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Series V: Other Professional and Academic Material

Alice I. Bryan papers, 1921-1992, bulk 1935-1975

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Series II: Columbia University--School of Library Service, 1938-1976

This series consists of material related to Bryan's career at the School of Library Service. It also includes material on two research projects undertaken in the 1940s on library film forums and the legibility of the Library of Congress catalog, respectively.

Subseries II.1: General, 1939-1959, 1976, 1939-1959, 1976

consists of general announcements, correspondence, and faculty meeting material.


Box 13 Folder 1 General Announcements, 1944, 1976, Undated, 1944, 1976, Undated

Box 13 Folder 2 General Reports, 1943-1954

Box 13 Folder 3 Academic Representation, 1942

Faculty

Box 13 Folder 4 General, 1939

Box 13 Folder 5 Meetings, 1946-1954

Correspondence

Box 13 Folder 6 General--Miscellaneous, 1939-1942

By Persons

Box 13 Folder 7 Brown, Charles, 1939, 1946, 1939, 1946

Box 13 Folder 8 Heaps - Weston, 1940, 1956, 1940, 1956

Box 13 Folder 9 Hoffman - Waples, 1942

Box 13 Folder 10 Shaw, Ralph, 1942

Box 13 Folder 11 Personal History, 1944-1946, Undated, 1944-1946, Undated

Subseries II.2: Dean's Office, 1939-1965

contains correspondence and memoranda sent between Bryan, individual deans, and the dean's office.

Box 13 Folder 12 General Correspondence, 1943-1959

Box 13 Folder 13 C.C. Williamson, 1939-1942, 1965, 1939-1942, 1965

Carl M. White

Box 13 Folder 14 General Correspondence, 1946, 1953, 1946, 1953

Box 13 Folder 15 Special Memoranda, 1944-1954

Ernest J. Reese

Box 13 Folder 16 General Correspondence, 1945-1948

Box 13 Folder 17 Special Memoranda, 1944-1949

Lowell A. Martin

Box 13 Folder 18 General Correspondence, 1946-1952

Box 13 Folder 19 Special Memoranda, 1947-1951

Robert D. Leigh

Box 13 Folder 20 General Correspondence, 1952-1959

Subseries II.3: Committees, 1938-1971

documents Bryan's committee work within the school, and includes files on her work on the curriculum, masters' theses, instruction, research and doctoral committees.

Box 13 Folder 21 General, 1942-1944, 1959, 1942-1944, 1959

Box 13 Folder 22 Social Committee, 1938, 1944-1945, 1938, 1944-1945

Box 13 Folder 23 Faculty Cooperation in National Defense, 1940

Box 13 Folder 24 Masters' Theses, 1943, Undated, 1943, Undated

Box 13 Folder 25 Refugee Students, 1942-1945

Box 13 Folder 26 Columbia Research Journal, 1942

Box 13 Folder 27 1944 Curriculum Committee, 1944-1945, 1944, 1944-1945

Box 13 Folder 28 Programs for Librarians in Service, 1944

Box 13 Folder 29 Hospital Library Conference, 1945

Committee on Instruction

Box 13 Folder 30 to 31 1951-1953, (2 Folders)


Box 14 Folder 1 to 2 1953-1954, 1960-1966, 1953-1954, 1960-1966, (2 Folders)

Box 14 Folder 3 Committee on Vogleson Fund, 1950-1951

Box 14 Folder 4 Committee on Haines' Book, 1952

Box 14 Folder 5 Committee on Admissions and Awards, 1954

Box 14 Folder 6 Committee on the Survey, 1955

Committee on the Doctorate

Box 14 Folder 7 to 9 1956-1968, (3 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 1 to 3 1969-1971, (3 Folders)

Committee on Research


Box 14 Folder 10 1957-1960


Box 15 Folder 1 1961-1970

Box 15 Folder 2 Documents, 1966-1967

Subseries II.4: Special Conferences, 1944

relates to the planning of a proposed SLS Summer Conference.

Box 15 Folder 3 Summer Conference, 1944

Box 15 Folder 4 School Librarians, 1944

Subseries II.5: Examinations, 1940-1970

includes material related to examinations given by the SLS - comprehensive examinations, qualifying examinations for the doctorate, and other graduate examinations. The subseries also includes examinations for Bryan's courses; however, additional course examinations are filed with the course materials in Subseries 9: Courses.

