Finding Aid for the Ruth Bartholomew Papers, 1922-1963 13/3/83 University Archives The State University of New York at Buffalo Contact Information University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo 420 Capen Hall | Buffalo, NY 14260 Phone: 716 645-2916 | Fax: 716 645-3714 Email: lib-archives@buffalo.edu

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Collection Overview

Title:	Ruth Bartholomew Papers, 1922-1963
Collection Number:	13/3/83
Creator:	Bartholomew, Ruth
Extent:	9.7 linear feet (20 manuscript boxes)
Repository:	University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo
Abstract:	Papers, 1922-1963, pertaining to the career of Ruth Bartholomew as a librarian at the University of Buffalo; the bulk of the papers are in the form of an alphabetical file, date from 1922 to the early 1940s and pertain to the general administration of the Library. Also some later papers pertaining to her more specialized responsibilities in gifts and exchange, supplies and the bindery.

Preferred Citation

[Item information and date], Box/Folder #, 13/3/83, Ruth Bartholomew Papers, 1922-1963, University Archives, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.

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Terms of Access and Use

The Ruth Bartholomew Papers, 1922-1963, are open for research.

Copyright

Copyright is held by The State University of New York at Buffalo, University Archives. Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Acquisition Information

Donated by the University Libraries. Materials received between 1965 and 1967.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives staff, ca. 1960's.

Finding aid updated by Karen Morse and Mark J. McGuire.

Finding aid encoded by Mark J. McGuire, August 2006.

Biographical Note

Born in Buffalo, New York, Ruth Bartholomew (1899-1969) was the first professional librarian at the University of Buffalo. At Oberlin College, she studied music and library science. In 1921 she began her career at the Buffalo Public Library on Lafayette Square. She served as University Librarian (the head of the "main library" of the University; the Schools of Medicine and Law maintained separate departmental libraries) from 1922 to 1934. In 1934, Charles D. Abbott was appointed to the newly created post of Director of Libraries and Ruth Bartholomew became Associate Librarian. After an Assistant Director was appointed in the 1950's she became chiefly responsible for overseeing gifts and exchange, personnel, and the bindery.

Bartholomew served as head librarian when the College of Arts and Sciences Library moved from Niagara Square to Foster Hall, later to Hayes Hall, and in 1935 she supervised the move into the original E.B. Green-designed Lockwood Memorial Library, now the Health Sciences Library. She was a member of the American Library Association and a delegate to its national meetings. She also helped organize a library service group, the Friends of Lockwood Library. Bartholomew, also an accomplished pianist, retired in 1964.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Ruth Bartholomew pertain to her career as a librarian at the University of Buffalo. The bulk of the papers consists of an alphabetical file which contains her papers as University Librarian (1922-1934) and later as Associate Librarian. Most of the papers date from 1922 to the early 1940's and pertain to the general administration of the Library. The later papers are fragmentary and pertain to her more specialized responsibilities in gifts and exchange, supplies and the bindery. This collection includes library surveys, statistics, budget notes, overdues records, building plans, and correspondence.

Arrangement

The files in this collection are arranged alpabetically.

Container List

1.1			A, General Correspondence, 1930-1931
1.2-1.3			Acme Bindery, 1942-1949
1.4			Additions to Furniture, Fixtures, 1927-1955
1.5			Air Crew Students, Enrollment Lists, 1943
1.7			Albright Art Gallery, 1933, 1939
1.8			Alien Property Custodian, enemy periodicals available from the Federal Government, 1943
1.9			Alma Mater, Correspondence about music for the song, 1931
1.10			Alumni Association Publicity, Alumni Association Hutchinson Central High School, 1926-1927
1.11			Ambulance Fund, 1940-1941
1.6			American Libraries Association Convention, Buffalo, 1946
1.12			American Library Association, 1923-1933
2.1-2.2			American Library Association, 1934-1940
9.18			American Luminiophor Company, 1930-1931
2.3			Appointments, Budgets, Salary, 1935
2.4			Army and War Training, Enrollment Lists, Class Schedules, 1944-1945
16.10			Assistant Director of Libraries, Office of, 1959-1961
2.5			Bibliographical Society, 1927-1930
2.6			Bibliographies, by University of Buffalo Libraries staff, 1934
2.7			Bibliographies, undated
16.1			Bindery, 1951-1955, 1961-1962
2.8			Biology, booklist, 1926
2.9			Bogen Transcription Player, undated
2.10			Book count by Subject, 1928, 1930, 1935
3.1			Book Lists, Miscellaneous, etc., undated
			Budgets: Departmental Allocations
2.11				Arts and Sciences, 1923-1942
2.12				Business Administration, 1930-1943
2.13				Education, 1930-1934
2.14				Library, Treasurer's Office, 1924-1936
2.15				Pharmacy, 1922-1936
2.16				School of Social Work, 1933-1940
2.17				Summer Sessions, 1930-1936
2.18			Building Dedications, Crosby Hall, 1932
16.2			Bursar, 1961-1963
2.19			Business Correspondence, 1932-1933
3.2			C, General Correspondence, 1928-1930
3.3			Carey, William C., undated
3.4			Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1924-1937
3.5			Carnegie, Music Collection Lists, 1937-1940
3.6			Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp, Salamanca, New York, Books on Loan, 1934-1935
3.7-3.8			Chancellor, Correspondence, 1925-1935
3.9-3.20			Chancellor, Reports to, 1922-1934
3.21-3.28				Library Report, 1935-1943
4.1-4.11				Library Report, 1943-1956, undated
4.12			Chimes and Tower, Hayes Hall, 1928
4.13			Chemistry Course, "Training Chemical Literature Specialists," 1944
4.14			Civil Works Administration, Federal Aid for Employment of College Students, 1933-1934
4.15			Civilian Defense, 1941-1943
15.12			Class of 1889, Letter from Ruth Bartholomew's mother to, November, 19, 1900 1900
4.16			College and University Catalogue Collection, 1933-1934
4.17			Columbia University, Reading Lists, 1914
4.18			Compensation, Workmen's, 1937-1942
4.19			Conference Material, New York Library Association, 1929
4.20			Conference on World Interdependence, 1934
4.22			Convocation, Niagara Frontier, 1951
4.21			Cook, "Furs for the Queen," Reading List for Listeners, undated
4.23			Correspondence, 1923-1933
4.24-4.28			Correspondence, Booksellers, 1930-1933
5.1			Correspondence, Booksellers, 1931, 1935-1936, 1941-1942, 1946-1947
16.5			Correspondence and Notes, 1955-1964
5.2			Council, University of Buffalo, Faculty Dinner Program, 1930
5.3			Crofts, George D., 1923-1938
5.4			Customs Declarations, Booksellers, 1936-1941
5.5			D, General Correspondence, 1931, 1936, 1938
5.6			Departmental Purchases, Books and Periodicals, 1928-1931, undated
5.7			E, General Correspondence, 1931, 1936, 1938
5.8			Elliott, Mrs. Lucy Bursar, 1935-1938
5.9			Equipment, 1927-1930
5.10			Exchange, 1929-1936
17.2			Exchange, Current Periodicals, 1952
17.1			Exchange Lists, 1950-1952
5.11			F, General Correspondence, 1926-1936, 1941-1942
