Overview
Houghton Library is the depository of note for all John Updike publications and translations. They are gifted to Houghton by the Updike Literary Trust.
All Updike gifts are sent to HD. The Bibliographic Assistant receives each item, assigns an accession number, catalogs it, and sends it to end-processing. Any item not a hardcover will be given a CMI case.
Sample Holdings Record
541 0_ |c Gift;
|a John Updike Literary Trust;
|b c/o The Wylie Agency, 250 West 57th Street (Suite 2114), New York, NY 10107;
|d date received, or approximation if there is no receipt;
|e current accession number.
|5 hou
563 |a As issued, in printed illustrated paper covers; in CMI case. Or for hardcover: Bound in publisher’s dark blue cloth over boards; with printed purple and gray dust jacket.
|5 hou
862 0_ |b HOU
|c HD
|h Houghton Call Number
H08 |a c
|b t
Call Number
The procedure for assigning a call number to gift books from the Updike Literary Trust has changed over time. Some titles have been given LC call numbers. The current practice is to assign a Houghton call number. The prefix and cutter for John Updike have already been established as AC95.Up174. Every work by Updike has been given its own cutter–the first letter of the title followed by a number. For example, Seek My Face has been assigned "S9".