National Microfilm Association records, 1944-1989 (bulk 1944-1973)

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National Microfilm Association records, 1944-1989 (bulk 1944-1973)

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Collection contains: materials documenting the work of the organization between 1944 and 1973, with scattered materials documenting some activities as late as 1990. The materials consist of correspondence, constitutions, by-laws, handbooks, meeting minutes, membership lists, biographical information, financial records, company publications, and articles and scholarly presentations. Also included are papers related to Vernon Tate's Archive of Micrographics.

76.5 linear ft.

University of Michigan

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SNAC Resource ID: 7861882

University of Michigan

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Tate, Vernon Dale (1909- ).

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Historian, librarian, and archivist; editor of the Journal of Documentary Reproduction, 1938-1942; Secretary, National Microfilm Association, 1946-1948; Director of Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1956; President, American Documentation Institute, 1948-1949; Executive Secretary, National Microfilm Association, 1952-1973; Librarian, U.S. Naval Academy; 1956-1967; in 1963 named a Fellow of the National Microfilm Association; Archivist, U.S. Naval Academy, 1967-1969; Archivis...

National Microfilm Association

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After World War II a highly competitive information industry expanded into new formats: microcards, microfiche, aperture cards, and experimental retrieval machines. The National Microfilm Association, founded in 1944, sought to set standards for microreproduction and to protect the industry from foreign competition, unscrupulous entrepreneurs, and opposition from the paper and printing industries. From the description of National Microfilm Association records, 1944-1989 (bulk 1944-19...