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Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and Manuscript Library records
1917-2006
145 linear feet (293 boxes and 54 ledgers)
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Administrative History
A gift of the DeWitt Clinton papers in 1902 marked the beginning of active acquisition of collections
of original manuscripts by the Columbia University library. In 1928, the Friends of the Columbia
Libraries was founded (re-activated in 1951). The following year, 1929, marked the first major
acquisition by Columbia University when it purchased the Professor Edwin R. A. Seligman collection.
The Rare Book Department was officially established on July 1, 1930. In 1931, Professor David
Eugene Smith, a teacher of mathematics, presented more than thirteen thousand volumes
comprehensively covering the history of mathematics and astronomy from the eleventh century to the
early decades of the twentieth century. Samuel S. Dale donated his library on weights and measures
in 1930, which comprised one thousand books, pamphlets and manuscripts documenting the
development of standard measures in all countries, beginning with works published in the fifteenth
century. George A. Plimpton formally presented his library to the Rare Book Department in 1936.
These three collections were at first housed and administered together as the Plimpton, Smith and
Dale Libraries.
In 1930, Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt was appointed curator of rare books. That same year also saw the
establishment of the Book Arts collection.
The Rare Book Department was originally located in Room 504 of Schermerhorn Hall (1930-1933).
In September 1934 the Rare Book Department and other special collections moved to new quarters in
Low Memorial Library. In 1937 a fire-proof vault was constructed in Room 209 of Low Library to
house the Plimpton and Smith rarities. In 1938, the department was operating under the name
“Special Collections” and operated two reading rooms (manuscript and rare book).
The Department of Special Collections was reorganized July 1, 1944, combining three major
departments (ie. Plimpton, Dale and Smith Libraries, Typographic Library and Special Collections of
the West Wing of Low Memorial Library). Service was given from three reading rooms – Room 205
Low Memorial Library (Special Collections), Room 210 Low Memorial Library (Plimpton, Dale and
Smith) and Room 654 South Hall (Typographic Library). The Plimpton, Dale and Smith Library was
transferred to Butler in 1950.
In1946, when Roland O. Baughman was appointed the head of Special Collections, succeeding
Charles Adams.
The name of the Department was changed in 1975 to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML),
and in 1984 the RBML space on sixth floor of Butler was redesigned and renovated.
Heads or Directors of the department have been: Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt (1930-1939); Charles
Adams (1939-1945); Roland Baughman (1946-1967); Kenneth Lohf (1967-1992); Bernie Crystal,
Acting Director (1993); and Jean Ashton (1994-2005).
Systems used in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library:
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Began in 1930 with a temporary classification system for the Seligman Library of Economics,
and the Brander Matthews letters locked in a special finding case.
Later, letters were arranged alphabetically, bound or filed in drawers, and listed.
During 1933-1934 the card catalog was revised and subject headings changed, a system
evolved to deal with what was considered a “highly specialized collection.”
In1937, incunabula were arranged on the shelves chronologically. Rare books were generally
classified using a “B” before a Dewey Decimal number. Occasionally archival material was
pasted into ledgers, and were given an “X” classification.
Records of acquisitions started being kept, and a system for gift records developed, in 1940.
That same year, one reading room, Room 205, was in use, to provide improved service and
better supervision in the use of Special Collections. Room 203 was used as an exhibition
room. Books were often used in the stacks
In 1942, the autograph letter file and a small catalog containing an alphabetic list of cataloged
manuscripts were moved to the Low Memorial Library, the basis for the development of the
manuscript collection. That year, all the cataloging of books for Special Collections was
concentrated in the Catalog Department of South Hall, while for manuscripts the department
did most of the cataloging themselves. For most of the Special Collections books acquired
before 1938, there were no catalog records in the Department, but in 1942 shelf lists were
being prepared. Autograph letters were being listed and filed in the Special Collection
Department’s own manuscript catalog.
In 1948 the Seligman collection was arranged chronologically by dates of imprint.
Other important dates in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library timeline:
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On September 1, 1946, Special Collections became one of the departmental libraries in the
Reader Services, under the general direction of the Assistant Director, Reader Services, with a
new Head of Special Collections, Roland Baughman. The collections were moved to the 13th
level of Butler Library, and the Department reading room was also moved, to Room 202
Butler. When the transfer to Butler was completed in 1947, the Department occupied Room
801, the cage in the north-east corner of level 14, all of level 13, Special Collections Rooms
653, 654, 655 and 656, the cage adjoining Room 653 on level 12, and rooms 201-202
(reading room and office). The Plimpton, Smith and Dale collections remained at Low.
Bertha Frick left as curator of the Plimpton, Smith and Dale library on July 1, 1946. On
August 1, 1947, Columbiana was placed under Special Collections. The Near East collection
also reports under the Special Collections department.
In 1948, a published statement of readers’ rules and privileges is approved and printed for
distribution among readers and students.
Responsibility for the newspaper microfilms were removed from the responsibility of the
Special Collections department in 1949.
The Bancroft Oral History Project was launched in May 1948 to obtain for permanent
preservation the memoirs of living men and women who had been prominent in public affairs.
In 1948, the Oral History Project was located in Room 103 Butler Library. The Director was
Professor Allan Nevins, and the interviewer Dean Albertson.
The first year of operation of the Archives of Russian and East European History and Culture
was 1951-1952.
On July 1, 1953, the School of Library Service Library was attached administratively to
Special Collections.
Scope and Content
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Records consist of ten series: (I) Correspondence, day files and general office files; (II) Annual
reports; (III) Exhibitions, projects, catalogs, publications & Columns; (IV) Renovations; (V)
Acquisitions; (VI) Security; (VII) Reading room registers; (VIII) Charge cards; (IX) Statistics; (X)
Permission and registration forms.
Finding Aid: Contents list, 27 pages.
Processing History: BRC 6/14/76; rev. BRC 2/14/78; rev. BRC 5/22/78; rev. BRC 7/9/84; rev. BRC
12/888; rev. BRC5/91; rev. BRC 10/91; rev. CL 2005.
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ORGANIZATION OF THE FILES
I: Correspondence, day files and general office files series
1917-2005
48 linear feet (123 boxes)
Series consists of the general correspondence, incoming and outgoing; daily files of reference and
retrieval activities of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library; financial files and general office files.
Includes records for deposits; insurance for collections; correspondence regarding the Seligman
collection; correspondence and subject files created by the Plimpton, Smith and Dale Libraries; and
special collections correspondence and day files. Also includes general office files, arranged
chronologically, and in some cases, alphabetically. Administrative files covering 1993-2005 were
added to this series when the Director of RBML, Jean Ashton, retired in 2005.
II: Annual reports series
1931-1984
1.25 linear feet (3 boxes)
Series consists of annual reports produced by the Department of Special Collections, and after 1975
the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The annual reports contained lists of donations for the year
and reports on the work of the department.
III: Exhibitions, projects, catalogs, publications & Columns series
Ca. 1950-1993
9.75 linear feet (9 boxes and 4 r.s.c.)
Series consists of background material, invoices, galley proofs, photographs and catalog files related
to Rare Book and Manuscript Library exhibitions and projects, including the Lohf Years exhibit, the
Spewack exhibit and the “Collections and Treasures” exhibit. Also includes correspondence, images,
press releases and catalog proofs related to an exhibit on the centenary of the birth of John Masefield.
The series also contains material related to the publishing of catalogs and introductions written by
Alfred C. Berol, an avid collector of rare books and manuscripts, and president of the Eagle Pencil
Company (Berol Corp). Introductions written by Berol include the Solton Engel catalog, the Lewis
and Clark catalog, and “A Letter from Henry Laurens to his son John Laurens”. Berol was a donor to
the Columbia collection, and established the Arthur Rackham collection.
IV: Renovations series
1947-1967, 1980-1985
2 linear feet (5 boxes)
Series consists of correspondence, photographs, planning and construction files; blue prints; financial
records for fundraising; auction records for sales of duplicates; construction memos and other records
that resulted from renovations made to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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V: Acquisitions series
1997-1998
2 linear feet (5 boxes)
Series consists of budgets, notes, invoices and dealer correspondence related to the acquisition of rare
books and archival materials for the Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
VI: Security series
1971-1976, 1994-2001
1 linear foot (2 boxes)
Series consists of records related to Rare Book and Manuscript Library security. The series also
includes the Collections Security Committee, which consists of meeting minutes, reports, surveys,
policies and guidelines created in the process of writing a Collections Security Policy.
