, Rare Book Librarian,217/333-3777.

For Fragments on the Theory andPractice of Landscape Gardening, areprint of the 1816 edition by HumphryRepton recently published for $32.Repton was an influential Englishlandscape designer, and this acquisitionwould fill a gap in the Library'sextensive collection of his works. For

more information, contact Ms.Mary Ravenhall, City Planning andLandscape Architecture Librarian,217/333-0424.

For Early Maps, by Tony Campbell, forthe Undergraduate Library collections.The book includes 68 reproductions ofearly maps, plans and charts from me-dieval times to the mid-19th century. Itoffers background information on eachmap's cartographer and engraver, re-lating political developments and geo-graphical discoveries (or misconcep-tions) that influenced its design. It canbe purchased from Abbeville Press witha $40 donation. For more information,contact Mr. David Kohl, UndergraduateLibrarian, 217/333-1031.

If you can help the Library with a dona-tion or gift, please call the numbersabove, or contact Sandra Batzli directlyat the Friends Office, 217/333-7480.

Friends Welcome FirstCorporate BenefactorThe Peoria-based architecture firm ofLankton, Ziegele, Terry and Associateshas become a Corporate Benefactor inLibrary Friends with its donation of$1000 to enhance the Library'sacquisitions fund.

Mr. John Crawford of LZT, architectfor the Library's sixth stack addition,received a complimentary copy of thespring issue of Friendscript, whichfeatured the groundbreakingceremonies for the new construction.Shortly afterward his firm's donationarrived, making LZT the first companyto join Friends as a benefactor underthe corporate giving structure recentlyestablished to acknowledge businesssupport of the Library.

Corporate membership in Friends isan excellent way for a business torecognize in a tangible and productivemanner the symbiotic relationship ofbusiness and academic research. Theexample set by LZT is one which otherfirms will surely follow as they realizethe many benefits of becoming aCorporate Friend of the University ofIlinois Library at Urbana-Champaign.

The Benefits of Membership

As a Friend of the University of IllinoisLibrary, you receive:* Special circulation and stack privileges for

Library materialsSFriendscript, the quarterly newsletter

* Non Solu, the annual bulletin* Invitations to exhibits, lectures and

f receptions* A 30% discount on University of Illinois

Press publicationsThe Friends welcome everyone interested inthe continued excellence of the Universityof Illinois Library. There are now over 1000members of Library Friends.

YES, I/We wish to becomemembers of the U of I LIBRARYFRIENDSD University Librarian's Council at UIUC:

$5000 0 Sponsor: $100o Life: $1500 D Subscriber: $50O Benefactor: $1000 0 Contributor: $25D Patron: $500 0 Student: $5Please make your check payable toUniversity of Illinois Foundation/LibraryFriends, 224 Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St.,Urbana, Illinois 61801. All contributions aretax-deductible.

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CalendarExhibitsThrough March 1"Notable Acquisitions." Rare BookRoom.

January 31-February 25"Fiction Portrays the Black Experience."Main Corridor, UI Library.

February 1-28"Library Buildings." University Archives.

February 28-March 25"Current Publications from Taiwan,ROC." Main Corridor, UI Library.

March 1-31"The Bank Holiday of 1933." UniversityArchives.

March 15-"Samuel Johnson and his Circle." RareBook Room. To continue indefinitely.

Joan Hood New Presidentof FOLUSAJoan Hood, Director of UI LibraryDevelopment and Public Affairs, iscurrently serving as president of thenational library support group Friendsof Libraries USA (FOLUSA). She is acharter board member of the organiza-tion, founded in 1979 as an affiliate ofthe American Library Association.

Mrs. Hood represents UI in her roleas spokesperson for the support of alllibraries, and has been actively involvedin this work since she joined theFriends staff as Coordinator in 1978. Shehas been instrumental in the Friends'growth and influence, and thus in itsability to help the Library. Mrs. Hoodhas also been appointed to a two-yearterm on the National Advisory Board ofthe Center for the Book in the Libraryof Congress.

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correspondence, books, andphotographs. In recent years thecollection's enhancement hascontinued, notably with the acquisitionof the William A. Sutton Collection ofAmerican Literary Documents(described previously in both Non Solusand Friendscript), and now with thedonation of Mrs. Adato's researchpapers.

The Adato research material aboutthe poet will maintain its integritywithin the Sandburg collection througha separate inventory in the Rare BookRoom. It will prove to be an especiallyrich resource for the many users of theSandburg collection. In her films, Mrs.Adato has tried to focus particularly onthe artist's life as it affects his or herwork, and on the effect of the work onthe life. As a result, her papers willcomplement the "primary" material sheconsulted at the UI Library, Sandburg'spersonal writings and documents.

Mrs. Adato pointed out during aninterview: "Film broadens the area ofpeople's experience. It lets them feel,understand and enjoy subjects that theywouldn't normally be exposed to." TheLibrary can be said to serve the samepurpose; it exists for just such projectsas Mrs. Adato's documentary on CarlSandburg. The richness of its resourcescombines with the researcher's effortsto contribute to the nation's culturalheritage. The Sandburg materials heldfor the public at the UI Library serve asone example among the many treasuresthere which the Friends can point towith justifiable pride.

Mrs. Hood, left, presented Mrs. George Bush with the first annual FOLUSA Friends Award duringthe organization's annual meeting in July.

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