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In celebration of the range and depth of collections recently added to
the General Libraries by donation or purchase, we have decided to do an
entire Newsletter devoted to just those materials. This brief compendium
sets out to document some of the unique visions of the collectors of these
materials and the actual materials. In summary, they include:
- The papers of the internationally known scholar and humanist Américo
Paredes
- A technology library of 125,000 volumes that served for decades as
the research center for a major oil exploration company (ARCO)
- The library of the late Maya scholar Prof. Linda Schele, donated by
her husband David Schele
- The George F. and Geraldine D. Andrews Papers consisting of hundreds
of measured drawings and photographs documenting Maya ruins, donated
by Mrs. Geraldine D. Andrews
- A collection of rare Japanese publications dating from the eighteenth
to the early twentieth century donated by Prof. William Braisted
- The professional library of Paul P. Cret (1876-1945), the architect
responsible for The University's 1933 Master Plan, the design of the
Main Building and Tower, and eighteen other UT Austin buildings
- The working library of the noted twentieth-century architectural theorist
Colin Rowe
- The recent donation by Prof. Barbara Immroth of 1,266 titles to the
Perry-Castañeda Library Youth Collection
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Photograph of Américo Paredes © by Tino Mauricio.
Use of this photograph was made possible under a limited license agreement
from the photographer, who retains copyright.
- The papers of José Cárdenas and the Intercultural Development Research
Association
- Materials acquired for locations in non-General Libraries collections
through the close collaboration of the General Libraries, the Ransom
Center, and the Center for American History include the Jorge Luis Borges
Archive, the Flip Schulke photograph collection, the archive of a major
twentieth-century New York literary agent, and several other collections.
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