Library Records, 1884-2005 | Carleton College Archives

The collection is divided into two parts, 1884-1968 and 1968-2003.  The majority of the collection comes from the years 1940-1980 and was gathered by the college librarians:  Robert McEwen, 1938-45, Marian Adams, 1945-52, James Richards, 1952-68, Robert Bruce, 1969-74, John Perry (acting director), 1975-76, Philip Wei, 1976-79, John Metz, 1979-1998, and Sam Demas, 1998-2011.

The earlier part of the collection consists of the following series:  Annual reports; Subject file by year, 1942-50; Buildings; American University Field Staff, Book Lists, Book Purchases, and a Topical File.  This is basically the original organization of this part of the collection.  The report series contains a complete set of annual reports 1899-1968.  Also of interest is the Buildings series which contains reports on the inadequacy of Scoville and plans for the new library.  The later half consists of series including:  Reports, Review, Correspondence, Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM), Budget, Committees, Departments, Departmental Libraries, Grants, Personnel, and a Topical File.  The Departmental Libraries series contains information about the creation of the Science Library in Mudd Hall.  The ACM series consists of information about the development of the ACM Periodical Bank.  This half of the collection required extensive reorganization.

As additional files are received they are incorporated into or added on to this arrangement.