Collections, Exhibitions, and Libraries

For articles and catalogues in German regarding the holdings, programs, and exhibitions of the International Youth Library in Munich see Children's Literature Abstracts

Alderson, Brian, and Marjorie Moon. Childhood Re-collected: Early Children's Books from the Library of Marjorie Moon. Royston: Provincial Book Fairs Association, 1994. 114 p. £12.95. Published to accompany an exhibition in Oxford in 1994. Books range from 16th to 20th century. Provides publishing history and demonstrates changes in the development of children's literature. Authoritative, well illustrated. S.G.R.

Covington, Veronica. "The Science Fiction Research Collection at Texas A&M University." Popular Culture in Libraries 2.1 (1994): 81-87. A description of the collection based on an interview with Donald H. Dyal, Director of Special Collections. Includes a number of children's authors. G.A.

Darker, Mary, comp. The Past Is Present: Catalogue of the Joan Butler Collection of Children's Books, 1920-1944, in Hertfordshire Libraries, Arts, and Information. Hertford (England): The Butler Family in conjunction with HLAI, 1994. 116p. ISBN 0-90135476-7. £7.95. Offers an overview of the books available to English children between the world wars. One strength is the representation of nonfiction. The reader needs a basic knowledge of the subject to make sense of the catalog. S.G.R.

Davis, James, and Andrea Immel, comps. Fun & Games: 400 Years of Children's Books from UCLA's Special Collections. Los Angeles: University Research Library, U of California, 1994. 48 p. A handsomely illustrated catalog of an exhibit prepared for the 27th California International Antiquarian Book Fair, 4-6 February 1994. Titles range from Gabriello Faerno's fables (1564) through books from California (1892-1993). Includes easy readers (from 1787 on), boxed libraries and miniature books, games, street cries, selected publishers and authors. G.A.

Egoff, Sheila, and Terry Clark. "Collections to Support Research in Children's Literature at the University of British Columbia Library and the Vancouver Public Library." Canadian Children's Literature 74 (1994): 30-34. A description of the contents that includes information on how the collections are arranged and catalogued. G.A.

Freeman, Matt. "Top Shelf: Toronto Library's Specialized Collections." Reading Today Oct./Nov. 1994: 33. An overview of the Osborne Collection. G.A.

Guérette, Charlotte, and Lise Bertrand. "Ou sont donc Boucle d'Or et les trois ours? En route pour Québec, bien entendu." Canadian Children's Literature 74 (1994): 76-88. A discussion of a multimedia Goldilocks exhibition at the Musée de la civilisation of Quebec City and its theoretical and practical bases. G.A.

Hathaway, Merle. "Dromkeen: An Australian Gallery for Children's Book Illustration." Orana 30.4 (Nov. 1994): 268-73. Background on the Dromkeen Collection of children's literature and children's book illustration north of Mdbourne. Includes details of its programs and awards. J.D.A.

Henshaw, John. "Victorian Vignettes." TLS 25 Feb. 1994: 17. A discussion of the exhibition Victorian Illustrated Books 1850-1870: The Heyday of Wood-Engraving, held at the British Museum. Children's books are included in the collection and exhibition. G.A.

Klinkenborg, Verlyn. "Rockwell and Pyle: Their Invisible Link." Smithsonian 25.4 (July 1994): 88-95. An exhibition at the new Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, demonstrates Rockwell's debt to Howard Pyle. Handsomely illustrated. G.A.

Küffner, Werner. "Other Voices." Bookbird 32.1 (Spring 1994): 31-32. The curator of Slavic collections at the IYL reports on the impact of the changes in Eastern Europe, particularly the drop in book donations from 1125 volumes in 1983 to 395 in 1992. G.A.

McGrath, Dermid. "Harold Mortlake, Shirley Kapper and Children's Literature in the Australian National University Library: A Note." Lu Rees Archives: Notes, Books and Authors 15 (1993): 27-28. Details of 2 special collections of children's literature in the Menzies Library of the Australian National University in Canberra. J.D.A.

Michaels, Carolyn Clugston. Children's Book Colllecting. Hamden, CT: Shoe String, 1993. 197 p. ISBN 0-208-02267-8. $35. Review Karen Nelson Hoyle, JOYS 7.2 (Winter 1994): 212-13. An overview and guidelines for the general reader; there are some errors. Includes such topics...