Evening star., 1950-06-01
6. W. Acquires
Carnegie Endowmen'
Peace Library

One of the worlds best librarie:
on international law and rela-
tions has a new home today ir
George Washington University.
The more than 10000 volumes
described as "one Of the most au.
thoritative sources for the study
Of international questions" were
acquired from the Carnegie En-.
dowment for International Peace
DR.. Cloyd H. Marvin, president
of the university, announced anc
will take it over about July J..
The collection, conservatively
estimated at its S250,000 insur.
ance valuation, thus will stay here
permanently for the benefit Of
scholars. public officials anc
others when headquarters of the
Carnegie Endowment are moved
to New York City.
The library, with invaluable re.
Search facilities and material as.
sembled during the last 40 years
has been housed in the Carnegie
Endowment's Offices at jackson
place and Pennsylvania avenue
NV.
e Facilities Being Enlarged.
TT will be transferred, probably
q year hence, to the university
present Science Hall at 2013 G
street NV. That four story build
ing will be converted to accom-
modate not only the newly ac-
quired collection, but also the
university's expanding library
which already holds about 10000
volumes, President Marvin said.
The enlarged quarters will adjoin
the present library, built on G
street in 1889, and will almost
double the library's facilities.
q, ~ Besides announcing purchase of
the Carnegie Endowment's library
for an undisclosed sum, DR.. Mar
win also announced, at exercises
In Constitution Hall last night
gifts of funds to start construc-
ton Of new engineering and
chronological building at an ap-
proximate cost of $500,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H.
Tompkins Of 3055 Whitehaven
street NV. are the contributors
Mr.. Tompkins, an alumnus of the
university, heads a firm of gen.
eral building contractors here.
In Planning Stage.
President Marvin said the
building, still in the planning
stage. probably will be erected be-
tween G and H streets and face
on Twenty-second or Twenty
third streets. The university's en-
gineering school facilities now are
in several widely scattered struc-
lures.
Commenting on the library ac-
QUESTION, President Marvin re-
marked that he and his colleagues
naturally are proud" that SO
unique and important" a collec-
ton has come to George Wash
ington University.
He emphasized, however, that
the Nations Capital. as we'll as
all educational institutions. grad.
uate students, public agencies, for
eign embassies. Pan American
Union and other interested groups
here will benefit, because it will
remain in Washington instead o1
being moved to New York or else.
where The university, he de-
clared, regards this good fortune
as stewardship" and will con-
tinue to develop the collection and
services.
DR.. James T. Shotwell, president
of the Carnegie Endowment, who
recently made the final agreement
with DR.. Marvin, said he is con-
f1dent the traditions and facilities
OF the library will be in capable
hands"
ASNEo oOAASSsAVAA 4AboCOs
I'm making this decision," he
stated, I'VE have been guided by
a conviction that the service which
the Carnegie Endowment's library
has rendered officials and scholars
of many nations in the past Should
remain uninterrupted during the
important years ahead. The Ma
tion's Capital must not be de-
prived of those invaluable research
facilities by moving them else
where or permitting their disin-
tegration."
The arnegie Endowment
established here in 1910 under q
$40 million grant by the late An
drew Carnegie, plans a 12-story
building overlooking the United
Nations Plaza in New York City
This building. scheduled to ac-
oommodate several other non
governmental organizations whose
work is allied with the United
Nations, will have a newly de-
veloped library, conference rooms
and other facilities.
Transfer of the library from
the Jackson place building to G
street will mean a move of only
a few blocks and will not change
its strategic location" in rela-
tion to the State Department and
other public buildings, DR.. Marvin
noted.
John Russell Mason, librarian
and curator of art at the univer-
sity. will administer the Carnegie
Library. He said it will be housed
as a unit and have special read
ing rooms and alcoveS.
While the library specializes in
collections of works on interna-
tional law. it contains carefully
and consistently assembled sets
of League of Nations and United
Nations documents. important
treaties and biographical material
and a vast amount of historical
and current information and
Recommendation on all phases of
international law and relations.
Rich Source of Assistance.
cit is reputed to be one of the