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Until about three or four years ago, the 18,000-volume library retained much the same function by collecting, preserving and making available materials for people studying American women's history. The collection now includes such diverse materials as a complete set of the Ladies Home Journal, from its first issue, numerous books on etiquette and cooking, and the "Maimie Papers," a series of descriptive letters written by a reformed prostitute about her past...
...already-proven adaptability of the Library, King seems justified in not worrying about the future role of the Library within the community. Even in the unlikely case of a merger of Radcliffe with Harvard, King says she thinks the Library is already well-established enough that it could easily function as part of the Harvard College Library...
...president of Radcliffe she acts within her ceremonial role in the same manner as does President Bok. But the function the Radcliffe president considers most important is what she terms "the subtle issues in the process of becoming a coeducational institution." Out of the realm of philosophy, that role has entailed overseeing the passage of equal-access admissions, merged athletic facilities, the establishment of the freshman CORE groups and the Office of Women's Education, and the expansion of the programs at the Radcliffe Institute and the Schlesinger Library...
What Horner does as dean of Radcliffe is a more difficult question to answer, with less concrete accomplishments at which to point. She agrees that that particular function is a vague...
Zinberg has been called upon by the Carter forces to draft a paper on her interpretation of the function of science education, to critique a report on issues confronting scientists which task force coordinator Lewis Branscomb, IBM's vice president and chief scientist, drafted, and to participate in a science briefing with the Democratic candidate before he debates President Ford...