5.13			Faculty Meetings, 1933-1935
5.12			Faculty Overdues, 1945, 1951
5.14			Faculty Publications, 1930-1931
5.15			Faxon Company, 1929-1940
5.16			Federal Housing Committee Exhibit, 106th Buffalo Armory, 1935
6.1			Federal Telegraph Company, electrical
6.2			Federation of Women's Clubs, 1937-1942, 1949
6.3			Fogg Museum, "Classification and Cataloging of Slides and Photographs," undatated
16.7			Forms, 1964, undated
6.4			Foster Lectures, Department of Chemistry, 1936-1939
6.5			Foundations, 1914, 1923, 1927, 1931
6.6			Freshman Course, Library Orientation, undated
6.7			Friends of Lockwood Library Christmas Carol Parties, 1935-1945, 1960-1962
16.15			Funds Allocations and Recommendations, Library, 1938-1962
6.8-6.9			G, General Correspondence, 1927-1934
6.10			Geology, Correspondence seeking to build the collection, 1934
6.11			Gifts, 1943, 1951, undated
7.1-7.6			Gifts, Correspondence, 1923-1944
6.12			Gifts and Accessions book, 1921-1923
17.4-17.5			Gifts and Exchange, 1957-1958
7.8			Gifts and Exchange, Periodicals Exchanged, 1946-1947
7.7			Gifts and Exchange, Periodicals Want List, 1947-1948
7.10			Grosvenor Library Catalog Records, 1938-1940
7.9			Grosvenor Library Student Records, 1938-1940
7.11			H, General Correspondence, 1924-1929, 1937, 1939, 1955
7.12			H.M. Stationary Office, 1935-1937
15.10			H.W. Wilson Company, 1931-1932, 1936-1954
7.13			I, General Correspondence, 1929
8.1-8.4			Interlibrary Loans, 1926-1938
8.6			Interlibrary Requests, 1939-1945
8.7			Interlibrary Requests, 1948-1953
8.5			Invitations, University Library Dedications, 1930-1952
9.1			Joyce Collection, Shipping Charges, 1950, undated
9.2			Junior Colleges, Solicitation of Information, 1927-1933
9.3			K, General Correspondence, 1925-1930
9.4			L, General Correspondence, 1927-1933
9.5			Li-Lz, General Correspondence, 1929-1931
9.6			Late Registration, 1946
9.7			Lewis, Wyndham, Custom Charges, 1953
9.9			Library Committee Meeting, 1929-1930, undated
9.10			Library Faculty Committee Minutes, 1932
9.8			Library of Congress, Printed Cards, 1926-1938
9.11			Library Policies, Minutes and Correspondence, 1922-1946
9.14			Lockwood Library, Plans and Reports, 1932-1934
9.15			Lockwood Library, Plans and Specifications, 1950
9.16			Lockwood Library Dedication, 1935
9.17			Longman's, Green and Company, Correspondence, 1934-1938
16.4			Lord Collection, undated
10.2			M, General Correspondence, 1924-1944
9.19			McConnell Inauguration, 1951
10.1			McGraw Hill and Company, 1933-1938
10.3			MacMillan Company, 1933-1937
10.4			Maps Catalog, 1943
10.5			Margulis, Sidney, Student, 1930
10.6			Mead, Senator James M, 1933-1936
18.1			Memorandum Books, 1933-1935
10.7			Mental Tests, Sample Copies, 1918
10.8			Microfilm and the Graphic Arts Monthly, 1935, 1937, 1939-1942
10.9			Miller, Mrs. Edwin S., Donor, 1934
10.10			Modern Language Association of America, 1934-1939
10.12-10.13			N, General Correspondence, 1924-1941
10.14			National Bureau of Economic Research, 1936-1945
10.15			National Education Association, Educational Research Services Publications, 1930-1941
10.16			National Research Council and Biological Abstracts, 1925-1926, 1934, undated
10.17			New York Times Miniature Edition, 1932
10.18			Newburg, Blanch, Student, 1928, 1931
10.19			Niagara Frontier Defense Committee, For the Defense of America by aiding Great Britain, 1940-1941
10.11			Notes on Moving into Lockwood Library, 1935
11.1			Notices to Faculty about Reserve Policy, undated
11.2			Nursing Education and Status, 1954, undated
11.3			O, General Correspondence, 1927-1954
11.4			Orientation Courses, 1929
