Penn State University Libraries - Projects

Charles L. Blockson Collection of African-Americana and the African Diaspora

A collection of some 11,000 items, chiefly monographs, donated by collector and alum Charles Blockson. Each record will have:

793 0_ Charles L. Blockson Collection of African Americana and the African Diaspora.

The Home Location will be BLOCKSON, or, in some cases, BLOCKS-VLT (Blockson Vault.) No packets are prepared for this collection; the barcode is applied to the verso of a specially-stamped flyer, and the call number is written in best handwriting at the top of the flyer recto. No cards or labels are made for these items.

Crystal Palace Ephemera Collection

Collection of a large number of ephemera compiled by Charles Mann. Most of the items highlight the Great Exhibition of 1851 (London).

The monographs in this collection were completed during a separate phase ending in the summer of 2001.

Eighth Air Force Collection (Serials Phase)

Awaiting description.

Huntington Collection

Estimated to contain 30 boxes of books. Subject matter is on Amish, Mennonite and Hutterite peoples. The home location for this collection is HUNTINGTON. Each record should have the following 793 field:

793 0_ Gertrude Huntington Anabaptist Library Collection.

Follow normal procedures: barcodes on tickers, generate shelfcards from OCLC under UPM5, etc.

Duplicates will go to AAUW and should be set aside over in PSU Archives. They will send requests along to delete duplicates within each of the Gaines and Hostetler collections when encountered.

The Gerald Lang and Jennifer Tucker Collection of Photography Books

Contains six boxes of photography books.

Home location: LANG

793 0_ Gerald Lang and Jennifer Anne Tucker Photography Book Collection.

John A. Lucas Olympic History Collection

A gift of John A. Lucas, professor emeritus of exercise and sport science. The collection contains 70 boxes, about 3,500 books. Further details pending. Please add a 793 field to each record:

793 0_ John A. Lucas Olympic History Collection.

Home location: LUCAS

Alice Marshall Pamphlet Collection

This collection is housed in 39 pam boxes and is presently stored in the Security Closet. It is estimated to contain over 1,000 pamphlets. After all boxes have been cataloged, the collection will be returned to Harrisburg.

See: Alice Marshall Pamphlet Collection Processing Procedures

McCarthy Collection of African-American Women Writers

Approximately 2,500 volumes. Further details pending.

George Meredith Christmas Collection

Description and further details pending.

Penn State Buildings Architectural Plans

A collection of building plans and drawings from the Physical plant. Most folders contain multiple sheets. Cataloged as Manuscripts in OCLC using the WFMG workform, these materials require considerable attention; please see local documentation or a sample record for full details. Briefly, apply fixed and coded fields as directed; describe the collection in 520; add pattern subject headings; determine 655s using AAT; and include 545 for building background. The call number should be:

PSUA
RGN 28
UP
[Building name as it appears on folder]
[date]
folder01 [02, etc., as needed]

Pennsylvania German Broadsides and Fraktur, Phase 2

This collection contains 103 items, primarily printed and manuscript Pennsylvania German birth certificates. It was purchased from Jon Acker in 2010 and has been proposed as a digital project with the intention of this being a continuation of the previous digital Fraktur project.

Additional items were added to this collection in September 2011.

Ronald A. Smith Sports History Book Collection

Some 3,000-4,000 books on general sports history donated by professor Emeritus Ronald A. Smith. Most are expected to be copy cataloging or added copies. The uncataloged books may be picked up from the Special Collections hallway. The Home Location will be SMITH. Each record will need the note:

793 0_ Ronald A. Smith Sports History Book Collection

Struwwelpeter

This collection is a gift of nearly 300 editions and translations of Der Stuwwelpeter. It is a gift of Marion Herzog-Hoinkis of Frankfurt, Germany, whose late husband, Gerhard Hertz Herzog, was the directory of the Struwwelpeter Museum in Frankfurt am Main.

Each record should contain:

541  |3Rare Books copy:|cGift of|aMarion Herzog-Hoinkis in memory of Gerhard Hertz Herzog and Charles W. Mann, Jr.;|d2010.|5PSt

United Mine Workers Material

Approximately 1,097 items; most seem to be Serials.