Collection ID: 4079119 MS#0886
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Mixer, Charles Wilson, 1906-1972
Extent:
4 boxes and 4 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Wilson Mixer papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and Content:

Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, photographs, and printed materials of Mixer while he was Assistant Director of Columbia University Libraries. The letters deal with his career at Columbia and his other professional activities, chiefly his interest in insurance for libraries which includes his files for the Council on Library Resources-American Library Association Fire and Insurance Protection of Library Resources Project, 1960-1963, and the American Library Association Insurance for Libraries Committee, 1956-1963, of which he was chair. Also, a series of library accreditation evaluation reports, 1954-1962, which he prepared for the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools; and some photographs, printed materials relating to insurance for libraries, articles by him, and letters and manuscripts acquired through the Charles Wilson Mixer fund.

Biographical / Historical:

Assistant Director, Columbia University Libraries.

Acquisition information:

Source of acquisition--Mixer, Charles W. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1972. Accession number--M-72.

Alfred Kazin ms. letter: Source of acquisition--6192B (Mixer). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--07/01/94. Accession number--M-94-07-01.

Custodial history:

Transferred from Library Office, 1983.

Processing information:

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

Alfred Kazin ms. & letter Cataloged HR 11/15/94.

Arrangement:

Selected materials cataloged remainder listed and arranged.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 1-3. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Wilson Mixer papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
Link to repository site
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu