Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections records
Scope and content
Administrative records; financial records; reference and donor correspondence, and chronological file of outgoing correspondence.
Memorabilia includes book truck labels fancifully annotated by student employees during the transfer of collections from Olin Library to Kroch Library and guest books signed by early visitors and patrons, August through November, 1992. Video tour of the Division created by Nancy Dean. T-shirt and tote bag from the 1996 RBMS Preconference (for the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries), held at Cornell.
Records of the Division's Strategic Plan, 1993-94.
Icelandic Collection circulation and other card files.
Records compiled by Cheryl Stadel-Bevans, 1998-1999 for an 18-month NHPRC (National Historical Publications and Records Commission) -sponsored project to investigate the requirements for electronic administrative records at Cornell, and a report by Nancy McGovern on electronic student records systems, 2000.
Files relating to the John Nolen Research Fund, 1990-2001.
Videotape of the dedication of the Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, November 13, 2002. Audio tape of New York State canal talk by Prof. Donald Postle, 1995. Also, Cornell family genealogical notes.
Magneto-optical disk (MOD) backups.
Dates
- 1992-2017
Creator
- Cornell University. Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (Organization)
- Dean, Nancy L. (Person)
- Stadel-Bevans, Cheryl. (Person)
- McGovern, Nancy. (Person)
- Postle, D. S. (Donald S.) (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Access Restrictions:
Access restricted to the permission of the office of origin.
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
The Division was formed in 1992 with the combination of the Department of Rare Books, the Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, the History of Science Collections, and the Icelandic Collection.
Extent
81.6 cubic feet. (81.6 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Records, files, and miscellany relating to the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
Physical Description
Records, guest books, video tour, card files, financial records, and correspondence.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- J. Parker
- Date completed:
- February 2001
- EAD encoding:
- Julia ParkerPeter Martinez, July 2003Ariel J. Conant, September 2006
- Date modified:
- Fredrika Loew, October 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by J. Parker
- Date
- 2002; 2023 (Addition)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu