Guide to the Cornell University Fine Arts Library Records,
1872-1995.

Collection Number: 15-3-2284

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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:
Julia Parker
Date completed:
March 2004
EAD encoding:
Julia Parker
Peter Martinez
Date modified:
RMC Staff, January 2012

© 2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell University. Fine Arts Library records, 1872-1995.
Collection Number:
15-3-2284
Creator:
Cornell University.Fine Arts Library.
Quantity:
1.4 cubic ft., 8 v.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, photographs, drawings, bound volumes
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Records of the Fine Arts Library, 1962-1969; correspondence, 1945-1980; volumes with list of subject headings, catalogue by authors (2 v.), "Gift Book," "Classification System," storage record book, "Catalogue de la Bibliotheque d'Architecture," "References to Illustrations in the Architecture Library," and "Senior Seminary in Architectural Bibliography, 1915-1916." Also, photographs of the interior of the Fine Arts Library, book charge card, and invitation to a reception for the Cornell Journal of Architecture, n.d. Also, 1 drawing each of proposed renovations, 1974, 1977.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records of the Fine Arts Library, 1962-1969; correspondence, 1945-1980; volumes with list of subject headings, catalogue by authors (2 v.), "Gift Book," "Classification System," storage record book, "Catalogue de la Bibliotheque d'Architecture," "References to Illustrations in the Architecture Library," and "Senior Seminary in Architectural Bibliography, 1915-1916." Also, photographs of the interior of the Fine Arts Library, book charge card, and invitation to a reception for the Cornell Journal of Architecture, n.d. Also, 1 drawing each of proposed renovations, 1974, 1977.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University.
Cornell University.College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.

Subjects:
Art libraries--New York (State)--Ithaca.

Form and Genre Terms:
Architectural drawings.
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cornell University. Fine Arts Library records, #15-3-2284. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST

Series I. VOLUMES Boxes 1, 3
Series II. CORRESPONDENCE Boxes 2-4
Series III. PHOTOGRAPHS Box 2
Series IV. MISCELLANY Boxes 2-4
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
SERIES I. VOLUMES
[1895]
Catalogue by authors
 Box 1 Folder
19--
Catalogue by authors
 Box 1
19--
College of Architecture librarians note book classification systemn
 Box 1
1914-1927
Gift book
 Box 1
1871
White Architecture Library
 Box 1
n.d.
References to Illustrations in the Architecture Library of the Cornell University
 Box 1
n.d.
FAL description in Handbook of Libraries
 Box 2 Folder 43
1/31/1964, 4/6/1965
A. D. White Book Fund
 Box 2 Folder 44
1941
College of Architecture Library: List of subject headings as of September 1, 1941
 Box 2 Folder 1
Fine Arts Books Storage
 Box 2 Folder 2
Series II. CORRESPONDENCE
1944-1951
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 3
1944-1948
Correspondence: A-F
 Box 2 Folder 4
1943-1947
Correspondence: G-Q
 Box 2 Folder 5
1942-1946
Correspondence: R-T
 Box 2 Folder 6
1941-1946
Correspondence: U-W
 Box 2 Folder 7
1964
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 8
1/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 9
2/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 10
3/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 11
4/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 12
5/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 13
6/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 14
7/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 15
8/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 16
9/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 17
10/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 18
11/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 19
12/1965
FAL correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 20
1-3/1966
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 21
4-5/1966
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 22
6-7/1966
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 23
9-10/1966
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 24
11-12/1966
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 25
1-2/1967
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 26
3-4/1967
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 27
5-7/1967
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 28
8-9/1967
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 29
10-12/1967
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 30
1968
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 31
1971-1973
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 32
1974
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 33
1975
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 34
1976
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 35
1977
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 36
1978
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 37
1979
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 38
1980
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 39
1981
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 40
1982
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 41
1959-1960
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 2
1948-1963
Art Library (Sibley) Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 3
1987-1990
Miscellaneous correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 1
Series III. PHOTOGRAPHS
n.d.
FAL photographs
 Box 2 Folder 42
Series IV. MISCELLANY
1962
FAL
 Box 2 Folder 45
1963
FAL
 Box 2 Folder 46
1964
FAL
 Box 2 Folder 47
1966
FAL
 Box 2 Folder 48
1966
Miscellany
 Box 2 Folder 49
1966-1967
FAL Misc.
 Box 2 Folder 50
1968
Fine Arts Expansion
 Box 2 Folder 51
1964-1969
FAL Expansion
 Box 2 Folder 52
19--
Catalogue by subjects
 Box 3 Folder 1
1987-1989
19th Amer. Microfilming Project Brochure
 Box 3 Folder 4
1964-1969
Original Grant Proposal/Council on Library Resources (19th Century American Architectural Periodicals Research Project)
 Box 3 Folder 5
1967-1969
FAL Bibliographies
 Box 3 Folder 6
1969
Serials Currently Received in the Planning Collection
 Box 3 Folder 7
1966-1977
Annual Reports
 Box 4 Folder 2
1977-1989
Annual Reports
 Box 4 Folder 3