Guide to the Committee Of Industrial Relations Librarians Records,
1947-1987

Collection Number: 5171

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Martin P. Catherwood Library
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Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3183
kheel_center@cornell.edu
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Compiled by:
Kheel Center staff
Date completed:
2000
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, September 30, 2002
Randall Miles, July 11, 2008

© 2002 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Committee of Industrial Relations Librarians records, 1947-1987.
Collection Number:
5171
Creator:
Committee of Industrial Relations Librarians.
Quantity:
10.5 linear feet. 2 sound tape reels.
Forms of Material:
Memoranda, correspondence, minutes, notes, reports.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Administrative records consist of memoranda, correspondence, minutes and reports pertaining to the Committee's annual conferences (1947-1982) and memoranda, notes and letters concerning classification systems, retention policies, subject headings, research and education, exhibits, reference services and membership.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Committee serves as a forum for an exchange of ideas and information, and engages in cooperative projects designed to improve the usefulness of materials in the industrial and labor relations field.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Administrative records consist of memoranda, correspondence, minutes and reports pertaining to the Committee's annual conferences (1947-1982) and memoranda, notes and letters concerning classification systems, retention policies, subject headings, research and education, exhibits, reference services and membership.
Also catalog cards, photographs of meetings, exhibit materials, chronologies of the Committee (1947-1972), newsletters (1968-1978), directories of industrial relations programs in North America (1961-1972), and copies of Industrial Relations Theses and Dissertations: A Compilation Sponsored by the Committee of University Industrial Relations Librarians (1951-1972). Includes tape recordings of 1971 and 1975 meetings.
Additionally, documentation of the Subject Headings Subcommittee's projects to establish a thesaurus of standardized industrial and labor relations subject terms. Include copies and revisions of A Standardized List of Subject Headings in Industrial Relations (1963-1968), and memoranda, reports, notes and correspondence of Subcommittee members concerning subject terms and the agenda of meetings (1949-1968).
SUBJECTS

Names:
Committee of Industrial Relations Librarians.

Subjects:
Cataloging of special collections in libraries.
Industrial relations--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Special librarians--Congresses.
Librarians.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Thesauri.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Committee of Industrial Relations Librarians records, 1947-1987. #5171. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Collection is divided into six series.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1947-1982
I. Conference Minutes.
1947-1970
Minutes.
 Box 1
1971-1982
Minutes.
 Box 2
1951-1963
II. Industrial Relations Thesis and Dissertations.
1951-1958
Thesis and Dissertations.
 Box 3 Folder 1
1959-1963
Thesis and Dissertations.
 Box 3 Folder 2
1952-1968
III. Committee on Subject Headings.
1965-1967
2nd ed. of Standard List of Subject Headings In Industrial Relations and 1965, 1966, 1967 supplements (plus earlier).
Box 4
1952-1968
Memos, reports, correspondence.
 Box 5
1946-1975
IV. General Correspondence.
1946-1960, 1962, 1964, 1966-1970
Agendas, reports, minutes, attendance lists.
 Box 6
1971
Exhibit material, photos, tape of 5/29/71 meeting, reports, program agendas, list of members, mailing lists.
 Box 7
1972
Meeting agenda, program, correspondence.
 Box 8 Folder 1
1973
Preliminary agenda of annual conference.
 Box 8 Folder 2
1975
Tape of Industrial Relations Librarians Conference - Ottawa.
 Box 8 Folder 3
1946-1978
V. History and Publications.
1946-1965
Chronology.
 Box 9 Folder 1
1949
Classification Project.
 Box 9 Folder 2
1969-1973, 1978
Newsletter.
 Box 9 Folder 3
Nov. 1968, March 1969, Nov. 1969, April 1970, Dec. 1970, April 1971, April 1972, April 1973, January 1978
1961, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972
Information regarding Industrial Relations Section, in North America.
 Box 9 Folder 4
Directories & mailing lists.
Industrial Relations Degree Program Offered at Colleges & Universities: A Directory.
Box 9 Folder 5
1972
Industrial Relations Libraries Statement of Function Survey.
 Box 9 Folder 6
Miscellaneous.
 Box 9 Folder 7
1947-1973
VI. Additional Records.
1947-1949
Industrial Relations Librarians.
 Box 10 Folder 1
1952
Minutes, 6th Conference.
 Box 10 Folder 2
1953
7th Conference, Questionnaire.
 Box 10 Folder 3
1953
Correspondence, 7th Conference.
 Box 10 Folder 4
1952-1954
Correspondence, CUIRL.
 Box 10 Folder 5
l953
General Session 7th Conference.
 Box 10 Folder 6
1954-1955
CUIRL.
 Box 10 Folder 7
1956
CUIRL.
 Box 10 Folder 6
1957-1958
CUIRL.
 Box 10 Folder 9
1958
CUIRL.
 Box 10 Folder 10
1959-1961
CUIRL.
 Box 11 Folder 1
1962-1964
CUIRL.
 Box 11 Folder 2
1965-1966
CUIRL.
 Box 11 Folder 3
1967
CUIRL.
 Box 11 Folder 4
[contents not recorded]
 Box 11 Folder 5
1968
CUIRL.
 Box 11 Folder 6
1969
CUIRL, McGill, Montreal.
 Box 11 Folder 7
1970
CUIRL, Ann Arbor.
 Box 11 Folder 8
1971
CUIRL, Cooperative Exchange Project.
 Box 12 Folder 1
1970, 1972
CUIRL.
 Box 12 Folder 2
1971
CUIRL, Cornell, 25th Anniversary.
 Box 12 Folder 3
1972
CUIRL, MIT.
 Box 12 Folder 4-5
1973
CUIRL, Chicago.
 Box 12 Folder 6
1973
CUIRL, Correspondence.
 Box 12 Folder 7
1973
CUIRL, Planning.
 Box 12 Folder 8
CUIRL, Centralized Information Service.
 Box 12 Folder 9
CUIRL, Committee Receipts.
 Box 12 Folder 10
CUIRL, Exchange Bibliography Consolidation.
 Box 12 Folder 11
Librarian Conferences.
 Box 12 Folder 12
Report to Librarians on IRC Conference Report to Director's on IRC Conference.
 Box 12 Folder 13
1949
Librarian's Conference, June 1949.
 Box 12 Folder 14
1946-1965
Chronology.
 Box 12 Folder 15
CUIRL Correspondence, Union List.
 Box 12 Folder 16
Theses.
 Box 12 Folder 17
CUIRL, Index to Labor Periodicals.
 Box 12 Folder 18
Labor Union Archives.
 Box 12 Folder 19
Union Depository.
 Box 12 Folder 20
1958
Weeding Survey.
 Box 12 Folder 21
1971-1972
Industrial-Relations Degree Programs Offered At Colleges and Universities in the US and Canada, A Directory.
Box 13 Folder 1
1972
Results of the Statistical Survey of I & L R Libraries.
 Box 13 Folder 2
Miscellaneous
 Box 13 Folder 3-8