This collection is located on-site.
Material in Boxes 1 and 2 is charred and has been microfilmed: Reader must use microfilm. Originals are not to be used unless the particular frame or frames needed are illegible.
Scrapbook in Box 4 is charred and is very fragile.
The incomplete records of the New York State Library School, Albany, 1890-1911. Included are diploma lists, grade sheets, examination questions, examination questions with corresponding set of students' answers, pass cards, senior certificate lists, an admissions application, entrance examinations, curriculum materials, and some documents for the class of 1890. Also, records of the New York State Library School Association, Incorporated. In addition to letters from such prominent American librarians as Katharine L. Sharp, Joseph Wheeler, Ralph Munn, and James I. Wyer, there are minutes, reports, memoranda, and printed documents, including the Association's constitution. There is a scrapbook of blanks and forms used in the executive departments of U.S. libraries in 1893, mounted by the N.Y. State Library School for the American Library Association World's Columbian Exposition Comparative Library Exhibit (Chicago, 1893). Also, files of the school consisting of course materials, exams, publications of the School, student records, admission files, class lists and rankings, and some related correspondence.
1992 Addition: Administrative records of the school consisting of correspondence, student records, including card files containing the citation of bibliographies and theses submitted by students, as well as "community studies" covering the libraries of various regions of the world. There are also records of the NYSLS Association consisting of correspondence, minutes of meetings, constitution, financial records and a selection of photographs of prominent librarians, 1886-1967.
The records are divided into four series.
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located on-site.
Material in Boxes 1 and 2 is charred and has been microfilmed: Reader must use microfilm. Originals are not to be used unless the particular frame or frames needed are illegible.
Scrapbook in Box 4 is charred and is very fragile.
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); New York State Library School records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
New York State Library School Register is in the K. Brown collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Librarians' Portraits Collection. Columbia University Libraries.
Melvil Dewey Papers. Columbia University Libraries.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Material in Boxes 1 and 2 is charred;: Microfilm available.
Source of acquisition--Columbia University School of Library Service. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1971. Accession number--M-71.
Photographs & printed misc: Source of acquisition--School of Library Service. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--1992. Accession number--M-1992.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/1989.
Photographs & printed misc Processed HR 06/13/1997.
2009-06-26 File created.
2012-11-29 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
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Box 4
(1 Scrapbook. Scrapbook was charred by fire and is very fragile.)
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Box 1
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Box 3
1895
Box 3
1906-1926
Box 3
1927
Box 3
1928
Box 3
1929
Box 3
1894-1923
Box 3
1924-1928
Box 3
1928-1931
Box 3
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Box 2
Box 53
Box 54
(Course materials with some related correspondence)
Box 5
1887-1911
(Box 5 contains general files; the rest of the files are arranged chronologically by semester and sub-arranged by course title)
Box 6
1887-1911
Box 7
1887-1911
Box 8
1887-1911
Box 9
1887-1911
1911-1915
Box 9
1911-1912
Box 10
1912-1913
Box 11
1914-1915
1915-1921
Box 12
1915-1917
Box 13
1917-1919
Box 14
1919-1921
Box 15
1919-1921
1921-1926
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1921-1922
Box 17
1923-1926
Box 18
1924-1925
Box 19
1924-1925
Box 20
1925-1926
(Unsorted; partially identified)
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Box 24
(Box 24 includes Faculty Minutes Book, Volume 3, 1911-1924. Volumes 1-2 were destroyed in the 1911 fire.)
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Box 22
(Reports on tours of northeastern libraries)
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(Registrar at NYSLS, 1905-1919; Vice-Director, 1919-1926)
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Box 70
(Includes correspondence with Melvil Dewey and the text of the school song)
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Box 77
(Once file contains the alphabetized records of bibliographies and theses submitted for graduation requirements for NYSLS through 1902. The second file contains "community studies"-studies of library training in different nations and the states of the United States, arranged alphabetically.)
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1913-1918
Box 5
1919-1926
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