Dissertation Information for Lawrence L. Reed NAME: - Lawrence L. Reed
- (Alias) Lawrence Lee Reed
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science
SCHOOL:
- University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA) (1983)
ADVISORS: - Jack A. Clarke
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - Valmai R. Fenster - Charles A. Bunge - Victor Lowell Hilts
MPACT Status: Fully Complete
Title: The development of the manuscript collections at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin through 1969
Abstract: This study is concerned with the strategy of collection development; with how and why manuscript collecting was started in particular subject areas and what factors influenced that collecting. It traces the development of the manuscript collections, especially those resulting from the collecting projects begun following the Second World War, and the persons behind that development.
The study was designed to investigate the development of a significant research collection of specialized materials in the hope that such an investigation would reveal decisive elements in that development. The assumption underlying the study is that, by focusing upon the individuals and their reasons for initiating a particular collecting effort, patterns of influence in collection development would be revealed.
The overall arrangement of the study is chronological. The first chapter introduces the topic and sketches the problem. The second chapter examines the development of the Society under the leadership of Lyman C. Draper, Reuben G. Thwaites, Milo M. Quaife, Joseph Schafer and Edward P. Alexander. The third chapter details the postwar expansion of the Society under Clifford L. Lord. The fourth chapter inquires into the origins and results of six major collecting projects. The fifth chapter continues the story of the general development of the Society under the directorship of Leslie Fishel. The sixth chapter examines the collecting projects begun during Fishel's tenure. The final chapter summarizes the study.
The main conclusion of the study is that the Directors of the Society had the major role in initiating projects which enlarged the scope and size of the manuscript collections. Other important influences were exerted by the availability of grant monies, the inter-relatedness of manuscript materials, and the initiative of graduate students. There is no evidence that University of Wisconsin faculty members initiated any of the collecting projects examined.
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