VII: Reading room registers series
1931-2003
8 linear feet (4 boxes and 55 ledgers)
The Reading room registers series consists of ledgers and pages of registration (sign-in registers)
containing information about users of manuscripts and rare books in the Columbia University Rare
Book and Manuscript Library. From the fall of 1971 the Manuscript reading room maintained a
separate register. A new joint reading room was created in 1985 for manuscript and rare book readers,
which resulted in a joint ledger/register of researchers. This series also contains the microfilm reading
machine book (1947-1949), and the guest book of the Rare Book department (1931-1937). The series
includes the guest book/register for the Plimpton Library, the David Eugene Smith Library, and the
Dale Library; the register of the Library of the American Type Founder’s Company (1937-1947); and
the Seligman Library register (1938-1955).
VIII: Charge card series
1972-2005
41 linear feet (73 boxes)
Series consists of charge cards that detail material used by researchers from the Manuscripts
collections, Oral History, Rare books and the Bakhmeteff Archives.
The charge cards, prior to the 1980s, were blue for manuscript requests and brown for rare books.
Oral history charge cards, when inactive, were boxes separately from the other collections, but later,
due to space constraints, the inactive charge cards and slips were filed together with the charge cards
of other collections.
At least since 1985, the forms have been brown for manuscripts and blue for rare books. The form
includes the user name and requested item title and location. They are currently filed by academic
year (June to July), in two sequences: by shelving date and by collection.
When material is requested from one of the Rare Book and Manuscript Libraries collections, a twopart, carbonless call slip is filled out, consisting of the original top half (the flimsy) and the carboncopy bottom half. For manuscript material, the flimsy is brought to the reading room with the paged
material. The bottom half of all call slips is used in the reading room to charge and discharge material
to readers.
For rare books and some manuscript material (such as volumes and folders paged individually), the
flimsy is left on the shelf in place of the material paged. Once material is shelved, the flimsy and the
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bottom half of the call slip are brought back together to check that material has been returned by the
user.
IX: Statistics series
2001-2003
1 linear foot (2 boxes)
Series consists of Rare Book Reading Room statistics, recording the number of users researching in
the Reading Room.
X: Permission and registration forms series
ca. 1949-2002
25.4 linear feet (61 boxes)
Series consists of permissions and registration forms for the manuscript, rare book and oral history
collections, as well as Bakhmeteff registration sheets. The registration sheets are filled out by the
researcher when they first arrive and record the researcher ID and address as well as the collections.
XI : Addition 17 January 2006
ca. 1999-2005
6 lin ft. (12 boxes)
Series consists of charge cards; general correspondence; day files; Jean Ashton’s administrative files.
I : CORRESPONDENCE, DAY FILES AND GENERAL OFFICE FILES
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2
3
Records for deposits kept in vault
1917-1937
Shelf list of books and manuscripts
1922
Office files correspondence
– Seligman collection
1931-1939; 1944
Office files
-Correspondence: Plimpton, Smith and Dale Libraries,
Bertha Frick, Curator
1931-1939
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Office files
-Correspondence:
Plimpton, Smith and Dale Libraries, Bertha Frick, Curator 1940-1949
5
Office files
-Subject files: A-D
Plimpton, Smith and Dale Libraries, Bertha Frick, Curator ca. 1931-1949
6
Office files
-Subject files: E-End
Plimpton, Smith and Dale Libraries, Bertha Frick, Curator ca. 1931-1949
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Office files: A-M
January 1937-July 6, 1938
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8
Office files: N-Z
January 1937-July 6, 1938
9
Special Collections Correspondence
July 1, 1938-July 1, 1939
10
Special Collections Correspondence
July 1, 1939-July 1, 1940
11
Office files
July 1, 1940-July 1, 1941
12
Office files
July 1, 1941-July 1, 1942
13
Office files
July 1, 1942-July 1, 1943
14
Office files
July 1, 1943-July 1, 1944
15
Office files
July 1, 1944-July 1, 1945
16
Office files
July 1, 1945-July 1, 1946
17
Office files
July 1, 1946-July 1, 1947
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Office files
July 1, 1947-July 1, 1948
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Office files
July 1, 1948-June 30, 1949
20
Office files
July 1, 1949-July 1, 1950
21
Office files
July 1, 1950-July 1, 1951
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Office files
July 1, 1951-July 1, 1952
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Office files
July 1, 1952-July 1, 1953
24
Office files: A-L
July 1, 1953-July 1, 1954
25
Office files: M-Z
July 1, 1953-July 1, 1954
26
Office files: A-G
July 1, 1954-July 1, 1955
27
Office files: H-Z
July 1, 1954-July 1, 1955
28
Office files: A-M
1955-1956
29
Office files: N-Z
Office files: A-F
1955-1956
1956-1957
30
Office files: G-Z
1956-1957
31
Office files: A-L
1957-1958
32
Office files: M-Z
1957-1958
33
Office files: A-R
1958-1959
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34
Office files: S-Z
Office files: A-J
1958-1959
1959-1960
35
Office files: K-Z
1959-1960
36
Office files: A-K
1960-1961
37
Office files: L-Z
1960-1961
38
Office files: A-K
1961-1962
39
Office files: L-Z
1961-1962
40
Office files: A-L
1962-1963
41
Office files: M-Z
1962-1963
42
Office files: A-L
1963-1964
43
Office files: M-Z
1963-1964
44
Office files: A-K
1964-1965
45
Office files: L-Z
1964-1965
46
Office files: A-L
1965-1966
47
Office files: M-Z
1965-1966
48
Office files: A-K
1966-1967
49
Office files: L-Z
1966-1967
50
Office files: A-L
1967-1968
51
Office files: M-S
1967-1968
52
Office files: T-Z
Office files: A-K
1967-1968
1968-1969
53
Office files: L-Z
1968-1969
54
Office files: A-K
1969-1970
55
Office files: L-Z
Office files: A-C
1969-1970
1970-1971
56
Office files: D-Z
1970-1971
57
Office files: A-Z
1971-1972
58
Office files: A-Z
1972-1973
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59
Office files: A-Z
1973-1974
60
Office files: A-Z
1974-1975
61
Office files: A-Z
1975-1976
62
Office files: A-Z
1976-1977
63
Office files: A-Z
1977-1978
64
Office files: A-Z
1978-1979
65
Office files: A-Z
1979-1980
66
Office files: A-Z
1980-1981
67
Office files: A-Z
1981-1982
68
Office files: A-Z
1982-1983
69
Office files: A-Z
1983-1984
70
Office files: A-Z
1984-1985
71
Office files: A-Z
1985-1986
72
Office files: A-Z
1986-1987
73
Office files: A-Z
1987-1988
74
Office files: A-Z
1988-1989
75
Office files: A-Z
1989-1990
76
Office files: General files
1990-1991
77
Office files: A-Z
1991-1992
78
Office files
1992-1993
79
Office files
1993-1994
80
Office files
1994-1995
81
Office files
1995-1996
82
Office files
1996-1997
83
Office files
1997-1998
84
Office files
1998-1999
85
Correspondence: Day file
January 1973 to December 1974
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86
Correspondence: Day file
January 1975 to June 1976
87
Correspondence: Day file
July 1976 to December 1977
88
Correspondence: Day file (K.A. Lohf)
April 1978 to December 1979
89
Correspondence: Day file (K.A. Lohf)
1980-1981
90
Correspondence: Day file (K.A. Lohf)
April 1982 to June 1983
91
Correspondence: Day file (K.A. Lohf)
April 1984 to December 1984
92
Correspondence: Day file
January 1985 to December 1985
93
Correspondence: Day file (K.A. Lohf)
January 1986 to June 1987
94
Correspondence: Day file
July 1987 to June 1988
95
Correspondence: Day file
July 1988 to June 1989
96
Correspondence: Day file
1989-1990
97
Correspondence: Day file
1990-1991
98
Correspondence: Day file
1991-1992
99
Correspondence: Day file
1992-1993
100
Correspondence: Day file
1993-1994
101
Correspondence: Day file
1994-1995
102
Correspondence: Day file
1995-1996
103
Day files
July 1996 to June 1997
104
Day files
July 1997 to June 1998
105
Day files
July 1998 to June 1999
106
Day files
July 1999 to December 1999
107
Day files
January 2000 to June 2000
108
Day files
July 2000 to December 2000
109
Day files
January 2001 to June 2001
110
Duplicates – Fund Deposits
July 1968 – June 1980
111
Duplicates – Fund Deposits
July 1980 – June 1988
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112
Duplicates – Fund Deposits
July 1988 – June 1994
113
General files
-A thru Z
1993-1994
Office files
– Insurance for Collections
1947-1948
114
II : ANNUAL REPORTS
115
Annual Reports
1931/1932 to 1957-1958
116
Annual Reports
1958/1959 to 1974/1975
117
Annual Reports
1975/1976 to 1983/1984
III : EXHIBITIONS, PROJECTS, CATALOGS, PUBLICATIONS, COLUMNS
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119
120
121
122
123
124
Manuscript catalog
-background material for revised copy
for a second edition of the 1959 catalog
ca. 1988
Alfred C. Berol publications
-Laurens letter
-Lewis and Clark Expeditions
-Engel
-Special collections brochure
1964-1965
1971-1972
1967
1968-1969
Merton Exhibition catalog
-invoices, exhibition
1989-1991
John Masefield Centenary
-correspondence, invoices, exhibition
1978
Exhibition catalogs
-“Collections and Treasures”
-orders labels
ca. 1988
Exhibition catalog
-“Collections and Treasures”
-photographs
-Manuscript.
-galley proofs
ca. 1988
Exhibit catalogs
-correspondence
-general
-L. Frank Baum
-S. Crane
-Rackham
ca. 1950-1970
Exhibit catalogs
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-Lohf Years exhibit
-catalog files
125
Exhibits
-“The World on Paper”
126
Exhibit catalogs
-Spewack exhibit catalog files
1992
1993
COLUMBIA LIBRARY COLUMNS
290
November 1972 (Illus.)
May 1972 (Illus.)
February 1972 (Illus.)
November 1971 (Illus.)
May 1971 (Illus.)
February 1971 (Illus.)
November 1970 (Illus.)
May 1970 (Illus.)
February 1970 (Illus.)
November 1969 (Illus.)
May 1969 (Illus.)
February 1969 (Illus.)
Note: (There is no file for Nov. 1968)
May 1968 (Illus.)
February 1968 (Illus.)
November 1967 (Illus.)
May 1967 (Illus.)
February 1967 (Illus.)
November 1966(Illus.)
May 1966 (Illus.)
February 1966 (Illus.)
November 1965(Illus.)
1964-65 (Illus.)
1962-63 (Illus.)
1961-62 (Illus.)
1960-61 (Illus.)
1959-60 (Illus.)
1958-59 (Illus.)
1957-58 (Illus.)
1956-57 (Illus.)
1955-56 (Illus.)
1954-55 (Illus)
1953-54 (Illus)
1952-53 (only 1 page illustration)
1951-52 (Illus.)
291
November 1984
May 1984
February 1984
November 1983
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291
292
May 1983
February 1983
November 1982
May 1982
February 1982
November 1981
May 1981 (Illus.)
February 1981 (Illus.)
November 1980 (Illus.)
May 1980 (Illus.)
February 1980 (Illus.)
November 1979 (Illus.)
May 1979 (Illus.)
February 1979 (Illus.)
November 1978(Illus.)
May 1978 (Illus.)
February 1978 (Illus.)
November 1977(Illus.)
May 1977 (Illus.)
February 1977 (Illus.)
November 1976 (Illus.)
May 1976 (Illus.)
February 1976 (Illus.)
November 1975 (Illus.)
May 1975 (Illus.)
February 1975 (Illus.)
November 1974 (Illus.)
May 1974 (Illus.)
February 1974 (Illus.)
November 1973 (Illus.)
May 1973 (Illus.)
February 1973 (Illus.)
November 1990
May 1990
February 1990
November 1989
May 1989
February 1989
November 1988
May 1988
February 1989
November 1987
May 1987
February 1987
November 1986
May 1986
February 1986
November 1985
May 1985
February 1985
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Columns Correspondence – 1980 -1995
Columns Correspondence – 1968-1979
Columns Expiration
Claims Subscriptions
Subscription Agency Info.
May 1994
February 1994
November 1993
May 1993
February 1993
November 1992
May 1992
February 1992
November 1991
May 1991
February 1991
IV : RENOVATIONS
127
128
129
130
131
Renovation files
-planning and construction files,
including blue prints
1980-1985
Renovation files
-financial records for fundraising
1980-1985
New quarters proposals
1947-1967
Renovation files
-auction records and catalogs
for sales of duplicates
1980-1985
Renovation files
-construction memos
-exhibit cases
-finances
-painting of new library
-publicity and articles on new library
1980-1985
Renovation files
-correspondence
-photographs
1980-1985
V : ACQUISITIONS
132
133
Acquisitions
-book budget
-notes on purchases
-invoices
-book funds prints-outs
Acquisitions
1991-1992/1992-1993
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134
135
136
-book budget
-dealer descriptions
-Sotheby’s
-dealer correspondence
-invoices/fund reports
-notes on purchases
1993-1994/1994-1995
Acquisitions
-book budget
-dealer descriptions
-invoices
-print outs of funds
-correspondence with dealers
-SWANN
-acquisitions – continuing
-IPL - current hardcopy
-IPL – microfiche
1995-1996
Acquisitions
-book budget
-dealers description
-dealers quotes
-invoices
-print outs of funds
-correspondence with dealers
1996-1997
Acquisitions
-book budget
-dealers descriptions
-dealers quotes
-invoices
-print outs of funds
1997-1998
VII : SECURITY
137
RBML Security
1971-1976
138
Collections Security files
-Collections Security Committee
(meetings, reports, etc.)
-Collections Security policy, guidelines
-Surveys (CU libraries)
-Collections Security documents,
articles, etc
1994-2001
VII : READING ROOM REGISTERS
Ledger #
Description
Dates
1
Special Collections daybook
1937-Feb. 1941
2
Special Collections daybook
Mar. 1941-May 1947
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Special Collections daybook
July 1947-Mar. 1948
4
Special Collections daybook
May 1948-Feb 1949
5
Special Collections daybook
Mar. 1949-July 1949
6
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1949-1950
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1950-1951
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1951-1952
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1952-1953
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1953-1954
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1954-1955
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1955-1956
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1956-1957
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1957-1958
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1958-1959
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1959-1960
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1960-1961
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1961-1962
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1962-1963
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1963-1964
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7a
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Department of Special collections
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-daily record of use by readers
1964-1965
Department of Special collections
-daily record of use by readers
1965-1966
22
Microfilm Reading Machine record book
1947-1948
23
Microfilm Reading Machine record book
1948-1949
24
Guest book of the Rare Book Department
Feb. 1931 to Aug. 1937
25
Register of researcher names and
addresses
1937-1939
21
26
Plimpton Library, David Eugene Smith Library, Dale Library
-Guest book
1938-1950
27
Register of the Library of the American
Typefounder’s Company
January 1937 to May 1947
28
Seligman Library Register
November 1938 to June 1955
29
Special collections register
July 1939 to Mar. 1942
30
Special collections register
Apr. 1942 to Oct. 1947
31
Special collections register
Nov. 1947 to Nov. 1949
32
Special collections register
Nov. 1949 to Jan. 1953
33
Special collections register
Jan. 1953 to July 1954
34
Special collections register
June 1955 to May 1958
35
Special collections register
May 1958 to Sept. 1960
36
Special collections register
Sept. 1960 to July 1962
37
Special collections register
July 1962 to Feb. 1964
38
Special collections register
Feb. 1964 to May 1965
39
Special collections register
May 1965 to Oct. 1966
40
Special collections register
Oct. 1966 to Mar. 1968
41
Special collections register
Mar. 1968 to Dec. 1969
42
Special collections register
Dec. 1969 to Sept. 1971
43
Special collections register
Sept. 1971 to Mar. 1973
44
Special collections register
Mar. 1973 to Aug. 1975
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45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
139
140
141
142
Special collections
Manuscript collections register
(first separate manuscript reading room register)
Oct. 1971 to Sept. 1975
Special collections
Manuscript collections register
Sept. 1975 to Oct. 1980
RBML
Manuscript Reading Room register
Nov. 1980 to July 1985
RBML
Manuscript Reading Room register
July 1985 to June 1991
RBML (LOOSE!)
Rare Book Reading Room register
Aug. to Nov. 1975
RBML
Rare Book Reading Room register
Nov. 1975 to April 1978
RBML
Rare Book Reading Room register
Apr. 1978 to Feb. 1981
RBML
Rare Book Reading Room register
Feb. 1981 to Aug 1984
RBML
Rare Book Reading Room register
Aug. 1984 to Dec. 1987
RBML
Rare Book Reading Room register
Dec. 1987 to Jan. 1990
Rare Book Reading Room
-register
Jan. 1990 – June 1994
Manuscript Reading Room
-register
-register of readers for RBML
June 1991 to June 1994
June 1994 to July 1997
Reading Room
-register of readers
July 1997 to July 2003
Sign-in register for readers
July 2003 –
VIII : CHARGE CARDS
Charge cards are filed chronologically, white flimsies are filed by call number order.
143
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
1972-1973
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144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
1974-1975
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
1975-1976/1976-1977
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
1977-1978
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
1978-1979
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
1979-1980/1980-1981
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
1981-1984
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
1984-1987
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
1987-1990
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
-BAR
1992-1993
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
-BAR
1993-1994
RBML Charge cards
-Oral History
1994-1995
*see box 223 for Oral History charge cards 1995-1997 (boxes with flimsies)
155
156
157
158
159
Charge cards
-Oral History
-BAR
1997-1998
Charge cards and flimsies
-Oral History
1998-1999
Charge cards and flimsies
-Oral History
1999-2000
Charge cards and flimsies
-Oral History
2000-2001
Charge cards and flimsies
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160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
-Oral History
2001-2002
RBML Charge cards, chronological file
-Oral History
2002-2003
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
1971-1972
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
1972-1973
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
1973-1974
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
1974-1975
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
1975-1976
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
1976-1977
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscripts
-Rare books
July 1972-June 1979+ some 1980
July 1977-June 1981+ some to
-Papyrus
1975-1976
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1977-1978
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1978-1979
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1979-1980
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1980-1981
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1981-1982
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1982-1983
1984
168
169
170
171
172
173
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174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1983-1984
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1984-1985
Charge slips
-Manuscript
-BAR
1985-1986
Charge slips
-Manuscript
-BAR
1986-1987
Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1987-1988
Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1988-1989
Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1989-1990
Charge cards
-Manuscript
-Oral History
-BAR
July 1990-June 1991
Charge cards
-Manuscript
-Oral History
-BAR
July 1991-June 1992
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
1992-1993
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
1993-1994
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1994-1995
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1995-1996
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187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscript
-BAR
1996-1997
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscripts
July 1985-June 1993
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
1981-Nov. 1982
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
Dec. 1982-Nov. 1983
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
Dec. 1983-March 1985
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
April 1985-Aug. 1986
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
Sept. 1986-Feb. 1988
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
Mar. 1988-Aug. 1989
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
Aug. 1989-Dec. 1990
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
Jan. 1991-June 1992
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
June 1992-Jan. 1994
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
Feb. 1994-Aug. 1995
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscripts
-Rare books
July 1993-June 1995
August 1995
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscripts
-Rare books
July 1995-June 1996
Oct. 1995-June 1996
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
July 1995-Feb. 1997
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscripts
-Rare books
July 1996-June 1997
March-June 1997
CUL RBML Files 23
203
RBML Charge cards
-Manuscripts
-Rare books
July 1997-June 1998
Charge cards and flimsies
-Manuscript
1995-1997
Charge cards and flimsies
-Manuscript
