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Scope and Contents of the Materials
Personal papers of Theodore F. Welch, relating to U.S. - Japanese conferences and publications, contains materials for IFLA conferences (1985-86), includes the International Conference on Japanese Information (1987), the 4th (1988) and 5th (1992) U.S. Japan conferences, and related publications, Japan Honors America (1988), photographs from the first U.S. Japan conference (1969), the IFLA conference (1986), and other visits and conferences.
Biographical Note
Theodore F. Welch was born in Los Angeles, California in 1933. Before his career in librarianship, Welsh was interested in music and played with the Air Force bands in New York and Tokyo 1958-1962. In 1963 he received a BA in Music and Asian Studies from the University of Southern California. Welsh received his MLS from the University of California Berkeley in 1965. Welsh worked as a cataloger for the Library of Congress 1965-1967, then moved to Tokyo, Japan where he worked as a regional librarian for the U.S. Information Service 1967-1969. Upon his return to the U.S., Welsh became Assistant University Librarian for Public Services at Northwestern University. In 1973, he took a two-year leave to serve as Chief Information Officer for the United Nations Centre for Regional Development in Nagoya, Japan, and in 1975 Welsh received his PhD in Library and Information Science from the University of Tokyo. In 1975 Welsh returned to Northwestern University as Assistant University Librarian for Development. In 1976 Welsh became a lecturer in Japanese and became director of Northwestern University's Center for the Study of U.S.-Japan Relations in 1981. In 1983 he became Director of University Libraries at Northern Illinois University. Throughout his career, Welsh published several books on Japanese librarianship and libraries in Japan.
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Repository:
The American Library Association Archives
Accruals:
8/22/2016
Acquisition Source:
Theodore Welch
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- Series 1: Japan Foundation
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Japan Foundation Proposals, 1976-93
- Series 2: Conferences
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Pre-IFLA NIU-ALA Sponsored Study Trip to Japan (1986) - Correspondence, 1985-1986
- Folder 2: IFLA Chicago (1985) - Luncheon Meeting and IFLA Toyko (1986) - Program, 1985-1986
- Folder 3: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - Correspondence, 1985
- Folder 4: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - Correspondence, 1985-1987
- Folder 5: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - Japan - U.S. Friendship Commission, Grant Application, 1985-1988
- Folder 6: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - Notes and Programs, 1986
- Folder 7: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - Welch's Paper and Report, 1986
- Folder 8: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - English Papers with Correspondence, 1986
- Folder 9: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - Japanese Papers with Correspondence and Preprint, 1986
- Folder 10: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - Proceedings, Japanese and English, 1986
- Folder 11: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - Information on Participants, 1986
- Folder 12: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - Recommendations, 1986-1987
- Folder 13: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - "Record of Discussion and Incidental Remarks", 1986
- Folder 14: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - "Discussion Summary," Edited, 1986
- Folder 15: IFLA One Day Japan - U.S. Seminar on Library Technology in Higher Education - Reports and Correspondence, 1986-1987
- Folder 16: International Conference on Japanese Information - Papers and Correspondence, 1985-1987
- Folder 17: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Grant Application Correspondence, 1986-1987
- Folder 18: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Japan U.S. Friendship Commission, Grant Application, 1988-1989
- Folder 19: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Biographical Information Sheets, 1988
- Folder 20: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Considerations, 1988
- Folder 21: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - General Correspondence and Memoranda, 1987-1989
- Folder 22: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Group I Visit to NIU, 1988
- Folder 23: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Overheads: "Impact of Science Information System on Japanese University Libraries", 1988
- Folder 24: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Papers and Excerpts, 1976, 1987
- Folder 25: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Participants, 1987-1988
- Folder 26: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Photographs, 1988
- Folder 27: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Photographs at Founders Library, 1988
- Folder 28: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Proceedings in Japanese, 1989
- Folder 29: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Program and Notes, and Reviews of Previous Proceedings, 1973-1976, 1978, 1988-1989
- Folder 30: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Program and Financial Reports to the Japan - U.S. Friendship Commission, 1989
- Folder 31: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Program Schedule, 1986
- Folder 32: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Publication of Papers, Correspondence, 1988-1989
- Box 2
- Folder 1: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Publicity, Reports, and Articles, 1988-1989
- Folder 2: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Resolutions, 1988-1989
- Folder 3: 4th U.S. - Japan Conference - Tapes of Proceedings: Conference, Conference Group, and Work Group, 1988
- Folder 4: 5th U.S. - Japan Conference - Correspondence, Papers, and Program Materials, 1991-1993
- Folder 1 of 3
- Folder 5: 5th U.S. - Japan Conference - Correspondence, Papers, and Program Materials, 1991-1993
- Folder 2 of 3
- Folder 6: 5th U.S. - Japan Conference - Correspondence, Papers, and Program Materials, 1991-1993
- Folder 3 of 3
- Folder 7: 5th U.S. - Japan Conference - Grant Applications and Correspondence, 1991
- Folder 8: 5th U.S. - Japan Conference - Preprint English Version, 1992
- Series 3: Correspondence
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Correspondence, Reports & Papers, 1985, 1987
- Folder 2: General Correspondence, 1985, 1988-1989
- Series 4: Photographs
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Conferences and Visits, 1969, 1972-1973, 1978, 1980
- Folder 2: IFLA Conference, Tokyo, 1986
- Folder 3: Conferences and Visits, 1986-1988
- Folder 4: Regional Library Networking in the United States Lecture, September 1988
- Folder 5: U.S. - Japan Conference, Racine, WI, October 1988
- Folder 6: Conferences and Visits, 1990, 1992
- Series 5: Publications
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Table of Contents and Correspondence, 1972, 1974, 1976-1977, 1986
- Folder 2: Japan Honors America and Related Publications, Research Correspondence, 1986-1988
- Folder 3: Japanese Conference Proceedings
- Folder 4: Japanese Translation Correspondence, 1985-1986
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