American Imprints Inventory cards A4183

American Imprints Inventory cards

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series contains copies of cards (WPA form 22 HR) compiled for the American Imprints Inventory, a project under the Historical Records Survey. The cards give basic cataloging data on books and pamphlets printed in the United States before 1877. They were compiled by field workers who surveyed most public and private institutional libraries in New York State. The original cards were sent to the National Editor of the American Imprints Inventory, where checklists of imprints were planned and prepared.

Creator:

Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Title:

American Imprints Inventory cards

Quantity:

22 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1700-1876

Series Number:

A4183

Arrangement

Alphabetic by repository symbol (this approximates alphabetical order by repository name), then alphabetical by author. Some cards are out of order. At the end of the series is one box of unarranged cards from several repositories.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains copies of cards (WPA form 22 HR) compiled for the American Imprints Inventory, a project under the Historical Records Survey.

The cards give basic cataloging data on books and pamphlets printed in the United States before 1877. They were compiled by field workers who surveyed most public and private institutional libraries in New York State. The original cards were sent to the National Editor of the American Imprints Inventory, where checklists of imprints were planned and prepared. Each card gives the following information about one imprint: author; title; publisher; place of publication; date; dimensions; number of pages; edition; repository (indicated by an alphabetic "symbol" or unique identifier); general stack location in repository; and an occasional note about physical condition as characteristics of the imprint.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

Container list.

Custodial History

Records were transferred by the Historical Records Survey to the State Library in 1942, and subsequently transferred to State Archives as old collection #550B, accession number -372.

Collation date 1941-1942.