http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010279 Association of Research Libraries Records A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Prepared by Manuscript Division staff Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2011

Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82054718

Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2011 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Association of Research Libraries Records 1932-1979 MSS54718 Association of Research Libraries 11,000 items 44 containers 17.6 linear feet Collection material in English Manuscript Division Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Organization of research libraries in the United States and Canada. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, financial records, printed matter, and miscellaneous items relating to the association's membership and its assessment and evaluation projects and services on behalf of client institutions. Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

 Organizations Association of Research Libraries. Farmington Plan. Library of Congress. National Agricultural Library (U.S.) National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Subjects Academic libraries. Acquisition of foreign publications--United States. Agricultural libraries. Cooperative acquisition of library materials. Education, Higher. Libraries--Canada. Libraries--Societies, etc. Libraries--United States. Library catalogs. Medical libraries. National libraries. Newspapers on microfilm. Public libraries. Research libraries. Research. Special libraries. Titles Public Law 480 program. Administrative Information Provenance

The records of the Association of Research Libraries were given to the Library of Congress by the association between 1974 and 1982.

 Processing History

The records of the Association of Research Libraries were housed and listed circa 1985. The finding aid was revised in 2011.

 Copyright Status

The status of copyright in the unpublished writings in the Association of Research Libraries is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).

 Access and Restrictions

The records of the Association of Research Libraries are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

 Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Association of Research Libraries Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Organizational History

The Association of Research Libraries was formed in 1932 for the purpose of improving the collections and services of its member libraries in support of higher education and research. Its membership consists of larger university libraries; research libraries in the United States and Canada, including the three national libraries of the United States: the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library of Medicine; and public and special libraries with large research collections.

The association undertakes a variety of activities, including serving as a representative for its members in matters relating to the federal government, international agencies, and other library associations, as well as engaging in cooperative projects and studies with other academic and research organizations. Among the more important projects sponsored or supported by the association are the Farmington Plan, the Public Law 480 program, the National Program for Acquisitions and Cataloging, the Foreign Newspaper Microfilm Project, the annual publication of Dissertation Abstracts, and the establishment of the Center for Chinese Research Materials and the Slavic Bibliographic and Documentation Center.

 Scope and Content Note

The records of the Association of Research Libraries span the years 1932-1979 and document the efforts of the association to improve the collections and services of member research libraries in North America. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, financial records, printed matter, and miscellaneous items concerning the organizational structure and administration of the association. The records reflect on membership requirements and admittances, the deliberations of internal and cooperative committees, relationships with affiliated organizations, and various projects administered by the association, including the Farmington Plan, the Public law 480 program, the Foreign Newspaper Microfilm Project, and the publication of the first Library of Congress catalog initiated and sponsored by the association.

 Arrangement of the Papers

This collection is arranged by subject in the order as the items were originally described and housed.

