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Valuable exhibits in the museums of the University will not be evacuated at present, according to Keyes D. Metcalf, director of Widener Library, who is in charge of the air raid precautions for the museums and libraries...
...official opening of Houghton Library, recently completed annex to Widener which will be able to house 250,000 of the most valuable books and manuscripts in the University collection, has been set for Saturday evening, February 28, announced Keyes D. Metcalf, director of the entire University Library...
...these valuable books will be under careful supervision because most of them are irreplaceable. Also, according to Metcalf, great care will be taken to maintain the right temperature, humidity, and light conditions in the new library. Ultra-violet rays and extremes in heat and moisture are particularly harmful to old books and manuscripts...
...Books need more care than people because they are not so adaptable to atmospheric conditions," said Metcalf...
Authors of the form letter, Dr. Ronald M. Ferry, associate professor of Biochemistry, Leigh Hoadley, professor of Zoology, and K. D. Metcalf, Librarian of the College, urged their addressees to contribute to the Ball, whose receipts are devoted to combating Infantile paralysis...