May 1997
Newsletter #28
 

Transforming Libraries While Preserving the Past 

Library of Congress Joins CIRLA

Electronic Journals: A New Piece in the Digital Puzzle

In Our Cites: Electronic Resources

Reserve Deadlines

Reserve Materials Form Available Electronically

Special Collections Catalog Available

Honor with Books

Finding Books on the Web: Book and Publishing Websites

New Hoya's Guide

Fairchild Gallery Opens

The Charles Marvin Fairchild Memorial Gallery, located in the fifth floor lobby of Lauinger Library, was formally opened and dedicated on Friday, April 11, 1997. The gallery, built with funds provided by Mrs. Charles M. Fairchild, provides a permanent exhibit venue for selections from the Library's rapidly growing collection of fine prints, drawings, watercolors, original editorial cartoons, and other graphic arts.

At the heart of the Library's collections are more than 3,000 twentieth-century American fine prints, including substantial holdings of the work of such artists as Grace Albee, Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, Werner Drewes, Isac Friedlander, Norman Kent, Joseph Pennell, Charles Quest, Philip Reisman, Prentiss Taylor, Lynd Ward and Grant Wood. These are supplemented by European fine prints, posters, original book illustrations, and a wide variety of other graphic works, including such unexpected delights as 46 recently acquired early cartoon drawings by writer and mystic Thomas Merton. Graphic arts acquisitions are funded in part by an endowment fund created by Mrs. Fairchild.