Subject File, 1904- | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Subject File, 1904-

Series Number: 2/4/6

Acquired: 4/26/74; 4/17/2004; added 0.1 cubic feet on 08/23/10; 8/2011; 9/3/2013; 6/1/2021

Volume: 83.3 Cubic Feet

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Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	01-06
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	07-12
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	13-18
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	19-24
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	25-30
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	31-36
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	37-42
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	43-48
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	49-54
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	55-60
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	61-66
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	67-72
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	73-78
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard St.	79-84

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Description: Subject files of Carl Milam, John Cory, David Clift, Robert Wedgeworth, Thomas Galvin, and other executive secretaries and directors, including correspondence about projects and grants (1951-61); Carnegie Corporation, Rockefeller Foundation, federal government and other funding sources; relationships between ALA and the American Book Publishing Council and American Association for Adult Education; classification and pay plans (1937-54); ALA Bulletin (1955-67); the Shaw-Shera controversy (1935); formation of a Joint Archives Committee (1935); creation of a Library Research and Statistics Bureau; Resources of American Library Commission (1935-42); the Depression (1935-35); Union List of Newspaper (1934-35); 2nd and 3rd Activities committees; ALA-ACRL staff activities; Headquarters time study (1947-48); American Heritage Foundation projects; correspondence and reports from the Adult Services; Children's Services; Information Science & Automation Divisions, American Association of State Libraries, American Association of School Librarians; ACRL; Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries; and American Library Trustees Association round tables; copyright revision (1973-84) and the Bicentennial; Clift's annotated working copies of Executive Board dockets, documents and correspondence (1951-76) and files on the Japan Library School (1950-61); IFLA (1964, 1969-80); FTRF (1973- 82); National Advisory Commission on Libraries (1966-69); Report on the Second Activities Commission (1934); four activities charts (1936); conference planning files (1977-85); foreign reports (1961-69); certificates presented to staff (1979-80); Wedgeworth's journals (1979-95); Daniel J. Boorstin's nomination as Librarian of Congress (1975); and scholarships awards (1975- 90).

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