Shelflists:
While all card shelf lists for printed material were closed as of January 2006 (and many more ceased being added to much earlier), because of the vagaries of time and recon, many of them remain useful in cataloging and retrieval. These files include:
File | Contents | Location |
|---|---|---|
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 |
In addition, while not strictly card shelflists, the following are useful guides focused on the enumeration of our collections:
- Bound accession books
From 1941 (the beginning of Houghton) till 2001. The entire sequence has been digitized, and the books are now stored at HD.
- 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 record). While now dated, it is a very thorough list and valuable for being the only printed account of some of our collections.
- Annotated bibliographies
Author, STC, Evans, etc. – most housed in RR
- Bound Widener shelflists
There are multiple Widener bound shelf lists of specific collections kept in SB near the 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
Internal files:
Historically, the department has maintained certain internal documentation relating to the books cataloged. The largest and most active of them are two sequences consisting of material removed from books; items removed are placed in acid-free folders and filed in call number order.
- The Bibliographic File is maintained for all collections except for those in P&GA. It is housed on the Mezzanine and also contains Conservation Treatment reports from Weissman
- The Printing and Graphic Arts Department's Curatorial File contains the same for Typ books. It is located in the Hofer Inner Office on B level in the stacks.
Additionally, there is a filing cabinet of Catalog Department files from 1942-1980 in Lamont.