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Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids
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Collection Overview
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| Creator: | Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Libraries. |
| Title: | University Libraries records |
| Dates: | n.d., 1913-1997 (bulk 1970-1990) |
| Call Number: | A24 |
| Location: | 28/1-2 |
| Volume: | 17.50 cubic ft. (20 boxes) |
| Scope and Content Abstract: | The records of the Northeastern University Libraries span 1913-1997 with the bulk of the material dating from the 1970s and 1980s. Records document the activities of the Office of the Dean, library committees and associations, library departments, and other units of the library system. Records include reports, budgets, meeting minutes, memos, guides and handbooks, newsletters, proposals, programs, bibliographies, manuals, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and catalogs. |
| Historical Abstract: | The Northeastern University (NU) Library grew out of a collection of books housed at the Berkeley Street YMCA. In the mid 1930s, Myra White was appointed the first NU librarian. By 1953, NU had its own library building, named Dodge Hall. Roland H. Moody became the first director of NU's library and led the library in a period of expansion and reorganization that reflected NU's educational aims. Collection size more than doubled, staff and budgets grew, and the library reached out to the NU community, offering workshops and providing library liaisons to academic departments. In 1959, the library was officially dedicated Dodge Library, named after Robert Gray Dodge who gave the first lecture at NU's Law School in October 1897. In 1963, the NU Library became an official repository of government documents. In 1966, the Learning Resources Center was created, which removed responsibility for materials other than monographs and serials from the library. In 1975, the center was reunited with the library, and Moody became Dean of University Libraries and Learning Resources. Beginning in 1981, NU began campaigning for a larger library facility. The new $35 million library and resources center was completed in fall 1990 and was named after George Snell, who gave what was at that time the largest single alumni donation in NU's history. |
| Arrangement: | Organized into 2 series: 1. Office of the Dean; and 2. Library Departments and Other Units. |
| Subjects and Contributors: |
- Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Libraries.
- Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)--Libraries.
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| Restrictions: | Records are closed for 25 years from the date of their creation, unless researchers have written permission from the creating office. |
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| Processor: | Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Halloran,
April 1997 |
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