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Edmund B. Chaffee And The Labor Temple, Dugald Chaffee

The Courier

The following article by Dr. Chaffee's son combines a brief account of Dr. Chaffee's Labor Temple years with his son's remembrance ofhim as both man and father.

From The Collector's Library: The First Illustrated American Book, David A. Fraser

The Courier

As a committed book collector, David Fraser searches for the first American illustrated book ever published in the United States in order to shed light on early American book publishing.

After an analysis of one candidate, Charlotte Smith's Sonnets, Fraser determines it does not quite fit the criteria of first illustrated American book. Instead, he nominates M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem in Four Cantos by John Trumbull.

Thomas J. Wise: A Brief Survey Of His Literary Forgeries, Thomas J. Gearty Jr.

The Courier

Thomas J. Wise was a renowned bibliographer and book collector of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as a reviewer and editor of The Bookman's "Notes." He was held in high esteem by his contemporaries, and was accepted in literary and intellectual circles as a respected scholar. His library is kept intact in a room off the King's Library Gallery in the British Museum.

But Thomas J. Wise also was a forger and a thief who stole leaves from books in the collection of the British Museum. David Foxon surmised that Wise began the thefts in the …

Lester G. Wells: An Appreciation, Edwin H. Cady

The Courier

This intimate portrait of Syracuse's Lester G. Wells tells the story of a committed scholar, who contributed important scholarship on the famous and enigmatic author Stephen Crane, as well as works on the Oneida Communiry. Mr. Wells also organized the Lena R. Arents Rare Book Room in 1946, and became Syracuse University's first Rare Book Librarian.

Nietzsche And His Friends: Richard Wagner And Jakob Burckhardt, Meredith A. Butler

The Courier

From November 1 to 10, 1972, Syracuse University's Bird Library was host to a unique exhibition of books, manuscript materials, photographs, and original graphics by and about Friedrich Nietzsche.

The section of the exhibition subtitled "Nietzsche and Friends" is given emphasis in this paper, which was based on materials from Syracuse University Special Collections. They detail Nietzsche's friendship with Richard Wagner and Jakob Burckhardt. As Walter Kaufmann wrote: "It was Wagner's presence that convinced Nietzsche that greatness and genuine creation were still possible, and it was Wagner who inspired him with the persistent longing first to equal and then to …

The Paul H. Appleby Papers At Syracuse, Gladys L. Baker

The Courier

The Paul H. Appleby papers in the Syracuse University Archives, a unit in the George Arents Research Library, offer the scholar insight into the achievements and quality of a man who made contributions to the fields of government and public administration as a government administrator, a theorist, a writer, and a teacher of public administration.

The Feminist Movement As Reflected In The Gerrit Smith Papers, Judith Mesinger

The Courier

Judith Mesinger details the work and correspondence of famous abolitionist Gerrit Smith, with special emphasis on his support of the early feminist movement of the nineteenth century. The research was aided by the Gerrit Smith Collection in the Syracuse University Special Collections.

Margaret Bourke-White And Erskine Caldwell: A Personal Album, William A. Sutton

The Courier

Margaret Bourke- White presented her personal and professional papers, including hundreds of prints and negatives of her photographs, to Syracuse University before her death in 1971. Following her death, the Library received additional thousands of photographs and negatives from her estate. As a result, the Bourke- White Collection at Syracuse provides an invaluable store of research materials for photographers, journalists, and historians.

Dr. Sutton has chosen in this essay to portray Margaret herself during one seven-year period ofher life, with the addition of a few photographs from the books You Have Seen Their Faces and North of the Danube, published …

Patience, Thanksgiving, And Opportunity For Learning, William Pearson Tolley

The Courier

Former Chancellor of Syracuse University, William Tolley, writes about the struggles of the library during the mid-20th century. This article was written amidst the dedication of the Ernest S. Bird Library in 1973. The main virtues needed of an academic administration in the trying times, he believes, is patience, thanksgiving, and the ability to utilize opportunities for learning.

Inside Bird, Syracuse Library

The Courier

Library users at Syracuse University increased from 1500 to 7000 in the first two months after the opening of the Ernest S. Bird Library in September 1972.

Following are some typical scenes in the new building, as librarians, faculty and students pursue their common goal of excellence in education.