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  • ARLIS/NA Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates and born digital records from the Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources File include photographs of participants and background materials from past institutes. Born digital records from the Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources File also include JPEG photographs of participants from past institutes.
  • ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter File contain chapter newsletter The Medium, historical lists of Medium editors and chapter officers, Lois Swan Jones Award material, listserv messages, reports, and presentations pertaining to the Texas-Mexico Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA).
  • ARLIS/NA Twin Cities Chapter File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records of the Twin Cities Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) contain chapter's annual reports.
  • ARLIS/NA Upstate New York Chapter File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born digital records from the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Upstate New York Chapter File contain annual report (2004) and history (ca. 2014) pertaining to the activities and administration of ARLIS/NA's chapter for the area including Western New York and later all of Upstate New York.
  • Association for Library Collections and Technical Services Subject File (Born Digital Records)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born-digital annual reports produced by the president of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services.
  • Association of College and Research Libraries Board of Directors Correspondence and Files (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Correspondence and Files of the Association of College and Research Libraries Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and ACRL Presidents.
  • Association of College and Research Libraries Board of Directors Minutes and Proceedings (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Minutes and proceedings of the Association of College and Research Libraries Board of Directors Midwinter and Annual Meetings.
  • Association of College and Research Libraries Committee Files, 1961-2012 (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates from the ACRL Committee Files, including files on the Task Force on Acadmic Libraries and Higher Education (1983-85), Council of Liaisons (1984-2001, 2010-2011), Liaisons Reports (1989-2001), and Professional Association Liaison.
  • Association of College and Research Libraries Section Correspondence, 1975-1976 (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of Association of College and Research Libraries Section Correspondence, including files from the Slavic and Eastern Europen Sections (SEES) from 1975-1976.
  • Association of Specialized Government and Cooperative Library Agencies Subject File (Born Digital & Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Subject files of Executive Directors of the Association of Specialized Government and Cooperative Library Agencies, contains correspondence with ASL Presidents (1963-72), minutes, bylaws, budgets, reports, conference materials, membership lists, newsletters, election files and organization, includes materials and correspondence for projects on Decade of the Disabled Award and International Year of Disabled Persons, activities of the Automation, Awards, Conference Program, Legislation, Membership Promotion, Nominating, Organization and Bylaws, Planning, Publications, Research, Standards Review, and Survey Standards committees, and ASCLA representatives to non-ALA associations, materials on library service to prisoners, the elderly and the disabled; and files relating to the Multitype Library Cooperation Section/ Continuing Education (MLCS/CE) Networks are People - Two Approaches workshop, ASCLA merger, committees and annual meetings (1979-98), services to Blind and Physically Handicapped committees and Francis Joseph Campbell Award (1979-95), Services to the Deaf, bylaws, minutes, and program - Help: Libraries and the Hard of Hearing (1980- 82), activities and correspondence of Independent Librarians Exchange Round Table (ILERT), Library Service to Special Populations Section (LSSPS), Interlibrary Cooperation and Networking (ICAN) Section (formerly MULTI-LINCS), and State Library Agency Section (SLAS); "Roads to Learning: The Public Libraries' Disabilities Initiative" Project Files; and publications of the association.
  • Australian, Canadian and New Zealand Projects File (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Australian, Canadian and New Zealand Projects File including material on Australia (1941-49), Tasmania (1944-49), Fiji Islands (1944), New Zealand (1942-47) and Canada (1935-49) libraries, librarians and library schools; distribution of periodicals and international visitors.
  • Barbara McCrimmon Autograph Collection (Digital Surrogate)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates from the Barbara McCrimmon Autograph Collection, includes autograph letters written by librarians to W. So. Braithwaite and B. J. Brimmer Co. letters originated from, or were sent to, the Haverhill (Mass.) public library and the Library of Congress acknowledging receipt of donations.
