Association of Research Libraries Records
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Association of Research Libraries Records 1932-1979
Association of Research Libraries
Biographical History for: Association of Research Libraries Records 1932-1979
Organizational History The Association of Research Libraries was formed in 1932 for the purpose of improving the collections and services of its member libraries in support of higher education and research. Its membership consists of larger university libraries; research libraries in the United States and Canada, including the three national libraries of the United States: the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library of Medicine; and public and special libraries with large research collections. The association undertakes a variety of activities, including serving as a representative for its members in matters relating to the federal government, international agencies, and other library associations, as well as engaging in cooperative projects and studies with other academic and research organizations. Among the more important projects sponsored or supported by the association are the Farmington Plan, the Public Law 480 program, the National Program for Acquisitions and Cataloging, the Foreign Newspaper Microfilm Project, the annual publication of Dissertation Abstracts, and the establishment of the Center for Chinese Research Materials and the Slavic Bibliographic and Documentation Center.
Scope and Content Note The records of the Association of Research Libraries span the years 1932-1979 and document the efforts of the association to improve the collections and services of member research libraries in North America. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, financial records, printed matter, and miscellaneous items concerning the organizational structure and administration of the association. The records reflect on membership requirements and admittances, the deliberations of internal and cooperative committees, relationships with affiliated organizations, and various projects administered by the association, including the Farmington Plan, the Public law 480 program, the Foreign Newspaper Microfilm Project, and the publication of the first Library of Congress catalog initiated and sponsored by the association.
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General
General correspondence
Fiscal records, 1933-1962
Vouchers and receipts, 1933-1937
Dues and membership list, 1952
Miscellaneous, 1952
Account 8069
Membership dues
Microcard orders of minutes
Sales
Farmington Plan
Final report
Handbook
Minutes of meetings
Deposits
Financial statements
Orders sent
Clearinghouse forms, sale of
Organization membership
Membership and representation
Digest, minutes of meetings
Weber, index to minutes
Use and distribution of minutes
Reorganization, 1946 ballot
Admission of John Crerar Library, Chicago, Ill.
Admission of Army Medical and Agriculture
Reconstitution of membership
Old member
Reconstitution of membership, new nominees
Dartmouth, N.H., 1952
Membership, 1953-1957
Potential members, 1961-1962
Membership, 1962
Reorganization
Invitations, representatives, and inaugurations
Association list and general
Dix phone calls
Executive secretive
Candidates
Eugene Power, advisory committee concerning microfilming operation in Moscow, USSR
Press releases
Tax exemption application
Constitution, working papers
Incorporation, correspondence
Committee memberships
Members
Constitutions
Reorganization, 1961-1962
Meetings
Chicago, Ill., 1932-1933
Montreal, Canada, 1934, June
Washington, D.C., 1934, Dec.
Denver, Colo., 1935, July
Chicago, Ill., 1935, Dec.
Richmond, Va., 1936, May
Chicago, Ill., 1936, Dec.
New York, N.Y., 1937, July
Chicago, Ill., 1937, Dec.
Kansas, 1938, July
Unknown, twelfth meeting
San Francisco, Calif., 1939, July
Chicago, Ill., Dec. 1939
Extra copies
Circular letters
Miscellaneous
Farmington Plan Advisory Committee, minutes of meeting, 1961
Miscellaneous projects
Wilson Co., service basis
Charge study
Price and Raney reports
Doctoral dissertation
List, 1939
Microfilming of master's thesis
Master's thesis list
Committee on Indexing and Abstracting
Doctoral dissertations, 1947-1953
Committee on the Publication and Distribution of Thesis, 1951
Dissertation lists
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Advisory Committee on the Publication and Recording of Dissertations
Modern Language Association project, Robbins
Pastor index
Paul, James C. N., Institute of Legal Research
Author index for Poole
Preservation of confidential material
Price
Rusk, George Y.
Silver, Henry
Harry Truman Library, Independence, Mo.
National code hearings, publication
Clearinghouse for interlibrary loans
Inter-American Library meetings
Interlibrary loan code
International Conference on Cataloging Principles
Kraus, Abtailung A.
