Academic library directors
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Walter Lichtenstein (1880-1964) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 9/1/8
Abstract
The Walter Lichtenstein Papers fill two boxes, spanning the years 1908 to 1999, with the bulk of the records falling between 1913 and 1918. They comprise two main types of materials: those accumulated by Northwestern University Library (mainly biographical, with some publications, correspondence, and reports relating to his job as Head Librarian), and those compiled by Ralph D. Wagner (Northern Illinois University) in the course of his research for an article entitled "Walter Lichtenstein in...
Dates:
1908-1999
Records of the Northwestern University Librarian, John McGowan, ca. 1969-1988 Subject Files
Collection
Identifier: 9/1/11
Abstract
The Subject Files fill thirty-two boxes and cover a time of significant growth and change in the University Library. The bulk of the records date between 1971, when John McGowan assumed the post of University Librarian (shortly after the completion of the new main Library building), and 1988. A few records from the mid- to late-1960s predate McGowan's tenure. This series documents the day-to-day administration of a major research library, with an emphasis on the important change to a...
Dates:
1964-1988