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...