All Other University & School Library Materials, 1913 - 1989
Scope and Contents
Various small publications by school and university libraries, and their adjacent societies and friend groups, including exhibition catalogs. Materials from both the United States and the United Kingdom are present, dated between 1913 and 1989. Occasional manuscript material such as letters, leaflets, or other small pieces of ephemera are present along with individual pamphlets. The materials included, along with the affiliated academic institutions, are as follows:
United Kingdom
Catalogue of Books in the Library, Taunton’s School, 1913
Moses Tyson, Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, 1928
The Pepys Library, Magdalen College, Cambridge, 1950?
George Huxley, “Minoans in Greek Sources,” Queen University Belfast, 1968/1972
Robert Birley, The History of College Library, Eton College, 1970
Robert Birley, One Hundred Books, Eton College, 1970
The Sandars and Lyell Lectures: A Checklist, Bodley’s American Friends and the American Friends of Cambridge University, 1983
United States
Description of the Tracy W. McGregor Library, University of Virginia, 1949
The Fales Collection, New York University, 1959
The Charles Eliot Goodspeed Collection of Ruskin and Ruskiniana, Wellesley College, 1951
Columbia Library Columns, Columbia University, two issues, 1960s
One of the Quietest Things, UCLA, 1960
Theodore Morrison and Edward Hyde Cox, “Addresses delivered in Ripton, Vermont on August 20, 1964 at the dedication of an historical marker honoring Robert Frost”, Dartmouth, 1964
Colby Library Quarterly, Colby College, 1965
James Thorpe and Claude M. Simpson, Jr., The Task of the Editor, UCLA, 1969
The University of Rochester Library Bulletin, Volume 24 Numbers 2 and 3, University of Rochester, 1969
Charles Ryskamp, Wilde and the Nineties: An Essay and an Exhibition, Princeton University, 1966
Octavo, Number 1, Brandeis University, 1971
The Faulkner Collection at West Point and the Faulkner Concordances, United States Naval Academy, 1974
First Books by American Authors, Williams College, 1977
Century I, Lehigh University, 1977
The One Millionth Volume of the Gelman Library, The George Washington University, 1984
Whittier and the Opening of Bryn Mawr College in 1885, Bryn Mawr College, 1985
A Guide to Special Collections at the Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont Colleges, 1988
Italian Humanists in Ten Manuscripts from the Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1989
Dates
- 1913 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access
Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.
Extent
From the Collection: 7.5 Cubic Feet (21 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu