Prelim only. Contains A/V
This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.
Accession Number UA.1970.0012: University Library, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1971.0070: University Libraries, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1972.0052: Director's Offices, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1972.0069: Director's Office, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1973.0026: Rare Book Room, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1973.0059: Library Director, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1973.0060: Rare Book Room, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1973.0076: Library Bindery, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1973.0077: Director's Office, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1974.0092: University Library, 2013 April; Accession Number UA.1975.0113: OSU Libraries Director's Office, 2013 April 29; Accession Number UA.1976.0018: University Library, 2013 May; Accession Number UA.1977.0064: OSU Library, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1977.0103: University Libraries, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1980.0051: Director of Libraries, 2013 August; Accession Number UA.1982.0073: Libraries, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1983.0003: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1984.0019: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1985.0077: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1986.0021: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1986.0164: Vicki Maize, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1987.0087: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1987.0108: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1987.0209: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1988.0051: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1988.0076: Director of Libraries, 2014 November; Accession Number UA.1988.0164: Director of Libraries, 2014 May; Accession Number UA.1988.0205: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1989.0017: Marilee Birchfield, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1989.0023: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1989.0194: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1990.0181: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1991.0087: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1992.0053: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1992.0098: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1993.0143: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1994.0021: Ichiko Morita, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1994.0022: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1995.0117: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1996.0106: Marilyn Wilhoff, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1997.0061: Office of Library Director, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1997.0101: Marilyn Orlando, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1999.0075: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2000.0006: Gay Dannelly, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2000.0108: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2001.0021: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2001.0080: Bill Studer, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2002.0019: Patricia Wood, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2002.0040: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2003.0047: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2004.0095: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2004.0157: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2004.0165: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2004.0168: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2005.0017: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2005.0101: Lucy Caswell, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2006.0099: Willhoff, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2006.0140: Tamar Chute, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2009.0063: Nancy O'Hanlon, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2009.0066: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2009.0081: Wes Boomgaarden, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2009.0098: Raimund Goerler, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2009.0099: Deb Cameron, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2010.0001: Carol Diedrichs, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2011.0005: Carol Diedrichs, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2011.0030: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2011.0128: Tina Schneider, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2011.0166: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2011.0178: Carol Diedrichs, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2012.0009: Henry Griffy, 2011; Accession Number UA.2012.0023: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2012.0130: Library Book Depository, 2012 September; Accession Number UA.2012.0158: Lillian Van Harlingen, circa 2010; Accession Number UA.2013.0103: Carol Diedrichs (Director of Libraries), 2013 June; Accession Number UA.2014.0021: Libraries Preservation Office, 2014 February; Accession Number UA.2014.0024: Libraries Preservation Office, 2014 February; Accession Number UA.2014.0098: Mary Scott, 2013 May; Accession Number UA.2014.0119: Libraries Development and Preservation offices, 2014 June; Accession Number UA.2014.0201: OSU Libraries, 2014 October; Accession Number UA.2015.0087: source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2016.0016: source unknown, 2016 February; Accession Number UA.2016.0030: source unknown, 2016 February; Accession Number UA.2017.0182: David Lincove, 2017 November; Accession Number UA.2018.0039: Bruce Leach, 2018 February; Accession Number UA.2018.0082: source unknown, 2018 April; Accession Number UA.2018.0163: William J. Studer, 2018 September; Accession No. UA.2020.0076: Bertha Ihnat, 2020 March; Accession Number UA.2022.0005: OSUL Communications staff, 2022 January
[identification of item], Ohio State University Libraries, Director Records, RG.8.L, University Archives, Ohio State University
Contains VHS videocassettes, a U-matic videocassette, and magnetic tapes.
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Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.
This collection is unprocessed. Finding Aid written by: Audrey Wimbiscus, January 2020
The Ohio State University Library was founded in 1873 when the University officially opened its doors to students. At the time it was located in Room 1 of University Hall, and was under the stewardship of the first University Librarian Joseph Millikin, Professor of English and Modern Languages. Care for the Library was passed between various departments and professors in the following years. By 1884, the Library consisted of approximately 3000 items, and was moved to the third floor of University Hall. In 1893, it had again outgrown its space, and was moved to Orton Hall, which had been designed to include room for the Library. The same year, the first official University Librarian was appointed, Olive Branch Jones. As it had previously, the Library quickly outgrew these quarters, and in 1914 a new Main Library building was opened. The Main Library also outgrew this space, but no expansion was possible until 1949; following this expansion, the Main Library was rededicated in 1951 as the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library. A further addition was added in 1976-1977. As of 2019, Thompson Library was last renovated in 2009; this renovation demolished the 1977 and 1951 additions, and added on a new west wing.
The first University Librarian to go by the official title of Library Director was Earl N. Manchester, who was director from 1928 to 1952. The Library Director provides leadership and strategic direction for the University Libraries as a whole. In 2019, the University Board of Trustees voted to rename the title of “Director of Libraries” to “Dean of Libraries.” As of 2022, the Vice Provost and Dean of University Libraries, Damon E. Jaggars, oversees 11 on-campus library locations as well as departmental libraries.
This collection contains annual reports, publications, director's files, and other administrative records dating from 1880 to 2022.
Main Library blueprints: 1975 project.
[10/9/1992: permanent loan]
Contains audiocassettes.
(2) audiocassettes
Files of the Director of Libraries.
Files of Directory of Libraries concerning the West Campus Learning Resources Center, Library User Education.
Includes information concerning faculty status and personnel librarians.
Files of William J. Studer, Director of University Libraries.
Some Restricted materials
Files of the Office of the Director of Libraries.
Files of Dr. William J. Studer, including chronological files, faculty promotion and tenure, cost containment, and correspondence with Academic Affairs.
Office files of William Studer.
These boxes hold the annual reports from the director fo the library and other departments within the library system. This accession also includes circulation statistics and manuals in binders (last two boxes).
Office files from the Director of Libraries, including correspondence, reports, and case files. Subjects include university departments, individual libraries, Library Council, appointments, and research grants. There are also a few promotion and tenure case files.
Poster with photograph of 8 people from different areas of campus, including the president.
Contains a U-matic videocassette.
U-matic videocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: 22:52 minutes; Audio only
Files from the Director including annual reports, budgets, regional campus reports, and meeting minutes.
Contains magnetic audio tapes.
Magnetic tapes of activities done in the libraries.
Design of book plates, possibly designed by Thomas French.
Contains VHS videocassettes and magnetic tape.
VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; Approximate run time: Unknown
VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; Approximate run time: 12 minutes
Magnetic video tape; Color; Sound; Approximate run time: 11:10 minutes
Principally the files of Studer as Director of Libraries with some files of Joe Branin. Files concern OSU, units of OSUL, and also chrono files and calendars. The very oldest files pertain to bookplates.
Files related to the Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure, as well as general committees, and Faculty Governance and Faculty Benefits, Privileges and Responsibilities. Also includes procedures on appointments, evaluations, salaries and promotion and tenure for faculty, as well as guidelines on various faculty issues, such as searches, plus departmental (HUDL) annual reports, and main library profiles.
Files are related to Diedrichs' tenure as a faculty member of Ohio State University and University of Kentucky. They include materials on her involvement in the American Library Association and Association of Research Libraries, other professional activities, and her consulting activities
Files are related to Diedrichs' tenure as a faculty member of Ohio State University and University of Kentucky. They include materials on her involvement in the American Library Association and Association of Research Libraries, other professional activities, and her consulting activities.
Office files of OSU Libraries Director Carol Diedrichs, including materials related to the ARL Board of Directors, CIC Directors, Library hours and other issues, Libraries quarterly reports, and Diedrichs' professional activities.
(1) VHS videocassette
VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown
Sketches by Acock & Associates, mounted on foam board, of what various components of Thompson Library would look like post-renovation.
Office files of OSU Libraries Director Carol Diedrichs, including ARL Board of Directors, ALA Nominating Committee, OCLC, and OSU-related materials such as staff meetings, faculty recognition program, and program reviews.
Libraries Preservation Office files focus mostly on the Thompson Library renovation.
Artifact, Room 105 (University Archivist's Office)
Materials related to the renovation of Thompson Library - mostly about the campaign to raise funds for the renovation - plus some older materials related to binding, and other physical facilities.
Director's files (Carol Diedrichs)
Office files of OSU Libraries Director Carol Diedrichs, including materials related to the ARL Board of Directors, CIC Directors, Library hours and other issues, Libraries quarterly reports, and Diedrichs' professional activities.
Large commemorative booklet on the Thompson Library renovation that includes a history of the building, issued after the library reopened in 2009.
Grant application, display descriptions, program schedule and poster for the Libraries exhibit, "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World," part of a traveling exhibit produced by the American Library Association.
(1) VHS videocassette
Files focus on the development, construction and opening of the Science and Engineering Library. One file has renderings of the renovation work to be done on the buildnig after it was renamed the 18th Avenue Library. Photographs of the building's interior, grand opening event, and staff are also included, as is a video recording of a news broadcast.
Samples of bookplates used by the University Libraries. Bookplates include those for the general collection and those designated as gifts by individuals or groups.
Annual reports, and files related to capital plan projects and the installation of the Winged Victory replica statue in the Grand Reading Room of Thompson Library.)
Lecture on "The History of Flying" presented by J.H. Service, a professor in the School of Military Aeronautics located on campus during World War I. The booklet made from the lecture was presented in 1919 to the Libraries by Engineering Prof. Henry C. Lord.
Video recording of the announcement of the name of the Libraries' new staff intranet. The announcement followed a short contest in which employees submitted potential names, then voted on the top contenders.
Library Commission meeting minutes.
Library department heads comprised the commission, which was formed when OSU Librarian Olive Branch Jones took an extended leave of absence. It was dissolved upon her return to full-time service.
Audio-visual recordings of holiday greetings from Director Carol Diedrichs to staff, donors, Friends of the Libraries and others.
Photographs and various recordings of the Read Aloud program.
Photographs, videos, and plans for Ann Hamilton's Library talk.
Terminated-faculty files.
Files may be viewed only after prior curatorial review of the folders to determine that no confidential information is included.
Publications include material that stretches that entire span of the library including annual reports, handbooks and newsletters.
News Nosey is a satirical newsletter composed by library staff about the library.
Oversized black-and-white photograph of the circulation staff of the then-Main Library.