Historical subject files, 1810s-2022, bulk 1968-1972

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Series XIV: Libraries, 1790s-2000s

Newspaper clippings, press releases, printed matter, reports, newsletters, brochures, reports and announcements related to various aspects of Columbia University's libraries and the School of Library Service, which was closed in 1992. This series is divided into three subseries: Subseries XIV.1: General Subseries XIV.2: Individual Libraries and Collections Subseries XIV.3: School of Library Service (SLS)

The folders in each subseries are arranged alphabetically.


Subseries XIV.1: General



Box 171 Folder 12 to 14 Academic Information Systems and Columbia University Libraries--Self Study I, Appendix A Tables, Charts and Lists, Appendix B Reports and Narratives,, 1990s, (3 Folders)



Box 172 Folder 1 Access, 1920s-2000s


Box 172 Folder 2 to 3 Acquisitions and Gifts, 1890s-1990s, (2 Folders)


Box 172 Folder 4 to 5 Acquisitions List I and II, 1960s-1970s, (2 Folders)


Box 172 Folder 6 Acquisitions--Gifts and Exchange, 1950s-1970s


Box 172 Folder 7 Administrative Memoranda I, 1920s-1970s



Box 173 Folder 1 to 2 Administrative Memoranda II and III, 1940s-1990s, (2 Folders)


Box 173 Folder 3 Annex, 1980s


Box 173 Folder 4 Archons of Colophon, 1960s-1970s


Box 173 Folder 5 Bicentennial--Founding of the Libraries, 1950s


Box 173 Folder 6 Binding Department, 1950s-1980s


Box 173 Folder 7 Binding Sample Cloth, 1970s-1980s


Box 173 Folder 8 Book Loss--Mutilation and Theft, 1920s-1990s


Box 173 Folder 9 to 10 Bookplates I and II, 1700s-1960s, (2 Folders)



Box 174 Folder 1 Bookplate Correspondence, 1950s


Box 174 Folder 2 Book Thief--Stephen Blumberg, 1990s


Box 174 Folder 3 Budget and Funds, 1950s-1990s



Box 164 Folder 7 Center for Research on Information Access, 2000s



Box 431 Folder 5 Clippings, 1980s-1990s



Box 174 Folder 4 Columbia University Bibliography, 1930s


Box 174 Folder 5 Cataloguing Department, 1940s-1980s


Box 174 Folder 6 Center for Research Libraries, 1970s-1980s


Box 174 Folder 7 Circulation Department, 1940s-1990s


Box 174 Folder 8 to 9 Clippings, 1870s-1930s, (2 Folders)



Box 415 Folder 7 Collection Development Policy Statement, 1988



Box 175 Folder 1 Computers, 1960s-1990s


Box 175 Folder 2 to 3 User Guides I and II, 1990s, (2 Folders)



Box 412 Folder 2 CUL Reference Department Staff Manual, 1970s-1990s


Box 412 Folder 1 C.U. Libraries Strategic Plans, 1990s-1950s



Box 175 Folder 4 Copying, 1950s-1990s


Box 175 Folder 5 Criticism of the Libraries, 1920s-1950s



Box 426 Folder 3 Detailed Organization Description of the Columbia University Libraries, 1973



Box 175 Folder 6 to 8 Director's Memoranda, 1940s-1950s, (3 Folders)



Box 412 Folder 3 Division of Humanities and History - Reports, 1980s-1990s



Box 164 Folder 8 Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia, 1990s-2000s



Box 433 Folder 5 Electronic Text Service (ETS) Information Binder, 1980s-1990s



Box 176 Folder 1 to 3 Exhibitions, 1910s-2000s, (3 Folders)


Box 176 Folder 4 Facsimile Text Society, 1930s-2000s


Box 176 Folder 5 Fines, 1960s-1990s


Box 176 Folder 6 Future of the Libraries, 1980s



Box 177 Folder 1 to 3 Friends of the Libraries, 1920s-2010s, (3 Folders)


Box 177 Folder 4 History, 1930s-1970s


Box 177 Folder 5 Meeting Minutes, 1950s-1960s


Box 177 Folder 6 Membership, 1950s


Box 177 Folder 7 General Information, 1880s-1980s


Box 177 Folder 8 Guide to the Uncataloged Collections of Columbia University Libraries, 1980



