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SWEETBRIARCOLLEGE sWEET BRIAR COLLEGE L7£ 32449051L0722i4 bRARY CAZETTE .AI ARCHIVES LD 7251 .S92 L43 Svp.r251,9n9o1l-/2 umber1&2 Friends of the Mary Helen Cochran Library SFaplr^lin1g9911991 Fall 1991 Grace Hartigan and Her Art by Grace Hartigan OnApril 19, 1991, at thejoint annual meeting, the Friends ofArt andthe Friends ofthe Library welcomedGraceHartigan,whohasdirectedthegraduateprogramattheMarylandInstituteCollege ofArtsincethelate60s. Sheshowedmanyslidesofherwork,commentinginformallyoneach,and gavegenerouslyofhertimeindiscussingthemanyquestionspromptedbyherlivelytalk. Duringour eveningwithher,weheardmuchabouttheNewYorkschoolofpoetsandpaintersofwhomshewas oneinthe50s,theabstractexpressionistmovementinartandwhatfollowedit,andherownlifeas anartist. Shehasoftenfoundhersubjectsinpopularculture;someofherpictureshavebeensuggested bysights fromthewindows ofastudio onthe lowerEast Side, andone inthe Fells Point area of Baltimore, by coloring books, paper dolls, billboards, shopping malls and what she calls 'little madnesses',suchasthebookwhichsheoncefoundinagift-shoponhowtomakesculpturewithbread. Wehopethatthefollowingextractsfromhertalkwillremindthoseofuswhowereintheaudienceof herspiritedconversation, andgive others some ofthe flavorofherpersonalityandits abounding energy.AcopyofGraceHartigan:aPainter'sWorld,byRobertMattison(HudsonHillsPress,NY1990) signedbytheartist,hasrecentlybeenpresented tothecollegebyFayMartinChandler, '43whose happysuggestionitwasthatsheshouldvisitSweetBriar. Onstartingtopaint; atthesametimeandIthoughttherewassome Iwasmarriedveryyoung. Iwas19,hewas reasonforthis. SowhenhewasdraftedandI 20,andwewererightoutofhighschoolandhe gotajobasadraftsman-byafluke-afellow wasliketheboynextdoor;hewasthefirstboy draftsman asked ifI painted, andby then I'd I ever read poetry been doing water- with, andwewent to colors - whata thing California. We were todowhenyou'renot going to be pioneers trained! I was doing andweregoingtolive ivy trailing out of inAlaska. WorldWar Dutch shoes, so he IIbrokeoutandIwas said "Do you like pregnantandhesaid, modern art?" and I "You're not going to said, "What'sthat?"- be a housewife. I remember, I was 20 know it. I'llbe gone yearsold-sohesaid, foralongtime. What "111showyouabook", are you going to do so he showed me a with your life?" He book of Matisse. I said "I think you're GraceHartiganatSweetBriar said, "Can I borrow creative. Howabout, well, music? - forget it. it? Itlookseasy;itsurelooksbetterthanDutch Howaboutwriting?'' I said, "Well, I'vekepta shoeswithivy,"soItriedtodoitanditwasn't Journal." "Howaboutpainting?" I said, "I've easyatall. SoIwentbackandsaid"Ican'tdo neverpainted." Hesaid"Let'stry."Sowewent that,"andhesaid"Well,I'mnotsurprised." So toanAdultEducationclassinCaliforniaand hesaid"Well,Icantellyouwhocanteachyou," wesatdownbythestill-lifeandhadpadsand andthatwasIsaacLaneMuse. SowhileIwas ^ccrhya.rcAonadlahneddBroewbabnegdaIncrtioeddraanwdaInddidInb'etgkannotwo sdtruadfytisnmganwiitnhthIekedaiyn.thNeoewvtehniisnigsaIwwaeisrbdesitnogrya, whyIwascrying. SoIwaspregnantandIwas I know, abouthowyoubegin as an artist.pIt r homesoIstartedtocrybymyselfbutdrew couldhavehappenedanotherway,but that' thewayithappened. "Whoareyou?"andIsaid"I'mGraceHartigan. Pollocksentme",andhesaid"Comeonup." It Onfindingasubject: wasthateasythen.Andverysoonwithinayear Therearebasicallyonlytwothingsyou're IhadmeteverymajorfigureinAmericanavant- involvedinwhenyou'reapainter-oneishow gardeart. to paintandone is what topaint. Themore difficultthingiswhattopaint. Ifindthatforme Onherpainting TheKingisDead: it's aconstant dilemma ofbelonging. I don't Wewereveryconscious,theartiststhenin belonganywhere. I'mnotmiddle-class,I'mnot NewYork,ofbeingAmericansandtheKingwas richexceptwhenIsellalotofpaintings,I'mnot Picasso,(whohadawayoflingeringaroundfor poorbutIliveinaneighborhoodwhichisreally quiteabitafterIhaddonethepainting)butit alower-classneighborhood-mywriterfriends was a sense that America was going tobe a saythat'sbecausemyfathergavemeDickens majorforceinart,anditwasgoingtobeinNew toreadwhenIwasakid. In the 50s when I first saw the work of PollockanddeKooning.Iwasprettybright. I gotthisnewwaytopaintandIpaintedthatway foracoupleofyearsandthenIwentthrough aboutofconscience;Ihadn'toriginatedthis. I hadnothad formalarttraining. Igraduated fromhigh school and married ayoungman. World War IIbroke out and I got ajob as a mechanicaldraftsman. SoIwasdrawingto1/ 64 of an inch and at the same time I was studyingwithIsaacandI'dneverhadanyart history,soin 1952Idecidedtopaintfromthe masters. In the50s throughsomeinstinct I found thethreethings thatIwaspaintingabout,so GraceHartigan.