Council on Library and Information Resources records, 1937-2001 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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BOX 1-21	Administrative File, 1955-1996
		Memoranda, correspondence, meeting minutes, board reports, funding reports, and press releases detailing the Council of Library Resources founding, operations, and activities. Of particular note is series of memoranda from Vice-President Melville Ruggles and Program Officer Carl Spaulding to President Verner W. Clapp that dates between 1956 and 1966. This material details office procedures, pending projects and proposals, travel logs, and meeting notes, among other topics. Also included in this series are materials documenting funding sources, long range planning, organizational summaries and histories, and publications. A press release file reflects major projects, achievements, and milestones reached by the Council on Library Resources between 1957 and 1995.
		Arranged alphabetically by topic.
BOX 1		Annual report, 1965, 1993-1995
			(2 folders)
BOX 1		Case and mission statements, 1992-1993
BOX 1		Chronological file
BOX 1			1955-1957
				(5 folders)
BOX 2			1958, Jan.-Nov.
				(5 folders)
BOX 3			1958, Dec.-1959, Nov. 12
				(5 folders)
BOX 4			1959, Nov. 16-1960, July 11
				(5 folders)
BOX 5			1960, July 14-1961, June 7
				(6 folders)
BOX 6			1961, June 14-1962, Nov. 14
				(6 folders)
BOX 7			1962, Nov. 19-1963, Oct.
				(6 folders)
BOX 8			1963, Nov.-1964, Nov. 3
				(6 folders)
BOX 9			1964, Nov. 12-1965, Oct. 22
				(6 folders)
BOX 10			1965, Oct. 25-1966, Nov. 12
				(5 folders)
BOX 11			1966, Nov. 14-1967, June 28
				(6 folders)
BOX 12			1967, July-1969, Nov.
				(8 folders)
BOX 13			1970-1971, 1994
				(4 folders)
BOX 13		Development committee report, 1993
BOX 13		Fellows, 1969-1978
BOX 13		Financial statements, 1993-1994
BOX 13		Funding source analysis, 1994
BOX 13		Long range planning, 1981-1988
BOX 14		Memoranda
BOX 14			1956-1960, Mar.
				(10 folders)
BOX 15			1960, Apr.-1962, Nov.
				(9 folders)
BOX 16			1963, Jan.-1965, Dec.
				(9 folders)
BOX 17			1966-1969, Mar.
				(9 folders)
BOX 18			1969, Apr.-1971
				(7 folders)
BOX 19		Newsletter survey, 1993
BOX 19		Organizational histories, 1956, 1986-1994
			(3 folders)
BOX 19		Photographs, undated
BOX 19		President search committee, 1990
BOX 19		Press and clippings, 1956-1978
BOX 19		Press releases
BOX 19			1957-1965
				(4 folders)
BOX 20			1966-1975, 1985-1995
				(8 folders)
BOX 20		Program Planning committee, 1982
BOX 20		Publications, 1957-1960, 1971-1996, undated
			(3 folders)
BOX 21			(1 folder)
BOX 21		Twenty year report, 1976-1977
BOX 21-27	President's Files, 1937-2001
		Articles, speech transcripts, reports, and correspondence created or collected by past presidents of CLIR and its originating organizations. Represented individuals include Verner W. Clapp, Patricia Battin, and Deanna B. Marcum. The Clapp files comprise articles authored by Clapp, W. J. Barrow, Lee Edmonds Grove, and the National Bureau of Standards, and files pertaining to Clapp's death, memorial services, tributes, and affairs. The Battin files primarily document her various speaking engagements and authored articles between 1979 and 2001. Project files, awards, and records related to her tenure at Columbia University is also included. The Marcum files comprise authored articles, newsletters and reports created by the Commission on Preservation and Access and the Council on Library Resources in the years prior to the merge. Some material reflecting presentations is also included, as are research files and drafts for her dissertation. Little to no evidence exists in Marcum’s files detailing the Council and Commission’s merger, her role as the manager of the merge, or her responsibilities as president of the newly combined organizations.
		Arranged alphabetically by name.
BOX 21		Battin, Patricia
BOX 21			Articles, 1979-1996, undated
				(4 folders)
BOX 21			Awards and commendations, 1995-1999
BOX 21			Books and book chapters, 1980-1998
BOX 21			Clippings, 1978-1991
BOX 21			Columbia University, New York, N.Y., reports, 1984
BOX 21			Consultancies, 1978, 1984
BOX 21			Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper, by Nicholson Baker, review, 2001
BOX 21			"The Electronic Library" (article and presentation), 1984-1990
BOX 21			"Libraries, Computers, and Scholarship" (article and presentation), 1981-1982
BOX 21			Library education, 1983-1984
BOX 22			Remarks and addresses, 1978-2000
				(8 folders)
BOX 22			Research Libraries Group, 1979-1983
BOX 23			Scholarly Information Center (journal), 1986-1987
BOX 23			Virtual Library project, 1996
BOX 23		Clapp, Verner W.
BOX 23			Article reviews, 1958-1968
BOX 23			Articles, 1956-1975
				(3 folders)
BOX 23			Barrow, W.J. articles, 1948-1970
BOX 23			Biographical sketches, circa 1969-1972
BOX 23			Death and affairs, 1972
BOX 23			Disposition of papers report, 1973
BOX 23			Grove, Lee Edmonds articles, 1962-1966
BOX 23			Memorial service, 1972, June
BOX 23			National Bureau of Standards reports, 1937, 1959, 1967-1971
				(2 folders)
BOX 24				(4 folders)
BOX 24			Obituaries, 1972
BOX 24			Permalife pamphlets - Standard Paper Manufacturing Co., undated
BOX 24			Preservation reports (general), 1959-1972
				(3 folders)
BOX 25			Tributes, 1972
BOX 25		Marcum, Deanna B.
BOX 25			Articles, 1983-1984, 1990-1997
				(4 folders)
BOX 25			Commission on Preservation and Access reports and newsletters, 1991-1995
BOX 25			Council on Library Resources reports, 1983-1987
BOX 25			Correspondence, 1995-1996
BOX 25			"Developing Leadership Skills" resource book, 1979
BOX 25			Dissertation
BOX 25				Drafts, circa 1989-circa 1992
BOX 25				Notes, circa 1989-circa 1992
BOX 26				Prospectus, 1989
BOX 26				Research, circa 1989-circa 1992
					(8 folders)
BOX 26				"The Rural Public Library in America at the Turn of the Century," 1989
BOX 26			Network Advisory Committee, 1995
BOX 27			Presentations, 1984-1992
				(2 folders)
BOX 27			Reappointments, 1992-1996
BOX 27-131	Correspondence, 1956-2000
		Letters sent and received by CLIR and its originating organizations between 1956 and 2000 relating to operations, funding, projects, and collaborations with other libraries and library organizations. Groupings of correspondence were maintained as received in an alphabetical file and chronological file.
		Arranged into two subseries: Alphabetical and Chronological.
BOX 27-95		Alphabetical, 1956-1972
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