Applauding a Successful Year: The Annual Meeting of the Friends, April 7, 2001
On Saturday April 7, 2001, the Friends of The Bancroft Library gathered in the Heller Reading Room to celebrate its Fifty-Fourth Annual Meeting. The approximately ninety members of the Friends and guests in attendance enjoyed a preview of Bancroft's new exhibit, "PROTEST," selections from the Free Speech Movement (FSM) Collections.
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Vikki Fong addressed the Friends gathering, and reported on many Friends activities, publications, and fundraising initiatives of the past year, including the audiotape publication, "Early History of California," sponsored by the Wells-Fargo Foundation. The Friends distributed a copy of this publication to each public library and high school in California. |
Charles Faulhaber, James D. Hart Director of The Bancroft Library reported on many new acquisitions and a litany of programs, symposia, and activities at Bancroft, and Victoria Fong, Chair of the Council of the Friends, offered inspirational remarks on the fundraising activities and contributions of the Friends during the past year.
Director Charles B. Faulhaber (center) congratulates Hill-Shumate Undergraduate Book Collecting Award Winners David Weinreich, First Place (right) and Ken Chen, Second Place (left). |
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The Hill-Shumate Undergraduate Book Collecting Prizes were awarded to David Weinreich (first place) and Ken Chen (second place), for their collections of books on the classics and modern poetry, respectively. The H.H. Bancroft award was presented to recently retired director of the Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) Willa Baum, for her fifty years of leadership and service. The group adjourned the Annual Meeting to hear a fascinating presentation by David Nasaw, author of the acclaimed biography, The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst.
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Peggy Cahill and Peter Hanff enjoyed the good-humored discussion of accomplishments at The Bancroft. |
Nasaw spoke at length about the research process involved in writing a detailed biography of such a mythic figure, and the role that The Bancroft Library played as the major repository for the Hearst Papers.
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CAPTIONS (From top-left corner, clockwise):
The Friends Annual Meeting would be impossible without the dedicated assistance of Bancroft staff and student assistants. Bart White, Administrative Assistant, and his staff of students (left to right): Meredith Packer, Cristina Caratachea, Saki Takusu, and Paola Case helped make the day a great success. Sarah Flores (not pictured) also assisted with event planning.
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Our guest speaker, historian David Nasaw, entertained an audience with numerous stories and anecdotes relating to the research and writing of his acclaimed biography, The Chief: the Life of William Randolph Hearst. The Hearst Papers at Bancroft served as the primary source for this important book.
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(Left to right): Director Charles Faulhaber and Chair of the Friends Council Vikki Fong welcome new University Librarian Thomas Leonard and his wife Carol Leonard to their first Friends Annual Meeting.
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Sylvia C. McLaughlin, Sue Warburg, John Briscoe, and Felix Warburg share a pleasant exchange amid the Friends luncheon.
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The Bancroft Exhibition Gallery hosted "PROTEST," selected materials from the Free Speech Movement Collections. The exhibit included posters, pamphlets, photographs, and newspapers from the 1960s and 1970s. The Bancroft Library sponsored a day and a half symposium, "TAKING PART: FSM and the Legacy of Social Protest," on April 13-14, 2001.
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Volume 119
Fall 2001
Table of Contents
History 7B: Undergrads Explore Bancroft Collections
The Annual Meeting of the Friends
Librarians Celebrate Oral History Series
New Mark Twain Letters — Again
The Bancroft Library Donors 2000-2001
