Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. .33 linear foot (1 box).

Summary

1. Memoranda, notes, application forms and other records documenting the NYPL training program.

Subject

1. Library education
2. Libraries > New York (State) > New York
3. New York Public Library > Superintendent of Training

Call number

1. MssArc RG8 5740

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. NYPL Archives.

Biography (note)

1. The New York Public Library first organized classes in 1901 to train staff in its Circulation Department (later renamed the Branch Libraries).

Author

1. New York Public Library. Superintendent of Training.

Title

1. Superintendent of Training records, 1901-1932.

Access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. The New York Public Library first organized classes in 1901 to train staff in its Circulation Department (later renamed the Branch Libraries).
2. From 1911-1926 NYPL also operated a Library School, which prepared staff for Librarian positions, while the Superintendent of Training continued to offer classes for Assistants. For several years after 1926 the Superintendent of Training trained staff in both the Circulation Department and Reference Department.

Finding aids

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Location of other archival materials

1. Library School records, NYPL Archives.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. MssArc RG8 5740