Subgroup 15: Board of Trustees personal papers, 1836-1964
Sub-Group
Identifier: NL Archives 02/15
Scope and Contents
Includes personal and Newberry Library related papers of members of the Newberry Library Board of Trustees. Papers pertain to Library administrative matters (Blatchford), collections donated to the Library by Trustee collectors (Ayer, Graff, Greenlee), and other business and personal affairs.
Dates
- 1836-1964
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.
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
31.9 Linear Feet (58 boxes and 6 oversize boxes)
Arrangement
Organized in four series: Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford papers (02/15/01), Edward E. Ayer papers (02/15/02), Everett D. Graff papers (02/15/03), and William B. Greenlee papers (02/15/04).
Creator
- From the Collection: Newberry Library (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org