Library Reference Department records, 1904-1959

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0264
Bib ID:
4078639 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Butler Library. Reference Department
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
0.83 linear feet (1000 items in 2 document boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

All administrative records of the University are restricted for 25 years from the date of creation.

Description

Summary

Office files of two former heads of the Columbia University Libraries' Reference Department. The files of Isadore Mudge, 1930-1937, 1940, and those of Constance M. Winchell, 1940-1945 and 1947-1959. The files are chiefly inter-office memoranda with other librarians and administrative memoranda for the department. There is some correspondence. Also, a file of Reference Department annual reports, 1904-1940.

Arrangement

Arranged.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

All administrative records of the University are restricted for 25 years from the date of creation.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Library Reference Department records; Box and Folder; Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

Related Materials

For additional materials, please consult the Columbia University Library Office files, 1890-1998.

Accruals

No additions are expected.

Ownership and Custodial History

Transferred from the Reference Department, after 1959.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Reference Department. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--1959. Accession number--M-59.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 05/05/89.

Revision Description

2024-10-18 Finding aid published (JR)

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Annual reports CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Memorandums CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Columbia University. Libraries CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mudge, Isadore Gilbert, 1875-1957 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Winchell, Constance M (Constance Mabel), 1896-1983 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Academic librarians -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Academic libraries -- Reference services CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID