Carolyn Horton and Associates records, 1919-1988

Carolyn Horton and Associates records, 1919-1988

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0195
Bib ID:
4079522 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Carolyn Horton and Associates
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
16.5 linear feet (41 boxes 2 card file 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.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, subject files, business, personnel, biographical files and financial records. The correspondence files deal with clients: individuals, libraries, museums and book dealers. The chronological files are letters with individual clients, while the alphabetical clients files contain folders for institutional clients, and also include topical subject headings such as "Libraries""Museums", and headings for specific books and works of art. The subject files contain manuscripts, notes for seminars and lectures given by Carolyn Horton on the preservation of books and paper documents and include files on floods, particularly the 1966 flood in Florence, Italy, wet books, form letters, rubbings of books and sample paper. The business records consist of detailed worksheets arranged by client, describing condition of items bound or restored and the type of work done on these items; and complete financial records, i.e., bills, receipts, accounts and personnel records, including payroll, taxes, health insurance and other benefits, which document the operations of a bindery and paper restoration firm. The card file boxes contain details of work done arranged by artist name and by genre, i.e., music, portraits, newspapers, vellum, etc. The biographical files consist of correspondence, notebooks and newspaper clippings relating to Horton's career including her discovery that freezing wet books prevents their molding

Arrangement

Series 1. Box 1-9: correspondence files; Box 10-11: subject files (conservation & restoration topics); Box 12-21: business records; Box 22-28: financial records; Box 29-31: personnel records; Card file box 1-2: artist & genre files.

Series 2. Box 32: correspondence files; financial records; biographical files A-B; Box 33: biographical files C-P; Boxes 34-37: subject files A-Y; Box 38: subject files--lectures; Box 39: business files.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on 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.

This collection has no restrictions.

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); Carolyn Horton and Associates records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Carolyn Horton, 1987, 1989& 1990.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

records: Source of acquisition--Horton, Carolyn. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/27/87.

Correspondence, financial records, subject files, lectures, business records and biographical meterial. 4 linear ft (ca. 3,000 items in 8 boxes): Source of acquisition--Horton, Carolyn. Method of acquisition--Gift, 1990; Date of acquisition--05/16/90. Accession number--M-90-05-16.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

records Cataloged HR 11/15/89.

Correspondence, financial records, subject files, lectures, business records and biographical meterial. 4 linear ft (ca. 3,000 items in 8 boxes) Processed 06/18/90.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2011-12-13 xml document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Bookbinding and restoration; Document restoration including manuscripts, maps and works of art on paper.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Financial records
Lectures
Personnel records
Rubbings (visual works)
Subject
Art -- Conservation and restoration
Bookbinders -- United States -- 20th century
Bookbinding -- United States -- 20th century
Conservatorships
Manuscripts -- Conservation and restoration
Maps -- Conservation and restoration

Series I


Correspondence Files


Chronological


Box 1

1932-1961


Box 2

1962-1979


Box 3

1980-1987


Clients


Box 4

A-Coo


Box 5

Cor-F


Box 6

G-L


Box 7

M-National Agricultural Library (NAL)


Box 8

National Library of Medicine (NLM)-S


Box 9

Universities


Subject Files


Box 10

Conservation paper, Form letters, Floods, Rubbings of books, Sample paper, Seminars & lectures, Wet books,, 1931-1980


Box 11

Florence Flood, 1966-1970


Business Records


Client Sheet Bindery


Box 12

A-M, 1966-1984


Box 13

N-Z, 1966-1984


Box 14

Corning, National Agricultural Library (NAL), Northwestern University Dental School, New York Public Library, 1973-1982


Box 15

A-G, 1972-1984


Box 16

H-Z, 1971-1984


Fine Hand Binding (restoration of books worksheets)


Box 17

A-D, 1973-1982


Box 18

E-L, 1973-1982


Box 19

L-R, 1974-1979


Box 20

S-Z, 1973-1982


Box 21

Insurance Policies, 1973-1982


Financial Records


Bills, Receipts, and Accounts


Box 22

A-F, 1968-1980


Box 23

G-R, 1974-1979


Box 24

S-Z, 1976-1983


Box 25

Business bills, receipts, 1972-1984


Box 26

Clients' bills, 1955-1966


Box 27

Payroll journal, payroll books, 1976-1983


Box 28

Sales slips, sales journal, A - Z, 1981-1984


Personnel Records


Box 29

Benefits and Insurance, 1971-1984


Box 30

Employees and applicants, 1976-, 1983


Box 31

Time Sheets, 1974-, 1979


Card File Boxes


Artists


Box Card File Box 1

A-S, 1971-1984


Box Card File Box 2

T-Z, 1971-1984


Box Card File Box 2

Untreated genre file (i.e. autographs, books, diaries, duckstamps, maps, photographs, etc.)

Series II


Box 32

Correspondence Files, 1971-1986


Box 32

Financial Records, 1940-1978


Biographical Files


Box 32

A-B, 1952-1984


Box 33

C-P, 1933-1984


Subject Files


Box 34

A, 1935-1983


Box 35

B, 1936-1979


Box 36

C-Mi, 1965-1987


Box 37

Mo-Y, 1936-1981


Box 38

Lectures, 1961-1979


Box 39

Business Files-- Schedules, insurance forms, contracts, etc., 1919-1988