Special Collections Acquisitions File, 1905-96, 2010 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Special Collections Acquisitions File of University Librarians Robert Downs, Lucien White, and Hugh Atkinson; Acquisitions Librarians Helen Welch and Marilyn Satterlee; Director of Collection Development, Carl Deal; and the Assistant Director for Special Collections, Acquisitions, and Preservation, Norman Brown, includes correspondence, inventory lists, appraisals, descriptions of collections offered for donation or purchase, accession agreements, clippings, and recommendations from faculty members concerning potential and actual acquisitions of collections of manuscripts, rare books, photographs, monographs, serials, and maps purchased by or donated to the library. This series also includes requests from the University Librarian to the research Board for the purchase of special collections materials (1943-78) and the annual reports of purchases from Research Board Funds (1954-71). Correspondents also include Maynard Brichford, Ernest Ingold, Robert Oram, John Hoffmann, and George Hendrick. RESTRICTED