Cornell University Library Acquisitions Department records
Scope and content
The Cornell University Library Acquisitions Department records contains departmental records dating 1874-1994. The collection includes accession volumes, memoranda, budgets/fund books, and Technical Services records. The collection also contains correspondence, including a sub-series of correspondence from Acquisitions Librarian Arthur P. Sweet and Felix Reichmann, the Assistant Director for Development of Collections, as well as correspondence between the Department and various book dealers and publishers. Accession volumes include Andrew Dickson White's personal library, 1881-1891 (vol. 3), Zarncke Library, 1893-1899 (vol. 11), Thurston Collection, 1905 (vol. 24), Barnes Collection, 1913-1947 (vols. 49-50), Comstock Library, 1914-1947 (vols. 52-53), Goldwin Smith Library, 1907-1947 (vols. 54-56); Wason Collection, 1918-1947 (vols. 63-64); Dante Collection, 1907-1947 (vols. 66-67); Petrarch Collection, 1907-1943 (vol. 65); and Maps, 1898-1946 (vols. 87-88) Also, Chemistry Library accession books (7 vols., 1927-1962); Latin Seminary accession book, (1892-1914); and catalog of the Franz Bopp collection.
Dates
- 1874-1994.
Creator
- Cornell University. Library. Acquisitions Department (Organization)
- Reichmann, Felix, 1899-1987. (Person)
- Sweet, Arthur. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
29.3 cubic feet. (29.3 cubic feet.)
Abstract
The Cornell University Library Acquisitions Department records contains departmental records dating 1874-1994. The collection includes correspondence, accession volumes, memoranda, budgets/fund books, and Technical Services records.
Physical Description
Correspondence, accession volumes, fund books, and a catalog.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- August 2006
- EAD encoding:
- Dan Sterner, August 2006
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, July 2018
- Acquisitions (Libraries)
- Bopp, Franz, 1791-1867.
- Cornell University -- : Libraries.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- August 2006
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2007-05-29: converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu