A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873.
Letters, 1847-1896. 30 letters. Agassiz was a professor of natural history, first at the
University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, and later at Harvard University, and the founder of the
Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. The autograph letters deal with Agassiz' zoological and
geological activities. Housed in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library in the manuscript
file. See card catalog. Purchased, 1964.
Alexander Smith Collection
200 items. Perhaps the only Alexander Smith (1829-1867) collection in the world, materials
include all first editions, reprints, reissues in fine editions, and various uncollected items of
the Scottish poet, essayist, novelist, critic; and once regarded as one of the most eminent writers
of the nineteenth century. Collection given by Richard Murphy, Professor of Speech Communication
emeritus, whose interest in Smith began when he was a graduate student. See Frienscript, Vol. 2,
no. 1. Spring 1980 for an article on the donation. Housed in the Rare Book and Special Collections
Library. Gift of Richard Murphy, 1979.
Alyene Westall Prehn Theatre Program Collection, 1871-1930.
ca. 2500 items. The Prehn Collection consisted of theater programs, clippings, and
photographs pertaining to theater of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many items
relate to Chicago theaters and productions. The collection was made by Mrs. E.G. Stetson, a
well-known pastel painter, and her father, D.C. Burdick, and given to Mrs. Prehn. A catalog of the
collection is kept with it. Housed in the Music Library Purchased, 1961, from Mrs. Prehn.
Amanda K. Casad Collection
1732 volumes. The Casad collection was comprised of history, economics, politics, and
education. The collection has been dispersed among the various department libraries. Gift, 1916, of
University of Illinois President Edmund J. James, as a memorial to his mother.
American Education Collection.
ca. 8300 items. The collection contained early American schoolbooks, educational magazines,
college catalogs, speeches, college annuals, class books and class histories, printed chiefly in
the nineteenth century. Sometimes known as the Tuttle Collection. The collection has been dispersed
mostly between the Education Library and the Main Stacks. Purchased, 1928.
Andersen, Hans Christian, 1805-1875.
Works. 73 volumes. The works of the Danish story writer were represented both in original
Danish and in English translation. Among them are valuable first editions. The collection has been
dispersed. Some of the more notable volumes, including signed editions, are kept in the Rare Book
and Special Collections Library. Purchased, 1952.
Andrews, James C., collector
Literature on organ building. 700 volumes. The Andrews collection included most important
publications on organ building and manufacture which were written in English and European languages
during the period from the eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth, along with representative works
in other languages. The collection has been dispersed. Purchased, 1949/50.
Arellano, Jesus, collector.
Mexican literature. 1300 volumes. The collector is a Mexican poet and critic. His collection
of contemporary Mexican literature consisted of 900 volumes of poetry, including many rare and
limited editions, and 400 volumes of novels and short stories. The collection has been
dispersed.
Arkansas Experiment in Teacher Education.
Survey materials, 1955-57. 9 boxes. The Arkansas Experiment in Teacher Education was a
research project supported by the Fund for the Advancement of Education. Its purpose was to develop
a five-year program of teacher-training; the project included all certified teacher-training
institutions in the state. The collection contains correspondence, transcripts of interviews,
background literature on the institutions studied, and reports which resulted from the experiment.
An index to the interviews occupies one box. The collection is kept in the closed stacks, neither
cataloged nor classified. Available to faculty and graduate students only by special arrangement.
Gift, 1959.
Aron, Richard, 1854-1912, collector.
Aron Collection. 20,000 items. Richard Aron was a Berlin elementary school teacher. His
library related almost entirely to his interest in education, especially the history of European
education. In addition to early editions of the works of important writers in European education,
the collection contained atlases, readers, songs, hymnbooks, catechisms, as well as materials
relating to the history of gymnastics. There were also 1,000 autograph letters and an equal number
of portraits. Most of the collection was was seventeenth and eighteenth century material, with some
items from the sixteenth century and some from the nineteenth. A bookseller's catalog of the
collection is kept in the files of the University Librarian. The manuscripts are housed in the Rare
Book and Special Collections Library under the call number Mq.370.943Ar67l. Purchased, 1913.
Atkinson, Hugh, collector.
Theodore Dreiser Collection. 337 books. Hugh Atkinson was University Librarian for 10 years.
His extensive collection includes at least 223 first and later editions of Dreiser's novels and
other works. Among the most notable items in his collection is one of only twelve copies of the
original text for "Tragic America" (New York, 1936). The collection was made available by Mrs. Mary
N. Atkinson, Hugh Atkinson's wife. Housed in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library along
with an inventory of the collection. See "Friendscript," Fall, 1987 for an aticle about the
purchase. Purchased, 1987.
Baily, Henry Heaton, 1888-1957, collector.
Collection. 1636 items. Professor Baily was a Professor of Accountancy in the University of
Illinois College of Commerce beginning in 1918. The collection has been dispersed. Gift,
1957/58.
Baker, Frank Collins, 1867-1942, collector.
Library. 2281 items. The Baker library dealt primarily with natural history. Baker was a
zoologist and curator of the Natural History Museum, University of Illinois, 1917-1939. The
collection has been dispersed. Gift, 1943/44.
Baldwin, Thomas Whitfield, 1890- , collector.
T.W. Baldwin Elizabethan Library. ca. 5800 volumes. The personal library of an eminent
Shakespeare scholar of the University of Illinois, the Baldwin collection offers materials for the
study of Shakespeare and other Elizabethan figures. As professor Baldwin was particularly
interested in Shakespeare's education, school materials - grammars and dictionaries - are well
represented. Also included are sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth century texts of classical
authors with commentaries, rhetorics, histories, Bibles, and prayerbooks. Some twenty volumes of
the Baldwin Library were printed before 1640 and were unique in the United States at the time the
collection was acquired. Much of the collection is housed in the Rare Book and Special Collections
Library. The collection is not online, but it has a separate shelflist. Some items are part of the
general library collection. A catalog of the library's contents is available in the Rare Book and
Special Collections Library. Acquired, 1967, by purchase and gift.
Bane, Russell Wynton, d. 1959, collector.
Bane Collection in History, 1855-1959. 1759 volumes. Russell Bane was a public school teacher
in Blue Island, Illinois, and a graduate of the University of Illinois. His library included
standard titles in history, emphasizing the Civil War period and Lincoln, and a number of
biographies and historical novels. The collection has been dispersed. An unpublished catalog of the
collection is kept in the Acquisitions Department. Gift, 1960.
Barlow-Smith, Mrs. Constance, collector.
Publish School Music Collection. 575 volumes, 1500 scores. Much of the Barlow-Smith
collection dealt with public school music. In addition to books on music education, the collection
contained vocal music and music journals. Mrs. Barlow-Smith was a faculty member of the University
of Illinois School of Music. Gift, 1916.
Barton, William E.
see Horner, Harlan Hoyt. Abraham Lincoln Collection.
Baskette, Ewing Cannon, 1902-1959, collector.
Ewing C. Baskette Collection on Freedom of Expression, 16th century-1960. ca. 10,000 items.
Ewing Baskette, a lawyer and librarian, owned the largest private collection on civil liberties and
freedom of expression in the United States. Within the broad limits of freedom of expression, such
topics as freedom of the press, censorship, constitutional rights, religious freedom, labor union
activity, well-known trials, socialism, communism, and anarchy are represented. His library
contains many rare and unusual items, including surviving copies of books ordered to be burned and
books for which their authors were executed. In addition to books the collection includes
newspapers and periodicals, broadsides and pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, briefs, and reports of
trials, and some facsimiles of items not available for purchase in the original state. The
collection is housed in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library; a shelf-list of its contents
is included in the printed catalog of the Rare Book and Special Collections Library. A finding aid
is also housed there. Some of this collection can be accessed through the on-line catalog. Material
is still acquired for this collection. Purchased, 1959.
Behrensmeyer, H.P., collector.
Pen drawings. H.P. Behrensmeyer was considered one of the greatest penmen in the world during
his lifetime. His daughter, Mrs. Helen B. Johnson, gave his collection to the Library. See
"Friendscript," Summer 1982, for article about the donation. Gift, 1982.
Bentley Richard, firm, publishers, London.
Literary archives, 1829-1898. 29 cubit feet. The firm of Richard Bentley and Son published
the fiction of Dickens, Washington Irving, Ainsworth, Bulwer-Lytton, and Cooper, as well as works
of many other less prominent authors of the nineteenth century. The University Library purchased
the company's archives in several segments within a ten-year period.
The largest portion of the archives is comprised of letters addressed to the Bentleys by the firm's many authors, such as Wilkie Collins, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, and Robert Louis Stevenson, as well as letters from readers and other publishers. There is also a set of 64 volumes privately printed, entitled "Lists of the Principal Publications Issued from New Burlington Street." These annual volumes covered the publisher's operation from 1829 till 1898. Subsequent additions to the collection included letters writen by the members of the firm, many more letters from authors, and records of day-to-day business. There are ledgers used as daily notebooks, a 21-volume journal of George Bentley's career, entitled "After Business," advertisements and printed lists of Bentley publications, press clippings, and letterbooks. The papers also include a manuscript list of the publications of Henry Colburn, Richard Bentley's one-time partner, some documents regarding the Bentley-Colburn partnership, and Bentley's own account of his relationship with Colburn.
The Library holds part 2 of the collection. Part 1 is held by the British Library and Part 3 by University of California at Los Angeles. There is a microfilm of all three parts, "The Archives of Richard Bentley and Son, 1829- 1898." (Cambridge, Eng.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1976), 116 reels. There is also a finding aid to the microfilm set, "Index to the Archives of Richard Bentley & Son, 1829-1898." Compiled by Alison Ingram. (Cambridge, Eng.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1977). Both of these can be found in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library. Housed in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library. Purchased, 1951-1961.
Bergmann, Ernst, 1881- , collector.
Bergmann Collection on Philosophy. 1634 volumes. Ernst Bergmann's collection consisted of a
large number of French and German philosophical writings of the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as
rare 16th and early 17th century books. Among the rare books are commentaries on Aristotle and
early editions of Pico della Mirandolo, St. John Chrystostom, Philo Judaeus, and Arminius. A
cataloged list of contents of the collection is available in the University Library. Some of the
collection is in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library. Purchased, 1925.
B'nai B'rith library of Jewish literature, 1733-1930.
250 volumes. From 1917 until 1930, District No. 6 of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith
made annual contributions to the University Library to establish a general collection of Judaica.
Although the collection includes some older items, most of the books are early twentieth century
English language works. The collection is dispersed. Unpublished list of contents of the collection
is kept in the office of the University Librarian. Gift, 1917-1930
Bogart, Ernest Ludlow, 1870-1959, collector.
Collection. 1241 volumes. The collection of economic materials was the gift of a one-time
head of the University's Department of Economics. The collection is dispersed. Gift, 1933/34.
Bonaparte-Wyse, William Charles.
see Wyse Archives.
Brussel, John.
see Ernest Ingold Shakespeare Collection.
Buckle, Henry Thomas, 1821-1862.
Manuscripts, ca. 1850-80. 9 volumes and ca. 250 items in 7 folders. The manuscripts of the
English historian, previously located at Eton College, contain letters, archival material,
common-place books, and research notes. Much of the material has been annotated and grouped by
subject. Housed in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library. MS.B.b924b1 Purchased (?)
1958/59.
Burdick, D. C.
see Alyene Westall Prehn Theatre Program Collection.
Burford, Cary Clive, 1882-1861, collector.
Library and papers. 1,000 items. Thomas Burrill was a Professor of Botany and one-time acting
president of the University of Illinois. His library consisted of botanical literature and general
works, chiefly by standard authors. This collection has been dispersed. Gift, 1917.
Business Archives, 1825- .
1,020 cubit feet. The Business Archives contains material relating to the history of
business, especially of marketing and manufacturing, as well as biographical information on the
lives of Illinois businessmen of the past. The printed material includes annual financial reports,
price lists, catalogs, house organs, advertisements, in addition to cash books, ledgers, day-books,
inventory books, in manuscript form. A list of the business records is kept in the University
Archives. An unpublished list of companies represented as of July 1, 1938 is kept in the office of
the University Librarian. House organs were sent to the Center for Research Libraries. Gifts.
Carl, Martin James Collection.
1030 volumes, 1145 pamphlets. The collection consisted of statistics and statistical
literature. The collection has been dispersed. Gift, 1915, of University of Illinois President
Edmund J. James, as a memorial to his son.
Carr, George Russell, 1877-1965, collector.
Carr collection. 3500-4000 items. George R. Carr was at one time chairman of the Board of
Dearborn Chemical Company and an alumnus of the University of Illinois. His gifts included
autographs, autograph letters, and documents of Presidents of the United States from George
Washington to Franklin D. Roosevelt. In addition, there are other eighteenth and nineteenth century
autographs and pamphlets, many volumes of biography, Chicago history, and transportation history,
especially items concerning railroads. The manuscript material is in the Rare Book and Special
Collections Library. The rest of the collection has been dispersed. An unpublished description of
the collection is in the files of the University Librarian. Gift, 1951-1961.
Carroll, Lewis, pseudonym
see Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898.
Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio, conte, 1843-1913, collector.
The Cavagna Library, 1116-1910. ca. 30,000 volumes; manuscripts in 450 volumes and 138
portfolios. Cavagna was an Italian public official and a recognized authority on the local history
of Lombardy and Piedmont. His library contained a great many books on genealogy, biography, and
local history, including materials on municipal governments. The manuscripts especially reflect the
study of local history; most relate to Italian cities and towns, institutions, societies and
families.
All aspects of Italian history, from the Middle Ages to the first years of the twentieth century, are prominently represented in the Cavagna collection, as is literature on Italian art and architecture. Other topics which are heavily represented are law, economics, biography, archaeology, chivalry, and records of Italian universities and academies.
Among the books in the collection, mostly written in Italian, are some incunabula, rare and early printed books, and first editions. Many of the historical documents are unique. In addition to books, pamphlets and manuscripts, the Cavagna library includes several thousand maps, both ancient and modern. There is a published catalog of part of the collection, "Manuscripts and printed documents of the Archivio Cavagna Sangiuliani in the University of Illinois Library," compiled by Meta Maria Sexton (Urbana, 1950). Manuscript and rare books are kept in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library along with a finding aid. Purchased, 1921.
Chedsey, William R., collector.
Professional library. 431 monographs and 1122 serials. The collection was the professional
library of a professor of mining engineering of the University of Illinois. Gift, 1966/67.
Chester, John Needels, 1864-1955, collector.
John Needels Chester Collection. ca. 175 items. John Chester, a member of the University's
class of 1891, gave portions of his collection to the University Library over a twenty year period.
Among his early gifts was a first edition of Sir Walter Raleigh's "The History of the World"
(1614). This volume was the first gift made to the Library through the University of Illinois
Foundation. His other gifts included a collection of material concerning the period of World War I,
books on Napoleon Bonaparte, his family, and his era, fifteen volumes of literature, including a
first edition of Harriet Beecerh Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and two manuscript letters written by
James Whitcomb Riley. Approximately 175 manuscript items are located in the Rare Book and Special
Collections Library (MS944.05n16wche) as well as the more valuable monographs. Gift, 1934-1956.
Chicago. Radio Station WGN.
WGN Library of Musical Arrangements, 1930(?)-1960. 2700 titles. The WGN Library reflects the
musical programming of the Chicago radio station since its beginning. Among the arrangements of
operatic, concert, and popular music are many original, unpublished, or out-of-print works,
representing some of the most prominent musical arrangers of the period. The collection is
strongest in semi-classical music. A catalog of the library's contents is kept in the University's
Music Library. The collection is housed in the Law Building and is accessible by application to the
Music Librarian. Gift, 1957.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965.
Works, 1898-1965. 1580 titles. The Churchill collection consists of editions of virtually
everything which Churchill wrote from 1898 till his death in 1965. It contains many presentation
copies, autograph and typed letters, and recordings, as well as biographical works on Churchill,
periodicals and newspapers containing references to him, and ephemera. The collection was assembled
by a London bookseller, Harold Mortlake. A record of the holdings appears in the printed catalog of
the University's Rare Book Room. Purchased, 1970.
Civil War in Spain, 1936-1960.
ca. 600 volumes. The collection was composed of biographical and historical materials
concerning the Spanish Civil War. Both Republican and Communist views were represented in the
collection, some of which are underground or front-line publications. A catalog of the collection
is held in the files of the University Librarian. Purchase, 1969.
Clark, Thomas Arkle, 1862-1932.
Library. 1365 volumes. The personal library of the Dean of Men of the University of Illinois
from 1909-1931 contained many volumes of American and English literature, as well as books of
history, education, and philosophy. Gift, 1948/49.
Clayton, Sir Robert, 1629-1707.
Papers, 1579-1744. 5 feet (ca. 3,000 items). The papers are chiefly addressed to Clayton, the
English merchant, politician, and Lord Mayor of London in 1679-80. In addition to correspondence,
the collection contained many financial documents. An index of personal names accompanies the
papers. In Frank T. Melton's Sir Robert Clayton and the Origins of English Deposit Banking,
1658-1685 (Cambridge University Press, 1986) Appendix 4, is a list of Clayton MSS in public
collections. Housed in the Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1953.
Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
Cobbett Collection, 1751-1944. 180 editions of Cobbett's works, 66 pictures and portraits, 24
broadsides, and 101 pieces of autographed material, including many letters. William Cobbett was a
British journalist, publisher, and bookseller. His writings includes broadsides which he wrote
during two periods of residence in America, Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Cobbett's
Parliamentary Debates, which was the first attempt at a verbatim record of the debates of
Parliament, and many books and pamphlets written in support of the working classes.
The Library's collection contains an edition of Cobbett's first pamphlet, The Soldier's Friend. It also includes copies of many pamphlets written in defense of England during the first stay in America, including Observations on the Emigration of Dr. Joseph Priestly, the first such pamphlet. In addition to Cobbett's best-known pamphlets, the collection contains all 89 volumes of the Political Register, many volumes of his best-known books, representing his later period of writing, and a large number of Cobbett's letters. The collection was made by Arnold M. Muirhead, a British bookseller. A typewritten copy of the contents of the collection exists in the office of the University Librarian. Purchase, 1953.
Colin Dew James Collection.
ca. 1000 volumes. The collection was general in content. Gift, 1918, of University of
Illinois President Edmund J. James, as a memorial to his father, one of the early pioneer preachers
of Illinois.
Collins, James, 1840 (ca.) - 1916, collector.
Collins Collection, 1556-1916. ca.6,000 items. The library, resulting from thirty years of
book collecting on Collins' part, was devoted in large part to material on Ireland. Of particular
interest are standard works of Irish history history, many of them with seventeenth century
imprints. Hundreds of pamphlets commenting on Irish affairs were included -- 139 bound volumes and
over 2500 pieces unbound. In addition to collections of whole issues or sets of Irish newspapers
and magazines, 127 volumes of newspaper clippings, primarily concerning the nineteenth century,
were included. The books in the collection included local history and geography, popular
literature, and Irish religious history. A catalog of the contents is available in the office of
the University Librarian. Purchase, 1917.
Colvin, Carl, 1889- , collector.
Colvin Collection. 24 volumes. Carl Colvin was an alumnus of the University of Illinois and a
teacher in several Illinois educational institutions. For seven years, 1924-31, he was allied with
the Technical Service of the Republic of Haiti in a cooperative aid program. The Colvin collection
was an outgrowth of that work. It included rare eighteenth and nineteenth century works basic to
the study of Haitian history and several volumes of Haitian government documents which were printed
during the 1924-31 period. A typewritten record of the contents is on file in the Library's
Acquisitions Department. Gift, 1961.
Comstock, Frederick Harmon, 1853-1939, collector.
Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, 16th-19th centuries. 150 volumes. The collector was
a long time lawyer and a charter member of the New York County Bar Association. His library
consisted chiefly of English translations of Marcus Aurelius, among them some first editions and
some limited editions. There were six sixteenth century items, several from the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, and many nineteenth century volumes. Purchase, 1939.
Crandall, Charles Spencer, 1852-1929, collector.
Library. Several thousand books and pamphlets. The collection was the private agricultural
library of a University of Illinois professor of pomology, 1902-1929. Gift, 1944/45.
Crathorne, Arthur Robert, 1873-1946, collector.
Calculus Collection. 50 volumes Arthur Crathorne was a member of the faculty in mathematics,
beginning in 1907. The collection focused on the calculus of variations and included some rare
titles. Gift, 1944/45.
Cunningham, Harrison E., 1877-1965, collector.
Cunningham Library ca. 1,000 volumes The library reflected, in part, Mr. Cunningham's
long-time association with the University of Illinois Press as its director and with the
University's Board of Trustees, as secretary. It included about three hundred volumes published by
the University Press, as well as transactions and reports of the Board of Trustees. In addition,
there were a number of rare books relating to classical literature and a diverse collection of
modern books. A list of the contents of the collection is held in the files of the University
Librarian. Gift, 1965.
Czaykowsky, Elias, 1909-1973, collector.
Elias Czaykowsky Collection of Ukrainian Culture. 6500 volumes. The private library of a
Detroit engineer consisted mainly of first editions of nineteenth and early twentieth century
materials in Ukrainian. Although some volumes were written in other languages and concern Ukrainian
problems, the largest section was Ukrainian literature, followed by items on the history and
culture of the Ukraine. Purchase, 1974.
Daniels, Arthur Hill, 1865-1940, collector.
Library. 1800 items. Daniels was a professor of philosophy, 1893-1933, and acting President
of the University of Illinois, 1933-34. Gift, 1940/41.
Dewson, John Reynolds, collector.
John R. Dewson Library. 984 volumes. The collection of American military history was the
library of a former student of the University of Illinois. It was especially strong in material
about both World Wars, but biography, exploration, and the Civil War were also represented. Gift,
1968.
Dittenberger, Wilhelm, 1840-1906, collector.
Dittenberger Classical Library. 5600 items. The Dittenberger Library for the study of
classical languages was the personal collection of a professor of classical philology at the
University of Halle. It contained four to five thousand programs and dissertations in classical
philology, as well as works on the history of literature and grammar. A catalog of the pamphlets in
the collection is located in the Classics Library. Purchase, 1907.
Doerner, Julius, d. 1917, collector.
Doerner collection. 50,000 volumes. Although much of Mr. Doerner's collection was the result
of book collecting, a portion was the stock of a bookseller in Chicago. Doerner received the
bookshop in lieu of payment of fees for his cataloging the collection for auction. The collection
included about six hundred rare books, along with hundreds of non-rare items on many subjects.
There were several thousand volumes each of general literature, theology, and public documents, as
well as hundreds in the categories of foreign language and history, medicine, and Americana, and
lesser collections of other subjects. Art work and music was included, also. A catalog of the rare
portion of the collection is found in the files of the University Librarian. Purchase, 1918.
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898.
The Flodden Heron Lewis Carroll Collection, 1843-1946. 300-500 items. Besides many editions
of Lewis Carroll's books, the collection of Flodden Heron, the Carroll bibliographer, included
articles, newspaper clippings, pictures, letters, and personal effects of Lewis Carroll and Alice
Liddell Hargreaves. An unpublished list of contents is in the files of the University Librarian.
Music from the collection is housed in the Music Library, and the other material is located in the
Rare book Room. Purchase (?) 1955.
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
see Atkinson, Hugh.
Dziatzko, Karl Franz Otto, 1842-1903, collector.
Bibliographical Library. 550 items. Dziatzko was the librarian of the University of Gottingen
beginning in 1886. The bibliographical segment of his library contained library science literature,
paleography, histories of printing, libraries, the book trade, as well as special works on
bibliography. Many volumes were presentation copies. The collection was the basis for the Library
Science Library. Purchase, 1905.
Early Americana.
600 volumes. The collection of books related to the history of science and the arts, as well
as to other areas of the humanities. Gift, 1969/70, of Stechert-Hafner Booksellers.
Early and rare mathematical works, 1543-1898.
22 titles. The collection mainly consisted of first editions of books which represent
outstanding contributions to mathematical research. Represented are works of Abel, D'Alembert,
Cauchy, Euler, Fermat, Grassmann, Jacobi, Legrange, Lie Gauss, and Newton. A list of the contents
of the collection is kept in the files of the University Librarian. Purchase, 1954.
English almanacs and prognostications of the sixteenth century, 1551-1568.
25 items, bound together in one volume. The almanacs and prognostications comprised the basic
information for the everyday life of the Elizabethans and, therefore, acted as a shaping influence
on Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Twenty-one items in the collection are unique; the remaining
four have survived only in fragmentary form elsewhere. Inventory of individual titles appears in
Notes and Queries, Series 6, 12:204. Purchase, 1958.
Ernest Ingold Shakespeare Collection, 1525- .
652 volumes, 3842 items of portraiture. Ernest Ingold is a prominent San Francisco
businessman and civic leader and a member of the University of Illinois Class of 1909. His gifts of
Shakespeare material began in 1950, with the four folios and the first edition of Shakespeare's
Poems (1640). Among subsequent contributions are a second folio bearing the scarce Smethwick
imprint, and 1619 quarto editions of Merchant of Venice and Merry Wives of Windsor published by
William Jaggard. The quarto volumes completed the library's holdings of the nine Jaggard quartos.
Other quarto editions followed, including one used by Lewis Theobald in his 1734 edition; that
volume has Theobald's anoations. A six volume edition of Shakespeare's works by Nicholas Rowe
(1709), the first editor of Shakespeare, is foremost among a collection of full sets of three
important eighteenth century editions.
In addition to early editions of Shakespeare, the Ingold collection contains materials relating to the debated existence of Love's Labor Won, several sixteenth century items used by Shakespeare as sources of characters, Shakespeare promptbooks and playbills, material used by M.H. Spielmann in a study of Shakespeare portraiture, and much biographical and critical material. Among the critical materials is the John Brussel collection of Shakespeare and his era, which Ingold gave to the University Library; the collection was especially strong in unusual nineteenth and twentieth century items published Europe. An Exhibtion of Books Presented to the University of Illinois Library by Ernest Ingold -- Class of 1909 describes fully the Ingold gifts. Gift, 1950-.
Evans, Charles, 1850-1935.
Evans papers. The letters and papers of the author of The American Bibliography contains
communications with historians, bibliographers, and librarians, documents concerning Evans'
association with the Indianapolis Public Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, and the
Newberry Library in Chicago, and the master set of The American Bibliography. Located in the Rare
Book Room Access by permission of the University Librarian. Gift, 1962.
Fairlie, John Archibald, 1872-1947.
Library and papers. 9,000 volumes and 32 feet of archival material. The library of John
Fairlie, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois, 1909-1941, consisted of
political science literature mainly. The papers, 1885-1947, contained notes, text outlines,
manuscripts of his writings, correspondence, as well as printed lines, manuscripts of his writings,
correspondence, as well as printed materials on municipal government and public administration.
Fairlie was allied with several organizations whose materials are represented in his papers. These
included Social Science research Council, National Municipal League, American Political Science
Association, Illinois Special Tax commission, and Illinois Efficiency and Economy Committee. An
unpublished finding aid accompanies the papers, which are located in the University Archives.
Gift.
Ferguson, Frederci Sutherland, 1878- , collector.
Scottish imprints and Scotica, 1595-1700. ca. 300 volumes. Although he collected books for
nearly 65 years, Frederic Ferguson was known principally for his work on the Short Title Catalogue
and as the managing director of Quaritch's. Ferguson's collection contained early Continental books
and bibliographic reference books, as well as the Scottish imprints which were acquired by the
University Library.
The Scottish material was mostly printed in Edinburgh and, except for one item, was printed between 1640 and 1700. Many items are unique, and some seldom-seen printers are represented. Much of the collection is in contemporary binding, and some volumes contain Ferguson's penciled notes on the binders' leaves. House in the Library's Rare Book Room. Described in Harner, James L., Ex Libris, F.S. Ferguson; a Checklist of the F.s. Ferguson Collection of Scottish Imprints and Scotica at the University of Illinois. Champaign, Illinois 1972 (Robert B. Downs Publication fund Series, No. 1) Purchase, 1969.
Fitz-Gerald, John Driscoll, 1873-1946, collector.
Library. 1257 volumes. The personal library of Professor Fitz-Gerald of Romance languages and
literatures (1909-29) was especially strong in French and Spanish literature, in addition to
materials of general interest. Gift, 1950/51.
Flagg, Willard Cutting, 1829-1878, collector.
Library. 242 volumes, large number of pamphlets. Flagg was a prominent Illinois citizen--a
state senator, one-time president of the Illinois State Farmers' Association, and a charter member
of the University's Board of Trustees. The collection was his personal library. Gift, 1892.
Fletcher, Hugh Mackay, 1896-1932, collector.
Library, 1812-1931. 300 volumes. Economic literature written in English in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth century was most prominent in the library of Hugh Fletcher, an
alumnus and former faculty member of the University. Philosophy, history, and literature are also
represented. A typewritten list of the collection's contents is on file in the office of the
University Librarian. Gift, 1932.
Flom, George Tobias, 1871-1960, collector.
George T. Flom Library, 1931-1940. 2315 items. The collection was the personal library of a
former professor of Scandinavian languages and literatures at the University of Illinois. It
consisted largely of collections of Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian language, literature, and
culture, and Old Norse, Icelandic, and Faroese. Smaller, but still substantial categories were
philology and linguistics, history and mythology, and runological items. A typewritten inventory of
the collection is kept in the files of the University Librarian. Gift, 1941.
Forbes, Stephen Alfred, 1844-1930, collector.
Library. 490 volumes. Stephen Forbes was a one-time chief of the Natural History Survey of
Illinois and Professor of Entomology at the University of Illinois. His library consisted of
entomological literature. Gift, 1930.
Fotitch, Constantin, 1891-1959, collector.
Library. 138 volumes. Fotitch was First Minister and later the Ambassador to the United
States from Yugoslavia from 1935 till 1944. His book collection contained material about Balkan and
East European politics of the world War II and the post-war periods. In addition to books, the
Fotitch library included scrapbooks of press clippings which recorded Yugoslavia's entry into World
War II and the political struggle between factions supporting General Mihailovich and Marshall
Tito. Gift, 1973.
Greene, Daniel Crosby, 1843-1913, collector.
Library. 220 volumes. The Greene library of Japanese history and affairs included some
privately printed books and some rare items, as well as a quite complete file of the Japan Mail.
The collector was a long-time resident of Japan. Gift, 1915.
Gregory, Barnard, 1796-1852.
Papers, 1828-42. 67 volumes (about 6300 items). Gregory was the editor of the English
magazine, The Satirist. His papers include contributions to that publication, both verse and prose,
material on politics, the church, poor law reform, and personal correspondence. Most items were
written in 1831-35. Unpublished calendar in the Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1955.
Grober, Gustav, 1844-1911, collector.
Library of Romance Language and Literature. 6367 pieces. Gustav Grober was a world-recognized
romance scholar and a Professor of Romance Philology at the University of Strassburg. His
collection's greatest strength was Provencal and Italian literatures and linguistics; however, all
Romance languages and dialects were well-represented, and many volumes of classical, English, and
Germanic works were included. In addition to the book material, there was a large collection of
dissertations and other studies in pamphlet form, representing nearly every brochure on Romance
topics published in Germany during the period of 1880-1910. Purchase, 1912.
Harris, Margaret, collector.
3,000 original costume sketches, story boards and fabric samples from over 160 productions.
The Motley collection spans 50 years of theater history. Motley is the corporation name of Sophia
and Margaret Harris (sisters) and their friend Elizabeth Montgomery Wilmot. The collection
documents the changing trends in theatrical taste, conceptual approach and visual interpretation
through costume and scenery. See Friendscript, winter 1981-82 for an article about the purchase. An
unpublished inventory of the collection is in the Rare Book Room. Housed in the Rare Book Room.
Purchase, 1981.
Harris, Newton M., collector.
Collection. 1670 volumes. The collection was that of an alumnus of the University of
Illinois. Gift, 1941/42.
Harwell, Richard Barksdale, 1915- , collector.
Harwell Civil War Collection. 2100 titles. Richard Harwell is a prolific author and editor of
literature on the Civil War and the Reconstruction periods. His collection of 1200 Confederate
imprints and 900 Civil War publications contains coduments of the Confederate Congress, as well as
other publications of the period. Housed in the Library's Rare Book Room, along with a record of
the collection's contents. Purchase, 1960.
Harwell, Richard Barksdale, 1915- , collector.
Music. 445 scores. The collection consisted of nineteenth century sheet music, most of which
has the word "Dixie in its title. Gift, 1961/62.
Hays, James Wellen, collector.
Library. 1660 volumes, 873 pamphlets. Hays was Superintendent of Schools in Urbana from 1871
to 1906. His library of education literature was particularly strong in materials about the history
of education in Illinois. Gift, 1929.
Heath, Robert, 1575-1649.
Letters and documents, 1614-99. 1150 pieces. The collection consists of letters and other
documents relating to the life and career of a seventeenth century English judge. Housed in the
Library's Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1943/44.
Herrick, Marvin Theodore, 1899-1966, collector.
Marvin T. Herrick Italian Renaissance Drama Collection. ca. 470 titles. Marvin Herrick was a
long-time member of the faculty of the University of Illinois in English and a specialist in drama.
The collection was one which he selected for the University Library, and it was named for him at
his death. It consisted primarily of sixteenth century plays written in Italian. Contents of the
collection are recorded in Herrick's Italian Plays, 1500-1700, in the University of Illinois
Library. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1966. Purchase.
Hertzler, Arthur Emanuel, 1870-1946, collector.
Hertzler Medical Library. 7,000 volumes and several thousand separate pamphlets. The Hertzler
collection was the personal library of an internationally known surgeon and teacher of surgery.
Although much was English language material, French and German medical literature also was
well-represented; literature pertaining to surgery and surgical pathology predominated. In addition
to monographs, the library contained 75 American and European medical journals, some of which
started in the late nineteenth century. Among the rare books is Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes'
dissertation on puerperal fever. Part of the library of the University of Illinois at the Medical
Center, Chicago. Gift, 1937.
Heyne, Moriz, 1837-1906, collector.
Library. 5200 volumes. The Heyne library was particularly strong in lexicography; it included
several hundred dictionaries of German dialects. German literature from the sixteenth through the
eighteenth centuries was also represented, as was literature on the history of German civilization.
Heyne was a professor of German philology at the University of Gottingen and a contributor to the
German dictionary of the Grimm brothers. Purchase, 1909.
Hinkley, Anson A., collector.
Hinkley Collection. 850 pamphlets. The collection was chiefly about mollusca. Gift, 1921.
Hollander, Jacob Harry, 1871-1940, collector.
Jacob H. Hollander Economic Library, 1574-1937. 4470 items. The Hollander Library was the
personal collection of a distinguished scholar and professor of political economy at Johns Hopkins
University from 1894 to 1940. Mr. Hollander sought to collect items which would document the
development of economics; political and legal tracts were omitted. Almost fifty percent of the
titles listed in Joseph Massie's Alphabetical and Chronological Index of Commercial Books and
Pamphlets (1557-1764) are represented in the collection. There is nearly a complete set of the rare
tracts of the seventeenth century mercantilistic writers. Such classical economists as Adam Smith,
Malthus, Thornton, J. B. Sayl, Lord Lauderdale, James and John Stuart Mill, and Robert Torrens are
almost completely included in first editions. Hollander was particularly interested in David
Ricardo, and almost all of his publications are present. In addition to printed material, there are
letters of Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, Malthus, Ricardo, James and John Stuart Mill. There is a
printed catalog of the Library: The economic library of Jacob H. Hollander...compiled by Elsie A.G.
Marsh. Baltimore, Priv. print, J.H. Furst Co., 1937. Purchase, 1958.
Horner, Harlan Hoyt, 1878-1965, collector.
Abraham Lincoln Collection. 4500 items. The Lincoln collection had its origin in the private
library of Harlan Hoyt Horner and Henrietta Calhoun Horner, both of the University's Class of 1901.
The former educator and his wife, a physician, attempted to collect every known printed book or
pamphlet dealing with Lincoln. In addition to the central Lincoln material, they collected
biographies of Cabinet members and generals of the Union Army, Congressional publications for
Lincoln's period as a Congressman and as President, bibliographies, foreign works and translations,
Lincoln fiction and Children's literature, scrapbooks of clippings appearing from 1928 to 1951,
samples of books Lincoln read as a youth. The collection is mainly printed works; there are few
manuscripts.
The Lincoln Room of the Library, which was established with the gift of the Horner library, also holds other special Lincoln gifts--letters, photographic portraits, and the additions which the Horners made to the collection from the time of their original gift to Mrs. Horner's death in 1964. An endowment was provided for additions to the library. A collection of the manuscripts and correspondence of William E. Barton, a leading Lincoln biographer, was acquired from the endowment during 1969/70. A booklet describes the collection: Lincoln Room, University of Illinois Library; memorial, the Class of 1901, founded by Harlan Hoyt Horner and Henrietta Calhoun Horner, by Leslie W. Dunlap, associate director. Urbana, 1953. Housed in the Lincoln Room of the University Library. A card index of the collection is kept. Gift, 1951-1966.
Horner, Henry, 1878-1940, collector.
Collection. 1500 volumes. Henry Horner was Governor of Illinois from 1933 to 1940. his
library was mainly literature concerning World War I, including pictures and scrapbooks, as well as
newspapers, pamphlets, and books. Gift, 1943/44.
Howe, Stewart Samuel, 1905-1973.
Fraternity collection. Stewart Howe's collection reflecting his long association with and
interest in higher education, especially student life. It contained national fraternity and
sorority publications, college and university histories, annuals, and other publications, as well
as material relating to journalism and Chicago and Illinois history. Mr. Howe was an educational
administrator and publicist and an alumnus of the University of Illinois. Gift, 1973.
Hutchins, Henry Clinton, 1889- , collector.
Hutchins Collection, 1556-1847. 400 volumes. Defoe's writing dominated the Hutchins library,
but the collection also contained tracts written by other polemicists of Defoe's time, an extensive
collection of early books of voyages, rare translations of French novels, and works of other
writers of the eighteenth century. Some items are unique in this country. Mr. Hutchins is the
foremost American bibliographer of Defoe and Honorary Curator of the Defoe and Swift Collection in
the Library at Yale University. A typed catalog of the contents is available in the Library's Rare
Book Room. Partially housed in the Library's Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1962.
Illinois State Conference of Building and Construction Trades
see Patrick F. Sullivan Memorial Collection.
Jaffe, Steven, collector.
Science fiction collection. 200 books. The collection contains books on science fiction,
fantasy and mystery. Great science fiction authors such as Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg are
represented as well as nearly 20 first edition Agatha Christie mysteries. See Friendscript, spring
1984, for article about donation. Housed in the Rare Book Room. Gift, 1984.
Jordan, Elijah, 1875-1953, collector.
Jordan collection in philosophy. ca. 300 volumes, in addition to manuscripts and
correspondence. The Jordan collection contains the private library of the head of the Department of
Philosophy of Butler University, 1913-1944, as well as his manuscripts and professional
correspondence, and the volumes purchased from the collection's endowment. Access to correspondence
at the discretion of the University Archivist. Gift, 1954.
Joseffy, Rafael, 1852-1915, collector.
Music library 140 boxes. Rafael Joseffy was a well-known Hungarian-American pianist, editor
and composer. His library consisted of musical scores, orchestrations, piano compositions, and
manuscripts, many in scarce foreign editions and many with Joseffy's annotations. Photographs of
famous musicians were also included. Housed in the Music Library. Gift and purchase, 1944.
Kanis, H.A.J., collector.
Library. 800 items. Karsten was the head of the Department of Modern Languages and Professor
of German at the University of Illinois from 1906 to 1908. The Karsten library consisted primarily
of works on German philology and literature. Gift, 1908.
Kaplan, Mimi, collector.
Little Black Sambo Collection. Collection given by husband of Mrs. Mimi Kaplan, librarian and
professor of children's literature at Governors State University until her death in 1984. The book
in its various publications from 1899 to the middle 1950s shows many different printings, versions
and changes in illustrations, as well as offshoot materials - films, puzzles, dolls, games,
records, etc. See Friendscript, winter 1984, for article about donation. Housed in the Rare Book
Room. Gift, 1984.
Kaufman, Hattie F., collector.
Kaufman gift. 32 volumes, 91 theater programs. The theater programs contained in the Kaufman
collection include some items from early Champaign-Urbana productions and a number of programs from
nineteenth century Chicago productions. The books were a miscellaneous collection of late
nineteenth and twentieth century imprints. A list of the books in the collection is kept in the
files of the University Librarian. Gift, 1962.
Kelley, Cornelia Pulsifer, 1897-1972, collector.
Collection. 1,000 volumes. The collection is the library of a member of the English
Department of the University of Illinois and a specialist on Henry James. It contained editions of
James' work annotated by Miss Kelley, as well as the materials which she collected for published
studies of James. Gift, 1971/72.
Kinley, David, 1861-1944, collector.
The Kinley Collections. 4,000 volumes. Two separate gifts (of equal size) are represented in
the Kinley material. The first was varied in subject matter. The second was Kinley's personal
library, largely economic literature. David kinley was a member of the faculty in economics and
president of the University Illinois from 1919-1930. Gift, 1930 and 1945.
Kitchell, John Wickliff, 1835-1914, collector.
Kitchell Library. ca. 3,000 volumes. John Kitchell was a prominent resident of Pana,
Illinois, active in civic, business, and legal affairs. His miscellaneous book collection was given
to the University of Illinois Library. (His extensive legal library was not part of the gift.) The
collection contained over one thousand volumes of literature. Other large sections, of several
hundred volumes each, were geography and travel, fine arts, science and biography. A number of
volumes of the Kitchell library were printed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The
collection included numerous rare or limited editions, three incunabula, and some volumes with fine
bindings. Gift, 1931.
Kneier, Charles Mayard, 1898- , collector.
Collection. 1065 volumes. The literature of government and political science was collected by
Charles Kneier of the University of Illinois political science faculty. Gift, 1968/69.
Larsen, Henning, 1889-1971, collector.
Henning Larsen Scandinavian Collection. 257 volumes. The Larsen Scandinavian collection
consisted mainly of the works of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, nineteenth
century collectors and publishers of Norwegian folktales and legends. In addition, there were
twenty-five Ibsen plays, of which twenty-one are first editions. Larsen was a Vice President,
Provost, and Professor of English at the University of Illinois. Housed in the Rare Book Room.
Purchase, 1966.
Larsen, Henning, 1889-1971, collector.
Library. 2,000 volumes. Henning Larsen's private library consisted largely of books on
Norwegian folktales and other literature. Gift, 1970.
Larson, Lawrence Marcellus, 1876-1938.
Papers. 6 feet. Lawrence Larson was a long-time member of the history faculty at the
University of Illinois and the head of that department from 1921 till 1936. His papers consist of
several portfolios of notes and other research materials, some manuscripts, and three folios of
correspondence. An inventory is kept in the files of the University Librarian. Gift, 1943.
Leach, Maria, 1892-1979, collector.
Folklore collection. 819 books and periodicals. Ms. Leach's Folklore collection includes
several autographed books and samples of ms. Leach's correspondence with eminent authors and
folklorists. Reviews and copies of her works and manuscripts of both her published and unpublished
books are also included in the collection. See Friendscript, summer 1980 for article about the
collection. Library Gift, Theresa Brakeley, 1979.
Leavitt, Theodore, collector.
Theater prints. 5,000 items. The Leavitt collection is comprised of copper and steel
engravings, lithographs, etchings, prints, and playbills showing actors, theaters, and scene
designs of the British stage before 1850 and of the American theater prior to 1870. A card index is
kept in the English Library. The collection itself is housed in the Krannert Center for the
Performing Arts. Purchase, 1952/53.
Leiber, Fritz Reuter, 1882-1949.
Lieber Collection. ca. 2 cubic feet. Fritz Leiber was a prominent Shakespearean actor and
producer during the first half of the twentieth century. His archives contain correspondence,
including letters to Leiber from his son, business records and contracts, scrapbooks and photograph
albums relating to his years of association with Robert Mantell, the great Shakespearean actor,
publicity releases, prompt books, programs, manuscript copies of plays written by Leiber,
recordings of some of his Shakespearean roles, biographical material, and objects such as wigs.
Housed in the Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1968.
Leland library of fraternity publications.
The Leland library reflects the long history of Leland Publishers in the field of fraternity
publications. The printed material includes histories, song books, pledge manuals, catalogs, and
other fraternity publications, some of which are early editions. In addition, archival materials
consists of the papers of Leland F. Leland and Mrs. Wilma S. Leland and concerns national and local
collegiate fraternities and sororities and fraternity publishing. Gift, 1972.
Leutwiler, Oscar Adolph, 1877-1953, collector.
Library. ca. 500 volumes. The collection of the literature of mechanical engineering was the
professional library of the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of
Illinois from 1934 till 1945. Gift, 1953.
Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970.
Research materials and papers. 239 reels of recorded tape. Oscar Lewis, Professor of
Anthropology at the University of Illinois from 1948 to 1970, gave to the University Library tape
recordings of the interviews used in research for his books The Children of Sanchez, Pedro
Martinez, and La Vida. He also presented the manuscripts for The Children of Sanchez and La Vida,
galley proofs of all three books, and reviews of the books appearing throughout the world. Not
available for public use without written permission of Lewis' heirs until 1990. Housed in the
University Archives. Gifts, 1967, 1968, 1969.
Litman, Simon, 1873- , collector.
Private collection. 2,000 volumes. The library of books on economics contained many in
European languages, as well as in English. Simon Litman was a University of Illinois faculty member
in economics from 1908 to 1942. Gift, 1967.
Locklin, David Philip, 1897- , collector.
Collection. 824 items. The collection of Professor Locklin, a member of the University of
Illinois Department of Economics beginning in 1922, pertained chiefly to the economics of public
utilities. Gift, 1965/66.
Lybyer, Albert Howe, 1876-1949.
Library. 5,000 items. The Lybyer library of maps, prints, photographs, and books was
especially strong in materials relating to the history of the Balkans and the Near East. Professor
Lybyer of the University of Illinois Department of History, 1913-1944, was an authority on the
history of the Ottoman Empire. The collection also included personal papers. Gifts, 1949.
McBurney, William Harlin.
see William H. McBurney Memorial Collection.
McCutcheon, John Tinney, 1870-1949.
Drawings. 41 drawings. The McCutcheon collection is comprised of original drawings by the
Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago cartoonist. A list of the collection's contents is in the files of
the University Librarian. Gift, 1972.
MacGillivray, Alexander Dyer, 1869-1924, collector.
Library. 1200 volumes. The library of Professor MacGillivray of the University's Department
of Entomology consisted mostly of zoological literature. Materials on insect morphology and on
coccidae were especially well-represented. Purchase, 1924.
McMurtrie, Douglas Crawford, 1888-1944, collector.
Graphic Arts Library. 2,000 volumes. The McMurtrie library was jointly purchased by the
libraries of the University of Illinois, University of Chicago, and Northwestern University, and
divided equally among the three institutions. The largest segments of the collection related to
bibliography and to printing and its history. Smaller collections of government publications,
history, journalism in general, science, medicine, art, and religion were also included. Douglas
McMurtrie was an American typographer and historian of printing. A typed list of the contents is
kept in the files of the University Librarian. Purchase, 1945.
Mandeville, Merton Joseph, 1895- , collector.
Merton J. Mandeville Library of Parapsychology and Occultism. 400 volumes. The personal
library of a University of Illinois professor of Industrial Economics, 1929-64, consists of books
and other materials on the occult and parapsychology. An endowment provides for additions to the
collection. A catalog of the contents of the collection is kept in the University's Education and
Social Science Library. Gift, 1966.
Martin Collection.
4338 pieces. The collection consisted mainly of French language and literature. It also
included French history, especially works dealing with Franco-American relations. Gift, 1956.
Matthews, William Darius Augustus, 1847-1923, collector.
Library. 400 volumes. The Rev. Mr. Matthews' library contains a collection of penitentiary
reports, books, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings about criminology. There were also manuscript
records on the feeding of youngsters institutionalized in a home for children of criminal parents
with which he was connected. Gift, 1925.
Mavis, Mr. and Mrs., collectors.
231 books, 172 titles. Mr. and Mrs. Mavis donated an important collection of books on
engineering and sciences. Of particular note are Galileo's Opere... (Bologna, 1655-56, 2 vols.),
and Poleni's De motu aquae mixto (Patvii, 1717). See Friendscript, spring 1981, for an article on
the donation. Gift, 1981.
Mayer, Gerhard, collector.
2,000 volumes The Rainer Maria Rilke collection of Dr. Gerhard Mayer of Champaign, a retired
Chicago-area tax consultant and long-standing member of the Caxton Club is quite impressive. It
contains special editions as well as translations of specific primary sources and secondary
criticism from many diverse countries and in numerous languages. Housed in the Rare Book and
Special Collections Library. See Friendscript, fall, 1984, for an article on the purchase.
Purchased, 1984.
Meier, John, 1866-1953, collector.
Meier collection, 1565-1913. ca. 500 volumes. The Meier collection was a portion of the
private library of a professor of German philology and folklore of the University of Freiburg,
Germany. It consisted of German literature, predominantly novels, drama, and poetry of the
Classical and Romantic periods. Many volumes were first editions. A typewritten list of the
contents of the collection is in the files of the University Librarian. Purchase, 1927.
Meine, Franklin Julius, 1896-1968, collector.
Franklin J. Meine Collection in Folklore, Local Color, and Humor. 8500 volumes. Franklin J.
Meine was a Chicago publisher and book collector particularly interested in American humor in all
its forms. Formal literary satire, joke books, humorous ballads, reminiscences of famous comedians,
cartoons and comic almanacs, and humor magazines were all prominently represented in his
collection. It included every important American humorist in first editions, as well as variant
editions. The contents are listed in the printed catalog of the Library's Rare Book Room. Purchase,
1955.
Meine, Franklin Julius, 1896-1968, collector.
Meine River Collection. 300 items. The river collection contained books and pamphlets on
Mississippi River life, as well as photographs of steamboats and scrapbooks of river captains. A
large file of the Burlington, Iowa, Saturday Evening Post is included also. Purchase and gift,
1962.
Meine, Franklin Julius, 1896-1968, collector.
Franklin J. Meine Mark Twain Collection. 2100 pieces. The Meine Mark Twain collection
contained about three hundred first editions of Twain's books and many variant editions, including
foreign translations, as well as manuscripts, memorabilia, newspaper and magazine contributions by
and about Twain, and many biographical and critical volumes. The contents are listed in the printed
catalog of the Library's Rare Book Room. Housed in the Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1969.
Mercanton, Paul Louis, 1876-1963, collector.
Polar library, 1745-1960. 250 volumes. Mercanton, a well-known Swiss glaciologist at the
University of Lausanne, was for many years President of the Swiss Glacier Commission. His library
contained accounts of nineteenth and early twentieth century polar expeditions, made mainly by
European groups. A typed list of the collection's contents is kept in the files of the University
Librarian. Purchase, 1966.
Meyer, Heinrich, May 14, 1904- , collector.
Literature and science of Goethe's time. 889 titles. The Meyer collection was intended to
reflect intellectual influences of Goethe's time. Much scientific literature was included,
particularly chemistry and physics, medicine, botany, and geology; Goethe was a contributor to the
literature of these fields. The collection was the library of a professor at Muhlenberg College,
Pennsylvania. Purchase, 1953.
Miller, George Abram, 1863-1951, collector.
Library. 905 items. The personal library of a University of Illinois professor of
mathematics, 1907-1931, consisted chiefly of mathematical literature. Gift, 1951/52.
Monroe, Walter Scott, 1882-1961, collector.
Library. 3200 volumes. Monroe's library was mainly comprised of literature concerning
education. His major interests were educational testing and techniques of research. Monroe was a
University of Illinois professor of education, beginning in 1919. Gift, 1950/51.
Morey, Lloyd, 1886-1965, collector.
Lloyd and Edna Morey Library. Lloyd Morey, Professor of Accounting, 1921-55, and President of
the University of Illinois from 1954 to 1955, gave his personal library of organ music and
manuscript copies of his compositions to the University Library's Music Library. Mrs. Morey made a
gift of her collection of vocal music to the Music Library. The Morey collection also contains
recordings of Mr. Morey's speeches and of dinners honoring him; the recordings are housed in the
University Archives. Gift, 1946-71.
Moss, Charles Melville, 1853- , collector.
Library. 293 volumes. The collection of material on classics was brought together by
Professor Moss of the Department of Classics of the University of Illinois. Gift, 1927.
Muirhead, Arnold Meadowcroft, 1900- .
see Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
Mumford, Herbert Windsor, 1871-1938, collector.
Library. 1,208 items. Mumford was Dean of the University of Illinois College of Agriculture,
beginning in 1922, and chief in animal husbandry, Agricultural Experiment Station. Gift,
1939/40.
Murphy, Richard, collector.
Elocution Collection 230 volumes. Elocution as a branch of the study of rhetoric was
important in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century study of speech. quaintly and profusely
illustrated, these manuals usually contain an introduction on theory, followed by selections for
practice. Richard Murphy was Professor of Speech Communications Emeritus, and his collection
demonstrates the influence of elocution on education and the public platform for over 100 years.
See also Alexander Smith Collection. See Friendscript, vol. 2, no.1. Spring 1980 for an article on
the collection. Housed in the Rare Book Room. Gift of Richard Murphy, 1980.
Myers, George William, 1864-1931, collector.
Library. 760 volumes. The Myers library mainly contained materials on mathematics and the
teaching of mathematics. Myers was an alumnus and one-time professor of astronomy and applied
mathematics at the University of Illinois. Gift, 1929.
Nickell, Lloyd Francis, 1884-1962, collector.
Carlten Lodge Library. 2,000 volumes. The Carlten Lodge Library of eighteenth century English
literature was made by an alumnus of the University of Illinois during twenty years' residence in
England as a business executive. It is comprised of original editions of Defoe, Swift, Fielding,
Pope, Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, Boswell, Addison, Smollett, and other writers of the eighteenth
century. Housed in the Rare Book Room. A typed catalog of the contents is kept in the Rare Book
Room. Purchase, 1963.
Nickell, Lloyd Francis, 1884-1962, collector.
Personal Library. The Nickell library consisted of professional literature, general reading,
and several sets of periodicals. Gift, 1966.
Oberholser, Harry Church, 1870-1963, collector.
H.C. Oberholser Library of Ornithology. 2100 cubic feet. The Oberholser collection the
private library of an internationally known ornithologist. The five or six hundred periodicals in
complete or nearly complete sets represent serials on birds which were published in the United
States and abroad, both historical titles and those current at the time the collection was
acquired. The collection was particularly strong in foreign journals and the publications of state
and local amateur organizations. In addition to periodicals, the library included books, some rare,
and thousands of pamphlets on birds of the world. Lists of the serials and the rare books in the
collection are contained in the files of the University Library. Purchase, 1947.
Ockerson, John Augusts, 1849-1924, collector.
Ockerson Library. 450 volumes. The personal library of a University alumnus and civil
engineer was chiefly a collection of material on river improvement, although it also included bound
volumes of professional journals and 100 volumes of general reading material. The literature on
river improvement is part of the Engineering Library. Gift, 1924.
Odell, Charles Watters, 1891- , collector.
Test collection. 3150 tests. Charles Odell was a faculty member of the University of Illinois
College of Education and a specialist in educational testing. His was a comprehensive collection of
educational and psychological tests published before the early 1950's. An author and subject
catalog are available. Limited access through the Education Library. Gift, 1959.
Oppalzer, Egon Ritter von, 1869-1902, collector.
Logarithm tables, 1584-1934. 500 titles. The collection of logarithmic tables and related
works, some of which are rare volumes, was the library of a professor at the University of
Innsbruck. Most are eighteenth and nineteenth century works. A typewritten list of contents is in
the files of the University Librarian. Purchase, 1948.
Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de, bp., 1600-1659.
Works, 1636-1893. 28 volumes. Palafox was a seventeenth century Spanish bishop in Mexico. The
collection contains works by him and others who were involved in his career. Purchase, 1961.
Palmer, Arthur William, 1861-1904, collector.
Library. 384 volumes; ca. 500 pamphlets. The library of a University of Illinois Professor of
Chemistry, 1889-1904, consisted of scientific literature, particularly in chemistry. Gift,
1904.
Palyi, Melchior, 1892-1970, collector.
Library. 2500-3000 books. Palyi was an economist who taught in German and American
universities and worked actively in the financial world. His library reflected his interest in
foreign trade and money and banking. It consisted chiefly of German and English language materials,
including many published dissertations. The collection, which was his library at the time he left
Germany (1933), was jointly purchased by the University of Illinois, Northern Illinois University,
and Southern Illinois University, and divided among the three libraries. Purchase, 1970.
Patrick F. Sullivan Memorial Collection, 1962- .
The Illinois State Conference of Building and Construction Trades established a memorial fund
honoring Sullivan, their president from 1938 to 1958. It is used for materials relating to the
labor field, especially to the building and construction industry. Located in the library of the
Instutitue of Labor and Industrial Relations. Gift, 1962.
Perlstein, Israel, collector.
I. Perlstien Collection of Czechoslovak Book Designs. 750 volumes. The Perlstein collection
represents the foremost achievements in modern Czech Book design. The signed, limited editions of
Czech literature mainly represent publishing of the 1920's and 1930's and include volumes from the
best-known private and provincial presses. The collector is a New York bookseller in Slavic
materials. The collection is housed in the Special Languages Department of the University Library.
A separate catalog lists its contents. Purchase, 1967- .
Pregel, Sophie, 1894-1972, collector.
Correspondence and manuscripts. Miss Pregel was a poet, writer, translator and editor. She
emigrated to Paris in 1922 and later moved to New York where she founded the journal, Novosselye
(1942-1950). Her papers were donated by her niece, Julia Gauchman. Located in the University
Archives. See Friendscript, fall, 1987 for an article on the donation. Gift, 1987.
Pratt, Marion Dolores (Bonzi), collector.
Marion D. Pratt Library. ca. 1400 volumes. The Pratt collection was the personal library of a
nationally known Lincoln researcher and archivist of the Illinois State Archives. In addition to
books, the collection contained sets of periodicals, prints and photographs, pamphlets, and notes
on American history. It was especially strong in material about Lincoln and the Civil War period.
Housed in part of the Library's Lincoln Room. Gift, 1964.
Prehn, Alyene Wetsall.
see Alyene Westall Prehn Theatre Program Collection.
Price, Maurice Thomas, collector.
Library. 25 boxes. The personal library of a sociologist and Far Eastern specialist, the
collection contained sociological literature, mostly in English, and Chinese materials printed
before the Communist revolution. Gift, 1964.
Quinn, Kerker.
Library. 3515 volumes, 5490 phonodiscs, 24.4 cubic feet of archival material. Kerker Quinn
was a long-time professor of English at the University of Illinois and editor of Direction and
Accent. In addition to general and professional literature, his library included phonograph records
and archival material such as personal and business correspondence and manuscripts of plays,
poetry, and stories. Gift, 1970.
Quito. Instituto Ecuatoriano de Antropologia y Geografia.
Library. 600 volumes. In addition to printed volumes, the library's holdings included many
public documents, about one hundred rare Ecuadorian books, original manuscripts of anthropological
studies done by the personnel of the Institute (27 volumes and four maps), and several important
serials. Access is through the Acquisitions Department of the University Library. Purchase,
1963.
Racheff, Ivan, 1892- .
Racheff Metallurgical Studies. 89 volumes. The reports are the original research studies of a
consultant to the steel industry over a forty year period. As such, the studies record the growth
and development of the American steel industry during the twentieth century. A published index to
the studies is available: Racheff Metallurgical Studies; Index to Collections in the University of
Illinois Library. Rev. ed. Urbana, Ill., 1965. The original reports are kept in the Department of
Mining and Metallurgy. (Originals are not available for use.) Photocopies may be found in the
University Library. Gift, 1956-66.
Randall, James G.
Randall-Sandburg correspondence, 1931-53. 49 letters and 3 autographed books. The collection
is a correspondence between two students of Lincoln. Among the inscribed editions of Sandburg's
writing is Praise for Carl Sandburg (1953) a book of tributes on the occasion of his 75th birthday,
issued in a limited edition of fifteen copies. A list of contents of the collection is available in
the files of the University Librarian. Gift, 1967.
Raphaelson, Samson, 1896- .
Library and papers. Samson Raphaelson is a playwright, a screenwriter, and author of many
short stories. He is also an alumnus and a one-time visiting professor of the University of
Illinois. The collection includes his library and all of his personal and professional
papers--manuscripts, theater records, correspondence. Gift, 1973 (received in part).
Rattermann, Heinrich Armin, 1832-1923, collector.
Rattermann Library, 1484-189_. 7,000 volumes. The collection was the personal library of a
German-born author and researcher on the contributions of Germans in America. The library included
all aspects of the development of German culture and the history of Germans in the United States.
The collection was strong in literature, especially poetry, biography, travel and voyages,
including maps and atlases, education, philology, religious sects, German-American societies, and
records of German settlements in various sections of the country. Partial manuscript catalogs are
located in the Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1915.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915- , collector.
Nineteenth century literature. 1211 volumes. Gordon Ray is a specialist in nineteenth century
English literature and a former member of the faculty and administration of the University of
Illinois. Gift, 1959/60.
Remey Family Records, 1804- .
ca. 35 volumes. The papers consist of typescript records of the lives and careers of Charles
Mason, a one-time chief justice of Iowa, Rear Admiral George Collier Remey, U.S. Navy, his wife
Mary Josephine Mason Remey, Charles Mason Remey, an architect and world lecturer on the Baha'i
religious movement, and his wife, Gertrude Heim Remey. The records of Charles Mason Remey are
sealed till 1995. Gift, 1939-1958.
Renaissance literature, 1475-1700.
2,000 volumes. The collection of Continental Renaissance material, printed chiefly in
Germany, Italy, and France, contained school books, editions of classical authors, theological
tracts, including a large collection of Luther's works, and Vulgate Bibles. Among the volumes are a
number which are very rare and several incunabula. The collection was made by a bookseller.
Purchase, 1955.
Richards, Grant, 1872-1948.
Archives. Grant Richards was an early twentieth century British publisher and writer. Since
the early 1950's, the University Library has collected records of Richards' publishing career. The
original purchase (1952) consisted of 45 quarto volumes of Richards' letters to authors, printers,
artists, and about 15,000 letters written to Richards from authors, literary agents, artists, and
other publishers. Among those represented are Yeats, Pound, Joyce, the Sitwells, Dreiser, Kipling,
H.G. Wells. In 1953/54 a collection of letters from A.E. Housman to Richards was acquired. In 1958,
another collection of correspondence was purchased, made up of letters from literary figures and
others, family correspondence, and 150-200 letters from Ada Leverson, the English novelist. In
addition, there was one file of material regarding a Richards bankruptcy. Subsequent additions
included authors' agreements (1960 and 1969/70). Housed in the Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1952-
Richardson, Sir John, 1787-1865, collector.
Richardson Collection, 1809-1862. 4 manuscripts and 63 printed volumes. The collection dealt
with the history of Arctic exploration and the natural history of the Arctic. The books include a
complete collection of the scientific works of Richardson, some extensively annotated, and a large
collection of accounts of the searches for the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin. Among the
manuscripts was a complete file of the documents relating to Richardson's search in 1847-1849 for
the lost Franklin expedition, Richardson's personal journal concerning Franklin's first polar
expedition (1819-1822), and manuscript additions to the author's own copy of Fauna
Boreali-Americana. A bookseller's catalog of the collection is in the files of the University
Librarian. Housed in the Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1966.
Ricker, Nathan Clifford, 1843-1924, collector.
Personal library. 28 boxes. Architecture, engineering, and general literature were
prominently represented in the library of Nathan Ricker, a former Dean of the University of
Illinois College of Engineering, 1878-1905. Gift, 1951.
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926.
Letters, 1905-21. 109 letters. The manuscript letters were all written by Rilke, the German
poet, to Karl and Elizabeth Van Der Heydt. Housed in the Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1950. See also
Mayer, Gerhard.
Robertson, William Spence, 1872-1955, collector.
Personal library. 9300 items. Professor Robertson, a member of the University of Illinois
History Department from 1909 to 1941, collected an extensive library to support his research and
writing in Latin American history. In addition to trade books, government publications, and sets of
periodicals, the collection includes pamphlets, maps, and newspapers, chiefly Latin American,
Spanish, and French imprints. The Revolutionary Period in Latin America, Hispanic-American
relations, and biographical items about Francisco de Miranda are especially well-represented. Gift,
1953.
Robinson, Maurice Henry, 1867-1946, collector.
Collection. 1453 pieces. Maurice Robinson was on the University of Illinois faculty in
economics from 1902-33. His collection was general in nature. Gift, 1938/39.
Rodkey, Frederick Stanley, 1896- , collector.
Library. 2299 items. Russian and European historical literature were well-represented in the
collection of Frederick Rodkey, a University of Illinois Professor of History. Gift, 1957/58.
Rusk, Henry Perly, 1884-1954, collector.
Collector . 1832 items. The library of the one-time Dean of the University of Illinois
College of Agriculture contained miscellaneous agricultural publications published over a fifty
year period. Gift 1955/56.
Sandburg, Carl Randall-Sandburg correspondence.
see Randall, James G. Randall-Sandburg correspondence.
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967, collector.
Sandburg Collection. The private papers and library of the Illinois-born poet includes a
great variety of material of interest to students of Sandburg. There are copies of nearly every
edition of Sandburg's works, in translation as well as in English, many with fine bindings. In
addition to first editions of famous works, there are many out-of-print and little--known works and
some limited editions. The manuscript collection contains many of Sandburg's works, both well-known
and unpublished, often in several drafts, as well as typescripts and corrected galley proofs.
In addition to his own works, Sandburg had several hundred volumes of contemporary poetry and prose, often inscribed by the author and often containing Sandburg's comments. The materials used in writing the biography of Lincoln are also included in the Sandburg collection. There is an extensive collection of printed sources on Lincoln, as well as on the entire Civil War period. The library includes notes used in writing the biography, photographs, and a small number of letters written by Civil War figures.
Among the hundred of letters in the Sandburg collection are those from literary and public figures, from other Lincoln scholars, and a great many from admirers. The library also contains recordings and transcriptions of Sandburg's radio broadcasts and lectures, and many articles and newspaper clippings by and about him. Housed in Rare Book Room. A record of the contents of the collection is in the Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1956.
Sandburg, Margaret, collector.
Carl Sandburg Collection. 300 letters. Collection given by Margaret Sandburg, Sandburg's
daughter. it consists of love letters written to Lillian Steichen, between 1908 and 1919, during
their courtship and after their marriage. Housed in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library
See Friendscript, winter, 1988 for an article about the donation. Gift, 1988.
Schwatka, Frederick, 1849-1892, collector.
Arctic library. 54 titles. The collection of books on Arctic exploration were the personal
library of the commander of the last search for the Franklin Arctic expedition, 1878-1880.
Purchase, 1924.
Secker, Martin.
Letters, 1910-1931. 8 volumes (ca. 6500 items). The correspondence of the British publisher
consisted of letters written to authors and other publishers. Index of names in each volume.
Purchase, 1969.
Seoul, Korea, Korean Research Foundation.
1,000 volumes. The Korean Research Foundation donated a large collection of current
Korean-language publications. See Friendscript, summer 1984, for article about the donation. Housed
in the Asian Library.
Sherburn, George Wiley, 1884- , collector.
George Sherburn Collection. 3,000 volumes. George Sherburn was a professor of English
literature at Harvard from 1939 to 1952. His collection, solely items printed before 1800,
attempted to gather the literature which prominent eighteenth century literary figures would have
read. An extensive pamphlet collection is included, as well as sets of scarce eighteenth century
periodicals. Three authors, Pope, Steele, and Fielding, are particularly well-represented by
editions of their works and by biographical and critical material. Purchase, 1952.
Shirk, William Allen, collector.
Shirk collection. 1165 phonodiscs; ca. 100 volumes. Shirk's original contribution consisted
chiefly of recordings of operatic productions during the Golden Age of Opera; nearly every vocal
artist of that period was represented. Some recordings of non-single celebrities were included,
too. To accompany the records were scrapbooks containing pictures and articles about singers of the
past. Subsequent gifts were pictures of railroad locomotives, paintings and etchings, Indian
objects, and books--a music collection and general volumes.; Volume fifteen of Shirk's scrapbooks
indexes the record collection. Housed in the Music Library. Gifts, 1952-1957.
Sigma Xi.
Papers of Sigma Xi. 9 boxes. The Sigma Xi collection, that of the national honor society for
achievement in scientific research, contained a large group of conventional proceedings,
applications for charters, correspondence, and material related to the society's quarterly journal.
Stored uncataloged in the general library stacks. Gift, 1938, of Henry Baldwin Ward. Ward was the
society's general secretary from 1895 till 1922, and its president from 1922 to 1924.
Smith, Frank, 1857-1942, collector.
Collection. 226 volumes, 4000 local weather maps, 4130 pamphlets. The library of a University
of Illinois Professor of Zoology, 1893-1926, contained literature on geography, weather, zoology,
and general material. Gift, 1927.
Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932, collector.
Music Library. ca. 3,000 compositions. The Sousa library consisted chiefly of music which he
collected from 1896 till 1931, although instruments and photographs were included, too. The music
was compositions for concert band, both Sousa's and those of other composers, many with his
penciled notations. Housed in the Band Building of the University. Gift, 1932/34.
Sparks, Marion Emeline, collector.
Library. 500 pieces. The Sparks library, consisting of travel, poetry, and garden books, was
collected by a one-time librarian of the Chemistry Library of the University of Illinois. Purchase,
1929.
Spielmann, Marion Harry
see Ernest Ingold Shakespeare Collection.
Stetson, Mrs. E.G.
see Alyene Westall Prehn Theatre Program Collection.
Stodola, Frank H., collector.
60 shelf-feet of textbooks and monographs. Dr. Stodola, a 1933 graduate of the University of
Minnesota, was head of the Laboratory for Biological Chemistry at the USDA Northern Regional
Research Laboratories in Peoria until his retirement in 1972. His collection focuses on the first
two-thirds of the nineteenth century. Housed in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library. See
Friendscript, fall, 1987 for an article about the donation. Gift, 1987.
Stoek, Harry Harkness, 1866-1923, collector
Library. 600 volumes. The mining engineering collection was made by a Professor of Mining
Engineering, University of Illinois, from 1909 to 1923.
Sullivan, Patrick F.
see Patrick F. Sullivan Memorial Collection.
Sutton, William A., collector.
49,000 items. The items in Mr. Sutton's collection include material about Sherwood Anderson,
Erskine Caldwell, Robert Frost, and Carl Sandburg, as well as smaller collections concerning
margaret Mitchell and Gertrude Stein. See Friendscript, summer 1981 for article on donation. Gift,
1981.
Szigeti, Joseph, 1892- , collector.
Music collection. 610 scores, 294 phonodiscs. The famous violinist's collection contained
concerti and sonatas, as well as a collection of smaller pieces and records, some of which are
irreplaceable collectors' items. Housed in Music Library. Purchase and gift, 1960.
Szu K'u Ch'uan Shu.
1961 volumes. The Szu K'u Ch'uan Shu ("Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature") was
a compilation of rare books done in 1773-1782, under the patronage of Emperor Ch'ien Lung. It
consisted of all known works which at that time were considered to be worthy of preservation. The
gift to the library is photographic reproduction, presented by Chinese alumni of the University of
Illinois. Available through the University's Far Eastern Library. Gift, 1935.
Talbot, Arthur Newell, 1857-1942, collector.
Library. 4326 items. The library of an engineering and teacher of engineering at the
University of Illinois, 1885-1926, contained primary engineering literature. Gift, 1941/42.
Tawney, Guy Alan, 1870-1947, collector.
Library. 1707 volumes. The Tawney collection, made by a one-time professor of philosophy at
the University of Illinois, was strong in music and art, history, and philosophy. It also included
some musical scores. Gift, 1960/61.
Townsend, Edgar Jerome, 1865-1955, collector.
Collection. 250 volumes. The Townsend collection was comprised of textbooks of elementary
mathematics. Housed in Mathematics Library. Gift, 1916.
Trelease Family Library.
ca. 1500 volumes. The collection included books from the libraries of Sidney B. Trelease, of
Champaign, Leah Fullanwider Trelease, and Professor William Trelease, University of Illinois
Professor of Botany, 1913-1926. It consisted of literature, biography, and professional and general
reading. Gift, 1965.
Turner, Tom, 1870-1949, collector.
Tom Turner Collection, 1890-1949. 8,000 volumes. Tom Turner was a British post office
official and a minor poet and short story writer. In his collection of modern English literature,
poetry was most heavily represented, but there was a substantial collection of fiction and some
other prose. The most prominent writers of the period were well-represented, along with the best
works of lesser known authors. There were m any first editions and inscribed copies and a large
group of first English editions of well-known novels. Purchase, 1953.
Tuttle Collection
see American Education Collection.
Tykociner, Joseph Tykocinski, 1877-1969, collector.
Library. 650 volumes. Professor Tykociner, of the University of Illinois Department of
Electircal Engineering, created a plan for organizing knowledge called zetetics. His library of
varied subject matter reflected the scheme and was organized by it. Gift, 1969/70.
Vahlen, Johannes, 1830-1911, collector.
Vahlen Collection. 10,650 volumes and 7,000 pamphlets. The Vahlen collection was the private
library of a distinguished scholar in classical philology at Berlin University. It consisted of
many texts of Greek and Latin authors, a great deal of ancient philosophy, literary, political, and
religious history, and philological works in other than classical languages. About 250 titles by
Renaissance writers were included, among them some incunabula. A bookseller's catalog of the
collection is kept in the files of the University Librarian. The pamphlets were added to the
Dittenberger pamphlet collection. A card index of the pamphlet collection is kept in the
University's Classics Library. Purchase, 1913.
Vernadsky, George, 1887-1973, collector.
George Vernadsky Collection of Russian History. ca. 4,000 volumes. The private library of a
long-time professor of Russian history at Yale University was especially strong in materials about
the Kievan and Muscovite periods of Russian history. Purchase, 1973.
WGN, Inc., Chicago.
see Chicago. Radio Station WGN.
Waldo, Edward hardenbergh, 1866- , collector.
Library. 1,000 volumes. The collection of electrical engineering literature was assembled by
a University of Illinois faculty member, 1907-1934. Gift, 1951/52.
Ward, Henry Baldwin, 1865-1945, collector.
H.B. Ward Library, 16th century-1945. 15,000 volumes. Ward is considered the founder of the
science of parasitology in the United States. he was professor and head of the Zoology Department
was strongest in parasitology and water biology. However, microscopy was also well-represented, as
well as botany, medicine, and bacteriology. Bibliographies and other reference works supplemented
the books, journals, state and federal documents, and publications of state academies of science.
Although most of the collection was professional and technical, a small section of popular material
was included. A manuscript list of the contents of the collection is kept in the files of the
University Librarian. Purchase, 1947.
Ward, Henry Baldwin, 1865-1945, collector.
Henry Baldwin Ward Memorial Collection. 35,000 pieces. The collection of reprints,
dissertations, and monographs is composed chiefly of literature of parasitology, fresh water
biology, fisheries, and conservation. In addition, there are materials relating to Professor Ward's
offices held in national organizations. The collection, which is completely classified, is housed
in the Zoology Department. It is accessible to faculty and graduate students through the Biology
Library of the University of Illinois. Ward's catalog of the collection is kept with it. Gift,
1947.
Ward, Henry Baldwin. Papers of Sigma Xi.
see Sigma Xi.
Wells, Herbert George, 1866-1946.
H.G. Wells Archives, 1845-1946. 81.5 cubic feet. The papers of H.G. Wells, one of the
foremost literary figures of the century, consist of manuscripts, correspondence, editions of
Wells' works, and miscellaneous documents. About forty full-length books, was well as many shorter
pieces, are represented by typescripts or manuscripts, often in many drafts, which show the
evolution of each work. Among these is an unpublished novel, Kipps and Waddy, an early version of
Wells' copies of his printed works. These include first editions, revisions, translations. The
letters contain general family correspondence, communications from publishers, material regarding
the Fabian Society, and letters from politicians and public figures, most notably George Bernard
Shaw and Joseph Conrad. Among the remaining items is the diary of Wells' mother, begun before his
birth, Wells' letters and stories written as a youngster, collections of clippings from newspapers
and magazines, account books of his contracts and earnings, and other business records. Contents of
the collection are listed as a separate part of the printed catalog of the Library's Rare Book
Room. Purchase, 1954.
Weston, Nathan Austin, 1868-1933, collector.
Nathan Austin Weston Memorial Library. 6,000 volumes. Although more than half of the Weston
library was comprised of books on economic theory, there was a good representation of history,
literature, and agriculture, as well. Professor Weston was a member of the University of Illinois'
faculty in economics for some thirty years and the first Dean of the College of Commerce and
Business Administration. Gift, 1944, of Weston's daughter, Dr. Janet L. Weston.
Wickham, Henry Frederick, 1866-1933, collector.
Library. 2094 items. The library of a Professor of Entomology of the State University of Iowa
consisted mainly of entomological literature, including some rare material on colcoptera. Gift,
1941/42.
William H. McBurney Memorial Collection.
849 volumes. The memorial to a Professor of English at the University of Illinois was
strongest in the areas of the English novel and English drama. Gift, 1967/68, of Mrs. A.B.
McBurney, in honor of her son.
Williams, Louis L., collector.
Williams collection. Louis Williams' personal collection included works of A.J. Cronin and of
the English novelist Claude Houghton, both with many first editions, modern novels, general
literature, a large group of books on roses, and a collection of titles published by the Limited
Editions Club. Lists of the contents of the collection are kept in the files of the University
Librarian. Gift, 1961-63?
Wolfe, Cornelia Pulsifer (Kelley)
see Kelley, Cornelia Pulsifer, 1897-1972.
Wylie, Samuel M., collector.
Wylie Collection. 1460 volumes and 72 pamphlets. The library of a Paxton, Illinois, physician
consisted of many collected sets of literature and 150 volumes of medical works. Gift, 1950.
Wyse Archives, 1816-1945?
ca. 200 volumes. The archives of a prominent Irish family contain diaries and journals,
unpublished literary works, account and letter-books, as well as published volumes and photographs.
There is a great deal of literary material, beginning with the poetry, travel accounts, and other
papers of Sir Thomas Wyse, a politician and diplomat of the early nineteenth century. Of great
interest to the study of modern Provencal literature is the collection of papers of William Charles
Bonaparte-Wyse, who played an important part in the Felibrige literary movement. Among his papers
are unpublished poems, diaries, and letters, as well as his published works. Purchase, 1965.
Yamagiwa, Joseph Koshimi, 1906-1968, collector.
Joseph K. Yamagiwa Book Collection. 1800 volumes. Joseph Yamagiwa was an internationally
known scholar and for nearly twenty years head of the Department of Far Eastern Languages and
Literature of the University of Michigan. His book collection was comprised of materials relating
mainly to Japanese language, literature, and history. Of particular interest were seventeenth
century editions of classical Japanese literature and contemporary editions of eighteenth and
nineteenth century literary works. Housed partially in the Far Eastern Collection of the University
Library and partially in the Rare Book Room. Purchase, 1969.
Zeleny, Charles, 1878-1939, collector.
Library. 10,400 items. The collection of a University of Illinois professor of zoology
contained pamphlets, periodicals, and reports. Gift, 1939-40.
Zuppke, Robert Carl, 1879-1957.
Papers. 3 feet. Robert Zuppke was the football coach at the University of Illinois from 1913
till 1941. Among his papers are four scrapbooks of correspondence received in 1938, at the time
Zuppke was under fire from the Athletic Board, three volumes of greetings on the occasion of his
twenty-fifth anniversary as a coach and much correspondence of Zuppke's retirement years. Housed in
the University Archives. Gift, 1962.
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