1997-1998
Charge cards and flimsies
-Manuscript
1998-1999
Charge cards and flimsies
-Manuscript
1999-2000
Charge cards and flimsies
-Manuscript
2000-2001
Charge cards and flimsies
-Manuscript
2001-2002
210
Book Manuscript charge cards
July 1998 to June 2001
211
Rare Book charge cards
July 1998 to June 1999
212
Rare Book charge cards
July 1999 to June 2000
213
Rare Book charge cards
July 2000 to June 2001
214
RBML Charge cards
-Rare books
July 2003-June 2004
Charge slips (white flimsy), chronological file
-Manuscript
-Oral History
-BAR
Dec. 10, 1984 to June 30, 1986
Charge slips (white flimsy), chronological file
-Manuscript
-BAR
-Oral History
July 1, 1986 to June 30, 1987
Charge slips (white flimsy), chronological file
-Manuscript
-Oral History
-BAR
July 1, 1987 -June 30, 1988
Charge slips (white flimsy), chronological file
-Manuscript
-Oral History
-BAR
July 1988-June 30, 1990
204
205
206
207
208
209
215
216
217
218
CUL RBML Files 24
219
220
221
222
223
Charge slips (white flimsy), chronological file
-Manuscript
-Oral History
-BAR
July 1990-June 1992
Charge slips (white flimsy),
chronological file
1992-1993
Charge slips (white flimsy), chronological file
-Manuscript and Oral History
1993-1994
Charge slips (white flimsy), chronological file
-Manuscript
1995-1996
Oral History charge cards
1995-1997
Oral History flimsies
1995-1997
Manuscript flimsies
1996-1997
BAR flimsies
1996-1997
IX : STATISTICS
224
225
Rare Book Reading Room
-statistics
July 2001-June 2002
Rare Book Reading Room
-statistics
July 2002-June 2003
X : PERMISSION/REGISTRATION FORMS
226
Manuscript permission forms, A-M
ca. 1949-1966
227
Manuscript permission forms, N-Z
ca. 1949-1966
228
Manuscript permission forms, A-K
1967-1970
229
Manuscript permission forms, L-Z
1967-1970
230
Manuscript permission forms, A-L
1970-1974
231
Manuscript permission forms, M-Z
1970-1974
232
Manuscript permission forms, A-G
1975-1979
233
Manuscript permission forms, H-N
1975-1979
234
Manuscript permission forms, O-Z
1975-1979
235
Manuscript registration forms, A-L
1980-June 1982
CUL RBML Files 25
236
Manuscript registration forms, M-Z
1980-June 1982
237
Manuscript registration forms, A-L
July 1982-1985
238
Manuscript registration forms, M-Z
July 1982-1985
239
Manuscript registration forms, A-Z
1986-1988
240
Manuscript registration forms, A-O
1991-1994
241
Manuscript registration forms, P-Z
1991-1994
242
Manuscript registration forms, A-Mo
1995-1996
243
Manuscript registration forms, Mu-Z
1995-1996
244
Manuscript registration forms, A-M
July 1996-Dec. 1998
245
Manuscript registration forms, N-Z
July 1996-Dec. 1998
246
Manuscript registration forms
Jan. 1997-July 1999
247
Manuscript registration forms
1999-2000
248
Manuscript registration forms, A-HJ
2001-2002
249
Manuscript registration forms, Ho-N
2001-2002
250
Manuscript registration forms, O-Z
2001-2002
251
Oral History permission forms, A-Z
1949-1965
252
Oral History permission forms, A-M
1965-1970
253
Oral History permission forms, N-Z
1965-1970
254
Oral History registration forms, A-L
1969-1974
255
Oral History registration forms, M-Z
1969-1974
256
Oral History permission forms, A-G
1975-June 1982
257
Oral History permission forms, H-O
1975-June 1982
258
Oral History permission forms, P-Z
1975-June 1982
259
Oral History permission forms, A-J
1982-1988
260
Oral History permission forms, K-T
1982-1988
261
Oral History permission forms, U-Z
1982-1988
262
Oral History registration forms, A-K
1991-1995
CUL RBML Files 26
263
Oral History registration forms, L-Z
1991-1995
264
Oral History registration forms
1996-June 1998
265
Oral History registration forms
2001-2002
266
BAR registration sheets
1978-1980
267
BAR registration sheets, A-I
1991-1994
268
BAR registration sheets, I-Z
1991-1994
269
BAR registration sheets, A-Z
1995-1999
270
Rare book registration, A-Z
ca. 1996 to June 1998
271
Rare book registration
1998-1999
272
Rare book registration
1999-2000
273
Rare book registration
2001-2002
274
Reader registration, A-G
1985-1987
275
Reader registration, P-Z
1985-1987
276
Reader registration, A-H
1987-1991
277
Reader registration, I-Z
1987-1991
278
Reader registration
1991-1992
XI : Addition 17 January 2006
279
Book and Manuscript charge cards
Jul 2004-Jun 2005
280
Office files: General Correspondence, A-Z
1999-2001
281
Day Files
Jul 2001-Dec 2001
282
Day Files
Jan 2002-Jun 2002
283
Day Files
Jul 2002-Dec 2002
284
Day Files
Jan 2003-Jun 2003
285
Day Files
Jul 2003-Jun 2004
286
Day Files
Jul 2004-Dec 2004
287
Day Files
Jan 2005-Jun 2005
CUL RBML Files 27
288
Jean Ashton's Administrative Files, A-O
1993-2005
289
Jean Ashton's Administrative Files, P-W
1993-2005