Carolyn Horton and Associates records, 1919-1988

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0195
Bib ID:
4079522 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Carolyn Horton and Associates
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
16.5 linear feet (41 boxes 2 card file boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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 off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, subject files, business, personnel, biographical files and financial records. The correspondence files deal with clients: individuals, libraries, museums and book dealers. The chronological files are letters with individual clients, while the alphabetical clients files contain folders for institutional clients, and also include topical subject headings such as "Libraries""Museums", and headings for specific books and works of art. The subject files contain manuscripts, notes for seminars and lectures given by Carolyn Horton on the preservation of books and paper documents and include files on floods, particularly the 1966 flood in Florence, Italy, wet books, form letters, rubbings of books and sample paper. The business records consist of detailed worksheets arranged by client, describing condition of items bound or restored and the type of work done on these items; and complete financial records, i.e., bills, receipts, accounts and personnel records, including payroll, taxes, health insurance and other benefits, which document the operations of a bindery and paper restoration firm. The card file boxes contain details of work done arranged by artist name and by genre, i.e., music, portraits, newspapers, vellum, etc. The biographical files consist of correspondence, notebooks and newspaper clippings relating to Horton's career including her discovery that freezing wet books prevents their molding

Arrangement

Series 1. Box 1-9: correspondence files; Box 10-11: subject files (conservation & restoration topics); Box 12-21: business records; Box 22-28: financial records; Box 29-31: personnel records; Card file box 1-2: artist & genre files.

Series 2. Box 32: correspondence files; financial records; biographical files A-B; Box 33: biographical files C-P; Boxes 34-37: subject files A-Y; Box 38: subject files--lectures; Box 39: business files.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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 off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions 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.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Carolyn Horton and Associates records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Carolyn Horton, 1987, 1989& 1990.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

records: Source of acquisition--Horton, Carolyn. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/27/87.

Correspondence, financial records, subject files, lectures, business records and biographical meterial. 4 linear ft (ca. 3,000 items in 8 boxes): Source of acquisition--Horton, Carolyn. Method of acquisition--Gift, 1990; Date of acquisition--05/16/90. Accession number--M-90-05-16.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

records Cataloged HR 11/15/89.

Correspondence, financial records, subject files, lectures, business records and biographical meterial. 4 linear ft (ca. 3,000 items in 8 boxes) Processed 06/18/90.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2011-12-13 xml document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Bookbinding and restoration; Document restoration including manuscripts, maps and works of art on paper.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Financial records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lectures CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Personnel records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rubbings (visual works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Art -- Conservation and restoration CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bookbinders -- United States -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bookbinding -- United States -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Conservatorships CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts -- Conservation and restoration CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Maps -- Conservation and restoration CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID