Reform of the Slavic Collection of the U.S. Library of Congress in 1940-1957
https://doi.org/10.25281/0869-608X-2014-0-5-90-95
Abstract
The author gives an overview of reorganization of the Slavic Collection of the Library of Congress in 1941-1957. In that period its employees, being supported by both state authorities and private funds, established constant links with the Soviet book trade organizations, began to coordinate similar book exchange programs of other American research centers, developed the effective reference service. The largest Slavic collection outside Russia was created as a result of the reforms.
About the Author
E. G. Pivovarov
Institute of history of science and technology named after Vavilov, the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
References
1. Сычева В.П. Из истории американской славистики: славянское собрание БК США (конец XIX в. - 1960 г.) // Славяноведение и балканистика в странах зарубежной Европы и США. - М., 1989. - С. 74-79.
2. Annual Report of the Library of Congress (LC) for the year ending June. - Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1940 [а], 1941 [б], 1942 [в], 1943 [г], 1944 [д], 1945 [е], 1946 [ж], 1947 [з], 1948 [и], 1950 [к], 1951 [л], 1952 [м], 1957 [н].
3. Cannon A. Union Catalogs for Slavic Publications in American Libraries, 1931-1980 // Slavic and East European Information Resources. - 2013. - Vol. 14, № 1. - P. 3-71.
4. European Division. LC. Miscellaneous Correspondence: Annual Report of the Chief of the Slavic Division N. Rodionoff for the fiscal year ended 30.06.1943 [a]; Letter A. MacLeish - L. Evans 14.09.1943 [б].
5. Kraus D. The Slavic Collections of LC // UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration. - 1979. - Vol. 1, № 3. - P. 183-187.
6. LC Informational Bulletin. - Washington, D.C. : LC. - 13.10.1952. - Vol. 11, № 42 [а] ; 16.04.1956. - Vol.15, № 16 [б] ; 30.04.1956. - Vol.15, № 18 [в] ; 09.05.1956. - Vol.15, № 19 [г] ; 01.10.1956. - Vol. 15, № 40 [д].
7. MacLeish A. A Slavic Center for the Library of Congress [Electronic resource] / A. MacLeish. - Mode of access: http//www.loc.gov/rr/european/about/slaviccenter.html
8. Manuscript Division. LC. Records of the LC. Central File. Container 1073. Slavic Studies «Evans Archives» - before July 1953 (документы приведены в хронологическом порядке). Portfolio: 5-1-1: preliminary report of Slavic Division, 01.10.1940. F.J. Whitefield, Fellow in Slavic Languages and Literature [а] ; letter S. Yakobson - Dr. R.D. Jameson 28.01.1941 [б] ; memorandum F.J. Whitefield - L. Evans 12.06.1941 [в]. Portfolio 6: «Russian Center»: letter A. MacLeish - J.E. Davies [г] ; memorandum MacLeish - Evans 20.12.1943 [д] ; LC Press Release № 183: MacLeish Announces the Reorganization of Reference Department LC [е] ; memorandum D.C. Mearns - Evans 10.03.1944 [ж] ; letter Dr. D. White - Dr. J.P. Boyd, Librarian of the Princeton University 18.04.1944 [з] ; letter Mearns - White 26.04.1944 [и] ; memorandum L. Hanke - Librarian of the Congress 10.05.1944 [к] ; letter MacLeish - B. Pregel 14.07.1944 [л] ; LC Memorandum [м] ; letter Director of the United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service - MacLeish [н] ; memorandum Dr. M. Taube - Mearns 02.12.1944 [о] ; Service Centre for Study and Research on Russia after the War by W.W. Leontief [п] ; letter MacLeish - Leontief [р]. Portfolio 7: memorandum F.T. Epstein - B.W. Adkinson, Director of the Reference Department LC 25.08.1953 [c]. Portfolio 8: memorandum Mearns - Chief Assistant Librarian 08.03.1941 [т] ; memorandum. N. Rodionoff - Librarian of the Congress 31.03.1942 [у] ; memorandum S. Yakobson - Librarian of the Congress 04.12.1943 [ф]. Portfolio 9: office memorandum. R. Smits, Chief of the Cyrillic Union Catalog Section - J.W. Cronin, Director of the Processing Department 29.05.1952 [х]. Portfolio 11: letter to Rockefeller Foundation 21.01.1954 [ц] ; project: survey and microfilming of Russian post-revolutionary newspapers [ч].
9. Memorandum B.A. Custer - L.M. Morsch. Progress and condition of the Slavic Cataloging Project 05.08.1946. - Оригинал найден сотрудницей Европейского отдела БК А. Кэннон.
10. Ornstein-Galicia J. The Development and Status of Slavic and East European Studies in America since World War II // American Slavic and East European Review. - 1957. - Vol. 16, № 3. - P. 380-385.
Review
For citations:
Pivovarov E.G. Reform of the Slavic Collection of the U.S. Library of Congress in 1940-1957. Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science]. 2014;(5):90-95. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/0869-608X-2014-0-5-90-95
Views:
752
Email this article 