Description: Papers of Robert Bingham Downs (1903-90), Librarian and Dean of Library Administration ( 1943-71), including biographical material (1941-90); correspondence (1929-90); Library Association files (1932-75); Subject files (1927-90); course material (1931-75); annual reports (1931-71); international projects (1948-83); library studies (1936-76); Canadian, British & Australian library resources studies (1966-81); talks (1931-79); book production files (1956-90); photographs (1946-76) & publications (1934-89) about academic library administration & standards; library resources surveys; censorship & intellectural freedom; publishing (1931-33); history of books; Books that Changes the World (1956-80); library Cooperation & Union Catalogs; librarianship in Japan, Mexico & Turkey; folklore; biography; and Urbana Rotary Club (1962-63).
Note: See also Record Group Series 03/03/03, Box 2, folder marked “Iowa State” for “National Diet Library - Report on Technical Processes, Bibliographical Services and General Organization” by Robert B. Downs (Special Consultant - Civil Information and Education Section - General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers), Tokyo: Kokuritsu Kokkai Tosyokan (National Diet Library), 1948 and “Report on the Establishment of a Library School in Japan” by Robert Bingham Downs, Chicago, Illinois: American Library Association, 1950.
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