The uartoISSUED QUARTERLY lOR THE CLEMENTS LlBRARY ASSOCIATES NUMBER 120, MARCH , 1978

Fo under's Day Fest iv itiesTHIs YEAR'S FOU NDERS' DAY will he celebrated bya performa nce of 19th century American ball­room dance and music on April Ll th a t 8:30 P.l\LThe performance "..'ill be an au then tic reproduc­t ion of 19th century American social dances andmusic, representing one of the first major re searchprojects into 19th century American music cul­ture of this genre. Sixteen dancers and a danceorchestra of 14 musicians, simi lar to that usedin the mid-19th century, will perform a varietyof dances, including quadrilles, coti llions, grandmarches, waltzes, polkas, schott isches, and countrydances.

The music, selected almost entirely from ourCorning Sheet Music Collection, is being ar­ranged for the or chestra according to d ire ctionsfound in 19th century ball-room guides, thepractice normally followed by 19th century danceorchestras. Information [or reconstructing thedances has been researched from dance material slocated at the Clements Library. Other institu­tions researched include the American Anti­quarian Society, Newberry Library, and th eLibrary of Congress.

\Ve are fortunate to have a number of hi ghlyqualified, professional people who have volun­tarily conn-ibutcd their efforts toward this pro­duction . Alan 1\fci\furray, Professor of Bands,U n ivers ity of Michigan. will d ir ect the musicians.Valerie Moffett, Professor of Dance, Ea sternMichigan U n iversity, will direct the dancers.

Those act ing as co nsultan ts include: R ichardCrawford, Professor of Musicology, Universit y ofMichigan, a leading authority on the history ofAmerican music; Robert El iason, Curator, 1\1 usi­cal Instruments, Greenfield Village and HenryFord Museum. Cynthia Hoover, Curator, Musi­cal Instruments, Smithsonian Institution. JamesDapogny, Professor of Orchestration and Mu sicTheory, Uni versity of Michigan. a leadingauthorit y on early jazz who ha s recently recordedfor the Smithsonian Institution, and Jonathan

Sacks, composer and arranger, residing in LaJolla, California, are arranging the music. Theproject has been organized by Pauline Norton,one of our sheet music catalogers, who is a doc­toral cand idate in the American Stud ies Program,re searching 19th century American march anddance music for her d issertation.

Yo u have recei ved an in vitation and furtherdetail s a lread y. It will be a memorable evening,which you should not miss!

j\1.ap of lVestern Reserve,.vHEN THE EASTERN STATES divested their cla imsto the va st western land areas in the first decadeof the republic, Connect icu t held out for fourmillion acres along the south shore of Lake Eriewh ich became known as the \Ve stern Reserve. In1795 th e Con necticu t Land Company took overthe Reserve and preparations for se tt lem en t werebegun.

Seth Pease, a skilled surv eyor, se t out wi th theparty of Moses Cleaveland the next year for afirst look. In 1797 Pea se was commissioned to leada second expedition and was accompanied byeight assistant surveyor s, a physician, and fifty­two other employees. The resulting plat wa sprinted on April 19, 1798, in New Haven b yAmos Doolittle in an edition of 500 copies. Onlyfive copies are known to survive, and we managedto obtain the la st one still outside an institution.

This is an important map to the history of theold northwest territories and was republished in1808. The Clements copy ha s been carefullyrestored. Written across the upper margin inlarge hand lettering is the inscri ption, " For spen t­lation or purchase and settlement on good termsin a fertile soil."

Jam es Clements Wheat and Christian Brun,former curators of our Map Division, publishedthe au thor i ta t ive bibliography of early maps ofthe trans-Allegheny re gion . \Vc have an out­sta nd ing collection, and the important maps ofthe region arc rarely to be met wi th at any price.

THE CLEMENTS LIBRARY ASSOCIATESof The University of Michigan

BOARD OF GOVERNO RS

(A ppoin ted by the Regents of the Univer sit y)

Mrs . Noyes L. Avery, Jr. , Grand Rap idsCarl W. Bonbright, FlintEdward W . Bowen, Ray CityRobert P. Briggs, El k R ap ids, CHAIRMAN

C. E. Frazer Clark, Jr., Bloomfield H illsBl y Corning, Fli n tT h omas N . Cro ss, Ann A rborDuane N. Diedrich, M uncie, I nd.\Villiam C. Finkcnsta ed t, DetroitH arlan H. H atcher, A ntl ArborJ ames 1\ 1. Klancnik, Ch icago] ame s S. Schoff, N ew YorkRoy M . Tolleson, Jr., DetroitMrs. Da vid F. Upton, 51. JosephLee D. va n Antwerp, N orthb rook, Il l.John C. Dann. Director of the

Library, sEcRETARY

This is th e first \Vheat and Brun map we haveacquired in nine years. It wa s purchased with theRenville \Vhea t Fu nd from Mrs, Robert R .Crawford of Ohio. Dr. Crawford, deceas ed, tooka great in terest in the library and wa s an Asso­ciate.

