Penn State University Libraries - Projects Archive

19th Century Books with Green Binding

Collection of a couple hundred 19th century books published with green binding; sometimes called "greenies." Donated by William Bernard McCarthy; location RareBook. Each record will receive the note:

541 |cGift of |aWilliam Bernard McCarthy |d2003.|5PSt

American Pamphlet Plays / Pamphlet Plays

The collection of approximately 1200 primarily American acting editions consists of plays published by Ames, the Dramatic Publishing Co., T.H. Lacy, Samuel French, and others, in the following series: Ames' series of standard and minor drama, French's acting editions, Lacy's acting editions, and Sergel's acting drama. Individual titles within the collection are cataloged separately. The collection was cataloged separately using PS632.A43 with a 3- or more number cutter by main entry (e.g. PS632.A43abe). Home location was RARE-BOOK. It was housed in 17 boxes.

Anderson Collection

Limited collection of 700-1,000 items consisting of artists' manuals and art education books as well as a number of related items. Many items are very rare, many others are fragile. Not a separately shelved collection; access will be provided via:

773 0_ |tAlbert A. Anderson Jr. and Evelynn M. Ellis Art Education Collection

Many will require original cataloging. Future additions to the collection will be a part of the Team's regular workflow.

Carl Anthon Collection

Collection of about 120 items, many housed in the Vault, but not formally organized as a separate collection. Includes items in the Emblem and Allison-Shelley collections and German, Italian, and Latin language materials. All will need special handling and an Immediate Source of Acquisitions note:

541|cGift of|aCarl Anthon.|5PSt

Martin D. Cohen Collection of Lawyers in Mystery and Detective Fiction

A collection of mysteries featuring lawyers. Use location code RAREBOOK. Records are likely to need 655 fields, and all should get

793 0_ Martin D. Cohen Collection of Lawyers in Mystery and Detective Fiction.

Core Records Project

Special Collections is making a concerted effort to have manuscript collections from HCLA and PSUA available. Since these are often large, boxed collections, they are preparing archival descriptions, and cataloging records are created in OCLC and Workflows from their descriptions; vertical files are generally examined for cataloging. Most records have been cataloged in the mixed materials format, but a number are in other formats, notable visual materials. Doris Malkmus has been the contact in Special Collections, while Susan Hamburger coordinates cataloging efforts.

There are a total of approximately 4000 collections in this project, however some of these collections have already been cataloged making it difficult to ascertain the number needing cataloging. Some existing records will need to be updated in the CAT and WorldCat.

After completion, remaining problem items will be fed through the Team's normal workflow.

Crystal Palace Monographs Collection

Collection of some 200 books and a large number of ephemera compiled by Charles Mann. Most of the items highlight the Great Exhibition of 1851 (London).

Cyrillic Language Items

Approximately 50 items from a Rare Books backlog that need original cataloging. The Team received help from other cataloging members of the Department.

Eighth Air Force Collection (Monographs Phase)

Approximately 1,000 items, with some collateral material in other formats. The collection features items relating to the 8th Air Force and World War II. Many require Original Cataloging. Location HC8THAF. Future additions to the collection will be a part of the Team's regular workflow.

Requested: Winter 2000
Started: Winter 2000
Completed: 200-?

Fascist Collection

Perhaps 300 books of an anti-Semitic nature; many in German. Not a separate collection; ORFs required.

Chris Gaines Memorial Library Collection

Approximately 5,000 items on the Amish in literature; a portion will require Original Cataloging. Use location GAINES. All records will get

773 0_|tChris Gaines Memorial Library Collection

Maurice Goddard Forestry Collection

Two boxes of books on Forestry; probably monographs, probably will have copy. Add donor note to all records:

541 __ |3Rare Books Copy:|cGift of|aMaurice K. Goddard estate.|5PSt

Additions to the Edward Gorey Collection

Approximately 189 titles added to the Author Collection/Gorey from a gift of John A. Mahey. Includes a number of translations (including German, Japanese, and French), several items that were formerly owned by important Gorey collectors (Toledano, Sheehan, etc.), plus postcards, calendars, uncorrected proofs, books with printing errors, magazines featuring Gorey's work, theatrical cutouts, broadsides, holiday cards, and dealer catalogs. Some of the books were collected because of the book and jacket design.

