Subgroup 01: Office of the Board of Trustees, 1886-1988
Scope and Contents
Includes bylaws, incorporation records, correspondence, minutes, agendas, reports, documents, and Librarian search files.
Dates
- Creation: 1886-1988
Creator
- From the Collection: Newberry Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Newberry Library Archives are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Unprocessed records are available by appointment only. Advance notice is necessary, particularly for administrative files, so that files may be screened for personnel records that are removed when records are processed.
Files containing personal or confidential information about individuals (including individual files on members of the Board of Trustees, individual donor files and records reporting the donations of an individual, personnel records, payroll records, and individual accepted fellows files) are closed for 30 years.
Extent
17.9 Linear Feet (22 boxes, 1 record carton, 2 oversize boxes, and 29 volumes)
Arrangement
Organized in seven series: Bylaws and Certificates of Incorporation (02/01/01), President and Librarian Search Files (02/01/02), Annual Reports (02/01/20), Trustee Reports and Documents (02/01/21), Trustee Minutes and Agendas (02/01/30), Trustee General Correspondence (02/01/40), and Library-Trustee Business Correspondence (02/01/41).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org