Box 178 Folder 1 General Information, 1950s-2010s


Box 178 Folder 2 to 4 Guides to the Libraries I and II--Maps and Handbooks, 1880s-2010s, (3 Folders)



Box 426 Folder 4 Guides to the Libraries, 1950s



Box 179 Folder 1 Reference Guide, 1980s-2000s



Box 415 Folder 8 Handbook for Librarians, 1970s-1980s



Box 179 Folder 2 History and Organization, 1920s-1990s


Box 179 Folder 3 Historical Miscellany, 1830s-1960s


Box 179 Folder 4 Insurance, 1910s-1950s


Box 179 Folder 5 Interim Planning and Policy Council, 1970s


Box 179 Folder 6 Interlibrary Loan, 1950s-1980s


Box 179 Folder 7 Janus Digital Systems Project, 1990s


Box 179 Folder 8 Lending Service, 1940s-1960s



Box 412 Folder 4 Libraries and AcIS Strategic Action Plan, 1997



Box 179 Folder 9 Libraries and Librarians--Not Columbia University Specific, 1940s-1990s


Box 179 Folder 10 Northeastern Regional Libraries, 1950s


Box 179 Folder 11 Operating Statistics, 1970s-1980s


Box 179 Folder 12 Paris Peace Conference Loan, 1910s-1920s


Box 179 Folder 13 Philanthropy, 1920s-1960s


Box 179 Folder 14 Photography Services, 1960s-1980s


Box 179 Folder 15 Preservation, 1980s-2000s



Box 412 Folder 5 Public Services Self-Study Team - Reports, 1980s


Publications



Box 429 Folder 15 Avery Columns , 2000s



Box 180 Folder 1 Books and Bytes , 1990s-2000s



Box 432 Folder 15 Friends of the Columbia Libraries News , 2009-2014



Box 180 Folder 2 Library News , 1980s


Box 180 Folder 3 Library Reporter , 1960s-1970s



Box 429 Folder 16 Renovation News , 1999-2001

Butler Library renovation updates



Box 180 Folder 4 Staff Forum , 1960s


Box 180 Folder 5 to 7 Columbia Librarian , 1970s-1990s, (3 Folders)


Box 180 Folder 6 Columbia Library World , 1940s-1960s



Box 181 Folder 1 to 4 Columbia Library World --Includes Bound Copies,, 1950s-1960s, (4 Folders)



Box 182 Folder 1 to 2 Columbia Library World, --Includes Bound Copies, 1960s June, 1960s, (2 Folders)


Box 182 Folder 3 to 5 Columbia University Libraries Newsletter, 1970s-1980s, (3 Folders)



Box 183 Folder 1 to 4 Columbia University Libraries Newsletter, 1980s-2000s, (4 Folders)


Box 183 Folder 5 Rank, 1910s-1980s



Box 432 Folder 16 Report on Certain Problems of Libraries and School of Library Service of Columbia University (1944), 1947



Box 183 Folder 6 to 7 Reports--University Librarian, 1860s-1900s, (2 Folders)



Box 411 Folder 9 Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP) Shelving Facility,, 2000s-2020s



Box 164 Folder 9 Research Libraries Group, 1980s



Box 184 Folder 1 to 3 Research Library Group--Includes Newsletters, 1970s-1990s, (3 Folders)


Box 184 Folder 4 Rules, 1880s-1980s


Box 184 Folder 5 Safety, 1950s-1980s


Box 184 Folder 6 to 7 Schedules I and II, 1930s-1990s, (2 Folders)


Box 184 Folder 8 Scholarly Information Center, 1980s



Box 164 Folder 10 Scholarly Information Center, 1980s-2000s



Box 185 Folder 1 Scientific Information Study, 1990s


Box 185 Folder 2 Senate Libraries Committee Hearing--Transcript, 1990s


Staff


Box 185 Folder 3 Through, 1880s-1950s


Box 185 Folder 4 to 5 1960s-1990s, (2 Folders)


Box 185 Folder 6 Administrative Manual, 1970s



Box 411 Folder 7 to 8 Administrative Manual, 1980s, (2 Folders)



Box 185 Folder 7 Book Auctions, 1950s


Box 185 Folder 8 Committees, 1970s-1990s


Box 185 Folder 9 Directories I, 1960s-1990s



Box 186 Folder 1 Directories II, 1950s-1960s


Box 186 Folder 2 Division and Department Heads, 1960s


Box 186 Folder 3 to 6 Personnel Office, 1950s-1990s, (4 Folders)


