Subgroup 21: Office of the Vice President records, 1951-1984
Scope and Contents
In 1975, when the Newberry's Director and Librarian became President and Librarian, the position of Vice President was also created. The first Vice President, James Wells, served from 1975 until his retirement in 1984. Soon after Wells' departure, Joel Samuels was appointed Administrative Vice President. Vice Presidents were later appointed to head the Library's Academic, Administration and Finance, and Development divisions.
Joel Samuels' papers are located in the Associate Librarian's Administrative files, Record Group 09/01/01.
Dates
- Creation: 1951-1984
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
25 Linear Feet (5 boxes and 23 record cartons)
Arrangement
Organized in one series: James M. Wells papers (03/21/01).
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