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Reports the acquisition of the papers of British novelist Hilary Mantel by Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Novels of Mantel; Inclusion of literary drafts, correspondence, journals, photographs and ephemera in the papers; Awards received by Mantel.

Reports on the preservation of the papers of Walter Kohn, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the University of California. Research tool for students and scholars; Part to the Special Collections in Davidson Library; Advocacy of Kohn for international peace and human rights.

Reports the acquisition of the papers of poet Hannah Weiner by University of California's Mandeville Special Collections Library in San Diego, California. Publication of the book 'The Magritte Poems' in 1966; Components of Weiner's archives; Illustration of Weiner's compositional strategies in her notebooks; Titles of the published works of Weiner.

Presents information on the acquisition of family papers formerly owned by Nathaniel Hawthorne's family by Stanford University, Stanford, California. Detailed information on the collection; Age of the collection; Comments from Jay Fliegelman, professor of English.

Reports the acquisition of the papers of Eduardo Guerrero, known as the Father of Chicano Music, by the University of California at Santa Barbara. Items included in the Guerrero Collection; Photographs autographed by former United States President Bill Clinton and wife Hillary; Interviews and performances taped during a television show.

Reports that the American Library Association's Rare Books and Manuscript Section will hold its year 2001 preconference in San Francisco, California. Highlights of the conference; Papers, seminars and workshops; Contact information.

Reports that the papers of Doctor Horace J. McMillan have been deposited with the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives at the University of California, Santa Barbara.