L ibrary Pu bl icat ionsTH E THIRD :E DI T ION of a Guide to the M an uscriptCollect ions in the Will iam L . Clemen ts Librarywif l soon he availa ble. The first Guide, writtenby Howard Peckham in 1911, was an innovat ionfor manuscript repositories. For th e first time amajor collection of Americana wa s thoroughlydescribed in a form readily avail able to scholars.A handsom e book, it won an award for it s o u t­stand ing design . Bill Ewing compiled a seconded ition, p rinted in 1953.

T he new Guid e is being published by G. K.

H all, usin g a photographic process. W ork on thebook was begun last February, supported by anN E H Grant. The cam era ready pages have beentyped by Barbara Mitchell, Assistant Curator.Descriptions of each collection have been wr ittenby Arlene Shy, Manuscript Curator. The gr owthof the l\.lanuscript Division in terms of quant ityand quality ha s been significant since 1953, a nd aconsid erable re organization of colle ctions hasbeen carr ied out. The volume will be availablefrom G. K. Hall & Co. of Boston by th e summer.

T he thi rd of our Bicen tennial publ ication s,Todd '''hite's and Charles Le sser 's Fighters forIndep en dence (1978), is now ava ilab le. This isthe first compreh ensive gu ide to published mate­r ia ls docume n ting R evolutionary service. Forexamp le, som eone with a New H ampshire an­cestor can find where muster rolls h ave beenpubl ished. the location of di aries of so ld iers in­volved in th e same campa igns, and cita tions ofthe best indexes to pension records. The volumew ill be invaluable for hi storians an d ge nealogists.The book can be ob ta in ed directly from th eUn iversit y of Chicago Press or from your localbookstore.

R etirem entGEORGIA C . HAUGH, C urator of R are Books,retired on March 1. Sh e was born in NorthDakota, graduated from Jamestown College, andre ceived her Bachelor of Library Science at th eUniver sity of Michigan while working in th eCataloguing Department of th e main library.She married Professor Robert Haugh of th eEngli sh Department in 1911, and while he wasin th e na vy, she worke d a t th e Brown Universit ylibrary and at public librar ies in Westerly, R.I.,Ventura, CaL, and Minot, N, D.

In 1918, R andolph G. Adams hired Mr s.Haugh, who re ceived her Ma ster of LibraryScience from "Mich igan that year , as AssistantCurator of Rare Books. She became head of thedivision in 1950. Mrs. Haugh is the last memberof the sta ff to have worked with the library'sdynamic first director, Dr. Adams, and holds therecord for the lon gest continuous service here.In total service , her 30 years is surpassed onlyby Howard H . Peckman's 34 years.

Mrs. Haugh's activities and contr ibu tions arefar too numerous to mention here. Under hertenure, the card catalogue, the heart of any goodlibrary, has been transformed from a useful , in­house index, in to a model of excell ence. Herknowledgeable reference work has been irr-

valuable to thousands of scholars. She has beenvery active in the Rare Books section of theAssociation of College an d Research Libraries.Her publications include " Processing Rare Mate­rials," in R are Book Collect ions (1965), "Thebeginning of American book Illustration" inBook Illust rat ion (1963), A B ibl iography ofR andolph Adams (1962), and "Rivington's Songs ,Naval and Military." in Th e Serif. Sh e editedthe A uth or j T itle and Chronological Cat alogof Americana, 1-193-1860, in the William L.Clem en ts L ibrary, 7 vols., (1971).

Professor Haugh will be retiring in 1979. Forthe present, they have no plans to leave AnnArbor, so that we ca n call on her for advice nowand then. No inst itu tion ha s enj oyed the servicesof a more dedicated , hard working emp loyeethan Georgia Haugh, and she will be greatlymissed by th e rest of th e staff.