11.5			Oxford University Press, 1924-1938
11.6			P, General Correspondence, 1923-1947
11.7			Paper Samples, 1937
11.8			Paris Book Bindery, 1933-1938
11.9			Parker and Sons Limited, Oxford, England, 1934-1936
11.10			Phonograph Records, Accession Lists, 1938-1939, undated
16.18			Photocopy Service, 1960-1961, 1964
16.6			Policies, Interlibrary Loan and Student Help, 1962
11.11-11.13			Position Inquiries, 1925-1938
11.14			Post Office Survey, 1939
11.15			Postal Regulations, 1928-1931
12.1			Pratt, Julius, 1931, 1935-1936
12.2			Prison Library, New York City Penitentiary Library, 1941
12.3			Programs, 1937-1940
12.4			Programs, University, 1920-1946
12.5			Psychological Review Company, 1926-1935
12.6			Public Affairs Information Service, 1934-1937
12.7			Public Service Commission, 1935-1936
12.8			Publicity, 1927-1930
12.10			Publisher's Gifts, 1935
12.9			Purchases, 1929-1930
16.8			Purchasing, Forms, Policies, and Procedures, 1955, 1960, undated
12.11-12.12			Q, General Correspondence, 1928-1942
12.13-12.14			R, General Correspondence, 1926-1952
16.12			Rather, Mr., 1958-1959
12.15			Receipts and Checkbook, 1925-1944
16.9			Record Collection, Baird Hall, 1962
17.3			Red Star Claims, 1957
12.16			References, 1929, 1944-1945
12.17			Requests, 1938
12.18			Reserve Books, Northwestern University Library, undated
12.19			Riegel, Dr. Robert, Chairman Library Committee, 1934-1936
12.20			Riegel's Request for Business Publications, 1934
12.21			Romance Languages, Book Selection Order Slips, 1930-1932
12.22			Rooms, List of Approved Rooming Houses, 1939
12.23			Rotary Field Flagpole and Flag Dedication, Copy of Speech, undated
12.24			S, General Correspondence, 1926-1956
13.1-13.2			S, General Correspondence, 1938-1955
16.13			Safety Committee, University-Wide, 1963
12.25			Charles Scribner and Sons, 1934, 1938-1943
13.3			Service Contracts, 1959
13.4			Stack Permission, 1939, 1941
16.14			Staff and Budget Resolutions, Office of the Treasurer, 1949-1952
12.26			Staff Library, 1923
9.12			Library Statistics, Library, 1928-1935
13.5			Stechert and Company, 1924-1944
13.6			Student Bills, 1930-1935
13.7-13.12			Student Bills, Cleared, 1936-1954
14.5			Student Job Applicants, Records, 1930
14.1-14.4			Student Records of Overdue Fines, 1926-1933, 1944
14.7			Summer School, "Kampus Klarion," 1925-1927
14.6			Summer School, Reserve Book and Faculty Lists, 1926-1928, 1935, undated
16.11			Supervising Librarians Committee, 1957-1961
16.17			Supplies and Equipment, 1961-1962, undated
20.1			Supplies Inventory Notebook, and Library Accounts Notebook, 1951-1958, 1956-1962
19.1			Supplies Inventory Notebooks, 1958-1962
16.3			Supply Inventory, Library, 1957
16.16			Supply Manual, 1959
17.6-17.8			Supply Requests, 1958-1960
9.13			Survey, American Library Association Questionnaire, 1924
14.8			T, General Correspondence, 1924-1954
14.10			Teacher Certification, State Requirements, Inquiries, 1929
14.9			Telephone Receipted Bills, 1948-1952
14.11			Textbook Collection, 1932-1934
14.12			Theses in University of Buffalo Library, 1928
15.1-15.2			U, General Correspondence, 1923-1954
14.14			United French Publishers, 1930
14.13			University of Buffalo Studies, 1927-1958
15.4			University of Chicago Press, 1938-1942
15.3			University of the State of New York, School Librarian Certification, 1936
15.5			V, General Correspondence, 1927-1954
15.6-15.7			W, General Correspondence, 1925-1931, 1937-1952
15.8			War Supplies Books, Shipping Statement, Library of Congress, 1947
15.9			Wetherbee, 1951
15.11			X, Y, Z, General Correspondence, 1927-1950

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