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You may want to consult 2 articles in Art Documentation that may also expand on some details of ARLIS's prehistory: Honoring Florence DaLuiso by Wolfgang Freitag and William Walker, AD 23/2, 2004; and Judith A. Hoffberg, The Early Years of ARLIS/NA, interviewer Amy Navratil Ciccone, AD 27/1, 2008. Kathy Zimon On 03/06/2012 5:07 PM, William Walker wrote: > RESPONSE of Bill Walker to Larry McGilvery's email of 5/27/2012 > Bill's response is highlighted in RED > > Begin forwarded message: > >> *From: *Laurence McGilvery <[log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> >> *Date: *May 27, 2012 9:05:08 PM EDT >> *To: *"Ann Abid" <[log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, Caroline Backlund >> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, "Craig, Susan V" >> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, Wolfgang Freitag >> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, William >> Walker <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> >> *Subject: **ARLIS prehistory* >> >> Dear Friends, >> >> I was going to send the following to ARLIS-L unvetted but then >> thought I would run it past the five of you first: >> >> ARLIS/NA-Prehistory >> >> Dear Friends, >> >> The 40th anniversary of ARLIS and some recent correspondence with Ann >> Abid have inspired me to unearth some of the prehistory of this >> wonderful organization. >> >> ARLIS/UK was founded in 1969 by Trevor Fawcett, according to the >> website, though another source seems to credit Philip Pacey. 1969 was >> a pretty darned good year for art libraries and librarians: >> ARLIS/UK was founded in 1969 by Trevor Fawcett and/or Philip[Pacey, > >> Meanwhile in Buffalo NY the art librarian at SUNY Buffalo, Florence >> DaLuiso (prompted by Wolfgang Freitag and Herb Scherer at the 1968 >> ALA conference) had the vision and initiative to secure a grant of >> $7,500 in 1969 from the U.S Dept of Education to fund an Institute >> for Training in Librarianship. This was "Art Libraries: Their >> Comprehensive Role in Preserving Contemporary Visual Resources." > >> The institute took place in Buffalo from June 16 to the 20th, with a >> faculty of seven librarians and VR curators, three art museum >> directors, and one art curator. The "class" consisted of a seasoned, >> interactive group of 24 art librarians and VR curators from all over >> the U.S. (footnote: It was at the Buffalo Institute that I met >> Judy Hoffberg. WW) > > (Larry's text resumed here WW.) >> >> I personally attended an event that must have been in January, 1972. >> Judy Hoffberg had organized a meeting of perhaps twelve or fifteen >> people in San Francisco. It took place at a long table in a high, >> old-fashioned room somewhere in the city-perhaps at the public >> library or the old San Francisco Art Museum. The guest of honor, and >> the occasion for the meeting, was Philip Pacey, who was visiting from >> England. The other person I am absolutely certain of was the >> glamorous Contessa Alessandra Marchi of Centro Di, who entered the >> room as though she had just stepped out of a Fellini movie. >> >> CAA was meeting at the San Francisco Hilton. My diary for Wednesday, >> January 26, 1972, notes a "CAA library session-lunch, to 6 p.m." but, >> alas, names no specific individuals. On Thursday and Friday I >> exhibited all day. From Saturday on I was out on other business >> around the Bay Area. >> >> On Thursday, the 27th, I had lunch with Roger Gardiner, the art >> librarian at the University of Western Ontario in London. He attended >> the early ARLIS conferences and quite likely was at Judy's meeting. >> At 6:00 that evening I drove Kate Steinitz to her hotel. She must >> also have been at the Wednesday event. Judy would have pulled any >> strings necessary for Kate's support, and she would have given it >> wholeheartedly. At 7:00 I had dinner with Bill Treese of the >> University of California, Santa Barbara. It was he who formed the >> collection of exhibition catalogues that graces the art library now. >> He also was an early exponent of computer cataloguing. >> >> Among the other people who might have been present, Mary Ashe of the >> San Francisco Public Library seems certain. A message to her a few >> weeks ago has not produced a reply yet. Other likely candidates are >> David Patten of Art Index, or the late John Larsen. >> >> Here, from http://www.arlis.org.uk/about.php, is a relevant >> quotation: "ARLIS has held an annual conference since 1972, when it >> was in Aberystwyth. Judy Hoffberg was among the participants there >> and, upon her return to the US, established ARLIS/NA." This was in >> April 1972. >> >> The first meeting under the aegis ARLIS/NA was at ALA in Chicago in >> 1972 -- in June? >> >> Volume 1, number 1 of the ARLIS/NA Newsletter appeared in November 1972. >> >> The following year, in Las Vegas, with the temperature around 113 >> degrees, if memory serves right, I recall a rather contentious >> meeting at ACRL. The Las Vegas conference was approximately Monday, >> June 25, to Thursday, June 28. I have notes about the wonderful >> Jacqueline Sisson and the very different but equally wonderful Lo >> Parr of Fort Worth who brought a measure of sanity at a particularly >> stressful moment; also, Jean Finch of Stanford. Ann Abid says she did >> not attend because she didn't want the City Museum in St. Louis >> paying for a trip to Las Vegas, but I might first have met Susan >> Craig and several other old friends there. I remember Robert Daw of >> Topeka Public Library. Perhaps Daphne Roloff was there, or Caroline. >> >> What must have been the first directory came out in August 1973 and >> listed about 300 members. It was a looseleaf, letter-size affair of >> 48 pages edited by David Patten. He produced two supplements of 10 >> and 19 pages. >> >> There were other early efforts that led to the founding of ARLIS/NA. >> Florence Da Luisa of Buffalo had a class or workshop that people have >> said was very influential. There also were librarians who opposed the >> whole program. Elizabeth Usher, then-librarian at the Met, was quite >> dismissive of the fledgling organization wthin my hearing, and she >> certainly was not alone. However, she was on board in time for that >> first directory, in August 1973. >> >> My copy of the 1974 directory is date-stamped "Oct 7 1974." Again, >> David Patten was the editor. It is thick at 121 saddle-stitched >> pages, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. The membership had more than doubled to 651. >> >> Ihope others will add to and correct this small archaeological >> excavation. Please post anything relevant on ARLIS-L, rather than >> sending it to me personally. Your recollection may jog someone else's >> memory >> >> That's the end of my letter. Anything any of you can contribute will >> go into the above e-mail, with full credit, or we can all sign it. In >> case the header on your e-mail doesn't display the other names, you >> are Ann, Caroline, Susan, Wolfgang, and Bill W. >> >> Ann wrote me: "My first ARLIS experience was the meeting at the >> classroom at Columbia. Earlier, I had attended a CAA session devoted >> to art libraries but that was unrelated to Judy H. and her vision for >> ARLIS.I was going to attend ALA the year it was in Las Vegas but >> backed out when I heard to venue - didn't want to ask the St. Louis >> Art Museum to send me to LV." When was that Columbia meeting, and who >> was there? Ann also wrote: "I always thought that ARLIS began at an >> ALA in CA and that whichever art librarians were there coincidentally >> became the kind of founding members." That doesn't match, however, >> because the ALA conferences during those years were: 1970, Detroit; >> 1971, Dallas; 1972, Chicago; 1973, Las Vegas; 1974, New York. Could >> it have been CAA in San Francisco in 1972? >> >> With warmest regards, >> >> Larry >> >> -- >> Laurence McGilvery >> Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America >> Post Office Box 852 >> La Jolla, California 92038 >> USA >> >> (858) 454-4443 >> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> www.mcgilvery.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L > Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~