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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 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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- 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 (link to HOLLIS 1233654record). 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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