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Caption: Dedication - ACES Library
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JEWEL 0» THB ACES C A M P U S he Legacy of the Library College Librarians George A. Deveneau HEAD LIBRARIAN 1915-18 Mary G. Burwash HEAD LIBRARIAN 1918-48 Dee A. Brown HEAD LIBRARIAN 1948-7.3 John W. Beecher HEAD LIBRARIAN 1974-81 Nancy Davis ACTING LIBRARIAN 1982-83 Phyllis Self ACTING LIBRARIAN 1983-84 Carol Boast HEAD LIBRARIAN 1984-9), 1993-95 Maria Porta ACTING LIBRARIAN 1991-93. 1996-97 Mitsuko Williams ACTING LIBRARIAN 1997-98 Robert S. (Pat) Allen HEAD LIBRARIAN 1998-PRESENT In the spring of 1912, University of Illinois professors Harry A. Harding, head of the department of Dairy Husbandry; Joseph C. Blair, head of the Department of Horticulture; and Herbert M. Mumford, head of the Department of Animal Husbandry, were appointed to investigate the possibility of establishing an agriculture library. The first step became the opening of a reading room that fall. The courtyard of Agriculture Hall (now Davenport Hall) was also roofed over in the summer, making space available for a library. Student assistants were in charge of the collection, which consisted initially of current agriculture periodicals, experiment station publications, and a few farm papers. Several thousand volumes on agriculture were transferred from the university's main library in the spring pf 1914. These books, together with those gathered from the various departments of the college, formed the first Agriculture Library. A 1913-14 report of the State Library Committee credits the library with 4,600 volumes, seating capacity of 88, and a book fund of $2,000. The real development and growth of the Agriculture Library began in late 1915 with the appointment of George A. Deveneau as its first professional, librarian. Mr. Deveneau found the collection somewhat deteriorated and in need of reorganization. In fall 1916, a cataloger from the main library, Mary G. Burwash, was assigned to assist in the reorganization. In 1918, after considerable progress had been made in completing sets and building up the collection, Mr. Deveneau resigned his position to assist with the war effort. Ms. Burwash, a 1916 U of I graduate, was appointed to succeed him and served as agricultural librarian until shortly before her death in January 1948. Dee Alexander Brown, a 1951 U of I library sciences graduate, took up the post, serving from 1948 to 1973. Mr. Brown went on to become a noted writer and professor as well as librarian. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, perhaps his best-known book} was recently republished in a special thirtieth-anniversary edition.
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