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. 2/4/24 Executive Board and Executive Director Executive Director David H. Clift Papers, 1951-72 Box 1: Speeches: 1951-52 First Impressions- ALA Chicago Library Club October 10, 1951 First Impressions- ALA New England Library October 12, 1951 Association, Swampscott, Mass. Heritage of ALA in Kentucky Library Association, November 9, 1952 Time of Crisis Lexington, Kentucky Report to Council Chicago February 1, 1952 American Heritage and Library Club of Greater March 7, 1952 Librarians Part Cleveland, Ohio Challenge and Hamden Court Public Library March 30, 1952 Opportunity World of William Oklahoma Library Association April 18, 1952 Random: Librarian Chickashe, OK ALA and HQ Office Wisconsin Library Association October 3, 1952 Books and Readers Illinois Library Association October 4, 1952 Across the Nation ALA and HQ Office: Michigan Library Association November 7, 1952 Report to Stockholders Books in a Free World Southwestern Library November 25, 1952 Association Professional Association in Librarianship: Southwestern Library November 26, 1952 Beginning and growth Association 2/4/24 2 1953: Greetings American Association of School January 1, 1953 Libraries ALA Organizations Minnesota Library School February 25, 1953 Minnesota, MN ALA and HQ office Texas Library Association April 16, 1953 The Citizen and the Texas Library Association April 17, 1953 Library “Not by East Windows” Oklahoma Library Association April 25, 1953 (Citizen and Library and Intellectual Freedom) The Opportunity and the West Research Library School June 10, 1953 Challenge Commencement Common Concerns National Association of State June 19, 1953 (Library Association) Libraries Los Angeles, CA The Professional Inter-American Institute of August 17- Association in Agriculture, Science Reunion, September 30, 1953 Librarianship; Libraries Turriabla, Costa Rica in Life of the Nation; The Professional Library Association; Interlibrary Loan The Regional Library New England Library Association, September 30, 1953 Association Swampscott, Mass. Notes: ALA: Report to South Dakota Library Association; October 2, 1953 Stockholders Minnesota Library Association October 3, 1953 Libraries and Librarians: Georgia Library Association St. October 22, 1953 1953; Libraries and Adult Simmons Island Education 1954: 2/4/24 3 Teachers College Library, New March 4, 1954 Enduring Rights Haven, CT NEA Division of A-V Instruction March 19, 1954 ALA, current programs Chicago Alpha Beta Alpha “The Sounding Furrows” Murray, KY March 28, 1954 (Intellectual freedom and serving people) DAR, Maysville, KY March 23, 1954 Libraries and Freedom to Read Atlanta Library Club March 25, 1954 A 3-Dimensional View (ALA) Lousiana Library Association May 1, 1954 ALA, Libraries and Adult Monroe, LA Education Oklahoma Library Association June 19, 1954 Report from ALA Stillwater, OK National Association of State June 25, 1954 Role of State Library in Libraries Government ALA Annual Conference Report for Executive Minneapolis, MN July 8, 1954 Board and Council; Report for HQ Staff Pacific Northwest Library September 3, 1954 Concerns of American Association, Tacoma, Washington Librarianship “To the Editor” September 16, 1954 Kentucky Bookmobile September 30, 1954 Project Southwestern Library Association Virtues of an Uneasy The Determined Conscience Profession National Library Associations in the United States February 21, 1954 New Hampshire State Notes, professional 2/4/24 4 development New York Library Association October 6, 1954 ALA- Fact and Fancy n.1. October 1954 Public Library Staff Association October 27, 1954 Gary, ID Virginia Library Association November 22, 1954 Roanoke, VA 1955-56: Freedom to Read Jewish Women New Orleans, LA May 7, 1955 Montana Library Association Libraries Across the July 8, 1955 Country ALA Annual conference Report to Council and Philadelphia September 28, 1955 Executive Board Rutgers Library School n.d. ALA Iowa Library Association Notes on Management November, 1955 Survey n.1. November 16, 1955 Executive Board- Budget Middletown Connecticut Library November 22, 1955 Service Center YWCA Luncheon December 1, 1955 Notes: Freedom to Read YWCA Luncheon Libraries and Freedom to February, 1956 Read n.1. The Library in the U.S. Library and Community March 21, 1955 National Council of 2/4/24 5 Libraries and Freedom to National Council of Jewish March 5, 1956 Read Women, Canton, Ohio Break Down Your Fences National Council of Jewish March 18, 1956 Women, Boston, Mass. Report to Council Maryland Library Association April 28, 1956 Baltimore Looking Ahead ALA Annual Conference Miami June 21, 1956 Beach Odds Favor the Reader Arkansas Library Association September 24, 1956 Little Rock California Library Association, November 1, 1956 San Diego 1957-58: Report to Council University of Kentucky Founders January 31, 1957 Day Librarianship in February 22, 1957 Kentucky Today, Tomorrow Missouri State Library 50th Anniversary, Jefferson City Role of Library April 10, 1957 Citation to publishers New York Address– ALA Liberty April 26, 1957 and Justice Book Awards Annual Conference Harriman, NY Address– American Book May 21, 1957 Publishers Council ALA Membership Meeting Kansas City National Library Week June 28, 1957 American Textbook Publi8shing Institute, Chicago National Library Week October 16, 1957 n.1. Librarians and ALA 2/4/24 6 Nebraska Library Association October 18, 1957 Omaha Are Books Necessary? Chamber of Commerce Des March 14, 1958 Moines Public Library: Symbol of Faith and Hope Jaycess March 19, 1958 West Memphis, Arkansas Book Censorship and Freedom to Read Caxton Club March 25, 1958 Chicago Professional Library Association, Program and Quebec Library Association April 8, 1958 Responsibilities Montreal Library Problems Flint (Michigan) Public Library December 7, 1958 1958-61: Library- Tool to Build National Institute for Trustees, June 20, 1959 Better America Washington, D.C. National Program for Mountain-Plains; Pacific August-October, Library Science Northwest and Michigan Library 1959 Association Libraries and Education National Library Week Midwest Fall, 1959 Workshop The ALA Canadian Library March, 1960 Image of the Future Public Library Management February 28, 1961 Institute Madison Welcome Honoring USSR Delegation April 17, 1961 Chicago ALA: Response the University of Chicago Graduate June 23, 1961 Ellsworth Library School Conference 2/4/24 7 Libraries in Soviet Union Nineteenth Century Women Club, October 9, 1961 Oak Park, IL Changing Image of Ohio Library Association October 26, 1961 Library Science 1962-65: Librarianship and Alabama Library Association April 13, 1962 Today’s World Huntsville Association’s View on Medical Library Association June 5, 1962 Role Library Associations Minnesota Library Association September 28, 1962 Baggage for My Books Rochester and “If the Book Could Speak: Southeastern Library Association October 11, 1962 Library Service: present n.1. and future Chicago Library Club November 28, 1962 “There is a Tide” (Library Development) ALA inter-office March 1, 1963 Memo to Miss Phinney Armed Forces Librarians in October 11, 1963 Notes: Knapp School Europe Heidelberg, West Germany Libraries Project Western Reserve March 4, 1964 Events Shaping Library Science University Presses June 1, 1964 Status of Library Service Tennessee Library Association April 22, 1965 The Curtain Rise (on new Memphis era) n.1. July 9, 1965 Report to Council 1966-68: 2/4/24 8 Problems Confronting Bowdoin College February 26, 1966 Libraries New Brunswick Federal Aid and Bibliographical Society Annual January 27-28, 1967 Development of Library Conference Puerto Rico Science Honoring Edmon Low Oklahoma Library Association March 25, 1967 Stillwater ALA purposes, programs, Orientation Division Office November 9, 1967 goals Knickerbocker Hotel Notes: ALA Multinational Group December, 1967 n.1. Hillman Library University of Pittsburgh September 6, 1968 Future concerns Mississippi Library Association October 4, 1968 Jackson 1969-70: Congratulations Library Centennial February 18, 1969 First Japan- U.S. Conference on ALA in 1969 (24 pp. Plus Libraries and Information Science May 16-19, 1969 appendices); also, in Higher Education , Tokyo summary paper Asia-Pacific Conference on Library Development and Libraries and National May 29, 1969 International Cooperation Development, Seoul, Korea American Association of School J. Morris Jones- World Librarians, N.L. June 26, 1969 Book ALA Goals Award Cleveland Publishing “Reform of ALA” 2/4/24 9 North Carolina Library October 23, 1969 Association Charlotte “Reform of ALA” Ball State University Muncie, IN October 28, 1969 ALA Priorities ALA Annual Conference Detroit June 28-July 4, 1970 1971-72: Frances B. Jenkins University of Illinois Urbana January 14, 1971 Organizational University of Denver Graduate April 8, 1971 Environment of Library School of Librarianship Associations Grolier, Chicago August 22, 1971 Notes, public service Correspondence concerning President Dom’s statement before October-December, Commission on Libraries and Information Science 1971; November 15, 1971 Library Budget Cuts Chicago Publishers Association June 15, 1972 Report to Council n.1. June 20, 1972 Francis R. St. John Brooklyn July 12, 1972 Subject File: ALA Organization, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1963-64, 1968, 1972, (includes transparencies of ALA organizational charts, 1968) David Clift biographical information, 1951, 1964, 1971 Germany, public library guest program with notes on libraries, librarians and travel events, excluding Bavaria, 46 page journal Personal- Dismissal of Peter Doiron, of choice, 1972 Trip itineraries and expense, 1951-1962 Memoranda, schedules, vouchers relating to meetings and travel.