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Correspondence mainly concerning the appointment of Stephen A. McCarthy as Director of Cornell University Library in 1946. Other topics covered include the appointment of Giles Shepherd as the Library's Assistant Director, and subsequent actions by the University's Board of Trustees relating to the Library. Correspondents include McCarthy, Cornell University President Edmund E. Day, and Secretary of the Board of Trustees Robert B. Meigs, among others.

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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.

Scope and content Programs and an invitation for the dedication ceremony and its accompanying conference, concert, and other festivities; correspondence relating to the planning for the events with Library staff, event attendees, and others; pamphlets on the new Olin Library and Uris Library; and the Cornell Daily Sun issue for October 10, 1962. The correspondence consists mainly of letters and memos from University Librarian Stephen A. McCarthy. Also a plaque from the Jacques Lipchitz sculpture The Bather...

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Typewritten reports and correspondence concerning the Chemistry Department Library and the Physics Library, and planning for the new Physical Sciences Library. Correspondents include Stephen A. McCarthy, Giles F. Shepherd, R.L. Sproull, Mary Thomas, and Arthur C. Kulp, among others.