Each record should have a donor note:

541 __ |3Author Collection copy:|cGift of|aJohn A. Mahey;|d20078.|5PSt

George Groff Collection

106 books; some serials. These are not to be done as manuscripts without checking with Jackie. The home location is PSUARCHIVE. Add the following notes to all records:

583 Deacidified.|c2003.|iliquid.|xBookkeepers III.|jCranberry Township, PA 16066|kPreservation Technologies Inc.

590 PSU Archives copy deacidified.

793 0_ George Groff Collection

Note: This collection was completed in Summer 2003, with the exception of a dozen or so Chinese language materials, which were completed in October.

Haldeman-Julius Little Blue Books Collection

A collection of 671 pocket-sized Little blue books issued by Haldeman-Julius Company between 1922 and 1931. The series was issued under several names: Appeal's pocket series, People's pocket series, Appeal pocket series, Ten cent pocket series, Five cent pocket series, Pocket series, and Little blue book. The collection will be housed in five boxes. Each volume will be cataloged separately under the call number AC1.L8 no.[series number] and given a system-generated barcode. A collection-level record will be created with five barcodes attached for the five boxes. The home location will be RARE-BOOK.

HCLA Labor Serials and Newspapers

Scope of the project was initially limited to assigning LC classification to HCLA's collection of union organs and labor serials, changing location codes in MARC holdings, and sending items for binding; but has since expanded to include providing original cataloging for unique materials in WorldCat, updating/improving extant records in WorldCat and our local Cat, adding PSU symbol to extant records in WorldCat, establishing Name Authority records for union locals, verifying & updating HCLA's holdings, managing bind prep, and coordinating project steps from cataloging through binding and return to HCLA. This project is supplying many materials for PSU's CONSER and NACO contributions. A total of 514 titles were processed.

HCLA Reference Material

Approximately 210 items.

George Alfred Henty Collection

About 100 items by or about George Alfred Henty. Not formally organized as a separate collection.

Steven Herb Collection of Toy and Movable Books

An ongoing collection of toy and movable books from Steven Herb. Processing of the initial gift, ca. 100 items, is underway; this collection will be increased by ca. 10 books each year. All books have ORFs with specific processing instructions, as some will be going to RARE-CHILD and some to ALLISON-SH. Most items will have copy; care should be taken with 650 and 655 to bring out the unique aspects of each item. A donor note will be added to each record:

541 __ |3Rare Books copy:|cGift of|aSteven Herb, Director, Pennsylvania Center for the Book;|d20034.|5PSt

Future additions to the collection will be a part of the Team's regular workflow.

Hostetler Collection

Several hundred items on the Amish, Hutterite Brethren, and Pennsylvania Germans. Some require original cataloging; some are manuscripts. Use location HOSTETLER.

Irish Pamphlets

Pamphlets from the UK on all subjects, all are bound withs; 41 volumes, an undetermined number of titles. Not a separate collection. Donated by the Annesley Family. All records will get a 541:

541 |3Rare Books copy:|cGift of|aAnnesley Family.|5PSt

The collection will be classed together, using the number:

DA947.Z9A56 v.__

The volume number is on a slip of paper with each volume, and also in an index, which may be used for reference as needed.

Bruce Kendall Collection

Approximately 40 items, selected by Charley Mann, that have been added to the Aerospace materials. The items are a gift from Bruce Kendall. A donor note has been added to each record:

541 __ |3Rare Books Copy:|cGift of|aBruce Kendall.|5PSt

Alice Marshall Collection

The Alice Marshall Collection is a special collection of Woman's Studies materials housed at Penn State Harrisburg. A variety of materials are included, and we will share responsibility for cataloging this collection with the Penn State Harrisburg Libraries staff. The Team was responsible for rare books, pamphlets, graphics, and ephemera. Sheet music was cataloged by the Music/AV Team. The remaining monographs were cataloged by Penn State Harrisburg catalogers.

Books are received from Harrisburg, and shelved in Annie's office for security reasons. Library is Harrisburg, Home Location is Marshall. Pencil the call number into the back of the book, with Marshall below call number; use two part barcodes. Paste large barcode on back of flyer, write main on entry on front. On yellow slip, write Marshall and call number, paste small barcode beneath, with initials and date. Put slip in packet; packets and books go back in Annie's office. Include 541 in record:

541 |cGift and purchase of|aAlice Marshall|d1991.|5PSt

or

541 |3Harrisburg copy:|cGift and purchase of|aAlice Marshall|d1991.|5PSt

After CatMarking prints labels, Annie will match up books and packets, and return books to Harrisburg. Record separate statistics for copy, original, and number of items added in the Marshall Collection.