#19Pastorale, 1953. I roamed restlessly: art history, Sllkscreen.SBCCollection, 1969. autobiography, and then when I was on the Lower East Side I looked out and I saw the York,anditwas. Weliterallymovedthecentre pushcarts and crazy store windows and I ofavant-gardepaintingfromParistoNewYork. painted from popular culture, and you'll see this restlessness throughout the forty years Onteaching: that I'vebeenpainting. I don'treallyteach. Ihangaround, I'ma When Iwas 27 I made thedecisionthat I mentor. Mystudents range fromrightoutof wouldpainteverydayofmylife. undergraduateschooltoamanthat'sworking withme - ablackmaninhis 50s. Ihavethe OnmeetingJacksonPollock abilitysomehowtobringouttheuniquenessof and deKooning: apersonthat'sworkingwithme,tocutthrough In 1949IwaslivinginMexicowithHarry influences and work for two years and say Jackson and we had Just gone out to visit "Lookatthis. Ithinkthisisreallyyou,"andI Pollock. Nowinthosedaysallyouhadtodo find that akind ofchallenge, I find thatvery wasjust lift the phone and call up Jackson exciting. I'm a teacherin spite ofherself, an Pollock and say "We like your work" and he educatorinspiteofherself. Ilovetheabilityto said"Hey,comeonoutandseeme,kids!" So dothat,it'swonderful. It'slikeanotherkindof wewentouttoseeJacksonPollock,andHarry creatingandIlovethesepeople. Theykeepme andJacksonwentdrinkingandIsatwithLee onmytoes. They'retough. Theyseemywork. (Kramer) over the kitchen table and she They'renotgroupies. They don't tell mehow showed me all Pollock's reproductions and greatitis. Oneofmygraduates,Isaidtohim. catalogsandtalkedabouthim. Ididn'tknow "Whatdoyouthinkofthispainting?" Hesaid, thatLeewasapainter. Shehadn'tpaintedfor "Nya-uh-uh." Isaid"O.K.let'stalkaboutit". twoyearsbecausePollockfeltthatcompetition So that's thekind ofrelationship I havewith wassomethinghedidn'twantaroundhim. So peoplethatworkwithme. whileIwaswithPollock-thisis 1948 - Isaid "Who'sgoodbutyou?" Youcan'timaginehow Onfeminism: itwastowalkintoabamandseewetJackson Ifyouwanttoaskaboutthewomanthing: Pollocks-1wasabsolutelyoverwhelmed. And therewasnosenseofbeingprejudicedagainst, hesaid"Everybody'sshitbutdeKooningand becauseeverybodywas. Pollockwasn'tselling me." SoIsaid,naturally."Who'sdeKooning?" and de Kooning wasn't selling, Kline wasn't So IwentbacktoNewYork. IwenttoBillde selling,Iwasn'tselling, Helen(Frankenthaler) Kooning'sstudioandrangthebellandhesaid wasn'tselling,everyonewasinthesameboat, —2— sowe were all comrades, and itwasn't until thebulkofherestatetoSweetBriarCollegeto later on that I discovered I was supposed to beusedforthelibrary. have some kind ofan attitude. Well. I don't The fundswillbeused to supportlibrary have an attitude. I'm very relaxed about it. needs,includingplanningfortheexpansionof Menareloversandfriendsandhusbandsand SweetBriar'slibraryfacilities. Intheexpanded companions. facility, therewillbearoomnamedtheT.A. Divine Room" containing a plaque Indicating Onknowingwhenapaintingisfinished; theroomhasbeennamed"byagenerousgift WheWnhIecnanitslleeaevpe.sWmheeanlointei.sn'Wthheanunitti'snigtsmeelf.. Vf'4ir5oc.m"kshbeurTrhdgea,ulgmhaMtieAsrs,iMDsiasvriigpnopetiEEnnarrniidgghhttmAwogavhsenidfdreostm,o Onplansforfuturework: Memphis,Tennesseelaterinlife. I want to do masterpieces. I want to do MargotspentherearlyyearsInMemphis. paintingsIcan'tevendreamofandnobodycan Following her years at Sweet Briar, she dreamof. Iwanttodoincrediblework. That's attended Columbia University. She lived in allIwanttodo. NewYorkfortherestofherlife,workinginthe financial world. She was Senior Account ExecutiveatBacheandCompany. Theestate isstillinprobateandhasanestimatedvalued Margot Divine Enright ofbetween one halfand three quarters ofa Aghnides, Class of 1945 milliondollars. The portraitwill hangin the foyer ofthe bequeaths estate to Sweet librarybearingaplaquecontainingthecaption Briar College Library of the portrait reproduction at left until the DivineRoomiscompleted. *************************************************** AlumnaeAuthors in the Mary Helen Cochran Library byLisaN.Johnston Room 202 of the Mary Helen Cochran Libraryishometoaverydiversecollectionof books, theAlumnae Collection. Theauthors represented in the collection are Sweet Briar womenfromtheAcademydays(1901-1919)to the 1990's. Books of poetry, short stories, plays, novels, biographies, travel writings. childrens' literature, and research publicationsarepartofthecollection. MargotDivineEnrightAghnides Readers interested in furthering their Classof1945 knowledgeofthehistoryofSweetBriarCollege LibraryBenefactress andherfounderswouldbenefit fromreading Ifyoucomeinto theMaryHelenCochran Martha von Briesen's (1931) contributions. library, your eye may be drawn to a new TheLettersofElijahFletcher, UniversityPress additiontothemainfoyer. Theportraitabove of Virginia, 1965, and Sweet Briar College: wasreceivedfromMr.MarcEnright,cousinto Seven Decades, 1901-1971, Sweet Briar Margot Divine Enright Aghnides, Class of College. 1972. 1945. PaintedbytheSwissMannerist artist Amongthemostprolificwriterstograduate HansJ6ngLimbachin 1948,itisawonderful fromtheCollegeareHildegardeFlanner(1921) portrait of a friend and benefactress of the whohaswrittenseventeenvolumesofpoems, SweetBriarCollegeLibrary. essays,andplays. Biographer,DorothySmith Shehadbeenworkingwith thecollege to Berkeley's(1932)ninebiographiesincludethe fundlibrarygrowth. Shedesiredtofundthose lives of botanists, cartographers, and projectsdeterminedbythecollegetobemost explorers. Phoebe PiersonDunn (1936) with necessary for maintaining the excellent theassistanceofJudy(1964)andTrisDunn, reputation and services of Sweet Briar's wrote and photographed a total ofseventeen libraries. Tragically, she fell ill and died on booksforchildrenthatcoversubjectsranging January29, 1991. Inherwill,shebequeathed from animals to emotions. Mary Lee Settle —3- (1940)haswrittenthirteennovelsdealingwith ontheroofoftheMaryHelenCochranLibrary lifeintheAmericanSouth. andconnectedtoadistributionsysteminthe This year there have been three new MediaServicesofficesinBenedict. Fromthere, additions to the Alumnae Collection. Mary television signals can be sent through the StollCross(1957),photojournalismhasadded campuscablesystemandreceivedinvarious a title. We remember her 1979 publication. auditoriums, classrooms, dormitories and BehindtheGreatWaltAPhotographicEssayon China, Atheneum Press. Her latest work is Egypt, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991. This large format book has beautiful photographsthatcapturethepeopleofEgypt as well as a well researched text and a bibliographyoffurtherreadingsonthetribesof ancientandcontemporaryEgypt. Anne Newton Walther (1966) gives the collection Divorce HangoverA Step by Step PrescriptionforCreatingaBrightFutureafter YourMarriageEnds,PocketBooks. 1991. Ms. Walther'sbookdetailstheemotionalupsand downsapersonusuallyexperiencesafterthe breakupofamarriage. Sheprovidesexercises and questions to ask yourself at the end of every chapter, explaining the concept ofthe "DivorceHangover"andhowtorecognizeand overcomeit. Chaptersonchildren,familyand othercollegebuildings. Signalsreceivedfrom friendsandfinancesareparticularlyhelpful. the satellites accessible through the system SallyAdamsonTaylor(1970)hasaddedto provide a major additional resource to those her travel writings on the wine countries of traditionallyavailabletofacultyandstudents. California and France with Culture Shock: The first service added to those signals France! freelyavailablewasasubscriptiontoSCOLA, Thishumorousbutinvaluabletravelbook (SatelliteCommunicationsForLearning). Dr. explainsFrenchmannersandcustomsingreat GarySmith,oftheCollegeofWilliamandMary, detail, even illustratingsome situations with summedupthevalueofSCOLAbysaying"The caricatures orphotographs. The theme that SCOLA Network provides teachers and runsthroughoutthishelpfultravelbookisthe students of foreign languages with constantreminder;"TheFrenchdonotspeak inexhaustible resources for developing English." linguisticskillsandlearningaboutthenations TheAlumnaeCollectioniscelebratedeach of the world. By enabling us to view yearwhen theSweet Briarclassesreturn for international television programs extensively reunion. A display is installed in the Mary and immediately, SCOLA offers us the Helen Cochran Library with pictures and opportunity to immerse ourselves in the worksoftheauthorswhoseclassesareinvited foreign languages and cultures, to seeworld eachyear. Ifyouareinterestedinseeingthe eventsfromtheperspectivesofothernations, collection ofbooks authored by Sweet Briar tokeepabreastofdevelopmentswithinthose women, visit the collection during Library nations, and to understand the ideas and hoursinroom202. needs which underlie their behavior internationallyandlocally." Sweet Briar has enhanced the satellite capabilitytoallowtheprogramstobeviewedin the language house parlor for students in LibraryAddsMedia Services foreign languages. Programs are taped and played in classes orviewed live. The use of Duringthesummerof1991,responsibility these programs allows students to learn to for the Media Services department of the hear,understandandspeakthelanguageasit collegewasplacedunderthelibrary. Ms.Anne isspokenbynatives. ByobservingtheliveTV Richards, Class of 1984 and a Friend ofthe news programs from over 30 countries in 20 Library has been named Media Services languages,studentsenhancetheirsenseofthe Coordinator. As part of the initiative to cultures and interests of foreign countries. enhance the services available to the Theyquicklyrecognizethedifferencesbetween community, a satellite receiving system was culturesandareabletoseewhattopicsareof addedtoMediaServices. majorinterestto thepeoples ofthecountries Anneisresponsibleforoperatingthenew whoselanguagestheyarelearning. satellitesystem. Thesatellitedishismounted Students in international relations and —4— government also benefit from having the Friends satellite available. Receiving news from Purposes and Benefits English