This collection is located onsite.
This collection has no restrictions.
This collection consists of Charles F. McCombs's course materials for teaching Library Service 301: Bibliography and Bibliographical Method at the Columbia School of Library Service in the 1926-1936.
Series I: Charles F. McCombs papers, 1927-1936
This collection consists of the course materials (outlines, notes, problem sets, etc.) for Library Service 301: Bibliography and Bibliographical Method. Charles F. McCombs and Isadore G. Mudge taught this course at the School of Library Service in the 1920s to the 1930s.
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This collection is located onsite.
This collection has no restrictions.
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.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles F. McCombs papers; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
Charles F. McCombs can be found in the Librarians' Portraits collection. See also the School of Library Service records.
No additions are expected.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
This collection was processed by Joanna Rios, November 2024.
Charles F. McCombs had an AB from Ohio State University (1909) and a BLS from the New York State Library School (1913). He worked at the Ohio State University Library (1909-1910); Assistant, Reading Room, Library of Congress (1910-1912), Superintendent, Main Reading Room, and later, Chief Bibliographer, New York Public Library. McCombs started as an Instructor in Bibliography in the Columbia Summer Session (1920-1926) and then served as a Lecturer at the reopened Columbia School of Library Service (1926-1936).
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