Records, 1828-1984.

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Records, 1828-1984.

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Contains board minutes, financial reports and accounting records, librarians' correspondence and memoranda, bibliographic records, scrapbooks, and memorabilia. Also contains the correspondence and other papers of the founder, John Crerar (1827-1889), and the personal and professional papers of the four Crerar librarians, Clement Walker Andrews (1858-1930), Jens Christian Bay (1871-1962), Herman Henry Henkle (1908-1987), and William Stone Budington (1919- ). Includes material relating to the Lincoln sculpture by Augustus St. Gaudens, the founding of the Library, the physical housing of the collection, including the relocation to the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1962, accessions records, fund raising, membership campaigns, interlibrary loan cooperation, equipment and supplies, cataloging statistics, fee-based research service, exhibits, and bibliographic publications.

191.5 linear ft. (323 boxes and 186 v.)

University of Chicago Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7649786

University of Chicago Library

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John Crerar Library.

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The John Crerar Library was incorporated on October 12, 1894 and opened to the public on April 1, 1897. The Library was established as a free public research library specializing in the sciences. Because of changes in scientific information and continuing financial pressures, the Crerar Board of Directors agreed to consolidate the Crerar collections with those in science, medicine, and technology at the University of Chicago. The merger took place in 1984 with the move of the collections to a ne...

Henkle, Herman Henry, 1900-

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Budington, William S. (William Stone)

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Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907

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Sculptor. From the description of Papers of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, circa 1848-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071553 Sculptor and artist. From the description of Augustus Saint-Gaudens papers, 1891-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981198 Sculptor, New York. From the description of Letter, 1893 April 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553768 American sculptor. From the description of Saint-Gaudens National...

Crerar, John, 1827-1889

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Andrews, Clement W. (Clement Walker), 1858-1930

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Clement Walker Andrews was librarian of the John Crerar Library, University of Chicago from 1895-1928. From the guide to the Clement Walker Andrews Correspondence, 1893-1918, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) ...

Bay, J. Christian (Jens Christian), 1871-1962

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J. Christian Bay was an author. From the description of Introduction, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122548708 Author. From the description of J. Christian Bay papers, 1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123540299 ...