By (Unknown); Salvatore V. De Sando; Cara Bertram
Collection Overview
Title: Fiftieth Anniversary Conference Records, 1923-1926
ID: 5/1/26
Creator: Conference Arrangements Office
Extent: 2.4 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: Arranged by subject title, and oversized items from Volume 8 are in oversized storage.
Date Acquired: 01/17/1974
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Conference records of the Fiftieth Anniversary conference contains bound scrapbooks, includes preliminary arrangements (I), international correspondence (II and III), sesquicentennial exhibit (V), publicity (VI), Norwegian Library Association greeting, photographs (VII), clippings (VIII), abstracts and special articles (IX), ALA Bulletin and Proceedings (X), minutes of meetings of the 50th Anniversary Committee (April 25, 27, 1923), list of contributors to the 50th Anniversary Fund, a Guest Register (1926).
Biographical Note
The Conference Arrangements Office was established in 1968 as a unite of the Administrative Services Department of the American Library Association (1). Its origins date back to 1957 when a Conference Program Arrangements unit was established as part of the Program and Membership Services Department (2). From 1964 to 1966, the Conference Arrangements Office was known as the Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting Executive Committee (3). Responsibility for administering the unit has shifted between ALA departments over the years including Program and Membership Services (1957-59), Administrative and Fiscal Services (1960-61), Executive Office (1973-81), Fiscal Services (1982-84), and Communications Services (1985- ) (4).
The purpose of the Conference Arrangements Office is to coordinate all arrangements, excluding program, for the two annual meetings of the Association. Activities include handling requests for facilities, exhibit space, conference site information, program scheduling and placement of advertisements in the Official Program (5).
Administrative Information
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Item 1: Volume I: Preliminary Arrangements
- Item 2: Volume II: International Correspondence, Part 1
- Item 3: Volume III: International Correspondence, Part 2
- Item 4: Volume V: Sesquientennial Exhibit
- Item 5: Volume VI: Publicity
- Box 2
- Item 1: Volume VII: Photographs
- Item 2: Volume VIII: Newspaper Clippings
- Box 3
- Item 1: Volume IX: Abstracts and Special Articles
- Item 2: Contributors to 50th Anniversary Fund October 16th Supplementary List
- Item 3: Meetings of the 50th Anniversary Committee, April 25-April 27, 1923
- Two copies
- Box 4
- Item 1: Guest Book, August 3-November 27, 1926
- Item 2: Volume X: ALA Bulletin and Proceedings Index to Set
- Box 5
- Item 1: Bound Norweigian Library Association 50th Anniversary Congratulatory Book Gift to ALA
- Box 6 (OS)
- Materials located in flat storage in a map case.
- Folder 1: Volume VIII: Oversized Newspaper Clippings
- Folder 2: 50th Anniversary Poster