Metropolitan College Interlibrary Association (New York N.Y.) records, 1958-1966

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Series I: Files re. Formation and Governance



Box 1 Folder 1 The Formation of the MCILA

(Six items including minutes of the meetings of the librarian who in 1953 brought the MCILA into existence, a proposed constitution for the organization that was presented and revised at the first membership meeting, minutes of the September 25, 1953 meeting of the Projects Committee, and a speech on library cooperation made by Joseph N. Whitten, the MCILA's first President, at a meeting of the Library Steering and Advisory Committee of the Council of Higher Educational Institutions in New York City)


Box 1 Folder 2 MCILA Bulletin

(Twenty-three items from October, 1958 to May 20, 1965. The first issue contains a short account of the formation of the MCILA, the second; its constitution and byelaws. Subsequent issues contain minutes of membership meetings, usually three a year, and occasional questionaires)


Box 1 Folder 3 MCILA Executive Board Minutes. (Fifteen items from), May l0, 1958 to October 3, 1963, 15 items


Box 1 Folder 4 MCILA Membership Lists, 1953 to 1965. Missing is the 1963-1964 list., 6 items


Box 1 Folder 5 MCILA Membership Meeting Notices, November, 1959 to March 15, 1960, 12 items

(Notice for February 24, 1960 meeting has attached a questionnaire on the functioning of each member's college library)


Box 1 Folder 6 Correspondence of the President of the MCILA: Outgoing, May 31, I960 to October 7, 1966, 33 items


Box 1 Letters of:


Box 1 Folder 4 Angela Giardina, Librarian, Pace College, President of MCILA, May, 1960 to May, 1961.


Box 1 Folder Unknown Alexander Thomas, Librarian, Iona. College, President of MCILA, May, 1963 to May, 1964


Box 1 Folder 5 Miriam Grosh, Librarian, Upsala College, President of MCILA, May, 1964 to May, 1965


Box 1 Leonard Cohan, Director of Libraries, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Presiaeni of MCILA, May, 1965 to final dissolution in 1966


Box 1 Folder 7 Correspondence of the Persident of the MCILA:

(The presidental correspondence relates to the activities, meetings and plans of the MCILA. Most of the correspondence concerns the arrangemets for membership meetings and finding speakers. The correspondence also relates to membership application and the election of MCILA officers, narrative board writings, library cooperation, library legislation, and the final dissolution of the MCILA)


Box 1 Folder 7 Incomimg, May 24, 1960 - February 22, 1967, 36 items


Box 1 Folder 8 Correspondence of the Vice President of the MCILA, February 24, 1961 to May 7, 1965, 9 items

(The letters in this folder relate to the securing of speakers for membership meetings)


Box 1 Letters of:


Box 1 Folder 9 Warren N. Boes, Director of Libraries, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Vice President of the MCILA, May, 1960 to May, 1961


Box 1 Folder Unknown Alexander Thomas, Librarian, Iona College, Vice President of MCILA, May, 1962 to May, 1963


Box 1 Folder 10 Leonard Cohan, Director of Libraries, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Vice President of MCILA,, May, 1964 to May, 1965


Box 1 Folder 9 Folder 9. Other Correspondence:

Eight items from July 25, 1958 to May 4, 1963. (The letters in this folder relate to membership, dues, finance speakers, and the nomination of officers of the MCILA)


Box 1 Folder 10 Folder 10. Council of Higher Educational Institutions in New York City:

Seventeen items from 1958 to 1960. (This material includes minutes and notices of meetings, a press release, a chart, and two issues of Library Cooperation in New York. Most of the items in this folder relate to the work of Warren James Haas, Library Consultant for the Council of Higher Educational Institutions in New York City)