speaking nations with a decidedly differentviewpointfromthatofUnitedStates televisionnewsfurtherenhancesthestudent's ThepurposeoftheFriendsoftheSweet senseofhavingtobringhercriticalfacultiesto BriarCollege Library is: bear in analyzing what she is seeing and hearing. A) Toencourageunderstandingofthe The satellitesystemprovides information workofSweetBriarCollege'sMary andmaterialusefulinmanyotherareasofthe HelenCochranLibraryandits curriculum aswell. Studentsofcomparative branchesandtofurtherarealization religion and philosophy are able to observe ofthepresentandfutureimportance religiousservicesandhearreadings fromthe ofthelibrarytotheCollege's world's major religions. Physical education advancement. studentsnowhavetheopportunitytoexamine their sport as played by others around the B.) ToattracttotheCollegelibrary world. Before the satellite. Sweet Briar throughgiftsorbequests,new students would not have been able to see resourcesIncludingfunds,books, lacrosse, field hockey and equestrian manuscripts, andotherappropriate competitionsunlesstheytraveledtotheevent. materialbeyondwhattheCollege With the satellite, these events canbe taped budgetcanprovide. and examined in the classroom and the knowledgegainedappliedtotheplayingfield. C.) Toserveasamediumthroughwhich The college isjustbeginningto leam to take friendsofthelibrarymaybecome advantageoftheincrediblediversityofferedby acquaintedandsharetheir this new service and each week brings new enthusiasmforbooks. suggestions and attempts to integrate it into thecurricularofferings. Membership inthe Friends ofthe Libraryincludes: Sweet Briar College SubscriptiontotheLibraryGazette LibraryFacts Invi«tationsto: annualmeetings « Library services at Sweel. Briar « lectures consist of a main library three exhibits , branch libraries, and a media Circulationprivilegesinthecollegelibraries: services department. a«- MaryHelenCochranMainLibrary MartinC. ShallenbergerArt Books 208,224 Library w UnitsofMicroforms 253,260 « JuniusP. FishburnMusicLibrary AudioVisualMaterials 3.812 FannyB. FletcherScienceLibrary CollegeArchives 310 linearfeet Accesstolibraryservicesincluding: PeriodicalSubscriptions 914 ««" Interlibraryloan NewspaperSubscriptions 33 « ComputerSearchservices InterlibraryLoans « Referenceservices CollegeArchives tootherlibraries (90/91) 1,842 «* VideoandAudioresources InterlibraryLoans fromotherlibraries (90/91) 2,113 Specialcollections: Averagebookcost $47.65 *r W.H.Auden «• T.E. Lawrence Averageperiodicalcost $94.85 «" GeorgeMeredith Numberofstaff 12 a- VirginiaWoolf Numberofstudentassistants 64 andothers Hoursopenperweek 105 Opportunitytosupportthelibrary SquarefeetofSpace 31.000 Libraryexpenditures 1990/91 $617,337 Helpingtoimprovethelibrarycollections —5— . GiftofLetters Received In Memoriam ThetreasuresavailableIntheFergusReld Lucy Hodges RareBookRoom ofthe MaryHelen Cochran librarywereaugmentedoverthesummerwith LouiseBurger(Lucy)Hodges,Friendof the addition ofa group ofletters from noted the Library and member of the Friend's aLiuntvhiollres.. CTlhasesgioftf, 1d9o3n2a,tecdonbsyisStussaonfnleetGtearvs wCoausncail,lidbireadrioannNionvetmhbeeArm1h6e,r1s9t91C.ouLnutcyy writtentoWalterLearnedbymajorAmerican PublicLibrarySystemandasupportiveand literaryfiguresinthelate 1900's. caringFriendoftheLibraryatSweetBriar. She was always willing to aid with the annual telethon and calledregularlywith newsofinterestinghappeningsinthearea librarycommunity. Herloveofbooksandinterestinpeople andtheirreadingformedacoreofherlife. Inanarticlepublishedthisfallinthelocal newspaper. The Amherst New Era- Progress, Lucy was called the "library's heart and soul," a statement that accuratelycharacterizedherpositioninthe Amherst Countylibrary. Hermemoryfor detailofpatrons'readinginterestsandthe wayshewouldalwayspointoutthenewest works she felt you might find absorbing readingmade every encounterwith hera pleasure. Shealwayssoughtwaystomake -ivr lW/•t*-"*^>< the close cooperationbetween the college andpubliclibrarybetterandtobecertain everylibrarypatronsheencounteredknew -C^**-^ "^VO oftheresourceseachlibrarycouldsupply. Her presence will be sorely missed by all whohadthegoodfortunetoknowher. WalterLearned, born onJune 22, 1847, wasabankerinNewLondon,CTandactivein Gift Received from Lindner Estate American literary society. His success in business is show by the positions he held— Treasurer and Vice-President ofthe Savings Thelibraryhas receivedagiftof$15,000 Bank of New London, President of the New fromtheestateofLucilleSmithLindner,Class London Gas and Electric Company and the of 1925. Shewas a longtime member ofthe RockvilleandWillimantic LightingCompany, Friends oftheLibrary. Oneofherparticular andDirectoroftheUnionTrustCompany. He interestswasinthematerialspurchasedbythe wasactiveinhiscommunityandwasPresident Friendstosupportthecurriculumandsheset oftheNewLondonPublicLibrary. Hisinterest aside funds in her