Title: Harvard College Library Order Department letters,
Authors: Lane, William Coolidge, 1859-1931.; Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.; Coolidge, Archibald Cary, 1866-1928.; Blake, Robert Pierpont, 1886-1950.; Potter, Alfred Claghorn, 1867-1940.; Tillinghast, William H. 1854-1913.; Walton, C.E. (Clarence Eldon), 1898-.; Harvard College Library.
Year: 1884
Subjects: Harvard College Library.; Harvard University Libraries.; Academic librarians.; Academic libraries Acquisitions.; Academic libraries Administration.; Academic libraries Collection development.; Academic libraries Management.; Academic libraries Massachusetts Cambridge.; Library employees.; Universities and colleges Libraries.; Cambridge (Mass.)
Abstract: This collection is comprised of correspondence and other material of the Order Department of the Harvard College Library from 1881-1976. Kept by members of the department including Librarian Justin Winsor and Assistant Librarians William Tillinghast, Alfred Claghorn Potter, and Clarence Eldon Walton, records consist of bound volumes of correspondence and organizational material, loose letters, microfilming records, and reports, and document the major acquisitions-related activities of the department such as buying, shipping, paying bills, and exchanging of books, periodicals, and other publications.