Records, 1917-1969.
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Newberry Library. Reference Services Section.
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Although the Reference Services Section was not officially organized until 1983, reference services have been provided to the Library's readership since 1893. During the Library's first years, reference services were handled by the Classification and Reference Department, by personnel staffing the departmental reading rooms, and by the Librarian. In 1915 a Reference Division was created (name changed in 1916 to Public Services Division). Reference remained a part of Publ...
Newberry Library. Reader Services Dept.
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In 1916 the Public Services (Reference) Division was created consisting of the Main Reading Room, Department of History and Genealogy, Edward E. Ayer Collection, and Exhibition Room. Between 1916 and 1961 five librarians administered the Division: Gerald M. W. Teyen (1916-1919), William S. Merrill (1919-1928), Edwin E. Willoughby (1929-1930), John T. Windle (1931-1948), and Ben C. Bowman (1949-1962). In 1962 the Division of Public Services was disbanded and the head of e...
