Scope and content This collection contains records and correspondence documenting Alfred C. Barnes Reference Library, dating 1889-1970.It includes receipted bills (1892-1904) for books from dealers and publishing houses, for compiling and indexing the catalog and shelf list from Reverend G.F. Danforth, and for printing the catalog from Andrus & Church; a bound copy of the catalog (1898); unbound pages containing alphabetical and numerical classification of books; lists of books suggested or ordered...

Scope and content Primarily correspondence of Cornell Librarians George William Harris, Willard Austen, and Otto Kinkeldey concerning such routine library matters as requests for information, receipts for books, donations, and other business. Also, miscellaneous correspondence of Woodford Patterson, Albert William Smith, David Fletcher Hoy, Justin Winsor, and letters to the C.U. Board of Trustees and faculty members. Some correspondence relates to the Fiske collections. ...

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Retiring university librarians debriefing exercises. Tapes and transcripts of interviews with Stephen A. McCarthy, David Kaser, and J. Gormly Miller concerning the operation of the Cornell University Libraries during their respective administrations. Also, earlier interview with Otto Kinkeldey by Professor Donald J. Grout, July 22, 1965.

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Correspondence relating to the development and administration of the library, general administrative files, administrative files of Librarians, financial records, statistical reports, and grant files.

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Professional papers include correspondence pertaining to his professorship and librarianship at Cornell and as a visiting professor elsewhere. Personal papers include correspondence with friends and family in Germany.