Serials accession records, 1888-1930.
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Newberry Library
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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...
Newberry Library. Serials Section.
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From 1888 to 1910, serials accession records were titled "Record of Periodicals." Starting Oct. 5, 1909, Librarian W. N. C. Carlton introduced a new format for serials, periodicals, and continuations recordkeeping. The Carlton cards, 1910-1930, are bound in volumes titled "Serial Record." From the description of Serials accession records, 1888-1930. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 26612550 ...
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...
Carlton, W. N. C. (William Newnham Chattin), 1873-1943
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Librarian and author, third Librarian of the Newberry Library, 1909-1920. Born in England, Carlton moved in 1882 to the United States for his schooling. Prior to Carlton's tenure at the Newberry, he served as librarian at Trinity College, Conn. While at the Newberry, Carlton reorganized and systemized all library procedures; he abandoned the Rudolph Indexer catalogue, revived the card catalogue, and started using Library of Congress cataloguing for the collections. In 19...