estate to be used by the in books and writing is shown both in his libraryforthepurchaseofbooksinallsubjects publications and his club memberships. He Lucille Smith Lindner was an active was a member of the Grolier, Authors and memberoftheSweetBriarfamilyandservedas National Art Clubs of New York City. He presidentoftheCincinnatiSweetBriarClub. translated Coppees Ten Tales in 1892 and CoppeesTheRivalsin1894. Hewrotematerial that appeared in Harper's Magazine. He In Memoriam editedTreasury of Favorite American Poems Clifton WallerBarrett (1897) and published a volume of his own verseentitledBetweenTimesin1889. Hedied C. Waller Barrett, author, former shipping executive, one of America's onDecember 11, 1915. nSfH1iwro8eeo7wc1emeHe.t,eJSBmSraMuaairmsrasmearr.usniCeeLnoldleeWlaAhLerlLigaiinetncne'vecsdgiolFchllmlooeelabf.mlgteegehcTBetRCiehriloclenetekyrimwL,eneiiacnntsJlvshuuiulrldialeienensasJdlgutWeionfWtatteahreletrodtrosf gLdcNirihofeeoveadsHetmeaemeetsbstmohehnbiribcsepoe6phro,isoknoa1mgfi9c.deot9,lh1ile"FneFaocFoCtrtrhrotiarmahresleynbodautasrntsgeedieoasnlvotaeifhlslieFl9sfe0oeL,.cuiwaVnbrordAeraierkornyng,II Whitman. chosebookcollecting. —6— MINUTES FORTHE SPRING 1991 Anothermailingwillgooutbeforetheendofthe FRIENDS OFTHELIBRARY fiscalyear. WebroughtIn$400inpledgesfrom MEETING this year's telethon and $500 for the T. E. Lawrencecollection, whichbrings thetotal to 19April 1991 $7,370.00. Mrs.WoodurgedBoardMembers tomakeaspecialefforttotrytofindmorelife members. The Membership Committee will followupwithaletterandInsomeinstancesa The SpringMeeting ofthe Friends ofthe personalvisit. LibrarywasconvenedbytheChairman,Jean Mr.AikengavetheTreasurer'sReport. We AlbertIntheBrowsingRoomoftheLibraryon startedoutwith $30,633, $10,000morethan Friday. 19 April 1991 at 4:00 pm. Those we had last year. Total revenue available is presentwere: JeanAlbert '46, RalphAiken, $41,921, up $5,199 over last year. Our Carolyn Bates, Katharine Chase '67, Tom operating expenses are up by some $279.00 Connors, Julia de Coligny '34, Alexandra overlastyear. Ourbookpurchasesat$12,500 Eddy. Laura Goley '52, Barbara Hill, Lisa are up by $7,065, and total expenditure is Johnston,KathyLance,JoyceKramar,Nancy $20,245, up by $11,054. Our revenue Leavell'34,SteveMartin,BUIMeadows,Evelyn currentlyavailable,$14,506,isdownfromthis RMiuclhlaernd's31',8T4o,nJ!oNhenlsoRni,shAenr.nRDiecakms&'4C2l,aArinsnsea t9i1meIsla$s4t,y9e6a0r..aTnhdeaospeorfattiondgabyuwdegehtafvoer 1s9p9e0n-t Rowland, Stephanie Speakman '68, Paul $2,561,leavingabalanceof$2,399. Wehave Taylor. ElizabethWood'34, PeggyWyllie'45 not paid any salaries, nor Gazette printing The minutes of the Fall Meeting were costs,andwehadsomeexpensesthathadnot approvedassubmitted. been budgeted, such as new letterhead, and President Hill expressed her delight in someexpensesofourSpringMeetingthatdid beingwith the Friends ofthe Library and in notgetbilledtousuntilafterJuly1. Therefore, beingabletorecognizeallofthem. Shestated youwillnoticethereisnoproposedbudgetfor thatshehashadagoodfirstyearhere,getting 1991-92andtheFinanceCommitteewouldlike usedtothecollege,andoneofthethingsthat yourapproval that theFriends ofthe Library hasbeenmarveloushasbeentodiscoverjust keepinforcethesameoperatingbudgetthatwe howmany friends the institution has. This haveforthisyear,whichtotals$4,960.untilthe collegeis particularlyblessedbecauseithas OctobermeetingwhentheFinanceCommittee theloyaltyofpersons suchas theFriends of willproposewhatwethenregardasarealistic theLibrarywhogiveoftheiradvice,theirtime operatingbudget. Thisproposalwasapproved andtheirdonations, sothatwecankeepthe by the Friends. Since December of 1966 the strengths of the Institution as you see it. FriendsoftheLibraryhaveraised$319,413. It President Hill feels that it is also very hasexpended,mainlyonbooks, $304,907. Importantthatwearehereasanorganization Ms. Eddy, Chairman of the Needs becausewehelptheadministrationarticulate, CommitteeaskedtheFriendsoftheLibraryto notjust to themselves but to others, those approve the Needs List for this Spring for thingsthatweallaspiretoaccomplish, such $8,401.80. Ms. Eddy announced that the as the use of our library. She feels that responsetotheNeedsRequeststhisyearwas becauseweareloversofSweetBriarandalso overwhelming,over$16,000worthofrequests, personswhoarenotalwayshereoncampus, so theListhad tobecutby$7,648.95. Ms. we provide the administration with the Eddyfeelsthatthelistrepresentsthevarious opportunity to be accountable to the best departments of the college quite fairly. The ideals. FriendsapprovedtheNeedsList. Elizabeth Wood gave the Membership Mr. Rowland gave the Publications Committee Report. The Development Office CommitteeReport. Hereportedthatduetothe hasdoneonesolicitationletterthisyearand automationofthelibrary,whichhasaddedto ourtotalmembershipsofaris 133,foratotal theworkloadofMr.Jaffeandthelibrarystaff, of$6,470.00 The260membersforlastyear the Fall Gazettehas stillnotbeenpublished. wasthetotalend-of-the-yearmembership. At Wearehopefulthatthiswillgooutsoon. The theSpringMeetinglastyearweonlyhad 142 reasonthatthelibrarydoesthetypesettingis members,sowearerunningcloselywithlast thatthisgreatlyreducesprintingcosts. There year, except that we have had no new life wassomediscussionastowhetherweshould membersthisyear. FriendsoftheLibrarywill publishonlyoneissueinsteadoftwothisyear. continue to have the telethon in the Spring. A motion that the Chairman meet with the TheMembershipCommitteefeelsthatitisvery Publications Committee to make a decision productivetohavestudentscontinuetocallat regarding the Gazette, was seconded and theendoftheyearas theyhavedoneinthe approved. past,callingallthosewhohavebeenmembers Mrs. Ann Reams gave the Nominating before,butwhohavenotrespondedthisyear. CommitteeReport.TheNominatingCommittee —7— takes great pleasure in presenting the Sweet Briar College and the Lynchburg Area followingtwonewCouncilMemberstoservea CooperativeareworkingtogetheristheUnion 1st term: Mrs. Lewis Booker (Catharine ListofSerials. OurUnion Listhas nowbeen Fitzgerald '47) and Mr. Kerry Scott, son of acceptedasthemodelfortheentirestate. We VirginiaEarleyHolt'53. Toservea2ndterm: alsohaveaprogramwithAmherstCountyHigh Mrs.JamesA. Hodges; Toservea3rd term: School through which we provide library AssociateProfessorofEnglishCherylMares. instructionandalibrarycardtosomestudents ProfessorofHistoryPaulTaylor, Mrs. Ernest whoareeitherinthegiftedprogramorwhoare Wood. taking advanced placement courses. Lisa Ms.JoyceKramarmadeannouncements JohnstonreportedthatourLIONprogramhas regarding members. She announced Lucy increased the number of interlibrary Loans, Hodges is now home and doing well. Pat especially with Randolph-Macon and Wright has suddenly developed a very bad Lynchburg. caseoffluandisunabletobehere.Johnisout Themeetingwasadjourned. oftownservingonanaccreditation teamfor the Southern Association of Colleges and Schoolsandsorrythathecannotbewithus. CarolynMcGeheeandGraceMaryOatessent Hi**M.*t*+***Mi*tM.*mHtMJ*i****M.**.**.- regrets that they could not attend this meeting. Ms. Kathleen Lance, Head of Public Services for the Library, welcomed everyone LibraryReceives Gift onbehalfoftheLibraryandreported onour toAcquire Musical Recordings LIONProject,LynchburgInformationOn-line on Compact Disk Network. Currentlyin this databaseare the entireholdingsofourlibrarysystem,boththe mainlibraryandthebranchlibraries,andin The library has received a gift to fund addition to that Lynchburg College and purchases for the music library of major Randolph-Macon Women's College's recordings on compact disk. Through the holdings. Possiblybythissummerorearlyfall generosityofBlairGravesSmithoftheClassof theholdingsofLynchburgPublicLibrarywill 1948,afundhasbeenestablishedtopurchase alsobeincludedinthedatabase. Notonlyhas compactdiskrecordings ofworksusedin the riteaclhlayngaeldsoourchliafneghierneginthtehewliabyrarys,tubduetnitt'ss mMucsCiocrdcuMrcrNiuctutl,umAastsiSswteaenttBPrrioafre.ssDorr.oRfeMbuescicca approachtheirresearchandthewaythatthey and Chair of the Music Department, will be willbeabletogetinformationfromtheother workingwiththelibrarytoselectandacquire collegesinthearea. Thisischangingthings themost needed items over thecourse ofthe for faculty too; onceyou get past the initial comingyear. barriers ofknowingwhat keys to press and The study of music has been greatly whatnot,you areabletoaccessmuchmore improvedbytheadvancesin soundrecording information. Forexample.The Universityof quality provided by compact disk. The Richmond, whichhas the same system, has acquisition ofthebasic recordings studied at reportedthatafteroneyearofinstallationthey the college in this format will improve the have tripled their circulation statistics. Ms. opportunitiesforstudentstohearhighquality wLoarnckesotfofaerneydotnoesihnotewretshteeds,yastnedmeanncdouhroagweidt rreeccoorrddiinnggss.wiTlhlealasvoaihlealbpilpirteyseofrvceommapnacytofdtihsek theFriends to tryusingLION. Mr. Connors recordingsonlongplayingrecordinthemusic pointed out that with all the collections library collection. These recordings were available on the network, the percentage of deteriorating due to the high use they were duplication of materials was only 17%, receivingfrommusicstudents. Many areno provingonceagainthateachofthelibrariesis longeravailableandhavenotbeenreleasedin uniqueinitsownwayandthereforetherewere compactdiskformat. surprisingly few duplications. Ms. Lance Themusicdepartmentandlibraryreached reported that the library is still actively ajointagreementseveralyearsagotoacquire working on preservation. We have now allnewlypurchasedrecordingsincompactdisk installed thermometer/hygrometers on all formatbecausethequalitywasclearlysuperior floorsofthelibrarywhichmeasurehumidity forteachingpurposes. Untilnow,nofunding