B, 1893-1915
Scope and Contents
Incoming correspondence of Newberry Librarians W. N. C. Carlton and John Vance Cheney. Dating primarily from Carlton's first six years (1909-1915) as Librarian, the correspondence includes reference requests (mainly genealogical), notes from library staff and trustees, and communications from Chicago area librarians. There are few letters to Cheney, although several letters from him to Carlton, and staff memoranda, document Cheney's departure from the Newberry in 1909. Significant correspondents include Clement Andrews, J. C. Bay, E. W. Blatchford, James Breasted, Arthur C. L. Brown, F. I. Carpenter, and H. H. Martin.
Dates
- Creation: 1893-1915
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.
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