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Title: Theodore F. Welch Papers, 1972-1993

ID: 97/1/41

Primary Creator: Welsh, Theodore F. (1933-)

Extent: 2.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged by subject and chronological by date thereunder

Date Acquired: 06/28/1993. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), Japan-America Conference, Japan-Libraries, Japan-U.S. Conf on Librairies and Information Science in Higher

Languages: English, Japanese

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.

Subject/Index Terms

International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
Japan-America Conference
Japan-Libraries
Japan-U.S. Conf on Librairies and Information Science in Higher

Administrative Information

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 8/22/2016

Acquisition Source: Theodore Welch

Other Note: 2 Pages

Other URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/9701041a.pdf

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Japan Foundation],
[Series 2: Conferences],
[Series 3: Correspondence],
[Series 4: Photographs],
[Series 5: Publications],
[All]

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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