Finding Aid for Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection, 1893-2007 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection, 1893-2007

ID: 97/1/55

Primary Creator: Koopman, Sjoerd

Extent: 0.9 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged by geographic location name and alphabetically by library name thereunder

Date Acquired: 07/13/2007. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Academic Libraries, Bookmobiles, Buildings, Library, Carnegie Libraries, Chicago Public Libraries (Illinois), College and Research Libraries, Illinois-Institutional Libraries, Illinois-Public Libraries, Photographs, Buildings, Postcards, Public Libraries, State Libraries, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Library

Languages: English, German

Library postcard collection of Sjoerd Koopman contains almost 18,000 pictorial and photographic postcards of libraries all over the world, includes public libraries, private libraries, academic libraries, library interiors, reading rooms, and bookmobiles. The ALA Archives holds digital copies of over 2,400 cards from this collection depicting libraries throughout the United States; the majority of them are also available as physical objects. New objects are added periodically.

There are no physical postcards from Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Utah, or West Virginia.

Academic Libraries
Bookmobiles
Buildings, Library
Carnegie Libraries
Chicago Public Libraries (Illinois)
College and Research Libraries
Illinois-Institutional Libraries
Illinois-Public Libraries
Photographs, Buildings
Postcards
Public Libraries
State Libraries
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Library

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 7/7/2011, 2/19/2013, 2/2014, 3/2015, 7/2015, 5/25/2016, 8/29/2017, 6/13/2018, 11/28/2018, 1/23/2019, 2/11/2019, 2/12/2019, 4/2/2019, 5/2/2019, 8/16/2019, 8/27/2019, 9/26/2019, 10/2019, 11/2019, 12/2019, 1/2020, 2/2020, 3/2020, 6/2021, 12/2021, 3/2022, 7/2022, 8/2022, 12/2022, 2023, 2024

Acquisition Source: Sjoerd Koopman

Acquisition Method: Physical objects were first loaned to the American Library Association Archives. The digital objects were created by the ALA Archives at the University of Illinois Archives. A Deed of Gift was later signed and the ALA Archives has obtained physical postcards for its holdings.

Finding Aid Revision History: 12/13/2022 - finding aid had already been created, uploaded it after adding 12/12/2022 additions

Other Note: 2 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/9701055a.pdf

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