Cooperative purchase of European books
Librarianship
Printing of catalog
Librarians Liaison Committee
Code authorities, National Recovery Administration
Durable paper
Edwards music republishing
Encyclopedia of SS
Florence agreement
Evans project
Folklore
Humphrey, Hubert H.
Alien property custodian
American imprints inventory
Autonomy of law libraries
Biological abstracts projects, service basis charge
Chemical abstracts
Chinese imports, 1952
Cost of books index
Commerce Department export regulations
Miscellany
Committees and projects
Board on Acquisition of Library Material
Bibliographical control of microforms
Committee on Bibliography
Customs, 1946-1954
Documentation and Information Retrieval Committee
Committee to Examine Legal Aspects of Securing Foreign Documents
Interm Committee on Export of Library Material
Committee on Foreign Newspapers, microfilming project
Foreign Official Gazette Committee
Committee on the High Cost of German Books and Periodicals
Committee on Library Privileges and Fees
Manuscript accessions
List
Committee on Cooperative Microfilm Projects
Committee on Microfilm
Cooperation
Microphotography
Microfilming of newspapers
Newspapers on microfilm
Committee on Microfilm Lending
Committee on Microtext Standards
Committee on Midwest Group's Proposal
Index to monograph series
National conference
Committee on National Needs in Time of Crisis
National Union Catalog
Manuscript collections
Mechanization
Committee to Prevent Post War Competition in Books Purchases
Committee on Protection of Cultural and Scientific Resources
Public law 480
Correspondence, 1959-1962
Letters of support to congressmen
Committee on Reichman Proposal
Committee on Reproduction
Reprints, Kaplin
Committee on Research Libraries and the Library of Congress
Russian Translation Committee
Committee on Serials in Research Fields, 1952
National Committee on Renaissance Studies
Statistics
Committee on Statistics
Transliteration
Committee on Unesco Affairs
Union list of serials
Joint Committee on Union List of Serials
Committee on the Use of Manuscripts by Visiting Scholars
Associations, affiliations, and joint committees
Affiliated organizations
American Library Association
Committee on Implementation of National Plans
Committee on Standardization of Library Supplies and Equipment, Z85
Committee Z39
Councillor
Library Education Division newsletter
American Council of Learned Societies
Project on microfilm
American Documentation Institute and Science, Watson Davis
Association of College and Research Libraries
Conference on American Library
Resources on southern Asia
Conference on Science Manuscripts
Council of Graduate Schools in the United States
Council on Library Resources
Grant
Grant request
Council of National Library Associations
General, 1952-1962
Joint committees
United States libraries and the federal government
Safeguarding library material
Projects to foundations
Visiting foreign libraries
Fair use in copying
Governments
Documentation service
Increased cost of Library of Congress cards
Importation Advisory Committee
Indexing and abstracting
Library education, minutes of meeting, 1961
Library work as a career
Microcards
Polibiblon
Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
Reproduction of bibliographic and reference works
Reproduction of enemy publications
Overhead costs
Article by Logsdon
Correspondence, 1960-1962
Library overhead cost, 1964
Current material
Institutional reports, file no. 2
National Science Foundation
Grant requests
Columbia School of Library Science, New York, N.Y.
Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Materials, 1961
Liaison Committee
Correspondence, 1962
Meetings, 1961-1962
Reports
Advisory Committee, 1960-1961
National Postal Committee for Educational and Cultural Materials, postal rates
Standard Conference of National and University Libraries
United States Book Exchange
Board of Directors
Advisory Committee, 1934-1961
Legislation
Legislative matters
Foreign Agents Registration Act
Congressional hearings
H.R. 6, Walter's bill
H.R. 8900, conference report, academic bill
Advisory Committee meeting, 1961
Newsletter
Chronological file
1959, Sept.
Farmington proposal
Princeton meeting, 1959
Council on Library Resources grant, 1959
Joint Committee on African Resources
Sub-Committees
Africa
Far Eastern resources
Latin American resources
Near and Middle Eastern resources
Slavic and East European library material, 1959
Slavic studies, 1958
South Asia
Western European library materials