Box 186 Folder 7 Reference Discussion Group, 1950s


Box 186 Folder 8 Representative Committee of Librarians, 1970s-1990s



Box 187 Folder 1 Resources Group, 1980s


Box 187 Folder 2 Social Events, 1930s-2000s


Box 187 Folder 3 to 4 Staff Association, 1940s-1960s, (2 Folders)


Box 187 Folder 5 Training Manual, 1970s


Box 187 Folder 6 to 7 Union--Local 1199 1960s-2000s, 1199, 1960s-2000s, (2 Folders)


Box 187 Folder 8 Women Workers, 1930s-1940s


Box 187 Folder 9 Statistics, 1920s-1990s



Box 188 Folder 1 Student and Faculty Library Committee, 1960s


Box 188 Folder 2 Supplies and Equipment, 1940s-1980s


Box 188 Folder 3 to 4 Technical Services Department, 1940s-1990s, (2 Folders)


Box 188 Folder 5 Classification Schedule, undated


Box 188 Folder 6 Serials Manual, 1940s


Subseries XIV.2: Individual Libraries and Collections



Box 164 Folder 11 Avery Architectural Library, 1890s-1940s



Box 165 Folder 1 Avery Architectural Library, 1950-1990s


Box 165 Folder 2 Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, 1970s-1990s


Box 165 Folder 3 Paul Getty Trust--Avery Index, 1980s


Box 165 Folder 4 Barnard College--Wollman Library, 1950s-1980s


Box 165 Folder 5 Biology Library, 1980s


Box 165 Folder 6 Wendell T. Bush Collection, undated


Box 165 Folder 7 Business Library, 1930s-1970s


Nicholas Murray Butler Library


Box 165 Folder 8 to 9 General, 1940s-2010s, (2 Folders)


Box 165 Folder 10 Browsing Room, 1930s-1970s


Box 165 Folder 11 Carpenter Library, 1900s


Box 165 Folder 12 Burgess Library, 1940s-1960s



Box 166 Folder 1 Burgess Carpenter Classics Library, 1960s-1990s


Box 166 Folder 2 College Library, 1950s


Box 166 Folder 3 Periodicals Reading Room, 1860s-1980s


Box 166 Folder 4 Philosophy Library, 1980s



Folder 5 Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1970s-1980s



Box 166 Folder 6 to 8 1930s-2000s, (3 Folders)


Box 166 Folder 9 Bakhmeteff Archives, 1970s-1990s


Box 166 Folder 10 W. Benyon Manuscripts, 1980s


Box 166 Folder 11 Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1990s


Box 166 Folder 12 Charles Dickens, 1950s


Box 166 Folder 13 Engel Collection, 1950s-1960s


Box 166 Folder 14 Exhibitions, 1940s-1970s


Rare Book and Manuscript Library



Box 167 Folder 1 to 2 Exhibitions, 1980s-1990s, (2 Folders)


Box 167 Folder 12 Exhibitions, 2000s-2020s


Box 167 Folder 3 Harper and Row Archives, 1970s


Box 167 Folder 4 Human Rights Watch Archives, 2000s



Box 412 Folder 6 Manuscript Cataloging Rules Manual, n.d.



