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Amherst College Library History Collection, 1850-1987 (Bulk: 1850-1965)
1 archives box, 1 half archives box (0.75 linear ft.)

Abstract:
The Library History Collection, 1850-1965, contains materials compiled by former Librarian Newton F. McKeon. Mr. McKeon assembled these materials to write a history of the Amherst College Library. This history, however, was never written. The Library History Collection includes McKeon's notes, copies of library reports and records, ephemera dating from the 19th century, and published and unpublished articles and reports about the Amherst College Library. Most of the material focuses on the late 1800's through the early 1910's. Reports describing the spatial needs of the library dating from 1937, 1959, and 1961 are also included.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

In general, there is no restriction on access to the Amherst College Library History Collection.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the records should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Library History Collection, 1850-1965, contains materials compiled by former Librarian Newton F. McKeon. Mr. McKeon assembled these materials to write a history of the Amherst College Library. This history, however, was never written.

The Library History Collection includes McKeon's notes, copies of library reports and records, ephemera dating from the 19th century, and published and unpublished articles and reports about the Amherst College Library. Most of the material focuses on the late 1800's through the early 1910's. Reports describing the spatial needs of the library dating from 1937, 1959, and 1961 are also included.


Information on Use
Terms of Access and Use
Restrictions on access:

In general, there is no restriction on access to the Amherst College Library History Collection.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the records should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Amherst College Library History Collection [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection

Processing Information

When the library history material was organized, original library administrative files were removed from the Library History Collection and returned to the Library Records. The bulk of this material was Librarian Robert S. Fletcher's correspondence but also included other material such as the "Blunder Book" and library staff member Sabra Snell's classification procedures. When duplicate items existed, a copy was retained in the Library History Collection.

Processed: September 1992-July 1993
By: Anne Ostendarp, Project Archivist
Emily Silverman, Intern, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
Tanya Chebotarev, Intern, Simmons College School of Library Science


Additional Information
Contact Information
Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

Phone: (413) 542-2299
Fax: (413) 542-2692

Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus
URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives

Language
English.