 http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82054718 Container List Container Contents 1 General 1 1932-1944 2 1945-1946 2 General correspondence 2 1947-1949 3 1949-1951 4 1951-1953 5 1954-1959 6 1959-1962 7 Fiscal records, 1933-1962 7 Vouchers and receipts, 1933-1937 7 Dues and membership list, 1952 7 Miscellaneous, 1952 7 Account 8069 7 Membership dues 7 1954-1955 8 1956 8 Microcard orders of minutes 8 Sales 8 Farmington Plan 8 Final report 8 Handbook 8 Minutes of meetings 8 Deposits 8 Financial statements 8 Orders sent 8 Clearinghouse forms, sale of 9 Organization membership 9 Membership and representation 9 Digest, minutes of meetings 9 Weber, index to minutes 9 Use and distribution of minutes 9 Reorganization, 1946 ballot 10 Admission of John Crerar Library, Chicago, Ill. 10 Admission of Army Medical and Agriculture 10 Reconstitution of membership (2 folders) 10 Old member 10 Reconstitution of membership, new nominees 11 Dartmouth, N.H., 1952 11 Membership, 1953-1957 11 Potential members, 1961-1962 11 Membership, 1962 11 Reorganization 12 Invitations, representatives, and inaugurations 12 Association list and general 12 Dix phone calls 12 Executive secretive 12 Candidates 12 General 12 Eugene Power, advisory committee concerning microfilming operation in Moscow, USSR 12 Press releases 12 Tax exemption application 12 Constitution, working papers 12 Incorporation, correspondence 12 Committee memberships 12 Members 12 Constitutions 12 Reorganization, 1961-1962 13 Meetings 13 Chicago, Ill., 1932-1933 (2 folders) 13 Montreal, Canada, 1934, June 13 Washington, D.C., 1934, Dec. 13 Denver, Colo., 1935, July 13 Chicago, Ill., 1935, Dec. 13 Richmond, Va., 1936, May 13 Chicago, Ill., 1936, Dec. 13 New York, N.Y., 1937, July 13 Chicago, Ill., 1937, Dec. 13 Kansas, 1938, July 13 Unknown, twelfth meeting 13 San Francisco, Calif., 1939, July 13 Chicago, Ill., Dec. 1939 13 Extra copies 13 Circular letters 13 Miscellaneous 14 General 14 Farmington Plan Advisory Committee, minutes of meeting, 1961 15 Miscellaneous projects 15 Wilson Co., service basis (2 folders) 15 Charge study 15 Price and Raney reports 15 Doctoral dissertation 15 List, 1939 15 Microfilming of master's thesis 16 Master's thesis list 16 Committee on Indexing and Abstracting 16 Doctoral dissertations, 1947-1953 16 Committee on the Publication and Distribution of Thesis, 1951 16 Dissertation lists 16 Association of Research Libraries 16 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 17 Advisory Committee on the Publication and Recording of Dissertations 17 Modern Language Association project, Robbins 17 Pastor index 17 Paul, James C. N., Institute of Legal Research 17 Author index for Poole 17 Preservation of confidential material 17 Price 17 Rusk, George Y. 17 Silver, Henry 17 Harry Truman Library, Independence, Mo. 17 National code hearings, publication 17 Clearinghouse for interlibrary loans 18 Inter-American Library meetings 18 Interlibrary loan code 18 International Conference on Cataloging Principles 18 Kraus, Abtailung A. 18 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 18 Cooperative purchase of European books 18 Librarianship 18 Printing of catalog 18 Librarians Liaison Committee 18 Code authorities, National Recovery Administration 19 Durable paper 19 Edwards music republishing 19 Encyclopedia of SS 19 Florence agreement 19 Evans project 19 Folklore 19 Humphrey, Hubert H. 20 Alien property custodian 20 American imprints inventory 20 Autonomy of law libraries 20 Biological abstracts projects, service basis charge 20 Chemical abstracts 20 Chinese imports, 1952 20 Cost of books index 20 Commerce Department export regulations 20 Miscellany 21 Committees and projects 21 Board on Acquisition of Library Material 21 Bibliographical control of microforms 21 Committee on Bibliography 22 Customs, 1946-1954 23 Documentation and Information Retrieval Committee 23 Committee to Examine Legal Aspects of Securing Foreign Documents 23 Interm Committee on Export of Library Material 23 Committee on Foreign Newspapers, microfilming project 23 Foreign Official Gazette Committee 23 Committee on the High Cost of German Books and Periodicals 23 Committee on Library Privileges and Fees 23 Manuscript accessions 23 General 23 List 24 Committee on Cooperative Microfilm Projects 24 Committee on Microfilm 24 Cooperation 24 Microphotography 24 Microfilming of newspapers 24 Newspapers on microfilm 24 Committee on Microfilm Lending 24 Committee on Microtext Standards 25 Committee on Midwest Group's Proposal 25 Index to monograph series 25 National conference 25 Committee on National Needs in Time of Crisis 25 National Union Catalog 25 Manuscript collections 25 Mechanization 26 Committee to Prevent Post War Competition in Books Purchases 26 Committee on Protection of Cultural and Scientific Resources 26 Public law 480 26 Correspondence, 1959-1962 26 Letters of support to congressmen 26 Committee on Reichman Proposal 26 Committee on Reproduction 26 Reprints, Kaplin 27 Committee on Research Libraries and the Library of Congress 27 Russian Translation Committee 27 Committee on Serials in Research Fields, 1952 (2 folders) 28 National Committee on Renaissance Studies 28 Statistics 28 Committee on Statistics 28 Transliteration 28 Committee on Unesco Affairs 28 Union list of serials 28 Joint Committee on Union List of Serials 28 Committee on the Use of Manuscripts by Visiting Scholars 29 Associations, affiliations, and joint committees 29 Affiliated organizations 29 American Library Association 29 Committee on Implementation of National Plans 29 Committee on Standardization of Library Supplies and Equipment, Z85 29 Committee Z39 29 Councillor 29 General 29 Library Education Division newsletter 29 American Council of Learned Societies 29 General 30 Project on microfilm 30 American Documentation Institute and Science, Watson Davis 30 Association of College and Research Libraries 30 Conference on American Library 30 Resources on southern Asia 30 Conference on Science Manuscripts 30 Council of Graduate Schools in the United States 30 Council on Library Resources 30 Grant 31 Grant request 31 Council of National Library Associations 31 General, 1952-1962 (2 folders) 31 Joint committees 31 United States libraries and the federal government 32 Safeguarding library material 32 Projects to foundations 32 Visiting foreign libraries 32 Fair use in copying 32 Joint committees 32 Governments 32 Documentation service 32 Increased cost of Library of Congress cards 32 Importation Advisory Committee 32 Indexing and abstracting 32 Library education, minutes of meeting, 1961 32 Library work as a career 33 Microcards 33 Polibiblon 33 Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 33 Reproduction of bibliographic and reference works 33 Reproduction of enemy publications 33 Overhead costs 33 Article by Logsdon 33 Correspondence, 1960-1962 34 Library overhead cost, 1964 34 Current material 34 Institutional reports, file no. 2 34 National Science Foundation 34 Grant requests 34 Columbia School of Library Science, New York, N.Y. 34 Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 34 Grant 34 Materials, 1961 34 Liaison Committee 34 Correspondence, 1962 34 Meetings, 1961-1962 (2 folders) 35 Reports 35 Advisory Committee, 1960-1961 35 National Postal Committee for Educational and Cultural Materials, postal rates 35 Standard Conference of National and University Libraries 35 United States Book Exchange 36 Board of Directors 36 Advisory Committee, 1934-1961 37 Meetings 37 1934-1943 38 1944-1954 39 1955-1961 40 Legislation 40 Legislative matters 40 Foreign Agents Registration Act 40 Congressional hearings 40 H.R. 6, Walter's bill 40 H.R. 7927 40 H.R. 8900, conference report, academic bill 40 H.R. 11823 40 S. 1726 41 Farmington Plan 41 Advisory Committee meeting, 1961 41 General 41 Handbook 41 Newsletter 41 Chronological file 41 1959, Sept. 42 1949-1959 43 1947-1948 43 Farmington proposal 43 Princeton meeting, 1959 43 Council on Library Resources grant, 1959 44 Joint Committee on African Resources 44 Sub-Committees 44 Africa 44 Far Eastern resources 44 Latin American resources 44 Near and Middle Eastern resources 44 Slavic and East European library material, 1959 44 Slavic studies, 1958 44 South Asia 44 Western European library materials