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Directly after the invasion of France last June Keyes DeW. Metcalf, head of Harvard's libraries, began looking for a spot which would be isolated and inconspicuous enough for the storing of the greater part of Harvard's precious treasure volumes. However, it was a "complicated business," according to the chief librarian, and many problems presented themselves before complete plans could be drawn...
...thing," said Metcalf, "how are we to know when to start evacuating the books? Transportation under war conditions involves a great deal of risk. Our Shakespeare quartos, for instance, are worth $100,000, and we have extremely valuable collections of historical and literary manuscripts which are irreplaceable...
Another problem which Metcalf has met with the assistance of the maintenance department, is that of packing and transporting the books from Widener, the Law School, and other University libraries. "They can't just be dumped into trucks and carted off; they have to be wrapped in newspapers and stored in boxes...
...Metcalf stated that it would take only 24 hours to move out the most valuable parts of the collection. "Of course, where we have some four and a half million volumes, we can't ship them all. Only the treasures will...
Members appointed by President Conant are Donald Scott, director of the Peabody Museum, chairman; Keyes De W. Metcalf, director of the University Library; James A. McLaughlin, professor of Law; Mason Hammond, associate professor of Greek and Latin; Andrew J. Casner, professor of Law; Henry Chauncey, assistant dean; John M. Russell, assistant to the President, and Aldrich Durant, business manager...