Cit )' Ele ct ionsROBERT \VALN , member of a wealthy Philadelphiafamily, di ed at age 31 in 1825. It is a shame,because he com posed some delightful satire ofAmerican manners, and might have become amajor literary figure. We acquired hi s Herm itin Philadelph ia (1821) (our years ago , and pro·vid e an excerpt describing th e routes to politicalsuccess:

"T he progress of a Philadelphia politician isguided by system: at an earl y age the adventurerbecomes the constant attendant of constable'selections and ward meetings-comes to he a mem­ber of committees of vigilance-is the most in­dustrious ticket -folder on the committee-paradesthe election ground with placards-distributestickets-rides about in carriage s papered overwith caricatures and party manifestos-bullies hisadversaries, and contrives to get a black eye ora broken he adl -After a time he attracts theattention of the incumbents, who from time im­memorial , have annually filled the offices apper·taining to our city districts, and comes to be aclerk and a secretary : hi s views now begin to

expand, and he is racked with all the tormentsof political jealousy: he takes spec ia l care to befirst com er at all public meetings, that he maypossess at least that claim to th e office of secre­taty. If a rival succeeds, he passes a sleeplessnight, and if hi s amb itious projects are realized,he 1.:i~~ ?lt d?l'j .l\'6ht to ~~ hi~ rcarae in the m o1.:\\·ing papers. . . ."

"There are now two courses to be pursued ,~~~~~~~~~fh"fu"l.~'-~"t'"el--ThI.""1l:~~~

"Should th e asp irant be a pruden t you ng man,he assumes a san ctimonious exter ior, wr ites reli ­gious tracts, and prates about the aboli tion ofslaver y. He attends all charitable me etings, be­comes a member of th e Orphan Asylum, and adi stributer of wood, su bscri ber to the house ofind ustry, and ladles out soup to the poor : heferrets out families in d istress- furnishes themwith petitions-and subscr ibes hi s own name inlarge characters at the head of the li st. . . ."

"All this ap peara nce of sancti ty readily im­poses upon the religiously-inclined members ofsociet y, who are pretty generally more conversan twith the mysteries of the next, than the wisdomof the present world . .. . The political candi da tehaving procured the support of the better partof the community, find s himself in th e broadroad to preferment, and, provided hi s hypocricycon tin ues undiscovered, becomes a law-maker inthe capitol a t Harrisburg, or a cit y regulator inthe state-house a t Philadelphia!"

"T he other method is of a contrary nature,and should eithe r be preferred , is perhaps mo stlikely to en sure success. T he cand idate must th enfrequent ale-houses, be a con sta nt attendantat taverns, and not even consider himself aboveWater-Street oyster cellars and tippling shops:­learn to become an expert do g-fighter, and de­light in bull-ba iting. c-canvass the merits of anox with every butcher in Spring garden, a nd talkabout ca tt le-fod de r and cal ves with every boobyin the Neck. . . . He must attend scrub races,wi nk at his neigh hour's wives, fondle hi s friend'sdaughters, and swear like a trooper! A knowledgeof cock-fighting is' ind ispensable.. . ."

" He must furthermore learn to play all-fours,checkers, chuckpenny, sna ke, and shufflc-boa rd.c­lose with a pl easant oath and never win wh enhe can avoid it. He must attend all politicalmeetings, and if he be a lawyer, never fail tomake a spee ch; if he be not gifted with ideas to

compose, or ora tor ica l powers to deliver anoration, he must cr y 'A y' to everything in asonorous tone of voice, and on proper occasions,Hurra! like a Cossack.-In fine , he must laughwith fools , talk with scoundrels, shake handswith every body in a shabby coat, and walk armin arm with every hody 'in shirt sleeves'!"

" By these various means' he gains an ascen ­de\\~~ "vet '-he d,,,,,h\'-e 'm c\ ,dk, "'hkh " ,"'m·fully and b y degrees extended to better cla sses,and finally secures him an office of honour, or ,­--Wt""i~~""1t "'1"l.I."\'h"'t '"'"eh-"-;~~"t-'Th.lh~~

Old Age\\' 1-: R EC E NT L Y CONTR IBUTED severa l items (or a nexhibit on agei ng. sponsored by the I nst itu te ofGerontology here at ~ I ich iga n. In th e process,we b CG11l1C aware of how few items we do havewhich treat the subjec t directly.

OUf forcbearers sim ply d id not do much think­ing. a nd less ta lking a bou t "old age : ' There wereno socia l secur ity la ws. no mandatory retirements.a nd no res t hom es. A man or woma n simp lycontin ued to work u n til his or her heal th fai led .

