The materials listed in this document are available for research at the University of Record Series Number Illinois Archives. For more information, email [email protected] or search http://www.library.illinois.edu/archives/archon for the record series number. 35/1/15 Library Dean's Office American Library Association Correspondence, 1909-1943 Box 1: 1909-1914 ALA Correspondence, January 1911, November 1911 - January 1912 Questionnaire on expenses of library schools; proceedings of Conference of Members of Library School Faculties, John Crerar Library (1/5/11); proceedings of 3rd annual meeting of College and University Librarians of the Middle West, Chicago Public Library (1/5&6/12); plans for 1/3/12 meeting of Library School Instructors. Questionnaires - Library School Expenses, November-December 1911, December 1913 School Library Economics curriculum, University of Chicago, School of Education letters re: Library School Faculty Roundtable, December 1913; pp. 5 and 6 of a manual. ALA Correspondence, 1910-11 ALA Professional Training Section By-Laws, Pasadena Conference; some correspondence with Chalmers Hadley, ALA secretary. ALA Manual of (American) Library Economy, December 1909 - July 1914 Synopsis of chapters for manual; list of library schools; report of the Committee on Code for Classifiers; correspondence with J. I. Wyer and Mary Plummer. ALA Correspondence, December 1910 - June 1914 Principle correspondent George B. Utley, ALA Secretary. ALA Bequests and Funds, 1902, 1913, 1923 ALA Booklist Correspondence, November 1913 - March 1914 May Massey, editor of Booklist. ALA Committee on Classification Code Correspondence, March 1913 - July 1914 William S. Merrill, ed., ALA Periodical Cards, Newberry Library. ALA Handbook, September 1912 - October 1913 Leipzig Exhibit Correspondence, December 1913 - March 1914 ALA Printed Analytical Cards, January-July 1914 ALA Professional Training Section, June-October 1913 ALA Serial List, March 1913 Conference of Middle West College and University Librarians, July 1912 - December 1913 Correspondence re: College and Reference Section. ALA Washington Conference, February-May 1914 Correspondence re: labor-saving devices for libraries. American Library Institute, June 1912, May 1913 Box 2: 1914-1919 ALA Correspondence, November 1914 - December 1919 Correspondence re: library school degrees; ALA revised constitution and enlarged program; letter from the administrator of French Civil Service; statistics of university libraries, 1913-14. 35/1/15 2 ALA Correspondence, April 1918 - June 1919 ALA membership drive; standardization and certification committee. ALA Correspondence, September 1917 - March 1919 California Assembly Bill no. 192 - Librarians' certification; questionnaire on library equipment and labor-saving devices; book and periodical importation from Central Powers. ALA Library War Service Correspondence, 1917 - January 1918 ALA Library War Service Correspondence, 1918-19 Booklists (ALA armband in Memorabilia File). ALA Library War Service - Personnel, October 1917, 1918, October 1919 ALA Library War Service Materials, 1918 Correspondence, clippings, plans, patriotic pamphlets. Camp Library Correspondence, March - May 1918 United War Work Campaign Correspondence, 1918 Re: Second Library War Fund; Campaign Bulletin IV; War Libraries, vol. 1, no. 1; bill for free county library systems in Illinois. War Issues Courses, 1918-19 ALA Library War Service Correspondence, 1918-19 Association of American Library Schools - admission, constitution. Indexing of ALA Serials Correspondence, 1914-19 Various serial lists. Rules and Instructions for Indexing Box 3: Indexing, 1920-37; Correspondence, 1919-33 Indexing of ALA Serials Correspondence, 1920, 1922 Indexing of ALA Serials Correspondence, 1920-37 Williams S. Merrill, ALA Periodical Cards; International INdex, Readers Guide. Indexing of ALA Serials for International Index Correspondence, 1927-32 William S. Merrill, ALA Periodical Cards; Adah Patton, Head Cataloguer, University of Illinois Library; H. W. Wilson Co. International Index Periodicals, 1921-32 Titles and numbers, record of indexing. ALA Correspondence, 1919-33 ALA Correspondence, 1919-23 Pamphlet, "Books and Pamphlets on Library Work", 1921. ALA Correspondence, 1920-26 Report on ALA's relation to Veterans' Bureau. ALA Correspondence, 1926-30 ALA Correspondence, 1931-333 Pamphlet, "Facts about ALA Finances"; 56th annual conference program. Montreal, June 1934. 35/1/15 3 Box 4: Correspondence, 1934-43; Executive Board and Council, 1916-24, 1937-43 ALA Correspondence, 1934-35 Notes for a national plan for libraries (6/34). ALA Correspondence, 1935-36 ALA Correspondence, 1934-43 ALA Council Correspondence, 1937-41 Classification and Pay Plans for Public Libraries. ALA Executive Council, 1916-24 ALA Correspondence and Reports "for information of executive board", 1923-24 Pamphlets, Some Facts about the American Library in Paris, Books and pamphlets on Library Work, The School Library. ALA Executive Board Correspondence, 1941-42 ALA Executive Board Docket, October 5-7, 1942 January 30, 1943 Government Publishing in Wartime. ALA Executive Board Correspondence, 1943 The State Library Agency: Its Functions and Organization; Demobilization and the Library. Box 5: Treasurers' Reports, 1923-24; Boards, 1924-41; Sections, 1920-24, 1931-32, 1936-39 ALA Treasurer's Reports, July 1923 - May 1924 ALA College Library Advisory Board Correspondence, 1924-25 1936-30 3rd annual report; Report of the Temporary Library Training Board; report on Standards and Curricula in School Librianship Education for Librarianship, Board of, Correspondence, 1931-36 1936-39 Agricultural Libraries Section Correspondence, 1937, 1939 International Cooperation between Agricultural Libraries. College and Reference Section Correspondence, 1931 By-laws. College and Reference Section Correspondence, June 1931 - January 1932 Minutes; program for ALA Conference, New Haven (June 1931). College and Reference Section Reorganization Correspondence, 1936-39 Separation of College and University Libraries; reports, drafts. Professional Training Section Correspondence, 1920-24 U. of Illinois Library School budget, 1924-25. Professional Training Section Correspondence, 1931-34, 1938-39 Box 6: Committees, Adult Education - Nominating, 1919-42 35/1/15 4 Adult Education Correspondence, 1926-34 Awards, 1936, 1938 Pamphlets on grants-in-aid. Book-Buying, 1921-22, 1930 Civil Service, 1921-25 The Illinois State Civil Service Law and its relation to Library Administration report; report on National Certification and Training. Classification of Library Personnel, 1924, 1928 Journal Public Personnel Studies. Code of Ethics, 1926-38 Federal and State Relations, 1922, 1928 1938-39 Pamphlet on Federal Aid for Libraries; letters from U.S. Senators and Representatives from Illinois. Fellowships and Scholarships, 1938, 1940 Finance, 1934-36 ALA Budget, 1934-36 Finance, 1937-39 Budgetary reports Foreign Born, Work with the, 1924, 1929 Library Revenues Questionnaire, 1924 Manual of Library Economy, 1920-26 Library Service, Schemes of, 1924-28 Library Survey, 1924-26 Membership, 1925-31 Pamphlet, Will You Be One?; membership list. Nominating, 1921, 1927-28 Box 7: Committees, Public Documents - Wartime, 1919-42; Conferences and Meetings, 1932-37, 1940 Public Documents, 1932-35 1937-38 The Objectives and Content of Library School Courses in Government Publications. Publications, 1919, 1927-36 Journal of Discussion, 1928-30 Substituting Divisional Publications for the ALA Bulletin, 1940 Recruiting, 1924 Standardization and Certification, 1920-23, 1933 Wartime Information and Education, 1941-42 Conference and Meetings New Orleans, April 1932 (correspondence; mss. "The Right Book in the Right Place" or 35/1/15 5 "Books are Sepulchres of Thoughts"; ALA resolutions on the depression; conference program) Chicago, May - October, 1933 (correspondence; ALA Retirement Plan; pamphlet on Preserving Social Science Materials) Montreal, February - June, 1934 Chicago (Midwinter meeting), 1934 Denver, 1935 Chicago (MIdwinter meeting), 1935 Richmond, 1936 New York, 1936-37 Conferences Correspondence, 1941 Program for Midwinter Conference in Chicago, 1940 Box 8: Subject File, Chicago - Who's Who Chicago Centennial Exposition, 1929-33 Children, Work with, 1927 Curriculum Study Correspondence, 1923-29 Journal School and Society (vol. 27, no. 684); report on improvements of Margaret Mann's The Classification and Cataloging of Books. Handbook Correspondence, 1922-29 Hospital Libraries, 1922-23 Junior Members Round Table, 1934-41 Library Terminology, 1921, 1929, 1938 Questionnaire on salaries and grades. Publications Correspondence, 1937-40 Reorganization Correspondence, 1938-40 Temporary Library Training Board Correspondence, 1923-31 A Study of American Library Schools. University and College Librarians Correspondence, 1931 Gift for Miss Mary E. Hall. Who's Who in Library Science Correspondence, 1931-33 Preface to Who's Who.