Comprehensive

Box 15 Folder 5 General, 1940-1946

Box 15 Folder 6 Reports, 1943

Publications

Box 15 Folder 7 General, 1941-1942

Box 15 Folder 8 Achievement Examinations in Librarianship, Undated

Graduate

Box 15 Folder 9 General, 1940-1941

Box 15 Folder 10 Interpretation of Research Data, 1941

Course Examinations

Box 15 Folder 11 LS 395-396, K 8091x, 1940-1947, 1964-1970, 1940-1947, 1964-1970

Box 15 Folder 12 LS 119, 1950-1954

(Includes examination for LS 321, 1939-1940)

Box 15 Folder 13 LS 120, 1946-1947

Box 15 Folder 14 Doctoral Qualifying Exam Questions, 1956-1970

Subseries II.6: Research--Special, 1940-1946

This subseries includes Bryan's research files on library film forums (1940-1946) and the legibility of the Library of Congress catalog (1944-1945). Copies of related publications are filed in Series III, Subseries 5: Publications.

Box 15 Folder 15 Film Forums, circa, 1946

Box 15 Folder 16 Bryan-Schlesinger Scale for Rating Motion Pictures, 1941

Box 15 Folder 17 Film Forum Library Project, 1941-1943, Undated, 1941-1943, Undated


Box 16 Folder 1 Film Forum Research, 1941-1945

Box 16 Folder 2 Morale, 1940-1941

Box 16 Folder 3 Legibility--Library of Congress Catalog, 1944-1945

Subseries II.7: Student Research, 1938-1965

consists primarily of general correspondence, manuals, and memoranda on students pursuing masters' or doctoral degrees at SLS.

Box 16 Folder 4 Masters' Theses--General Requirements--Manual, 1938-1947

Box 16 Folder 5 DLS Colloquium, 1957-1965

Box 16 Folder 5 DLS Dissertations--General, 1958-1960

Subseries II.8: Students, 1938-1969

consists of general correspondence and guidelines on student research and grading policies. The subseries also contains correspondence between Bryan and individual students on research issues.

Box 16 Folder 6 Rating Scales, Undated

Correspondence--By Persons (Individual Folders)

Box 16 Folder 7 General--Miscellaneous, 1940-1969

Box 16 Folder 8 Buchanan, Lilian, 1944

Box 16 Folder 9 Jackson Evalene, Undated

Box 16 Folder 10 Oberheim, Grace, 1939-1945

Box 16 Folder 11 Research Report--General, 1941

Subseries II.9: Courses, 1939-1971

includes course outlines, lecture notes, examinations, reading lists, and other material. The files were not kept together in good order, and much of the material is undated.


Box 12 Folder 4 LS 113 Public Communication and the Library, 1950-1951


Box 16 Folder 13 to 16 LS 113, 1950-1952


Box 19 Folder 4 LS 113 and LS K6081 1951, Undated, 1951, Undated


Box 12 Folder 8 to 9 LS K6081 & LS 113--Examinations, 1955-1969, Undated, 1955-1969, Undated, (2 Folders)


Box 19 Folder 3 LS 119, 1951-1952


Box 16 Folder 12 LS 282 Human Relations in Library Administration-- Course Materials, 1939-1945, Undated, 1939-1945, Undated


Box 19 Folder 6 to 7 LS 282 and LS K8021y Human Relations in Library Administration, 1970-1971, Undated, 1970-1971, Undated, (2 Folders)


Box 16 Folder 19 LS K8021 Human Relations, Undated


Box 5 Folder 2 LS 284 Sampling, 1940-1945, Undated, 1940-1945, Undated


Box 4 Folder 9 LS 300 Seminar in Research Methods, 1961, Undated, 1961, Undated


Box 19 Folder 5 LS K6081x, 1970-1971


Box 5 Folder 1 K8911x Statistics, 1931, 1947, Undated, 1931, 1947, Undated


Box 4 Folder 7 KLS 8091 Research Methods, circa 1970, 8091, 1970

Box 4 Folder 8 to 9 K9091 Seminar in Research Methods, circa, 1970, (2 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 5 LS K, 9091

Box 12 Folder 6 to 7 LS K8091 / K9091 Research Methods, (2 Folders)


Box 17 Folder 1 LS K8091-9091 Research Methods, 1967-1968