Record Group 04: Finance and Administration Division, 1887-ongoing
Scope and Contents
From 1892 to 1963, the Financial Agent and Comptroller supervised the financial affairs of the Library. At various times since 1963, the Library's chief financial officer has also directed such administrative functions as maintenance, security, internal services, the bookshop, and computer services. This dual responsibility for financial and administrative affairs was formalized in 1990 with the appointment of a Vice President for Finance and Administration.
Includes Newberry Library financial records and administrative files of the Financial Agent.
Dates
- Creation: 1887-ongoing
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
94.7 Linear Feet
Arrangement
Organized in two subgroups: Office of the Financial Agent (04/03), and Business Office (04/07).
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