Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
RG-L: Library Records
Date(s)
Extent
42.00
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Grinnell College Libraries started in 1853-54 with 1200 volumes. Faculty served as librarian beginning in 1862-63; the first, full-time librarian was hired in 1889. The Carnegie Library opened in 1905 and Burling Library was built in the late 1950s and renovated in the early 1980s.
Librarians of the College:
1849-1852 Erasmus Ripley
1851-1858 Henry L. Bullen
1858-1859 David S. Sheldon
1859-1860 Quincy Gilmore
1861-1863 Julius Reed
1863-1865 Von Coelln
1864-1872 S. J. Buck
1871-1872 John Avery
1872-1883 R. W. Swan (4500 vol.)
1883-1885 S. G. Barnes (10,000 vol.)
1885-1887 H. K. Edson
1886-1890 Carrie M. Edson
1889-1896 J. M. Chamberlain (first full-time librarian)
1896-1898 H. H. Stipp (24,000 vol.)
1898-1899 Cora W. Hastings
1899-1908 Matthew H. Douglass
1908-1919 L. L. Dickerson
1919-1952 Isabelle Clark
1952-1971 Henry Alden
1972-2006 Christopher McKee
2006- 2015 Richard C. Fyffe
2016 - Mark Christel
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Records of the libraries, including acquisitions, budgets, personnel, and buildings.
System of arrangement
Arranged in sixteen series.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Some records are confidential and may not be examined without permission.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Burling Library (Subject)
- Carnegie Library (Grinnell College) (Subject)
- Grinnell College (Subject)
- Grinnell College -- Academic Computing Committee (Subject)
- Grinnell College -- Burling Library -- Design and construction (Subject)
- Grinnell College -- Carnegie Library Endowment (Subject)
- Grinnell College -- Hillis Alcove (Subject)
- Grinnell College -- Libraries (Subject)
- Grinnell College -- Students (Subject)
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Subject)
- Alden, Henry (Subject)
- Bonath, Gail (Subject)