Series 01: Frederick A.H. Hall - Bibliographer's subject files, 1949-1983, bulk: 1962-1972
Scope and Contents
Reference and acquisition correspondence, administrative records, and scholarly manuscripts. Records pertain to Hall's management of the Greenlee Collection, his participation in Library collection development affairs, the Graff Collection searching and sale projects, and his graduate studies at the University of Texas (scholarship arrangements, research papers, and dissertation).
Dates
- Creation: 1949-1983
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1962-1972
Creator
- Hall, Frederick Holden, 1915-1972 (Person)
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.
Biography of Frederick A.H. Hall
Librarian and specialist in Latin American and Iberian history and literature. Born in Evart, Michigan, in 1915, and educated at the University of Michigan, Hall worked nine years as a U. S. Cultural Attache in Brazil before returning to the United States to attend library school. Hired by the Newberry as a reference librarian in 1955, Hall in 1962 was appointed Associate Curator of the Greenlee Collection, and assumed the Curatorship in 1963 with the retirement of Ruth Lapham Butler. In 1965, Hall was named Bibliographer of Latin American and Iberian History and in 1967, Edward E. Ayer Bibliographer of Iberian and Latin American History and Literature. After a leave of absence beginning in 1968 to pursue a doctorate in Latin American history, Hall returned to his Newberry duties. Hall died of malaria in Lisbon, Portugal, August 26, 1972, following a vacation in Africa.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 record carton)
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
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