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Manuscripts Guide to Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Manuscripts Guide to Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Maynard J. Brichford Robert M. Sutton Dennis EWalle UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS Urbana Chicago London ©1976 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Brichford, Maynard J Manuscripts guide to collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Includes index. 1. Illinois. University at Urbana-Champaign — Archives. 2. Illinois — History — Sources — Bibliography. 3. Illinois Historical Survey. 4. Illinois. University at Urbana-Champaign. Library. Rare Book Room. I. Sutton, Robert Mize, 1915- joint author. II. Walle, Dennis F., 1938- joint author. III. Title. CD3209.U728B74 016.9773 75-38797 ISBN 0-252-00599-6 INTRODUCTION A guide to the manuscript collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign fills a basic need of research scholars for a descriptive work on the University's manuscript resources. It brings together in one document a comprehensive inventory of all of the University's manuscript collections. While the University has had no coordinated program for the collection of manuscripts, the Illinois Historical Survey, University Archives and other offices have acquired many valuable collections. These acquisitions represent the interests of individual collectors in providing original source material for the use of scholars. Beginning in 1909, the Illinois Historical Survey collected originals and photocopies of documents pertaining to Illinois and the Old Northwest. The research interests of historians Clarence W. Alvord, Theodore C. Pease and Arthur E. Bestor, Jr. are reflected in the manuscripts in the Survey collections. The concern of Charles M. Thompson about the history of business enterprises is responsible for the University's business archives. The collecting instincts of Phineas L. Windsor enabled the Library to provide shelter for manuscript collections for many years. After World War II, the support of Robert B. Downs and Gordon Ray was responsible for the acquisition of the collections of Herbert G. Wells, Carl Sandburg and other literary figures. Since 1963, the University Archives has moved to collect the personal papers of faculty, administrative staff, trustees, students, alumni and academic organizations. In 1969, an awareness of the cumulative significance of the holdings of several manuscripts - collecting agencies led to the development of plans for this Guide . The principal objectives have been clarity and uniformity in description, the promotion of research use and a concern for the proper description, care and housing of the collections. Terms used in the Guide conform to definitions in "A Basic Glossary for Archivists, Manuscript Curators and Records Managers" compiled by Frank B. Evans, Donald F. Harrison and Edwin A. Thompson in The American Archivist 37 (July 1974) : 415-433. Minor differences in the form of entries and standards for coverage reflect long- established practices as well as the uses of the collections included. When the University is in session, the Illinois Historical Survey and the University Archives are open from 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 on week days and the Rare Book Room is open from 9 to 12, Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 on week days. As schedules and hours are subject to frequent change, it is advisable to write or telephone in advance. Illinois Historical Survey Room 1A Library 217-333-1777 Urbana, Illinois 61801 Rare Book Room 346 Library 217-333-3777 Urbana, Illinois 61801 University Archives including Business Archives 19 Library 217-333-0798 Urbana, Illinois 61801 I commend this work to the reader with my profound thanks to the staff and students who have collaborated in its production. Their enthusiastic cooperation in preparing the Guide is matched only by their willingness to assist scholars who will use these collections. Maynard Brichford CONTENTS Part I: University Archives 1 Part II: Illinois Historical Survey Library 119 Part III: Business Archives, History Library, Rare Book Room 301 Index 333 PARTI University Archives Established in September, 1963, the University Archives is a research office concerned with higher education. Its chief concern is the documentation of the University's organizational responses to social needs and the intellectual contributions of individuals made possible through the interaction and facilities of the University. Its early history is described in "The Illiarch," an article in the February 1970 issue of Illinois Libraries . The Archives contains official records, publications and personal papers of faculty, students, alumni and staff. The subject content of most official records and published archival series is reflected by their provenance. The University Archives maintains a 468-page Classification Guide listing administrative units by record groups (colleges or major administrative units) and sub-groups (departments or secondary administrative units). The Classification Guide includes administrative histories, an alphabetical index and a statistical supplement. Researchers may also locate archival sources through chronological files of the Daily Illini , the Illio , annual press Reference Folders and clippings about the university from non-university sources. Subject access is provided through a general reference file and through cumulative and volume subject indexes to the Board of Trustees' Reports . The basic finding aid in the University Archives is a Kardex visible filing system containing 5x8 control cards describing 2,995 record series. The control cards show record group, sub-group, series title, inclusive dates, volume, arrangement, acquisition date, shelf location and a narrative description of the series content in 21 lines or less. The description includes series title, a statement explaining the provenance of the series and a brief list of the types of documentation included and subjects covered. The dates of birth and death and the dates of academic appointments at professorial rank are included for personal papers. For persons attending the university, the class or dates of attendance are given. If the personal papers include correspondence, a brief list of significant correspondents may be added to the listing of subjects covered. The control cards also indicate if a supplementary finding aid has been prepared for the series and its length in pages. While the 3,712 pages of supplementary finding aids vary in form and length, they are usually subject lists taken from folder labels. Finding aids for correspondence files may be alphabetical name listings. Longer finding aids include subject and name indexes to box location, e.g. finding aids for the Roger Adams (91 pages), Arthur E. Bestor (57 pages) and Stewart S. Howe (100 pages) collections. Special finding aids provide subject control over 100,000 photographs, 3,500 sound recordings and the files of the President's Office. Another finding aid lists the archival holdings of the papers of 351 authors in the Modern Language Association's 1973 American Literary Manuscripts list. Researchers may obtain copies of specific finding aids or subject listings at cost. The principal continuing finding aid for record series in the University Archives is an alphabetical list of 2,000 subjects showing the numbers of record series containing information relating to each subject. It is produced by a computer program from punched cards in the Archives' PARADIGM system. The program permits the periodic listing of subject codes that have been assigned to 809 record series. The Archives section of the Manuscripts Guide includes personal papers of 268 faculty, 46 administrators, 42 students and 33 alumni and the records of 22 non-university organizations. These 411 record series are 14% of the total holdings of the Archives by number of collections and 27% by volume. 663 ABRAMS, SAMUEL SCRAPBOOK, 1902-1906 .2 cu. ft. Samuel Abrams Scrapbook, Including materials from a correspondence course In advertising taken by Mr. Abrams before attending Illinois in 1907-10. The materials Include promotional literature, correspondence, exercise sheets, samples of advertising and related material issued by the Page-Davis Correspondence School of Advertising Writing in Chicago. Some material relates to Abrams' violin school and other Chicago businesses. RS 26/20/4 ADAMS, ROGER (1889-1971) PAPERS, 1812-1971 2 3. 6 cu. ft. Papers of Roger Adams (1889-1971), professor of chemistry (1916-57), and department head (1926-54), including personal items relating to family, education and travel; photographs; correspondence with family, foundation officials, businessmen, officials of professional societies, scientists and former students; tape-recorded interviews on the chemistry department and financial support of research and graduate work; speeches; reports; manuscripts; reprints; books; correspondence and research on the chemistry of ff-rihuana (1938-41); documents about service in the Chemical Warfare Service (1917-18) and National Defense Research Committee (1941-46) , and as scientific advisor in Germany (1945-46) and Japan (1947-48); programs of symposia and award ceremonies and newspaper clippings relating to awards and activities. Three subject files (1949-71) contain correspondence, reports, agendas, minutes, memoranda and newsletters relating to associations with the Battelle Memorial Institute,