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Winter 1999

The 1999 Kerlan Award
Library of Heritage and Culture
CLRC - New Hours
From the President
Keats Fellowship
NEH Progress
Coming Events
Minnesota Humanities Commission
Staff

The 1999 Kerlan Award

The Kerlan Award Committee has chosen Eve Bunting as the 1999 Kerlan Award recipient. The Kerlan Award will be presented at a luncheon in her honor on Saturday, April 10, 1999. The Kerlan Award is also being granted posthumously to Lois Lenski.

As a special event for this 50th anniversary year of the Kerlan Collection and the 25th anniversary year of the Kerlan Friends, the Kerlan Friends will recognize Professor Emeritus Edward B. Stanford and Professor Emeritus Norine Odland for their special and exceptional efforts on behalf of the Kerlan Collection.

The spring issue will provide more details.

Kerlan Award Committee 1999

Dan Kelty
MN Library Association

Phyllis Mattill
Kerlan Friends
Chair, The Kerlan Friends

H.E. Mason
Philosophy
College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota

Margaret Phinney
Department of C & I
College of Education
University of Minnesota

Carol Waldron
College of Human Ecology
University of Minnesota

Warmest holiday wishes from the Kerlan Collection!

Library of Heritage and Culture

Kerlan Friends board members toured the cavern that will be used for book storage with guide Don Kelsey, facilities manager, in October. The building is scheduled for completion in late fall, 1999.
The architectural firm is Stageberg Partners, Inc. CLRC has a copy of the design development.

CLRC - New Hours

Beginning in January, CLRC reading room hours will be Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Friday by special appointment. The staff will spend Fridays preparing for the move.

From the President

Seasons Greetings!
I am happy to report that these are exciting times for the Kerlan Collection and for all Kerlan Friends. We will celebrate both the 50th anniversary of the Collection and the 25th anniversary of the Friends during 1999. The Collection should also be moving into its new, riverside location before the millennium arrives, and the Friends of the Library are planning to celebrate in grand style. Both our Kerlan Award and summer event celebrations will be very special this year, so look for information in upcoming newsletters and be sure to attend.

Because of a successful fund appeal in December last year and the gala book sale and auction during the summer event in June, the Friends have raised thousands of dollars to support the Collection during 1998. We also worked with Karen and received a $4000 grant from the Minnesota Humanities Commission. The grant, which we will be eligible to receive each year, will be used to support the Kerlan Award celebration and other ongoing projects. The Development Committee is planning a fund drive this year to fill special Collection needs in their new space. There will also be many volunteer opportunities for any Friends who would like to be involved in our activities during this banner year.

If you know someone who would enjoy being a Friend, 1999 will be a great year to get them to join or to give them the gift of a membership.

Happy Holidays to you all,
Rebecca Rapport
President, Kerlan Friends

Keats Fellowship

The Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Memorial Fellowship from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation will provide $1500 to a "talented writer and/or illustrator of children's books who wishes to use the Kerlan Collection for the furtherance of his or her artistic development." Special consideration will be given to someone who would find it difficult to finance a visit to the Kerlan Collection.

The Ezra Jack Keats Fellowship recipient will receive transportation cost and a per diem allotment. Applications for 1999 must be received by May 1, 1999. For application materials, please send a self- addressed, stamped envelope to:
Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Collection
Memorial Fellowship
109 Walter Library
117 Pleasant Street SE
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Beth Royalty was the 1998 recipient.

NEH Progress

Cataloging and preservation of works by one hundred selected authors and illustrators is underway. Christina Cowan and Emilie Quast have been working on the project; which started in November. These collections are being processed with financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The following authors and illustrators have been processed:

Verna Aardema MF; Valenti Angelo MC; Boris Artzybasheff MC; Arnold Edwin Bare MC; Harry Behn MC & MF; Marie Halun Bloch MF; Mary and Conrad Buff MC; Rafaello Busoni MC; Rebecca Caudill MC; Miriam Chaikin MF; James Lincoln Collier MF; Olivia E. Coolidge MF; Julie W. Cunningham MF; and Alice Dalgliesh MC.
MC represents illustrations
MF represents manuscripts

Coming Events

7TH ANNUAL HUBBS LECTURE
Karla Kuskin, some of whose poetry manuscripts are in the Kerlan Collection, will be the featured speaker at the University of St. Thomas on Saturday, February 27, 1999.
For more information, contact Greg Steenson, 651-962-5431.

Minnesota Humanities Commission

At the Kerlan Friends board meeting on December 1, there was considerable discussion about appropriate groups with whom to network as a result of the MHC program attended by Norma Gaffron and Gloria Kortmeyer. Some board members offered to serve as the liaison with specific organizations to which they belong or have personal contacts.

Information about the forthcoming Kerlan Award exhibit and events will appear in the spring newsletter that will be sent to all groups represented at the meeting.

Staff

Linda Eels joined the CLRC staff on November 2 as the Library Assistant III, including the assignment as staff liaison with the Kerlan Award committee.
Jenny Elliott continues on special assignment until March 17, 1999.

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