\Vc were particu larly fort una te, th erefore, torece nt ly acq u ire at a uct ion a manuscrip t en titled"O bserva tions on Peopl e who ha ve passed the80th year of th eir Jives," kept by Dr. Vin e Ut leyin the course of h is local medical practice in Con­necr icut. T he entries, da ted be tween 1809 a nd1817, descr ibe several doze n persons. Utley wasmotivated by a desire to figure out what factors,in tenus of diet, health hi stories. and employ­ment, resulted in longevity. H is sam p le includedmen and women, on e halfbreed Indian , and oneAfri can-born former slave, all of them horn inthe early decades of the eigh teen th century.

The ma nuscr ipt does not provide the secretto long l ife, but it docs te ll more about thc d iet .th e hea lt h pa tterns, a nd th e everyday activi t ies ofcolonia l New En glanders tha n can he found else­where. Mo st of these people drank a lcohol icbeverages, but very mod er ately. Most of them ,wome n and men , smok ed tobacco. And th ere werevery few who had not had health problem s atone time or another. Faili ng eyesight was a lmostun iversal, and the specta cles of the day werereported to be of little lI SC.

The manuscript is a very important on e andshould be of u se to scholars. It was purchasedwit h funds from the Du ane N. Diedri ch Fund.

A Lady's Charms" T u t; \\rlSII to enjoy pe rpetual youth, andconseq uen tly to avert thc approache s of a iel age.is proba bly ail e of the most predominant andpardon able, and a ra tion al desi re to improveand beautify th e surface of the body becomes, inconseq ue nce, no fr ivolou s pursuit. I t is clearlydemo nstrated tha t Gouraud's I tal ian Medi ca tedSoa p will accomplish thi s. It is not merel y acleanser of the skin en liven ing a nd renderi ng itmore fit for performing its offices; it also refreshesthe mind, and sp rea ds over the whole system asensa tion of ea se, activity, and p lea san tn ess. I tlikewi se removes ta n and freck les, p imples, ring­worm, tetter, redness, sallowness, removes stag­nation in the larger as well as in the capi llary

vessels, g ives a uniform free circ ula tion toblood, and preserves tha t won derfu l harmon!our in terior orga ns, on the di sposition of w .our health and comfor t depend. In fac t. tothe language of a well-known li terary lady.her letter to Dr. Oouraud, 'O f all the delipreparations for enhancing a lady's chassured ly your unapproachable It a lian MedicaeSoap is thc choicest and the chief. All whomhave known to lise it have expressed their g, ~

faction with its pe rfo rmance in unqualified [I t posit ively wor ks miracles. One dark- skiyoung lad y who m I persuaded to use it.shi nes forth in all th e unsull ied brilliance olclear, wh ite, transparent ski n, free from C\

vestige of ta n, p imple, or un couth freckle: Ret,

member that the renowned toi let prepa ra tiof Dr. Gouraud GIn only be obtained gen ui nehis Depot, 67 Walker-street , first door fBroadway."

As th is adver t isemen t indicat es, Dr. Gourawas no ordinary p itch-man : he knew h is a ud ience,The ad a ppears on the back of a n 1851 coneen.program recent ly p urchased. It was intended to:

appea l to genteel New York ladies wh o musscertaint y have envied the youthful loveliness ofth e concert's star : J enn y Li nd.

Wha t Yau Ought to Do

P URI TA N S Of' Nx w ENGLAND looked to theirp astors for advice on all ki nds of cond uct-,polit ica l, eco no mic, rel igious, d omestic, etc. \\' ill­ing ly, even eagerly, th e clergy em braced tbeopportuni ties to advise, especially when they gottogeth er in mi nisterial conferen ces. Thus, wh ensevera l ministers met in Cambridge in 1699, theyhad a field day ex pressing opin io ns on morethan two doz en topics of p ublic concern. T heubiq uitous Cotton Mather edited their pre:rno uncements in Thirty I m portant Cases. R~­

solved with Evidence of Scripture and R eason(Boston 1699) " now published for genera l bene­fit. " T he hook was purchased for us by FrederickU p ton ill memory of h is wife, Margaret, whowas a descenda n t of Ma ther .

T he cases dealt wi th such q uestions as th e dutyof ruling elders, th e justifica tion of d ivorce, howmuch interest sho uld be charged on loans ofmoney, how should suicide be rega rded, sho uldlo tt eries be condemned, etc. These were no t lega lcases, of course, bu t advisory opinions (wh ichcarried almost as m uch weight) and formed a sortof cod e of con duct. They help us understand theeli te soc iety of th e t ime.