Book order correspondence, 1917-1969.

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Book order correspondence, 1917-1969.

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Correspondence (foldered, bound, letterpress) concerning the purchase of books, periodicals, etc., dating from 1917. Primarily correspondence with book dealers and bookshops, but also records of European buying trips (1949-1963) and memoranda (1952-1968) from Library book selectors including Bill Aydelotte, Hans Baron, Felix Borowski, Stanley Morison, Stanley Pargellis, and John Tedeschi.

12.5 cubic ft. (12 cartons and 1 volume)

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Newberry Library. Order Section.

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Beginning with the incorporation of the Library in 1892, booklists were submitted by the Librarian to the Trustee Committee on Books for approval. Upon the retirement of George B. Utley, the Committee on Books approval for routine purchases became more of a formality. During Pargellis's administration, 1942-1962, booklists were termed "List of Books Added to the Library." Beginning in 1962, L. W. Towner submitted a "Monthly Acquisitions Report" which continued to list al...

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...

Erler, Mabel J.

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Butler, Pierce, 1886-1953

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Moss, Jesse L. b. 1847.

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Baron, Hans, 1900-....

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Historian, scholar of Italian Renaissance history and literature. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1920s-1980s]. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 33429225 From the guide to the Hans Baron Papers, 1920-1988, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) ...