Series I. Columbia University School of Library Service, 1972-1987, undated
This series consists of correspondence, newsletters, committee minutes, notes, and event documentation related to the activities and operations of the Columbia University School of Library Service. The series includes a selection of issues of Library Service News, offering insight into the regular activities of the department, faculty, and alumni, as well notes, place cards, and photographic slides from early printing and private press exhibits held in the library. This series also contains documentation of the establishment of a program concentration in Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Special Collections, including an unsigned letter draft presumably written by Terry Belanger in which he details the need for the program and provides a brief synopsis on the Grolier Club's association with it, and on the 1987 conference on Libraries and Scholarly Communication in the United States sponsored jointly by Columbia University and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
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Committee on Goals and Objectives, 1974
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Committee on Instruction, 1983-1986
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Committee on Research and Academic Librarianship, 1985
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Conference on Libraries and Scholarly Communication (co-sponsored by Library of Congress),, 1987
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Executive Committee, 1984-1985, 1987-1992, 1984-1985, 1987-1992
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Library Exhibits, Undated
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Library Service News, 1972-1984
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Rare Books and Special Collections Concentration, 1973
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Statutory Faculty, 1979-1980
Series II. Correspondence -- General, 1969-1992
This series contains correspondence and related materials that do not explicitly relate to Columbia University's School of Library Service or Thompson's professional development activities, publications, service activities, or speaking engagements. (Correspondence related to such categories are housed in their respective series.) This series contains correspondence with Leo Wyatt on the topic of calligraphy (1977-1981), L. Carrington Goodrich on the disputed timeline of Oriental printing (1969-1992), and Herbert Kleist on book bindings (1974-1975).
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Correspondence with L. Carrington Goodrich (on Oriental printing), 1969-1992
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Correspondence with Leo Wyatt (on calligraphy), 1977-1981
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Herbert Kleist on bookbindings, 1974-1975
Series III. Professional Development, 1976-1977, 1980, 1986, 1991-1993
This series contains documentation of seminars and conferences that Thompson attended as an attendee rather than a speaker. Invitations, schedules, and lists of registrants are included.
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American Library Association (ALA) Centennial Library History Seminar, 1976
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American Printing History Association (APHA) -- Conferences, 1991-1993
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Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) -- Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Preconferences, 1977, 1980, 1986, 1977, 1980, 1986
Series IV. Publications and Manuscripts, 1965-1986
This series contains correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, and notes related to articles and books written by, edited by, and compiled by Thompson, including Caxton: An American Contribution to the Quincentenary Celebration (1976) and American Book Design and William Morris (1977). This series also contains a manuscript report on the state of libraries in Nigeria and Kenya (1965) with a small set of accompanying black-and-white photographs.
Series V. Service and Committees, 1971-1979, 1982
This series includes correspondence, minutes, and related materials documenting the committees and advisory councils on which Thompson served. (Service specific to the Columbia University School of Library Service is located in Series I.) This series contains documentation from the first annual conference of the American Printing History Association (1976), which is also co-located in Series IV and VI.
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American Library Association (ALA) Library History Round Table, 1976-1977
American Printing History Association (APHA)
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
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Rare Books and Manuscripts Section -- Committee to Study Special Education for Training Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Librarians,, 1971-1975
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Rare Books and Manuscripts Section -- Continuing Education Committee,, 1977-1979
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Corrodentia Society, 1971-1975
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Heritage of the Graphic Arts, 1977
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National Conservation Advisory Council, 1974-1975
Series VI. Speaking Engagements, 1971-1980
This series contains correspondence, documentation, notes, and text of speeches delivered by Thompson at panel, conference, and seminar appearances.
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Corrodentia Society, 1971-1975
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New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency (METRO) Conservation Seminar,, 1974
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Typophiles Christmas Luncheon for Joseph Dunlap, 1974
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American Printing History Association (APHA) -- First Annual Conference,, 1976
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Society of Printers (Boston), 1976
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University of Alabama -- Symposium on the Book Arts, 1976
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American Printing History Association (APHA) -- New York Chapter, 1977
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum -- Book Arts Program, 1978
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New York Library Association Conference Panel on Special Collections, 1978
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Trumbull College -- Dedication of Sherman Foster Johnson Press, 1978
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Rochester Institute of Technology -- Goudy Award for Edna Beilenson, 1980