Records, 1889-1965.

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Records, 1889-1965.

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Manuals, guides, notes, lists pertaining to the cataloguing and classification functions in the Library.

3 cubic ft. (5 boxes and 3 volumes)

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Newberry Library. Cataloguing Section.

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Cataloguing and classification have been reorganized numerous times since the Library's founding in 1892. Until 1919, they were separate departments, and from 1915 to 1919, after the reintroduction of the card catalogue, cataloguing was further divided into a Recataloguing Division and an Author Cataloguing Division. From 1919 to 1937, cataloguing and classification remained distinct functions performed by different individuals in a merged department. By 1938, cataloguin...

Newberry Library. Technical Services Dept.

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Following a two-year experiment (1931-1933) with a Technical Department head, a single technical services administrator, responsible for cataloguing, classification, and ordering, was not reappointed until 1959 when Mabel Erler served for three years as head of the Technical Processes Department. In 1965, a unified department was formed again under Bernard Wilson (1965-1967), and continued under Technical Services librarians David Stam (1967-1971), Richard Seidel (1971-1989), and Margaret Brenne...