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This collection consists of the records created by the curators of the Columbiana collection. The records include the annual reports, correspondence, acquisition and exhibition information, and research materials.

The Edward M. Kennedy Prize records are records related to the adminstration of the prize. These include administrative material such as nomination forms and correspondence, as well as the finalists' and winning submissions.

A negative 16mm. motion picture film of the Dictionary Card Catalog of Columbia University Libraries ca. 1938-1948. The film was meant to be a record copy of the catlog to be used for reproducing it if it were ever mutilated or destroyed. Unfortunately, the quality of the film is so poor that it is unsuitable for reproduction. The films have been retained as a sample of the mid-twentieth century holdings of a large American academic library

The correspondence and working papers of the "Survey of Resources of the Columbia University Libraries" (unpublished typescript), 1941. This guide to the Libraries' resources was prepared to supply data for Robert B. Downs' RESOURCES OF NEW YORK CITY LIBRARIES (Chicago, A.L.A., 1942). The resulting typescript is kept at the Reference desk in Butler Library.

Notes and minutes from RCL meetings, 1970-1994.

Files relating to the Exhibit Committee.

The Card Catalog is a negative 16mm. motion picture film of the Dictionary Card Catalog of Columbia University Libraries ca. 1938-1948. The film was meant to be a record copy of the catalog to be uded for reproducing it if it were ever mutilated or destroyed. Unfortunately, the quality of the film is so poor that it is unusable for reproduction. The films have been retained as a sample of the mid-twentieth century holdings of a large American academic library.