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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1985)
Tuesday, April 0, Daily Ncbrasi&n "3 11 to he plot reads scnicthiiti ilka a novel of latcmatlomJ intrigue set ia war-torn Ecrlin. The year was 1844, and rare musiesl manuscripts by sens cf Europe's most cherished composers were being smug gled cut'ef Berlin to prctect them from the adraicins Allied armies. - ActcTphcdciauf.ciiptsbyMcisrt Kid Beethoven, ts well as rare printed editions of early lGth tad 17th century music, were leaded cr.to railroad cars tad spirited cut cf Germany to safe houses !a eastern Europe. For years, scholars feared that these treasures had been destroyed. Poor pcsVwsj relations between Germany and Fdar.d, where much cf the mate- But in the last few years, It tea been revealed that much of the "bet" mate- n 1 i $ r ? r f w "J t? 1 i i "l f V ,n ? m library la Krakow, Poland. Brian Uann, a Richard II. Larson pro fessor of music at UNL, is cr.3 cf a research h23 led lira to this Krakow library. Mann specialises la the history cf RC'iiSLssaace and EjfQsjs28 muis, rith an emphasis ca the works cfRl ipp di Monte. Library cente to help people UNL students Hrant year's study in Japan Maaa tracked a particulsrvoiaais cf Hcr.tD's v.erks, first to the same Berlin llbrtiy frcia which the msteriiJ vo3 r;s.cuted ia 1814, od then to the "iullioteka Jsqiellonska" in Krakcw. The six-F.or.th seerch thst led llzm to the Krsta discovery beia v.tca he o&taiaed aa &uctiea cttlo Vmi listed a 1C3 Herts publication, written ia the yea the corapeser Ct "This book cf clx-vdce r.adriis had been ia a private Kbrsry,' which was auctioned cfHa 127," Msna eald. "I fir.elly get held cf the tuetiea ceteJo, Erd wrote to a Lock deeler ia Lcudca who had aa tr.eleted copy cf it. "The fw-.r.etstien s!;eved thst the book was height by the Erlic Prcuo aische StaatshibUothek (St&te Lib- The Stnshifciicthek hss sir.ee been divided lata two branches, cas ca each side cf the Esrlia Wdl. The Eeriia lics-tloa he setht wss ia IMow. "So I wreto to Poind, bat they dida't answer fsr Kicaths and Eiojiths," he sdd. "Thea I hid sesaecne here trer.e'ete F.y letter into PcMsh, aid t er writing to them persistently, the I!r:!:e-.7 lltrsry finally ackaowledged C. j had it. . "What's so grstiing abcut this search i3 that it restores a bock to us which would have been entirely lest. No ether copies of this book are known to exist," Mrta ?:id. Three UNL students have b?.ea Eeltr.ce. selected to spend the l25-o3 aca demic year at Hanam University ia J:;ea. AIer.,1 v.ith their aehnexlei.- s CO ang grants c A new prcibssioidi tie for diversity Hteies at UNL soon will provide better help to KebKsksrj seeking grsats frcra te-dstioas toaoat the nation. . UHL's cceptasce ss a new sssccMe neater of The Foaadstioa Center was taaouaced Eondsy by Janes Ea?4ey, ectir director cf UNL lihraries. " The center, headqsitered ia New York, is a service orgsnlticn ssp ported prhnarily by femdatiens. . . ' F-r.vliy said the center is the only national source cf factcsl information about the 22,033 active fooadatlcns ia the cosatry. It provides help for people who axe tiyin to Sid where to apply for private fcsdiag by issaiag pnblicstions . with Information about both local and national foendsticas, including com plete lists cf recent grants. . The center, also . sponsors . public service programs about funding and offers a nationwide network cf library reference collections, he said. '. Those services now will be available at UNL ' . " '.; : . . "Ia addition to providing free access by the public to the materials need to d finding research and to develop a good proposal, the UNL Libraries for & fee csa now condnct computer sstKhes through the databases cf the aA'I HI.V lsWA stiUuWwJ, I'ttFf-.bMd eii'idszCsh3 far cae by cnivarsity Easiey said the ca service shstdi "Persorj waniiirj to tec,v wtxt a fadatlsn will lock far whta thay Ebisit ft grant proposal will find ttrSV 'iii-b V AwaA drri'atc d as th3 supanlaar cf UKL's r--!.---'- J..V-.J -.fllMl iWM-f I.-ny luii.Kit'J Wvi F -1' :! ."3 -jr. t" 1" r "3 Yv a l the Krskcw library a list cf other llonte publications, also presu med lost, but wMch are actually ia Kj ahew. ."The Lionte bechs aiej.-st the tip cf the Iceberg," Msna said. "I ara con vinced that a great deal more cf the music which wss formerly ia Eeriia is row in Krahcw. "For reasons that are.t't yet entirely clear to ire, this library failed to list any of these rich ho!dir3 In ail the most recently pbiisliod bibllenphies boohs that were the i redact cf years cf extensive internatlcasl cooperation," he said. ... "I know the bocks are there," he said. "It seems that the librarians wore unable or unwilling to admit it until recently." ?ana plsns to travel to Krakow ia May to examine this materia! first hand, lie is now i-i enticing oilier hold ings in the Krakow library, which my include rare holdings ia the history cf early opera. ' . - ... The students are Colleen Kenney, a freshman journalism morfrcm Plain view; Ingrid Wendorlf, a sophsmcre journalism m?4or frcia Lincoln, and l!iehael Davis, ajunier educationEng lish r.;;er from liapood. Each will receive a scholarship from the Kawasaki Meters Corporation USA to cfTset part cf their travel costs. The scholarship program has existed since 1375 when it was arranged with offi cials cf the Lincoln Kawasaki plant by Peter Cheng, professor cf political During their year abroad, ell three will enroll la Enllsh-laigaage courses concerned with Japanese art, business, culture, geography, history and polit ics. They also will take intensive work ia the Japanese language. The students were chosen for the program under a p UNL's Asi the direction cf Cheng, ia cocneratlca with Richard Lonsdale, director cf the Institute fbr'lnternational Studies. Nanaaa is a Catholic university ia Nagoya, Japaa. Founded In 1013, It has f.ve college and about 5,CC0 enrolled students. izn v .is cs c rc zni j nr. w cr Officials discuss food crisis The Ethiopian arabaseador to the United Nations and several U.S. govern ment officials will be at UNL today and Wednesday to discuss the rVd crisis in Africa. Julia Chang Eloch, administrator cf the Feed for Peace program ia the Agency for International Development, will headline today's program with aa aftemooa press conference and even ing keynote address. The conference continues Wednes day, with speakers including Ethiopisa Ambassador Eerhanu Dinka, Peace Corps Assistant Director George SchariTenberger and State Department Economist Richard Ilerold. Today's events: O 3 p.m.: Press conference with Eloch ia the East Union. O 8 to 10 p.m.: Open evening ses sion, keyncted by Eloch, at the Nebraska Union on the U.S. role ia deviating the crisis ia Africa. I iSoohi 1 ! P .. to cm Start liuum A.'' Hi 1 J ig today: f i I ;-';y:ss4s'iv:,.. 1 . If"" Find the SUvcrBu'St Bur and win a Silver Bu'Mhicyte! , -BarOVtxVfxW: hidden somewhere ; on campus. .No digging, climbing or 'damaging property nsmmry. Clues posted on due bo&ds&t convenient ' . V 4 - . . l N iV ... , Gti aauw CQd i&ifi-'yijUt . . s cf .ts C V j :i