Typescripts (or photocopies of typescripts) of the annual reports of the Librarian of the University of Rochester Libraries. A five-year plan (1962-1967) is also included.
Two large volumes of heavy brown paper with manuscript entry slips pasted in.
Three manuscript volumes of library circulation records. The first volume records the accession number of the books charged out to each library user (circa 1856-1862); the second volume records circulation statistics, 1911-1925 (and also periodical check-in statistics, 1909-1910; and catalog department statistics, 1910-1925); and the third volume records circulation statistics for the Catherine Strong Hall reading room.
Minutes, correspondence, reports of the Library Committee of the University, made up primarily of faculty members.
Correspondence from the Librarian and Assistant Librarian. Mainly related to book orders
Correspondence, etc., of the head librarian (Mr. Gilchrist, 1920-1939; Mr. Russell, 1940-1959).
Correspondence to and from James A. McMillen, head librarian at the University of Rochester. Mainly concerned with order work, although there is some general correspondence.
An accounting of the expenditure of each department's library appropriation.
Material relating to the free educational film lending service which Rush Rhees Library operated, 1942-1946.
Five manuscript volumes relating to library financial records. Included is a book of miscellaneous accounts (and some acquisitions, circulation, and binding records) of the late 1860s; a book of accounts with individual book dealers, 1886-1897; two account books from the turn of the century (one of which apparently contains some information relating to an early classification system); and an account book for Library of Congress printed cards, 1909-1916.