  • Beatrice S. Russell's Autograph Collection (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies of the autograph collection of notable persons, consisting of letters to the editor of the Bulletin, Beatrice Sawyer Russell; sentiments on the role of the library made for the 50th anniversary of ALA; and routine letters of acceptance and regret from James Angell, Newton D. Baker, Ray Stannard Baker, William Beebe, Edward W. Bok, Louis Bromfield, James B. Cabell, Andrew Carnegie, Louise W. Carnegie, Janet A. Fairbank, Edna Ferber, John H. Finley, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Zona Gale, Ellen Glasgow, Harold L. Ickes, Henry Horner, Helen Keller, Herbert H. Lehman, Walter Lippmann, Hugh Lofting, Thomas Mann, Marie, Queen of Romania, Christopher Morley, William F. Poole, Azariah S. Root, Julius Rosenwald, Eleanor Roosevelt, Vincent Starrett, Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Susannah Tarkington, Daniel B. Updike, and William A. White.
  • Burma Projects Files (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digitized materials from the Association of College and Research Libraries' Burma Projects File including correspondence, memoranda, addresses, financial statements, reports, receipts, and summaries pertaining to the establishment (under ALA supervision, with Ford Foundation sponsorship) of a Social Science Library at the University of Rangoon and a University Library at the University of Mandalay, Burma. The Rangoon project was supervised (on location) by Paul Bixler (1958-60) and Joseph H. Reason (1961-62); the Mandalay project was supervised by Jay Daily (1952-62). Other correspondents include Richard B. Harwell, David H. Clift, Robert B. Downs, Raynard Swank, Mark M. Gormley, J.A. Quinn, and Helen Hlaing Hlaing Cho, U Maung Kyaw, U Kaung Nyunt, Daw Khin Khin Ohn, U Maung Maung, Myint Myint Khyn, U Myo Lwin, and U Ohn Pe who studied at American library schools.
  • Carl H. Milam Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the papers of Carl H. Milam, including manuscripts of Milam's planned book on library careers.
  • Carl H. Milam's American Library in Paris Correspondence (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Correspondence files of ALA Executive Secretary Carl H. Milam concerning the American Library in Paris. The correspondence covers the period from two years after ALP's incorporation in 1920 through World War II and concerns plans, goals, projects and activities of ALP, financial status and budgets, selection and evaluation of ALP staff and trustees, the monthly literary review Ex Libris (inaugurated in 1923), the Reference Service on International Affairs, the Paris Library School and the Service to Soliders during World War II. Principal correspondents are ALP directors W. Dawson Johnston (1922-25), Burton Stevenson (1926-30), Robert Davis (1931- 34), Helen Latrap (1935) and Dorothy M. Reeder (1936-41); chairmen of the American Committee for the ALP Henry N. MacCracken (1923-24) and Earle B. Babcock (1924); president of the trustees Edward A. Sumner (1939-45) and other members of the Board of Trustees.
  • Caroline Webster Papers, 1917-1921 (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Papers of Caroline Webster as assistant to the director of the Library War Service head of the Hospital Library Service, and member of the Committee on an Enlarged Program for American Library Service containing correspondence with the American Red Cross (1918-1921); with Gertrude Rider of the committee on Work with the Blind, the New York Association for the Blind, and the Perkins Institute for the Blind (1919-1920); with dispatch offices (1919- 1920); concerning the establishment of public libraries in the Virgin Islands (1917, 1919-1920); with the Hospital Library Service personnel (1919-1921); postwar library service correspondence with national organizations (1919-1921); postwar library service records (1919-20).
  • Cataloging and Metadata Management Section Committee Files (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of files of Cataloging and Metadata Management Section committees and subcommittees, contains correspondence, reports and related material on projects and activities, committees include the Board on Personnel Administration and committees on Cataloging and Classification, Descriptive Cataloging, Dewey Decimal Classification, Committee on Cooperation with Lake Placid Foundation (1929-1948), Editorial Policy, Filing Rules, Policy and Research (1982-1992), Regional Groups, Relations with ALA and the Journal of Cataloging and Classification, Subject Analysis and Organization of Library Materials (1970-98), the Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) (1979-94), and the Joint Steering Committee on AACR2 (1988-94), includes Gordon & Breach vs. Barschall litigation (1989-90).
  • Charles R. Green Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digitized copies of the Charles R. Green Papers, relating to Green's service as Assistant Librarian at the Camp Library, Camp Johnston, Florida, contains photographs of the library and its interior floor plans, a map of the camp showing proposed sites for the library with comments written on the map describing the functions of the buildings and the areas, official camp orders, camp handbook, and correspondence with the ALA Library War Service Headquarters.
  • Chinese American Librarians Association Subject Files (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies from the Chinese-American Librarians Association Subject File, including the 1985-88 conference programs, and 1982-2000 newsletters.
  • Conference Audio Recordings
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • Conference Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of typescripts of papers read at the ALA annual meetings, including committee reports, panel discussions, and award acceptance speeches about archives, library education, uses of microfilm in reference work, the WPA, the Historical Records Survey, union, catalogs, library extension, bibliotherapy, divided catalogs, rural libraries, library buildings, theater libraries, hospital and prison libraries, library service to the blind, music libraries, photographic charging systems and libraries and the war.
  • David H. Clift Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the David H. Clift Papers, including copies of speeches on the American Heritage Project, Heritage of ALA in Time of Crisis (1951) and American Heritage and Librarians Part (1952).
  • Eldon Ray James Oral History (Born Digital)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Oral History of Eldon Ray James (September 2023), retired librarian, ALA member, and formerly incarcerated person, recorded on September 12, 19, and 23, 2023, containing video and audio recordings, and transcripts. Recordings include information on James' childhood, military service, universities attended, employment, incarceration, becoming a librarian, work with Dr. Loriene Roy and ALA, the "Prisoners Right to Read," the Freedom to Read Honor Roll, reflections on his life, the library profession, and library services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. Interview conducted by Deb Sica, Alameda County Library, questions developed by Deb Sica and Erin Berman, Alameda County Library.
  • Electronic Records of the Office for Intellectual Freedom, 1990-2008
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born-digital records from the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) contain agendas, correspondence, conferences papers (annual and midwinter), budgets, member rosters, official forms, meeting minutes, memos, publications, speeches, manuals, reports, statements, photographs, posters, brochures, event programs, and newspaper reprints concerning the activities of the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC), The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT), the Committee on Professional Ethics, and the Freedom to Read Foundation. Topical areas include of OIF's campaign Banned Books Week, Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), ALA code of ethics and users' rights, public library internet use policy, internet filtering, intellectual property and privacy, internet access management in U.S. public libraries, and membership to the Committee on Professional Ethics.
  • Executive Director Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates from the Executive Director's Subject File, including files on the Carnegie Corporation grants to the Canadian Library Council (1926-1946), Canadian library survey (1928-38), and a copy of the summary report of the National Advisory Commission on Libraries from December 1967.
  • Financial Minutes and Reports, 1987-1990 (Born Digital)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of financial and accounting reports, correspondence, and Executive Board documents from 1987-1990.
  • Franklin H. Price Papers, 1918-1919 (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Franklin H. Price, agent of the ALA Library War Service Philadelphia Dispatch Office, containing correspondence from Carl Milam, Assistant to the Director of the ALA Library War Service. Correspondence concerns book requests and shipments, reports and instructions and funds and subscriptions. Series also includes a letter from Milam to Mr. Ashurst, Price's supervisor at the Philadelphia Free Library, praising Price's work for the Library War Service.
  • George B. Utley Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the George B. Utley Papers, including files on state library associations.
  • George W. Cole Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the papers of George W. Cole (1850-1939), treasurer of ALA (1893- 96), including correspondence about his beginnings in library work, his year at the Columbia School of Library Economy, the school after it moved to Albany, New York, his inquiries concerning payment of ALA dues (1893-1896) and articles to appear in Library Journal (1901-1906). Correspondents include E.H. Anderson, Martha H.G. Banks, R.R. Bowker, William Brett, Arthur N. Brown, Henry J. Carr, Charles A. Cutter, William Cutter, H.E. Davidson, Melvil Dewey, Theresa West Elmendorf, R.P. Hayes, Helen E. Haines, Frank P. Hill, Annie B. Jackson, Ada A. Jones, Alice B. Kroeger, Josephus N. Larned, Mrs. E.S. Lewis, George T. Little, Margaret D. mcGuffey, Sarah H. Minor, W.E. Parker, Annie Parsons, Frank Patten, Mary W. Plummer, J. Herbert Senter, Thorvald Solberg, Lucy Stevens, Mabel Temple, A.W. Tyler, Henry M. Utley, Beatrice Winser, and Ernest D. Worth. Entire series is digitized.
  • Grace T. Stevenson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Grace T. Stevenson Papers on the American Heritage Project statistics and reports (1951-55).
  • Harriet C. Long Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Harriet C. Long Papers, ALA Librarian in the Mexican Border Traveling Library Service (1918) ALA War Service Librarian in France and Germany (1919), and State Librarian of Oregon (1930-41), containing correspondence from when Long was stationed in France.
  • Institute for Information Literacy (IIL) Immersion Files, 1998 (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates from the Institute for Information Literacy Immersion Files, including background information on the Institute for Information Literacy (1998).
  • Instruction Section Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates from the Instruction Section Subject File (1989, 19999, 2000-2008), includes files on the Management and Leadership Committee (2007-08), Management of Instruction Services Committee (2002), Executive Committee (2000), Skill Areas for Instructional Librarians Task Force (1999), and Education for Library Instructors Committee (1989).
  • Intellectual Freedom Committee Correspondence (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates from the Intellectual Freedom Committee Correspondence, including copies of forms and reports on the American Heritage Project (1953-54).
  • International Relations Office Correspondence and Subject File by Country (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of correspondence and subject of the International Relations Office by country (1953-69), contains correspondence and publications from Australia, Brazil, Chile, England, France, Ghana, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Nigeria, Sweden, and Thailand, includes a file on Hawai'i after 1959.
  • International Relations Office Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates from the International Relations Office Subject File, including files on Books for China and Latin America (1935-38), projects relating to Chinese libraries and librarians.
  • James I. Wyer Autograph Collection (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Autograph collection of James I. Wyer (1869-1955), president of ALA (1910-11), contains letters written by librarians to Wyer or other librarians, includes publications, attendance and speeches at conferences, library activities, finances, the Lake Placid Club, ALA dues and committee activities and Wyer's appointment and work at the New York State Library, and correspondence with John C. Dana, Melvil Dewey, Charles Evans, Herbert Putnam, Ernest C. Richardson, George B. Utley, George P. Winship, and Justin Winsor.
  • James P. Danky Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of James P. Danky, Newspapers and Periodicals Librarian at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1976-2007), member of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) and recipient of the 1987 Bowker-Ulrich Serials Librarian of the Year award, including correspondence, publications, photographs, clippings, cassette recordings, bibliographies, coursework, and conference materials. Subjects covered include alternative publications, newspaper collections, women's, black, Asian and Native American publications, comics, African-American Newspaper Project, 'Alternative Library Materials,' 'Alternative Library Literature,' Black Press Guide, and 'Collectors Network News.' Correspondents include Sanford Berman. Also contains information pertaining to professional organizations, including the Centre for Industrial Relations Librarians (CIRL).
  • Joseph L. Wheeler Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Joseph L. Wheeler Papers, director of the Youngstown Public Library (1916-26) and director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library (1926-45), including photographs of the Enoch Pratt Free Library and Wheeler's notebook.