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Libraries Home2009 Greenfield Awards Announced
April 21, 2009
The UO Libraries is pleased to announce the purchase of critical research resources through the 2009 Stanley B. Greenfield Awards. The awards benefit the university by funding the purchase of expensive, noteworthy, or specialized items that directly support faculty research and teaching. Faculty members submit requests for materials, and those deemed worthy of the award are purchased for the UO Libraries through the generosity of Thelma Greenfield and Cordelia Sayler.Stanley B. Greenfield was a longtime professor of English at the University of Oregon, a member of the Friends of the Library Board of Directors, and a longtime personal advocate for the library.
This year, a total of seven titles were purchased through the awards program.
Variety (1905-1929), nominated by Michael Aronson, English
Variety, one of the oldest trade magazines devoted to popular entertainment, has been published since 1905 when it was launched as a weekly periodical covering vaudeville. This set of 47 reels of microform will assist those conducting research and teaching about the history of the American movie business.
Complete Piano Music of Earl Wild, nominated by Alexandre Dossin, School of Music and Dance
Earl Wild is one of the few representatives of the great Romantic school of pianists still alive and can be considered a direct link to Franz Liszt. This purchase will provide students with access to Wild's piano works in the library's Music Services Collection.
Synopse zum Talmud Yerushalmi, nominated by Deborah Green, Religious Studies
This seven-volume set is a primary source synoptic critical edition of the Jerusalem Talmud. Each page presents all known manuscript versions of the texts, clearly laid out in column formation so that easy comparison can be made of the various texts. These volumes are indispensible for those conducting research on rabbinic texts from the third through fifth centuries.
American Cinematographer, nominated by Daisuke Miyao, East Asian Languages
American Cinematographer, the journal of the American Society of Cinematographers, is an essential primary source for scholars interested in the technologies of cinema andthe historical development of cinematography in the Hollywood film industry. This resource is invaluable in the study of transnational history of cinematography. Access to this journal is critical for the cinema studies community at UO.
Variety (1929-1940), nominated by Priscilla Pena Ovalle, English
This continuation set of Variety microforms will assist with research into the production of Latina stars from the 1920s to the present, contextualizing the financial decisions that the studios made as they were promoting Dolores Del Rio and Rita Cansino/Rita Hayworth films in the early part of the twentieth century.
Soren Kirkegaard's Skrifter's Writings, nominated by Michael Stern, German and Scandinavian
This 25-volume set is the only acceptable primary source material on Soren Kirkegaard, one of the most important philosophers of the nineteenth century. Access to these volumes is critical in Kierkegaard studies.
Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III, nominated by David Tyler, Chemistry
This series of books provides a comprehensive overview of the field of organomettallic chemistry, a modern hybrid field of chemistry at the interface of organic and inorganic chemistry. The acquisition of the series will have an immediate impact on both research and teaching in the field.