Box 167 Folder 5 Map Collection, 1930s-1960s


Box 167 Folder 6 George Plimpton Collection, 1920s-1930s


Box 167 Folder 7 Arthur Rackham, 1960s-1990s


Box 167 Folder 8 Random House Collection, 1970s-1990s


Box 167 Folder 9 Harrison Salisbury Papers, 1990s


Box 167 Folder 10 Edwin R. A. Seligman Library, 1930s-1940s


Box 167 Folder 11 David E. Smith Collection, 1930s


Rare Book and Manuscript Library



Box 168 Folder 1 Type Founders' Book Collection, 1930s-1950s


Box 168 Folder 2 Urban Collection, 1990s


Box 168 Folder 3 Vanguard Press Collection, 1990s


Box 168 Folder 4 Tennessee Williams Collection, 1980s-1990s


Box 168 Folder 5 Whitney Young, Jr., 1970s-1980s


Box 168 Folder 6 Reference Department, 1940s-1990s


Box 168 Folder 7 Slavic Library, 1950s


Box 168 Folder 8 Stacks, 1930s-1970s


Box 168 Folder 9 Chemistry Library, 1950s-1980s



Box 426 Folder 5 Chemistry Library, 1960s



Box 168 Folder 10 Columbiana Collection (University Archives), 1930s-1990s


Box 168 Folder 11 Classification, 1920s


Box 168 Folder 12 Exhibition, 1920s


Box 168 Folder 13 Inventory Report, 1980s-1990s


Box 168 Folder 14 Kings College Room, 1910s-1970s


Box 168 Folder 15 M.H. Thomas Report, 1950s


Columbiana Society



Box 282 Folder 1 10th Meeting, 1940s


Box 282 Folder 2 Columbia University Quarterly, 1940s


Box 282 Folder 3 CorrespondenceBoardman), 1940s


Box 282 Folder 4 Correspondence


Box 282 Folder 5 Correspondence, Reports (origins), 1940s


Box 282 Folder 6 Financial Statements and Invoices, 1940s


Box 282 Folder 7 Minutes, 1940s


Box 282 Folder 8 "Possible Accessions,", 1940s


Box 282 Folder 9 Publicity, 1940s



Box 168 Folder 16 East Asian Library, 1990s-2000s


Box 168 Folder 17 C. V. Starr, 1930s-1990s


Box 168 Folder 18 Egleston Library--Engineering, 1920s-1970s



Box 426 Folder 6 Engineering and Physical Science Libraries, 1950s-1980s



Box 168 Folder 19 Fine Arts Library, 1940s-1970s


Box 168 Folder 20 Geology Library, 1950s-2010s



Box 169 Folder 1 Health Sciences Library, 1910s-2000s



Box 423 Folder 1-3 Japanese Collection at Columbia University 1926-1983, by Miwa Kai (3 folders), 2011

(Incomplete manuscript written by Miwa Kai, former Head of the Japanese Collection at Columbia University)



Box 169 Folder 2 Journalism Library, 1960s-2000s


Box 169 Folder 3 Law Library, 1910s-1990s


Box 169 Folder 4 Toshiba Library for Japanese Legal Research, 1990s


Box 169 Folder 5 Herbert Lehman Library, 1970s-1990s


Box 169 Folder 6 Lehman Suite--Papers, 1970s-1990s


Box 169 Folder 7 Low Library, 1890s-1970s


Box 169 Folder 8 Music Library, 1950s-1990s


Box 169 Folder 9 to 11 Annual Reports, 1935-1963, (3 Folders)


Music Library



Box 170 Folder 1 to 2 Annual Reports, 1963-1980, (2 Folders)


Box 170 Folder 3 New York Public Library--Columbia Branch, 1910s-1990s


Box 170 Folder 4 New York Society Library, 1790s-1950s


Box 170 Folder 5 Oral History Research Office, 1950s-2000s


Box 170 Folder 6 Catalogues, 1950s-1960s



Box 171 Folder 1 Charles Paterno Library, 1950s


Box 171 Folder 2 Psychology Library, 1940s-1970s


Box 171 Folder 3 Social Work Library, undated


Box 171 Folder 4 to 5 South Hall--Including the Formal Opening, 1930s-1940s, (2 Folders)


Box 171 Folder 6 to 8 Special Collections, 1920s-1990s, (3 Folders)


Box 171 Folder 9 Proposed Extension, 1950s


Box 171 Folder 10 Library of Speech Recordings, 1960s


Box 171 Folder 11 Theatre Arts Library Collection, 1970s-1980s



Box 391 Folder 1 Teachers College--Library, 1920s-1980s


Subseries XIV.3: School of Library Service (SLS)


School of Library Service



Box 188 Folder 7 Administration and Teachers, 1940s-1950s


Box 188 Folder 8 Alumni Association, 1940s-1980s


Box 188 Folder 9 Association of School of Library Service--Predecessors, 1930s


Box 188 Folder 10 Awards and Prizes, 1980s



Box 408 Folder 11 Book Arts Press Sample Sheet, 1972



Box 188 Folder 11 Bulletin Board, 1940s-1980s



Box 189 Folder 1 Class Project in Bibliography, 1930s-1940s


Box 189 Folder 2 Clerical Services Committee, 1950s


Box 189 Folder 3 to 4 Closing I and II, 1980s-1990s, (2 Folders)


Box 189 Folder 5 Committee on Instruction, undated



Box 386 Folder 5 Comprehensive Examinations Guide, 1942-1943


Box 386 Folder 6 Conferences, Institutes, Short Courses and Workshops, 1950s-1980s


Box 386 Folder 7 Course Outline--Literature of the Fine Arts (LS 220F),, 1951



Box 189 Folder 6 Curricula, 1920s-1970s


Box 189 Folder 7 Melville Dewey Exhibit Professorship, 1920s-1980s


Box 189 Folder 8 Melville Dewey Professorship, 1930s


Box 189 Folder 9 Directory of the Class of, 1936


Box 189 Folder 10 Events, 1920s-1950s


Box 189 Folder 11 Exhibits, 1920s-1940s


Box 189 Folder 12 Faculty Guide, undated


Box 189 Folder 13 General History, 1920s-1960s



Box 190 Folder 1 to 5 General Information, 1880s-1990s, (5 Folders)


Box 190 Folder 6 to 7 Historical Documents--Program Development and Student Information,, 1910s-1950s, (2 Folders)


Box 190 Folder 8 Library Service Collection, 1960s-1990s


Box 190 Folder 9 Library Service Library, 1940s-1990s



Box 191 Folder 1 to 2 Library Service News, 1920s-1980s, (2 Folders)


Box 191 Folder 3 Library Service Reviser's Reports, 1930s-1970s


Box 191 Folder 4 Memoranda, 1970s


Box 191 Folder 5 New York State Library School, 1900s-1910s


Box 191 Folder 6 Opening, 1920s



Box 386 Folder 8 Rare Book School, 1980s



Box 409 Folder 27 Reading Lists and Notes: Seminar for Library Trustees, 1970s



Box 408 Folder 12 Sabin's "Dictionary" by Robert G.W. Vail (1937) and "A Brief Outline of Sabin Practice" by E.G. Greene and D.M. Watkins (1929), 1929-1937


Box 408 Folder 1 Sample Catalog Cards (LS 201 and 206), 1937


Box 408 Folder 2 Standards for School Libraries, 1959



Box 409 Folder 9 Library Service Handbook, 1980s


Syllabus



Box 408 Folder 3 Bibliography and Reference (LS 261), 1939


Box 408 Folder 4 Bibliography and Reference(LS 262), 1940


Box 408 Folder 5 Book Selection (LS 271), 1946


Box 408 Folder 6 Cataloging and Classification (LS 201),, 1942


Box 408 Folder 7 History of Books and Printing (Book Arts 281),, 1943


Box 408 Folder 8 Principles of Library Organization and Administration (LS 222),, 1943


Box 408 Folder 9 Reading Interests and Habits of Adults (LS 272),, 1947


Box 408 Folder 10 School of Library Service(LS 234), 1949



Box 409 Folder 10 Academic and Research Libraries (K8060),, 1987


Box 409 Folder 11 Administration of Preservation Programs (K7501y),, 1987


Box 409 Folder 12 Collection Development (K055y), 1986


Box 409 Folder 13 Conservation Treatment for Preservation Administrators (K7510),, 1986


Box 409 Folder 14 Descriptive Bibliography I (K6365), 1984


Box 409 Folder 15 Descriptive Bibliography II (K8365), 1986


Box 409 Folder 16 Fundamentals of Organizing Library Collections (K6032),, 1985


Box 409 Folder 17 Information and Reference Services (K6021),, 1985


Box 409 Folder 18 Introduction to Library Administration (K6015),, 1986


Box 409 Folder 19 Introduction to Library and Archives Preservation (K8204),, 1985


Box 409 Folder 20 Introduction to Library and Information Sciences (K6010),, 1985


Box 409 Folder 21 Introduction to Information Science (K6033),, 1986


Box 409 Folder 22 Introduction to Technology amd Structure of Records Materials (K5000x),, 1986


Box 409 Folder 23 Reproduction of Library Materials (K6391y),, 1986


Box 409 Folder 24 Preservation Administration Fieldwork(K7581),, 1986


Box 409 Folder 25 Protection and Care of Records Materials (K5201y),, 1987


Box 409 Folder 26 CCNMTL- Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning,, 2000s



Box 191 Folder 7 Who's Who in Library Service, 1950s


Box 191 Folder 8 Digital Library, 2000s