Vernon Tate personal and professional papers, 1929-1989.

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Vernon Tate personal and professional papers, 1929-1989.

Collection includes: material that documents Tate's personal interests and activities along with many aspects of his professional career as a historian, librarian, and archivist between 1929 and 1989; papers contain correspondence, speeches, articles, meeting minutes, annual reports, newsletters, conference proceedings, press releases, dissertation research materials, and photographic and microphotographic research notes.

47.5 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7861884

University of Michigan

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American documentation institute

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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...