Article dated 26 March 1970 from LC Information Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 12, involving the death of Myron Bement Smith

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LC Information Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 12, March 26, 1970 1U5 expected to be available three to four times yearly. A limited number of copies of the first issue are available upon request by writing to Kuna-nities, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1800 F Street, N. W. , Washington, D. C. 20506. ,'''. The winter 1969-70 issue provides information on the NEH program and NEH Grant Profiles, as well as articles on the NEH grant to the Princeton Civil Engineers for studies on ways to create more liveable cities, a study done at Hiram College, on "Making Relevance Work," and a speech by Barnaby C. Keeney, Chairman of NEH, On methods of applying the . humanities to contemporary problems entitled "Education To Meet a Changing Society." ' The National Foundation on the''Arts and the Humanities was estab­lished by Act of Co'ngress in 1965; for operating purposes the Foundation was divided into two "endowments," one for the arts and the other for the humanities. NEH was assigned responsibility for developing the nation's humanistic'resources (language, linguistics, literature, his­tory, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology; and the history, criticism, and theory of the pertinent arts and social sciences) through financial support of related individual and institutional projects. . The Endowment .particularly invites proposals that relate the humanities to contempor­ary problems, and will provide support in the areas of research, educa­tion, public programs, and fellowships. Communications about the Endowment, its purposes, and the projects ' it supports should be addressed to Laura Olson, Public Information Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D. C. 20506. The 1969 George Freedley Memorial Award will be presented on Wed­nesday, May 6, at a cocktail reception at 6 p.m.. in The Walter Hampden Memorial Library at The Players in New,York City. The Award was estab­lished by the Theatre Library Association in 1968 to honor the late founder of the Association, .theatre historian, critic, author, and first curator of the Theatre Collection of the New York Public Library. Winner of the 1968 Award was Louis Sheaffer.for his O'Neill, Son-and Playwright (New York, Little, Brown). c For information regarding reservations write or call Dorothy L. Swerdlove, Theatre Collection, Research Library of the Performing Arts, 111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10023.. Telephone: [phone]. The Church and Synagogue Library Association will hold its third annual conference on the theme, "The Library Serves Families," on May 3-5 in the Hotel Webster Hall in Pittsburgh, Pa. Established in 1967, the -Church and Synagogue Library Association (CSLA) has members in 3^ states, Iran and Switzerland, and publishes a bi-monthly bulletin entitled Church & Synagogue Libraries. For further information, write Church and Synagogue Library Association, P. O.'Box 530, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010. • •• Late News Myron Bement Smith,-Near East architectural historian, scholar, and Honorary Consultant to the Library of Congress for Islamic Archaeology