Note: The scope of the Supplement is included in the Preface, which is given here in full.
PREFACE
Why should a bibliography published in 1988 require a supplement only five years later? There are several, very different reasons:
1. The official cut-off date for the basic volume was 1983, the sesquicentennial of the Movement. Although many later items, through 1987, were included, it was not possible to do a systematic search of all sources beyond the original cut-off. Since 1983, an unusually large number of items have been published, some inspired by the 1983 anniversary and published later, others issued in connection with the centennial observance of Newman's death in 1990.
2. Shortly after sending the basic volume to the publisher, I was able to take a year-long sabbatical leave from the University of Oregon. This year was spent mostly in Great Britain, but also on the Continent and in various parts of the United States. Through many personal contacts and visits to a variety of libraries, I discovered many older citations that had not come to my attention earlier. Of the 1,831 citations in the Supplement, 1,267, or just over two-thirds, were published before 1984. Many of these were published during the time of the Movement.
3. The increased application of computer technology to libraries and bibliography has made possible several lines of investigation that were not available when the basic volume was being compiled. These include subject and key-word access to the OCLC bibliographic data base through the EPIC service; key word access to titles in the British Library through its catalog on CD-ROM; and remote dial-up access to the on-line catalogs of libraries in various parts of the world. An earlier form of technology, the microfilm, made it possible for me to index the issues of the American periodical Churchman during the years of the Movement. This project yielded a large number of citations, including what is apparently the first American reprint from the Tracts for the Times (no. 5710; see also nos. 5711-13, 5750- 52, 5773, 5777).
The scope of the Supplement is essentially that of the basic volume, with the otherwise incongruous result that Sheridan Gilley's biography of Newman is cited (no. 7222), while the equally important one by Ian Ker (John Henry Newman: A Biography (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988)) is not. On the other hand, I have cited all videotapes (including one by Fr. Ker) which touch on the Movement or Newman's Anglican years, since there is none devoted exclusively to either of those topics. The offical cut-off date is 1990, the centennial of Newman's death, although once again there are many later items that have come to my attention one way or another. Improvements in format are the result of a more sophisticated computer program. An additional appendix gives additions and corrections to the basic volume, plus cross references from its entries to the Supplement. Corrections are limited to identity of author, place and publisher; and accuracy of title, year, and pagination. I have not included minor variations in the form of name for author or publisher, where the identity is not changed, nor have I supplied name of publisher or number of pages where none had been given in the original citation. I hope to include these minor corrections and additions in an eventual second edition.
Once again, I need to express appreciation to the many others who helped to make this Supplement possible. I should like to thank first the University of Oregon for my sabbatical leave, and the librarians of the institutions where most of the leave was spent: the Bodleian Library, Pusey House, Keble College, and Oriel College, all in Oxford; St. Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, Wales; the General Theological Seminary, New York; the Archives of the Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, both in Austin, Texas. (My actual residence in Oxford was at Wycliffe Hall, for whose room, board, and fellowship I am grateful beyond words.) I have since made use of the Newman/Oxford Movement collection at St. Mary's College of California, Moraga, and thank the curator, Andrew Simon, for assistance in using it. I am also indebted to Anthony Angiletta and John Rawlings, Stanford University Libraries, for special assistance in the use of their collection. Among my own colleagues, Joanne Halgren has once again provided many of the items cited through Interlibrary Loan; while Sharon Domier, cataloger of Japanese materials, has given valuable assistance in the Romanizing and interpretation of citations in that language.
It would be impossible to list the many people who have supplied information by mail; however, I should like to pay tribute to the following individuals and insitutions for graciously responding to three or more requests: Sr. Andree Billioque, Paris; Fr. Hugh Feiss, O.S.B., Mount Angel Abbey Library, St. Benedict, Oregon; Prof. John R. Griffin, University of Southern Colorado; Dr. Lothar Kuld, P„dagogische Hochschule, Ludwigsburg, Germany; Prof. Jos‚ Morales, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Prof. Reiko Nagakura, Yamanashi Women's Junior College, Japan; Dr. Peter Nockles, John Rylands University Library, Manchester, England; Gilles Poitras, Graduate Theological Union Library, Berkeley, California; and the library staffs of the BibliothŠque des Fontaines, Chantilly, France; Bodleian Library, Oxford; University of Durham; International Centre of Newman Friends, Rome; Rikkyo University, Tokyo (a single but very extensive reply); University of California, Los Angeles; and the University of Minnesota.
I continue to be impressed, not only by the quantity of writings that touch on the Oxford Movement, but even more, by the variety of the authors' academic and denominational backgrounds. In addition to the obvious disciplines of theology, history, and literature, there are also contributions from the fields of art, music, political science, and even, in one or two cases, the natural sciences. One passing reference in a book on political science, too brief to fall within the scope of the bibliography, is interesting enough to merit quotation: "[T]he nearest England came to producing a disaffected intelligentsia was the Oxford Movement, and that had little to say to the ordinary educated layman, at least until its purely theological strength was spent." (William Thomas, The Philosophic Radicals: Nine Studies in Theory and Practice, 1817-1841 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979), p. 451.) No doubt, the anniversary years of 1983 and 1990, like those of 1933 and 1945 before them, are but the highest waves in an ocean of publications that will continue to beat down upon the bibliographic beaches. I hope, Deo volente, to compile a complete second edition some time after the end of the present decade (century/millennium). This work would not only provide an update through the year 2000, but would also include older works to be identified through bibliographic tools not now available or complete; it would also incorporate all additions and corrections, including minor ones not included in Appendix 3, in a single chronological sequence. Deus velit!
Lawrence N. Crumb
University of Oregon Library
Eugene, Oregon 97403-1299