University Press Grant

Another grant, of $40,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, was received last month to enable the University Press of New England to undertake publication of first and second books by young scholars "chiefly in the area of the humanities, including history, but also in some measure in the social sciences."

Charter members of the University Press of New England, established in 1971 in Hanover as a consortium to publish important scholarly works written by their faculties, are Brandeis (Waltham, Mass.), Clark (Worcester Mass.), Dartmouth (Hanover, N.H.) and the Universities of New Hampshire (Durham, N.H.), and Vermont (Burlington, Vt.). Several other New England universities have expressed interest or are in the process of joining.

The press, believed to be the first regional academic press embracing universities from several states, was initiated under the directorship of Victor Reynolds '27, who agreed to undertake the planning and beginning phases following retirement from a distinguished career in scholarly publishing including service as director of the Cornell University Press and founding director of the University Press of Virginia. He was succeeded earlier this year by David Horne, formerly associate director of the Harvard University Press and earlier executive editor of the Yale University Press and a member of the Yale faculty. The press to date has exceeded growth expectations and has a booklist of 43 titles.