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Show Thursday, December 25, 1975. THE HERALD, Provo, Utah-P- 21 age L&MMki. w www ( H SHOES ;?. t 11 j! 111 i It 11 f ITT I S 1 I ':. fcfl CUM? 9 B ' . to 9 P.C1 A.r.1. ' u LADY WOMEN'S LADIES BOOTS & GERONIMO, the daredevil rat leaps from his platform 11 feet off the floor into the waiting hands of his trainer, Greg Isom, 11, from Artondale Elementary School, Gig Harbor, Wash. Just three months old and trained by Greg in just one day to make the leap, Heronimo is part of the Rats Galore troupe by the school kids to perform at the Pacific Science Center's Science Circus. UPI Telephoto SLIPPERS SHOES Milt YOUR CHOICE Values to $30.00 Values to 26.00 is9oJ29 $00 ; Library Special Collection Quirks r In the Special Collections Department at the University of Utah Marriott Library, the emphasis is on capture and confinement. But it's all in the interest of academic research. "History is a moment ago," says Dr. Everett L. Cooley, Special Collections curator who is deeply involved in capturing records of past events for the scholarly enlightenment of graduate students and other fifth-floo- researchers. which includes University Special Collections archives, rare books, the Middle East Library and Western Americana has a voracious appetite for materials, but also a gourmet's selectivity. Many of its holdings are irreplaceable: photos, diaries, corporate and labor records, correspoondence and first edition books from bygone years that help piece together a historical mosaic Value and Age Curator Cooley explains that many people think items are valuable simply because they are old, but it's not necessarily so. "We have to be selective because we can't afford the luxury of duplication," he says. "We have to see some research value and we must be aware of how much use donated material would get. We also want to maintain a balance in our holdings. As an example, Marriott has been designated by the AFL-CIas the official repository of Utah labor records and now Dr. Cooley has begun an effort to collect papers from the state's corporate history, including annual reports, administrative correspondence, even public relations news releases. Utah's political life and climate are reflected in a growing collection of papers from former senators, congressmen, mayors and other officials. Governor's papers, however, are retained in state archives. "We're very interested in tracing Utah's social history," says Cooley who is also a professor of history. "We want to show the life of the ordinary person, too, through diaries and letters." Various women's organizations have been most helpful, the University archivist notes, ii, building a reference file on the distaff role in the state's social evolution. Minority Gap A particular concern is the lack of records which adequately portray the role of minority or ethnic group activities in the Intermountain West. A Greek Archives has been established and the Western Americana section contains more than 1,500 tapes of Indian lore, recorded in native languages. A series of Indian photographs and explanatory text, purchased by the University in 1973 for $3,000, recently was given an $80,000 asking price and a duplicate set eventually sold for $39,000. With Mormonism an integral part of the West's development and with church headquarters located in Salt Lake City, Special Collections concentrates on LDS items wherever they originate. Digging has been part of Cooley 's life since he worked for a year as a hard-rocminer while attending the D in the 1940s. After taking a Ph.D. degree at the Univeisiij of CaliforniaBerkeley, he subsequently served as Utah's first state archivist, director of the Utah State Historical Society and editor of the "Utah Historical Quarterly." Extra Work Records collecting "gets in your blood," he admits, adding that "when you're involved you're never really free of working." Many donations arrive unsolicited, as when Cooley had to interrupt a recent office appointment to accept a gift of Ernest Hemingway materials which contained 19 first edition copies of the author's published works. The k donation also included book reviews and Hemingway correspondence. Sometimes a donation may eventually come after years of cultivation, with Cooiey spending hours poring over records with an owner. While the job can be "fascinating, most enjoyable," Cooley says it also can be frsutrating when, in the keen competition between librarires. valuable items are donated elsewhere after an extended investment of time. 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