Brief 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).
Held at:
The American Library Association Archives
19 Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61802
Phone: 217 333 0798
Fax: 217 244 2868
Email: ala-archives [at] library.illinois.edu
Record Series Number: 2/4/6
Created by: Executive Board and Executive Director
Volume: 83.3 Cubic Feet
Acquired:
4/26/74; 4/17/2004; added 0.1 cubic feet on 08/23/10; 8/2011; 9/3/2013; 6/1/2021
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject; chronological or alphabetical thereunder
Biographical Note for Executive Board and Executive Director :
Established in 1876, the Executive Board consists of the officers of the Association, the immediate past president, and 8 members elected by Council from its membership for four year terms. The members of the Executive Board are members of Council (1) Acting for the Council, the Executive Board administers the established policies and programs. As the management board of ALA, it is responsible for headquarters operations, subject to review by Council, and makes recommendations with respect to policy and operations (2).
The Executive Director is appointed by the Executive Board. The Executive Director is in charge of headquarters and its personnel, carries out the activities provided for in the budget, and perfroms such other duties as may be assigned. Originally an elected position, the office of Executive Secretary became an appointed position in 1909 (3). The title changed to Executive Director in 1958 (4).
Sub-groups:
1-President
2-Vice President
3-Treasurer
4-Executive Director
5-Members of Executive Board
6-American Library in Paris Board of Trustees
7-Endowment Trustees
8-Publishing Board
10-Legal Counsel Committee
30-Headquarters Space Needs Committee
31-Divisional Interests Committee
32-Honorary Members
33-Investments Committee
34-Resources Committee
35-War Mobilization Committee
36-Advisory Evaluation Committee
37-ALA Archival and Library Materials Committee
38-Annuities and Pensions (Staff)
40-Search Committee
41-ACONDA/ANACONDA
43-Finance/Budget Committee
45-Headquarters Building Committee
47-Equal Rights Task Force
93-Ad Hoc Committees and Task Forces
Subject Index
Accreditation, Committee on
Activities Committee, Second
Adult Education Association of The United States of America
ALA Annual Conference
ALA Annual Conference (1980: New York City, New York)
ALA Annual Conference (1981: San Francisco, California)
ALA Annual Conference (1982: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ALA Annual Conference (1983: Los Angeles, California)
ALA Annual Conference (1984: Dallas, Texas)
ALA Annual Conference (1985: Chicago, Illinois)
ALA Midwinter Meeting
Algeria - Library Education
American Book Publishing Council
American Council on Education
American Heritage Foundation
American Library in Paris
American National Standards Institute
Anglo American Cataloging Rules
Argentina-Libraries
Asheim, Lester E.
Audio-Visual Board
Awards Committee
Biomedical Library Review Committee
Bolivia - Libraries
Bookbinding
Boorstin, Daniel
Brazil - Libraries
Budget
Buildings, Library
Bulletin (ALA)
Canadian Library Association
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Censorship
Centennial (ALA)
Chile - Libraries
China-Libraries
Civil Service
Clift, David H.
Colombia - Libraries
Committee on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works
Committees
Continuing Education
Copyright
Copyright Law
Cory, John M.
Costa Rica - Libraries
Ecuador - Libraries
Egypt - Libraries
Equal Rights Amendment
Ethiopia - Libraries
Executive Board, ALA
Franklin Books Program
Freedom to Read Foundation
Future Structure Committee
Galvin, Thomas J.
Ghana - Libraries
Guatemala - Libraries
Headquarters Space Needs Committee
Hong Kong - Libraries
India - Libraries
Indonesia - Libraries
Intellectual Freedom
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
International Relations Committee
Jamaica - Libraries
Japan-Libraries
Japanese Library School
Job Classification and Pay Plans
Keio University Library School (Tokyo, Japan)
Kenya - Libraries
Korea - Libraries
Kuhlman, Augustus F.
Legislation Committee
Librarian of Congress
Libya - Libraries
Macleish, Archibald
Malaya - Libraries
Mexico - Libraries
Milam, Carl H.
Milam, Carl H. Lecture Tour
National Advisory Commission on Libraries
National Book Award
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
National Library Association
Nemeyer, Carol
Nigeria - Libraries
Pakistan - Libraries
Panama - Libraries
Peru - Libraries
Philippines - Libraries
Photocopying
Public Information Office
Publishing Department
Publishing Services
Reorganization
Reproduction
Research
Rockefeller Foundation
Senegal - Libraries
Shaw-Shera Controversy
Sierra Leone - Libraries
Singapore - Libraries
Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)
Special Libraries Association (SLA)
Sri Lanka - Libraries
Sudan - Libraries
Taiwan - Libraries
Time Study (ALA)
U.S. Information Agency
Uganda - Libraries
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Org
Uruguay - Libraries
Venezuela - Libraries
Washington Office
Wedgeworth, Robert
Wheeler, Joseph L.
White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals
White House Conference on Library and Information Services I
Zambia - Libraries
Zimbabwe - Libraries
Languages of Materials
English [eng]
Finding Aid Revisions: 12/9/2022 - fixed formatting