Finding Aid for the Library Letter Collection (MUM01770)

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Finding Aid for the Library Letter Collection

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Descriptive Summary
PURL:	http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM01770/
Title:	Library Letter Collection
Dates:	1977-1987
Collector:	University of Mississippi
Physical Extent:	1 oversize box (1.58 linear feet)
Repository:	University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification:	MUM01770
Location:	General Special Collections; Visual Collections
Language of Material:	English
Abstract:	This collection contains preparation materials for the production of the Library Letter, a newsletter about the University of Mississippi libraries, and copies of the Library Letter that were issued.

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Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed by Apral Foreman, May 2012. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, May 2012.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

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Subject Terms

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Formats

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Historical Note

The first Library Letter was issued in June of 1983. The purpose of this newsletter was to provide information about the J.D. Williams Library’s contribution and expansion within the University of Mississippi and the state of Mississippi as well as to attract donors to become Friends of the Library and aid in the library’s progress. This newsletter was issued quarterly.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection contains preparation materials for the production of the Library Letter, a newsletter about the University of Mississippi libraries, and copies of the Library Letter that were issued.

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User Information

Preferred Citation

Library Letter Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The Library Letter Collection is open for research. Photographs have been removed from this collection and are stored at an off-site facility. Researchers interested in using this collection's photographs must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

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Related Material

Resources at the University of Mississippi

Friends of the Library Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library

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Separated Material

Photographs have been removed and transferred to cold storage for preservation purposes.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically according to format.

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Container List

Folder 1.1

The Library Letter, 1984-1987

Scope: Letters 5, 7, 15, and 16. Letters 15 and 16 were found in a folder with "Dr. Noyes" on the folder tab.

Folder 1.2

Mark-ups of The Library Letter, 1983-1985

Scope: Mark-ups for letters 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8

Folder 1.3

Regulations of Library and Library Floor Plan, 1977

Scope: Library regulations and library floor plan transparency sheets

Unfoldered

Cross-hatched drawing in pen and ink, undated

Scope: Drawing of boy sitting in a chair with legs crossed

Photographs removed from collection

Scope: All photographs are identified by markings that appear on their versos.

CPB 88F20.1

Art #3; Some of the items from the Silver Collection, undated

Scope: Photo of James W. Silver and Mississippi Free Press Newspaper

CPB 88F20.2

Art #2/4, undated

Scope: "Major motion: Student worker Tom Becherer making the rounds in our new truck"

CPB 88F20.3

Art #1, undated

Scope: Laura Harper searching a database for student Alicia Farage

CPB 88F20.4

CPB 88F20.5

102%, undated

Scope: Dictionary of the English Language

CPB 88F20.6

70%, 3x4 3/8, undated

Scope: Photo of man in suit standing in long driveway

CPB 88F20.7

48%, Art #1, undated

Scope: The first issue of Living Blues magazine published at The University of Mississippi

CPB 88F20.8

40%, Art #5 no caption, undated

Scope: Photo of sign – Tuesday at two tours, meet here every Tuesday at 2pm

CPB 88F20.9

8 [illegible] Norman Tiering, undated

Scope: Portrait

CPB 88F20.10

85%, Art #3, undated

Scope: "A Sampling of Rarities from Special Collections" exhibit in the lobby of The Williams Library May 7 – June 7, 21/4 "Library"

CPB 88F20.11

82%, Art #2, "Library" print this size, undated

Scope: Photo of some type of motif

CPB 88F20.12

Art #2, undated

Scope: A student assistant checks in one of thousands of journal subscriptions.

CPB 88F20.13

100%, crop as indicated, undated

Scope: H. H. Turner in office

CPB 88F20.14

83%, #1, undated

Scope: James Morus Taylor, portrait

CPB 88F20.15

75%, undated

Scope: Christmas Eve at Mr. Wardle’s

CPB 88F20.16

57%, undated

Scope: Mr. Winkle by Alfred Bryan, from Jack and Jill, 1886 (2 copies)

CPB 88F20.17

84%, #2, undated

Scope: Redone to get column print sideways with legible print at inside of column, photo of several documents

CPB 88F20.18

Art #3, undated

Scope: Interlibrary Loan head Sherrie Sam at work

CPB 88F20.19

77%, #1; Please [illegible] and or crop to 3 1/8” X 4 ½”, undated

Scope: Photo of two men in dress jackets holding open books

CPB 88F20.20

84%, #3, undated

Scope: Photo of Memoirs of my own life – Chapter I

CPB 88F20.21

Helen Baird, Portrait, undated

Scope: Mounted on cardboard

CPB 88F20.22

95%, #4, undated

Scope: Photo of Friends of the Library, In Memory of John A. Doe, Donor, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roe, UM

CPB 88F20.23

48%, #1, Library Letter Page 1 2” X 2 ½”, undated

Scope: Portrait of man in dress jacket with arms folded

CPB 88F20.24

78%, #3, page 6, undated

Scope: Dickens giving his last public reading, drawing by Harry Furniss, 1870

CPB 88F20.25

65%, #2, page 2, undated

Scope: Photo of young boy at computer