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File | Contents | Location |
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Houghton shelflist | All of the classes found in the Guide to the Houghton Classification Schemes | BAL Room with Typ in Keats Room and TypDr in Hofer office in Basement |
Keats shelflist | Shelflist of the Keats Collection | The Associate Librarian for Technical Services office |
Theatre shelflist | Great deal not in HOLLIS
| Theatre Reading Room |
Changed Number shelflist | Two sequences – Widener call numbers changed to Houghton call numbers and Houghton call numbers that have been changed | Near the workstation on SB |
Widener shelflist | Books now residing in Houghton under their old Widener numbers | Near the workstation on SB |
Widener Old Catalog (OC) | Entire contents of the old Widener card catalog | Fiche near workstation on SB |
Houghton card catalog (aka the "Bridge" catalog) | Alphabetic sequence only; filing ceased ca. 1987 | Fiche in RR |
Newspaper card file | Uncataloged newspapers, by date and location | Card file behind the RR |
"Exlibris" file | Containing sequences of bookplates and dedicatees as well (filing ceased ca. 1992?) | |
Printers, printing specimens |
| Sub-Basement |
Philip Hofer's reference collection rd catalog |
| Hofer Inner Office |
Imprint files (extensive) | Chronological and geographical | Lamont |
STC imprint file |
| Lamont |
Theatre files |
| Lamont |
First lines |
| Lamont |
Broadsides (Cataloged) |
| Lamont |
Gay | John Gay Collection (from Widener) | Sub near the AEON Aeon station and Lamont |
"Bibl points" file | Of interesting bibliographic features, also including bookbindings | Mezzanine |
Hofer card catalog | Contains material of interest to the Graphic Arts collection, not only Typ | P & GA Study Room |
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- Bound accession books
From 1941 (the beginning of Houghton) till 2001. Sequence begins in the RR and then moves to shelves behind the RR. Accessions books for 1941-1983 have been digitized.
- Amory
In 1983 Hugh Amory produced Printed Books and Ephemera: A Guide to the Catalogues, Finding Lists, and Special Files with a List of Uncataloged Collections (HOLLIS 1233654). While now dated, it is a very thorough list and valuable for being the only printed account of some of our collections.
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- Bound Widener shelflists
There are multiple Widener bound shelf lists of specific collections kept in SB near the AEON Aeon workstation. As some of the titles in them have been reclassed, they can be helpful in tracking down old volumes. The most prominent ones are:- Hearn
- William James
- Kipling
- Lincoln
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