THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Reference Department GENERAL REFERENCE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY DIVISION MICROFILMS AND MICROCARDS: THEIR USE IN RESEARCH A Selected List oí References THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Reference Department GENERAL REFERENCE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY DIVISION MICROFILMS AND MICROCARDS: THEIR USE IN RESEARCH A Selected List oí Reference* Compiled by Blanche Prichard McCrum WASHINGTON JUNE 1950 This publication is sold by the Card División, Library of Congress, Washington 25, D. C. Price 55 cents. Its purchase may "be charged against card accounts of subscribers to the card servicej others niust pay in advance by check or money order made payable to the Librarían of Congress. Postage stamps are not accepted» PÜECHASES FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES FOR THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE MADE WHH ÜHESCO BOOK COPPOHS. L.Co Card, 50-62951 TAELE OF CONTENTS Page Foreword iii Key to Symbols v Books, Monographs, and Journals 1 Articles in Periodicals, 1946-1950 25 Toplcal Index 73 -iii- FOREWORD Microfilms and microcards of records, books, and manuscripts are contributing in ever increasing measure to that "critical and exhaustive investigation or experimentation having for its aim the discovery of new facts and their correct interpretation." Bankers, engineers, industrialists, lawyers and government agencies — to mention only a few specialized interests — have a growing stake in the products of the techniques. Therefore, these types of photographic reproduction by no means may be considered the special province of the professional archivist, documentalist, or librarian. Quite on the contrary, it seems evident that in years to come investigators working in a growing number of dis- ciplines must take careful account of such means for securing a more complete mastery of materials basic to their research, For the information of such research workers the bibliog- raphy of selected references which follows has been prepared. Its purpose is to indicate the sources from which may be gained understanding of the history, development, spread, and present utility of microfilms and microcards. Types of material which may be located through the use of existing catalogs and lists have been emphasized as well as the services that make the re- productions available. On the other hand, the list is not designed to appeal to»the highly specialized interests of pro- fessional photographers and technicians, or to contribute to - iv - the literature of library administration in this fieldj ñor does it cover developments in countries other than the United States. Excursions down all of these divergent paths obviously would have ended in a forest of references hardly to be seen in any one perspective because of its many bibliographical trees. Neverthe- less, for the convenience of those whose interests center in the latter aspects of the subject, incidental references under these categori.es, which carne to hand in the course of the investigation, have been included rather than discarded. Part I of the list, with two or three exceptions, is limited to recording books, monographs, bibliographies, catalogs, and journals. Among these, emphasis on recent publications has caused the elimination of various otherwise desirable items, only a few of which have been retained for historical purposes. Part II, however, exeludes practically all references except those to periodical articles published since January 1, 1946, a period filled with technical improvements in the two media that result in large part from the Ímpetus gained throu^i the use of photo- graphic reproductions during World War II. A brief topical index is supplied as a substitute for a classified. arrangement of entries which proved impractical because of the character of the material, and a key to symbols used is also provided. Blanche Prichard McGrum - V - KEI TO SYMBOLS GPRR Library of Congress, Government Publications Reading Boom Law Library of Congress, Law Library MRR Library of Congress, Microfilm Reading Room SD Library of Congrsss, Seriáis División SR Library of Congress, Slavic Room THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GENERAL REFERENCE áND BIBLIOGRAPHI DIVISION MICROFILMS AND MICROCARDS: THEIR USE IN RESEARCH A Selected List of References Compiled by Blanche Prichard McCrum I. Books, Monographs, and Journals 1 American Council of Learned Societies. British manuscript project. (In Modera Language Association of America. Publications (Menasha, Wis.) 1944» v. 59, suppl. pt. 2: 1463-1488.) PB6.M6, v. 59 Gives brief historical account of launching the project, and the results obtained by 1944j estimates pages requested for microfilmi,ng at approximately 25 million, and 2500 one-hundred- foot rolls of film, containing 6 or 7 manuscripts each, as the supply to be made available finally in the Microfilm Reading Room of the Library of Congress; includes sample contents list of collec- tions microfilmed from Cambridge (England) libraries, this being part of a complete listing undertaken by the General Library of the University of Michigan, where positive copies of the Library of Congress negatives were being deposited. 2 [List of materials on microfilm available through the Russian Reprint Program. Washington, 1948+] unpaged. Processed. SR Issued irregularly. See also Proceedings of the annual meeting Of the Council held on Jan. 2?-28, 1949 (Its Bulletin (Washington) March 1949, no. 42: 78-80) for further information on the Reprint Program. "Experiment is also being made with other forms of May 1, 1950 - 2 - 2 American Council of Learned Societies. British manuscript project. [List of materials on microfilm ...] (cont.) reproduction, microfilm, microcard, etc.; especially for very large items like encyclopedias and diction- aries and for items in demand by only a few institu- tions or individuáis." 3 American documentation. v. 1* Winter (Jan. 1950)+ Washington 6, American Documentation Institute (1719 N St., N.W.) 1950* SD 15.00 a year in U.S. and abroad Quarterly, ed. by Vernon D. Tate. "... an independent, impartial critical journal whose editors and publishers are motivated only by the spirit óf scientific inquiry and service to the users of documentation." Prospectus. Aims to retain features of the Journal of Docu- mentary Reproduction (discontinued) including emphasis on photographic, mechanical, and other techniques. 4 American Documentation Institute. Catalog of auxiliary publications in microfilms and photoprints. Washington, 1946. 51 p. Processed. Z1033.M5A5 Lists documents deposited under a prograin established in 1937 to enable scientists and scholars to make available important papera too long for publicatión in journals, these to be kept on order as microfilms or photoprints by the Institute (1719 N St., N.W., Washington 6, D.C.) "This publication will be distributed free so long as this edition is available." 5 American Standards Association. American standard for reels for processed microfilm. Z3B.7.17-1946. New York 17, The Association (70 East 45th Street) 1946. 1 p. (American standards for photography other than cinema- tography series) Price 15 cents Covers spindle holes, core, separation and thick- ness of flanges, capacity and outside diameter. Approved August 9> 1946, by the Association; sponsor, the Optical Society of America. 6 American standard practice for microfilms. Z3&.7.&-1947. New York, The Association, 1947. 2 p. (American standards for photography other than cinematography series) Price 25 cents Defines the term "microfilm," specifies the stock to be used for safety, describes proper width and - 3 - 6 American Standards Association. American standard practice for microfilms (cont.) perforation when present, winding, thickness of film base, format and placement. Appi*oved December 5, 1947 by the Association; sponsor, the Optical Society of America. 7 American standard specification for microfilm readers. Z38.7.9-1946. New York, The Association, 1946. 2 p. (American standards for photography other than cinema- tography series) Price 15 cents Defines "miorofilm reader" and gives details of standard dimensions, lenses, magnificatión, and illumination. Approved August 9, 1946, by the Asso- ciation; sponsor, the Optical Society of America. 8 Assembly of Librarians of the Americas. lst, Washington, D.C., 1947. Proceedings, lst assembly, May 12 to June 6, 1947» A report by Luther H. Evans, Ghairraan of the Assembly. Washington, Library of Congress, 1948. 314 p. Z673.A64, 1947- See p. 236-239 for report of a seminar on photo- graphic reproduction. Points emphasized are: damages to printed and manuscript materials, notably in the tropics, which cali for reproduction on microfilm, as, for instan ce, in Guatemala; advisability of establishing in various countries centers for dissemi- nation of information on microfilm; hope that the archives of Nicaragua, badly damaged by earthquake in 1931» may be restored by microphotographic reproduction. 9 Bibliography of Russian periodicals [of which microfilm copies have been deposited in the Library of Congress] Washington, 1948. 1. B-l-656. Processed. SR No longer issued. For current bibliographical information concerning Russian monographic and periodical material, whether in the original form of publications or in microfilm copies, see U.S. Library of Congress. Processing Department. Monthly List of Russian Accessions April 1948+ v. 1* (Washington, The Library) 1948* Unless otherwise indicated, items listed are represented in the collections of the Library of Congress; however, symbols are used to show location of material in other libraries when entries for such