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Series I: Office and Day Files, 1917- 2011
Series II: Annual Reports, 1930- 2013
Series IV: Facilities, 1947- 2006
Series V: Acquisitions and Appraisals, 1952-2007
Series VI: Security, 1947-2006
Series VII: Reading Room registers, 1931- 2010
Series VIII: Call Slips, 1971- 2013
Series IX: Statistics, 1974-2005
Series X: Registration Forms, 1949- 2013
Series XI: Grants, Donors and Fundraising, 1950-2010
Series XII: Herbert Lehman Suite Files, 1953-2001
Series XIII: Legacy Description

RBML Office Files, 1917-2022

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Series VIII: Call Slips, 1971- 2013

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This series consists of charge cards that detail material used by researchers from the manuscripts collections, rare books and the Bakhmeteff archives. When material is requested from one of the Rare Book and Manuscript Libraries collections, a two-part, carbonless call slip is filled out, consisting of the original top half (the flimsy) and the carbon-copy (the charge card) bottom half. For rare books and some manuscript material (such as volumes and folders paged individually), the flimsy is left on the shelf in place of the material paged. Once material is shelved, the flimsy and the bottom half of the call slip are brought back together to check that material has been returned by the user and returned to its proper location.

The call slips, prior to the 1980s, featured a blue heading band for manuscript requests and a brown band for rare books. The form includes the user name and requested item title and location. The call slips are filed by academic year (June to July) in two sequences: the charge card is organized alphabetically by collection name and the flimsies are organized chronologically by shelving date. Originally kept separately by division, call slips for all collections were filed together starting in the fall of 2008 ( all of RBML collections combined). Since February 2013, all user information is entered in the Special Collections Research Account Aeon software.

Bakhmeteff Archives


Box 168 1977-1978


Box 169 1978-1979


Box 170 1979-1980


Box 171 1980-1981


Box 172 1981-1982


Box 173 1982-1983


Box 174 1983-1984


Box 175 1984-1985


Box 176 1985-1986


Box 177 1986-1987


Box 178 1987-1988


Box 179 1988-1989


Box 180 1989-1990


Box 181 1990-1991


Box 182 1991-1992


Box 153 1992-1993

Box 153 1993-1994


Box 185 1994-1995


Box 204 1995-1997

(flimsies)


Box 186 1995-1996


Box 187 1996-1997


Box 155 1997-1998


Box 306 2002-2003

(missing 1998-2002)


Box 307 2003-2004


Box 308 2004-2005


Box 309 2005-2006


Box 314 2006-2007


Box 319 2007-2008

Manuscripts


Box 161 1971-1972


Box 162 1972-1973


Box 167 1972-1979 1980, 1972-1979, 1980

(mixed content)


Box 163 1973-1974


Box 164 1974-1975


Box 165 1975-1976


Box 166 1976-1977


Box 168 1977-1978


Box 169 1978-1979


Box 170 1979-1980


Box 171 1980-1981


Box 172 1981-1982


Box 173 1982-1983


Box 174 1983-1984


Box 175 1984-1985


Box 188 1985-1993

(mixed content)


Box 176 1985-1986


Box 177 1986-1987


Box 178 1987-1988


Box 179 1988-1989


Box 180 1989-1990


Box 181 1990-1991


Box 182 1991-1992


Box 183 1992-1993


Box 184 1993-1994


Box 185 1994-1995


Box 186 1995-1996


Box 200 1995-1996


Box 187 1996-1997


Box 202 1996-1997


Box 203 1997-1998


Box 205 1997-1998


Box 206 1998-1999


Box 210 1998-2001

(mixed content)


Box 207 1999-2000


Box 208 2000-2001


Box 209 2001-2002


Box 299 2002-2003


Box 300 2003-2004

(charge cards)


Box 301 2003-2004

(flimsies)


Box 302 2004-2005

(charge cards)


Box 303 2004-2005

(flimsies)


Box 304 2005-2006

(charge cards)


Box 305 2005-2006

(flimsies)


Box 312 2006-2007

(charge cards)


Box 313 2006-2007

(flimsies)


Box 318 2007-2008

(charge cards)


Box 317 2007-2008

(flimsies)

Rare Books


Box 167 1977-1981 1984, 1977-1981, 1984


Box 189 1981-1982 November, 1981-1982


Box 190 1982 December -1983 November, 1982


Box 191 1983 December -March 185, 1983


Box 192 1985 April -1986 August, 1985


Box 193 1986 September -1988 February, 1986


Box 194 1988 March -1989 August, 1988


Box 195 1989 August -1990 December, 1989


Box 196 1991 January -1992 June, 1991


Box 197 1992 June -1994 January, 1992


Box 198 1994 February -1995 August, 1994


Box 199 1995 August -1995 September, 1995


Box 200 1995 October -1996 June, 1995


Box 201 1996 July -1997 February, 1996


Box 202 1997 March -1997 June, 1997


Box 203 1997 June -1998 June, 1997


Box 210 1998-2001

(mixed content)


Box 211 1998-1999


Box 212 1999-2000


Box 213 2000-2001


Box 224 2001-2002


Box 225 2002-2003


Box 214 2003-2004


Box 279 2004-2005


Box 310 2005-2006


Box 311 2006-2007


Box 326 2007-2008


Box 327 2007-2008

Mixed flimsies


Box 215 1984 December -1986 June, 1984


Box 216 1986-1987


Box 217 1987-1988


Box 218 1988-1989


Box 219 1990-1992


Box 220 1992-1993


Box 221 1993-1994


Box 222 1995-1996

Combined RBML collections


Box 350 Alphabetical, 2008- 2009

Box 350 Unsorted dates, 2008- 2009

(mixed content)

Box 350 2008 October 24-2008 December 29, 2008

Box 350 2008 December 30-2009 March 6, 2008

Box 350 2009 March 9-2009 May 6, 2009

Box 350 2009 May 7-2009 July 1, 2009

Box 350 2009 July 2-2009 August 7, 2009


Box 351 Folder 1 2009 August 10-2009 October 28, 2009

Box 351 Folder 2 2009 October 29-2010 January 29, 2009


Box 352 Folder 3 2010 February 1-2010 May 19, 2010

Box 352 Folder 4 2010 May 20-2010 July 30, 2010


Box 353 Folder 5 2010 August 1-2010 October 31, 2010

Box 353 Folder 6 2010 November 1-2011 January 24, 2010


Box 354 Folder 7 2011 January 25-2011 March 31, 2011

Box 354 Folder 8 2011 April 1-2011 June 17, 2011


Box 355 Folder 9 2011 June 20-2011 August 31, 2011

Box 355 Folder 10 2011 September 1-2011 November 7, 2011


Box 356 Folder 11 2011 November 8-2012 January 8, 2011

Box 356 Folder 12 2012 January 10-2012 March 13, 2012


Box 357 Folder 13 2012 March 14-2012 May 9, 2012

Box 357 Folder 14 2012 May 10-2012 July 2, 2012


Box 358 Folder 15 2012 July 3-2012 September 20, 2012

Box 358 Folder 16 2012 September 21-2012 December 5, 2012

Box 358 Folder 17 2012 December 10-2013 February 28, 2012