Records of the Harvard College Library: Borrowing privileges correspondence
Overview
This collection contains correspondence to the Harvard College librarian asking for book borrowing privileges, primarily from faculty and other individuals with a connection to the college, dated 1775 to circa 1826, and a 20th century dealer catalog entry for a 1764 letter related to donated volumes. The records include the borrower's name, the titles of the books borrowed, the date of loans, and in some cases, the return of books.
Dates
- Creation: 1764-circa 1826, 1933
Creator
- Harvard College Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Extent
.40 cubic feet ( (1 document box))This collection contains correspondence to the Harvard College librarian asking for book borrowing privileges, primarily from faculty and other individuals with a connection to the college, dated 1775 to circa 1826, and a 20th century dealer catalog entry for a 1764 letter related to donated volumes. The records include the borrower's name, the titles of the books borrowed, the date of loans, and in some cases, the return of books.
There are requests for books by Professor Edward Wigglesworth (1732-1794), as well as a letter about a law library donation from Massachusetts attorney John Gardiner (1737-1793) and a note from President Joseph Willard (1738-1804) to the librarian regarding the Harvard mineral cabinet.
The documents span the tenures of librarians Andrew Eliot (1763-1767), James Winthrop (1772-1787), Thaddeus Mason Harris (1791-1793), Samuel Shapleigh (1793-1800), Sidney Willard (1801-1805), Peter Nourse (1805-1808), and Charles Folsom (1823-1826).
Former call number
Formerly classified as UAIII 50.6 Box 1, Records of the Harvard College Library: Collected papers of the library
Processing Information
Processing involved rehousing documents and objects in appropriate archival folders and boxes, and the creation of this finding aid.
This finding aid was created by Brooke McManus in March 2018.
Titles were assigned by the archivist.
Preservation and description of the Records of the Harvard College Library: Borrowing privileges correspondence was supported by the Colonial North America at Harvard Library Project.
Geographic
Topical
- Charging systems (Libraries)
- College students -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Books and reading
- Intellectuals -- Books and reading
- Libraries--Massachusetts--Cambridge
- Library charging lists -- 18th Century
- Library charging lists -- 19th century
- Library circulation and loans -- 18th Century
- Library circulation and loans -- 19th century
- Universities and colleges -- Libraries -- 19th century
Creator
- Harvard College Library (Organization)
Subject
- Gardiner, John, 1737-1793 (Person)
- Shapleigh, Samuel, 1765-1800 (Person)
- Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846 (Person)
- Wigglesworth, Edward (Person)
- Willard, Joseph, 1738-1804 (Person)
- Harvard University -- Libraries -- Employees (Organization)
- Harvard University -- Libraries -- Benefactors (Organization)
- Title
- Harvard College Library. Records of the Harvard College Library: Borrowing privileges correspondence, 1764-circa 1826, 1933: an inventory
- Author
- Brooke McManus
- Date
- 03/22/2018
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua16018
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
Holding nearly four centuries of materials, the Harvard University Archives is the principal repository for the institutional records of Harvard University and the personal archives of Harvard faculty, as well as collections related to students, alumni, Harvard-affiliates and other associated topics. The collections document the intellectual, cultural, administrative and social life of Harvard and the influence of the University as it emerged across the globe.
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