andtemperatureandhelptoestablishabetter has been available to upgrade many core environmentforourbooks. Thelibraryisstill recordingstocompactdisk. Thegenerosityof activelyworkingto improvenetworkingwith Blair Graves Smith enables the college to allthelibrarieswithinthestate.Thenewstate address a pressing need of the library and librarian, John Tyson, is very interested in music department to ensure the quality of networking and one of the areas in which resourcesavailabletoSweeetBriar'sstudents. —8— MINUTES FORTHE FALL 1991 encourageyoutogooverit. Elizabethandthe FRIENDS OFTHELIBRARY DevelopmentOfficewillbeworkingtofinialize MEETING thoseassignmentsandgetyourListtoyouas soonaspossible. (2)Ageneralmailinginthe 18 October1991 Springoraroundthe1stofAprilthatwouldgo to those in selected classes and who have The Fall Meeting of the Friends of the alreadygiventotheannualfundasofApril1. librarywasconvenedbytheChairman,Jean They will receive a brochure and letter AlbertIntheBrowsingRoomoftheLibraryon thanking them for their annual gift, and Friday. 18 October 1991 at 4:00 pm. Those encouragingthemtojoineither/ortheFriends present were: JeanAlbert '46. RalphAiken, oftheLibraryorFriendsofArt. Theycanthen Carolyn Bates, Martha von Briesen '31, returnacardsayingYes,IwouldliketoJoin: or Catherine Booker '47, Julia de Coligny '34, Keep me on your mailing List so that I can Tom Connors, Laura Goley '52, John Jaffe, continuetogetinformationabouttheFriends Lisa Johnston, Joyce Kramar, Kathy Lance, oftheLibrary. Heather McCoy '94, Bill Meadows, Evelyn Mr.AikengavetheTreasurer'sReport. We Mullen '31, Grace Mary Oates '64, Anne started the year out with $30,633. over Richards'84.Dick&ClarissaRowland,Kerry $10,000 more than we had last year. D. Scott. Pat Wright. Peggy Wyllie '45, and Memberships weredownthisyearat$12,120, LouiseZingaro'80. some$8935less thanlastyear. Endowment The minutes ofthe Spring Meeting were incomewasalsodown.Thereforetotalrevenue approvedassubmitted. forthisperiodat$14,048waslowerthanthe Bill Meadows gave the Membership comparablefigureonthe30thofJune1990by CommitteeReportforElizabethWoodwhowas over$10,600. Total expenditures of$19,086 unabletobewithustodaybecauseofillness. wereupbyover$4500. Revenueavailableat AsofJune30, 1991wehave205members,for theendofthefiscalyearat$25,594wasdown atotalof$12,120. SinceJunewehaveadded byover$5000. Operatingexpensesfor91/92 7 members, for a total of $180, making our are up. We have deducted $12,252 dollars membership212,foratotalof$12,300. This which has already been committed to book isamajordropinourmembership. Thedollar purchases and when this is deducted from figurereflects fewermemberships, whichMr. revenueavailableitonlyleaves $7992forthe Meadows stated is caused due to fewer purchaseofbooks, adrop of$8819 fromthis mailings and fewer phone calls. The dollar timelastyear. Mr.Aikenpresentedthebudget figures are also affected by fewer life for this year. There were some changes; an membership payments during thepastyear. increase in postage, fund-raising and Incomewas $8000 from memberships inthe meetings. Theproposedbudgetfor1991/92is previousyearandonly$3000in1990/91. The $5350.00. Mr. Aiken requested that the Membership Committee adopted a general Friends ofthe Libraryadoptas the operating plan which will be coordinated through the budget for the Friends for 1991/92 the total OfficeofDevelopment. Allindividuals onthe sumof $5350.00 as thisyear'sbudget. The FriendsoftheLibraryMailingList, thosewho Friendsacceptedtheproposedbudget. gavelastyear or any timepreviously orwho The Friends extended their sincerest haveindicatedaninterestin the Friendswill thankstoMr.Aikenforallofhishardworkon receiveasolicitationforthecurrentfiscalyear keepingtheirfinancescorrectandaccurate. as a followup. Wewill ask several students Mr.JaffegavetheNeedsCommitteereport whom we will employ during the month of for Cheryl Mares, who has accepted the November,tomakephonecallstothissamelist positionofChairoftheNeedsCommittee,but ofpeople.Thisshoulddefinitelygeneratesome dueto othercommittmentswasunabletobe support. Then In the Springwe will plan to present. Mr.JafferequestedthattheFriends sendanotherremindertothosewhohavenot accept the Needs List as submitted, totaling renewedorhadnotchosentogiveasofMarch $3,923.07. The Friends of the Library 15andagainemploystudentstofollowupwith approvedtheNeedsList. phonecalls.TwootherinitiativesMr.Meadows Mr. Rowland gave the Publications feels Important and will affect both the Committeereport. HereportedthattheSpring numbers ofmembers and dollars raised; 0) issueoftheGazetteisreadytogotopressand someofyouhavelookedoverthemembership that thePublications Committeehas decided listandhavecircledthenamesofIndividuals tocombine this issuewith the FallorWinter you would be willing to contact personally, issueandmallasone. Thiswillsavepostage eitherbyletterorphone.Thesearepeoplewe andalsocatchusuponGazettes. Minutesof would hope to contact for larger gifts (i.e. bothmeetingswillbeInthisissue. Wehopeto $100.00orevenlifememberships). Ifyouhave getthisoutwithinthenextcoupleofweeks. notlookedatthislistorifwehavenotheard Ms. Louise Zingaro gave the Nominating from you we will send you a copy and Committee Report. Ms. Zingaro welcomed —9— , . bothofournewcouncilmembers,KayBooker planningprocesstorenovateandexpandthe andKerryScott. Fiveofourcouncilmembers librarybuildingtomeetourneedsInthefuture. will have completed their third term this Thelibrary is engaged in some things on Spring,andsheaskedforourhelpInsending campusthatmightbeofInterest. TheLibrary names to her to help fill the upcoming is the largest student employer on campus. vacancies. Thelibrarynowhasasatellitedish. Thispast Therewasnooldbusiness. yeartheMediaServicesofthecollegehascome New Business - Mr. Jaffe reported that under the direction of the library and Anne April10,1992hasbeensetasidefortheSpring Richards was appointed as Media Services Meeting and the suggested speaker will be Coordinator. As part of that position she BarryJones,abookdealer,appraiserwhowas manages the satellite technology. We are suggestedbyMarthavonBriesen. Johnhas membersofScola,aconsortiumnetworkthat spokenwith Mr.Jones and hehas agreed to provides multi-lingual satellitebroadcasts to keep that date open. Mr. Jones will give a institutions, so Sweet Briar is now receiving combinationlectureandappraisal,soifanyof real time news programs in the original youhaveararebookyouwouldlikeappraised, language from various countries around the please bring it to the meeting. The Friends world. approvedMr.JonesastheSpringspeaker. Martha Lou Stolman is coming down to Mr.Jaffegaveabriefreportonrecentgifts presentuswithsomeofherhusband'sbooks tothelibrary. Wereceivedagiftinsupportof fortheArtLibrary. Hewasaprofessorofartat ourMusicLibraryfromBlairGravesSmith'48 Princeton. Shekindlysentalistofhisbooks specificallytobuycompactdiscrecordingsof fromwhichtheartdepartmentchosewhatwas works used in music courses to replace the needed. deterioratingrecordsinourpresentcollection There being no further business, the The second gift we received was from meetingwasadjourned. LucilleSmithUnder'25,wholeftus$15,000, fromherestate,whichisbeingusedtosupport librarypurchases. entiOruerefisntaaltgeifto,wfhiMcahrigsosttillDiinvpirnoecesEsn,rilsgthhte RecentAcquisitthieonFsriTehnrdosughGiftsfrom Aghnldes,Classof"45. Mr.Jaffeshowedusthe Fall 1990 beautifulpicture ofMargotwhichhercousin aMnardcbrEonurglhgthtd,ohwenrtoontlhyecloilvlineggeraelnadtipvre,esfeonutnedd TmheeetiFnrgienodfs1o9f AtphreilLib1r9a9r1y,Caoupnpcriolv,edattihtes tous. Margot'spicturewillbehunginthefoyer purchaseof119titlesin194volumesatatotal ofthelobbyofthelibrary,justasyou enter. cost of $8,401.80 from the list of requests Once thelibraryexpansion, orrenovation, is submitted by faculty and approved by the completed a room will be named in that Needs Committee of the Friends. Selected structure for Margot Enright's mother, T. A. atintldesanfnrootmattheedabeplporwo.ved purchasesarelisted Divine, andthepicturewillbehungthere. Mr. Connorsreportedontheestategiftof Mrs. Aghnides, who had a gross estate of ARTHISTORYDEPARTMENT $800,000. After taxes havebeen paid, and some smaller gifts have been made. Sweet Provost,Louis Briarwillbe thebeneficiaryoftheremaining oeuvre;Hoendoitreed,Dawiutmhiearn,ianttrhoedmuacttiicongubiydetothe estate,whichisestimatedtobeapproximately ElizabethC.Childs. NewYork,NY;Garland $525,000. Thegiftisrestrictedforusebythe Publishers/ 1989. library. The estate also states that any ThebookthatforthefirsttimemakesItpossibletostudy acquisitions made from the estate for the systematicallyallthesubjectstreatedinDaumler'sart. librarybemadeinmemoryofMargot'smother. Mayr-Harding.Henry Mrs. Aghnides requested that the funds be OttonianBookIllumination: An used for renovations ofthe library and that HistoricalStudy. London;HarveyMiller theserenovationsoraroombenamedinhonor Publishers/ 1990-91 2volumes ofhermother. Thefundswillbeinvestedand growuntil further decisions canbemade on Tthhiissmbaogonkifwiiclelnbtemtohveefmiresnttfuolfl-GsecarlmeawnorAkrt.inEnglishof thestateofrenovationsplansforthelibrary. Mr.JaffereportedthatSweetBriarhosted, KIrsch.EdithW. this past Saturday, a meeting for library Fiveilluminatedmanuscriptsof networkingleadersintheStatetokickoffwhat GiangeleazzoVlsconti. UniversityPark,PA; iscalledthe"VirginiaLibraryandInformation PennStateUniversityPress/1991 mNeotdweolrwki.t"hiAnstyhoautknentowworoku.rlMirb.raJrayffseysretpeomritsead AcarontmaImnnid-sdsleiepaotrnhneisdntgb.uydTyahimosafjsstoeurvde1yr4aetlnhri-ilcclehunemtsiunorauytrIetudanlmdiaeannruspstacatrnridopintnosgf thatwithinthelibraryweareworkingonthe ofeachofthemanuscriptsinthegroupandtracesthe —10—

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