Uris Library records, 1962-1985.
Collection Number: 13-8-1786

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Uris Library records, 1962-1985.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
13-8-1786
Abstract:
The collection includes speeches, correspondence, pamphlets, handbooks, materials from displays/exhibitions, architectural drawings of renovation projects, and comment and suggestion sheets, some with replies.
Creator:
Cornell University. Library
Quanitities:
4.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Cornell University Library, Uris Library records #13-8-1786. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Biographical / Historical

Uris Library, designed by William Henry Miller and located on the Arts Quad, was the first separate library building on campus. It was the main undergraduate library from 1961 to the 1990s.

Scope and content

Summaries of reference questions and staff responses, with sources of information used; reference statistics, staff training material, orientation material, announcements,"comments and suggestions," and reports. Also, night supervisors' notebooks, 1974-1985.

Scope and content

The collection includes speeches, correspondence, pamphlets, handbooks, materials from displays/exhibitions, architectural drawings of renovation projects, and comment and suggestion sheets, some with replies.

Scope and content

Also, memorabilia, including leaded glass scraps from the original skylights, a skewering needle and clippers for use with McBee cards, examples from the Uris Library bindery and printing press, and a red blazer worn by security guards at the main exit.

Scope and content

Uris Library Listening Rooms holdings guide, 1964.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University -- : Libraries.
Subjects:
Academic libraries -- Reference services.
Reference services (Libraries)
Libraries -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Form and Genre Terms:
Blazers.
Speeches.
Architectural drawings (visual works),.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Speeches
1959-1989
Box 1 Folder 2
Uris undergraduate library
1961-1963
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence
1961-1977
Box 1 Folder 4
New addition
1982-1986
Box 1 Folder 5-6
Newspaper clippings
1898-1982
Box 1 Folder 7
Pamphlets/handbooks
1962-1977
Box 1 Folder 8
Uris Library (The University Library)
1891-1959
Box 1 Folder 9
Display (various materials
1991
Box 1 Folder 10-12
Uris Library I, II, III [display]
1996
Box 1 Folder 13
Architect's drawings
1961-1980
Box 1 Folder 14
Photos
195--1991
Box 1 Folder 15
Myer's Bindery
1971-1983
Box 1 Folder 16
Memoranda on need for undergraduate library
1949-1959
Box 1 Folder 17
Kirby Room
1965-1991
Box 1 Folder 18
Case 9: The Paper Chase
1996
Box 1 Folder 19
Case 8: Passages
[1996]
Box 1 Folder 20
Miscellaneous exhibit items
19--
Box 1 Folder 21
The Best of C & S
1982
Box 1 Folder 22
Suggestions notebook
1970-1971
Box 1 Folder 23-24
Comments and replies
1985
Box 2
Uris Library history display
19--