Meriwether Collection

Ca. 425 monographs of Antebellum Southern realistic and humorous writing. This will be kept as a separate collection.

ORFs: Please return the blue and yellow slips that come with the ORFs to Lee Gruver. Each ORF has the location RARE-BOOK on it. Please cross this out and write in MERIWETHER.

Home Location: MERIWETHER

Add this 793 to all records:

793 0_ James B. Meriwether Collection of Antebellum Southern Realistic and Humorous Writing.

Gerald M. Moser Collection of Lusophone Africa, 1880-2005

Circa 400 books in Portuguese from the countries of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe (Lusophone Africa) from the collection of Gerald Moser. The location will be RAREBOOK. Each item will be cataloged separately, collocated by a class-together call number (PQ9900.M68 no.__). Books will be boxed; the boxes will be barcoded, so individual items will not get barcodes or labels. A collection-level record will be used to clarify holdings by box. A 793 will be added to all records:

793 0_ Gerald M. Moser Collection of Lusophone Africa, 1880-2005.

It may be best to sort by size before cataloging so books of similar dimensions are together when boxed; this way, "Box 1" etc. can be added to the call numbers. Each book should have a flyer with main entry.

Pennsylvania German Broadsides and Fraktur

Sixty-some items in German Fraktur, most published in Pennsylvania in the early 19th century. Anthony Tedeschi, a graduate intern, prepared workforms for the material so it can be cataloged more easily. Each item will be cataloged individually in OCLC using the manuscripts workform, and an EAD finding aid prepared for the collection. Since several collections are involved, collection level records will be created for each, and all items in each collection will be housed together in separately barcoded boxes. Each record will have an 856 linking it to the finding aid, as well as two 773 fields. The first 773 will be for the specific sub-collection, i.e., Stapleton, Allison Shelley, etc.; the second 773 will be for the main collection, as follows:

773 0 |tPennsylvania German broadsides and Fraktur

All material will have the location VAULT. The call number for the collection will appear in OCLC like this:

099 F160.G3S73 |aStapleton |aItem_

and written on the item as follows:

Rare Books
F160.G3S73
Stapleton (or other collection)
Item _
Vault

Future additions to the collection will be a part of the Team's regular workflow.

Note: University Archives also has some Fraktur material in the Gaines and Hostetler collections. Anthony's departure necessitates that this material not be included in this project, but will be handled in a similar fashion at a later date. Added items for Rare Books Fraktur will be considered part of the ongoing workflow.

Perón and his era

Of the 286 pamphlets in the invented collection, Perón and his era, 52 are cataloged as separates and classed together. We will begin cataloging the remaining pamphlets in the same way. Some will have copy; most if not all are in Spanish.

The pamphlets live in barcoded boxes, identified by a master record, so individual records will need an auto-generated item ID. They will not need any attention in Cat Marking, so no ORF will be necessary; just return them to the box in numerical order, and when a box is completed, return it to Special Collections. The location is RARE-BOOK; each record will include a 440 for the series:

[Perón and his era, a collection of pamphlets ;|vno. ___]

and a class-together call number:

F2849
.P482
no.___

The invented pamphlet number is written with the call number in the back of each pamphlet. Please write the pamphlet number on the front cover of each pamphlet, near where the invented series statement is written.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Poster Collections

A collection of 182 posters (World War I, World War II, Anti-Vietnam War protest, and Black militant). These have been proposed as a digital project.

See the Word document on the team's W drive folder for instructions.

J.M. Read Pamphlet Collection

62 volumes of bound pamphlets on a variety of subjects from the 19th century. All Bound with; accompanied by photocopied typescript. Each volume contains numerous titles. All items will receive a class-together call number:

HE1031.R43 v.1 (etc.)

and the Home location:

READ

Text Book Collection

Some 700 text books and readers, primarily American. Some are from the Wagner Collection, which will need a 541 note and Home Location of Textbook Collection. Others are stacks books that do not need a 541. No ORF necessary - process with yellow slip.

Waring Collection Monographs

Approximately 100 items.

World War I American Eyewitness Accounts

Collection of a couple hundred diverse materials donated by Alison and Bob Petrilla, including books, journals, letters, posters, etc. No ORF; use yellow slip. Location will be RareBook. Each record will need:

541 |cGift of |aBob and Alison Petrilla |d2003. |5PSt

as well as

793 0_ World War I American Eyewitness Accounts.