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Special Libraries Association. Philadelphia Chapter

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Held at: Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections [Contact Us]W. W. Hagerty Library, 3300 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
00.003
Repository:
Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections
Extent:
7.0 cubic feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Special Libraries Association, Philadelphia Chapter, Records, Drexel University Archives.
Date:
1919-2005 (inclusive)
Creator:
Cowles, Thomas
Form:
Minutes and Reports
Abstract:
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Special Libraries Association was founded in 1919 as a local library organization, the Special Libraries Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity, to promote the collection, organization, and dissemination of information to executives, research directors, and employees of industrial firms. In 1933 the Council affiliated with the Special Libraries Association, an international professional association for librarians and information professionals working in non-traditional library settings. The collection consists of publications issued by the chapter as well as bylaws, minutes, reports, and other administrative records dating from its founding.

The Philadelphia Chapter of the Special Libraries Association began as a local library organization, the Special Libraries Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity, which was founded in 1919. It promoted the collection, organization, and dissemination of information to executives, research directors, and employees of industrial firms. It also developed the use of pertinent facts and technical materials in the operation of all types of business.

In 1933 the Council affiliated with the Special Libraries Association and became the Philadelphia Chapter. At that time the Special Libraries Association was an international organization of 5,000 special librarians. Its membership was composed of librarians and research workers who were actively engaged in the administration and interpretation of technical information in advertising and financial companies; in industrial firms manufacturing diverse products such as chemicals, electrical machinery, food, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, radios, steel, and textiles; and in governmental, educational, and social welfare institutions. The Council had active research groups within its membership such as the Science-Technology Group and the Social Science Group. These groups developed specific projects for the improvement of libraries and research organizations.

The chapter newsletter, the Bulletin, has been published since 1934 and is issued three to four times a year. It contains news of interest to special librarians. The chapter published the Directory of Libraries and Information Sources/Centers in Philadelphia and Vicinity from 1920-1999 in paper format. In 2004 the chapter unveiled its first online version of the directory. The chapter has operated an employment service since 1930 and currently posts job advertisements for special librarians in the Delaware Valley area. Regular chapter meetings are held from September to May in special library facilities or restaurants. The programs consist of panel discussions, featured speakers, demonstrations, or social occasions.

The collection provides a complete administrative history of the Philadelphia chapter of the Special Libraries Association from its founding in 1919 through the time it was donated to the Drexel University Archives in 2005. Records include chapter bylaws and procedural manuals; executive board meeting minutes; financial records; membership rosters; planning documents; and annual reports from various officers, committees, special interest groups. A large portion of the collection consists of the chapter’s publications, including the Bulletin, a chapter newsletter published four to six times a year beginning in 1933; a membership directory, issued sporadically since 1920; and a directory of libraries and information sources in Philadelphia and the surrounding region, published beginning in 1920 and updated every one to ten years.

The records indicate that the chapter conscientiously documented its history from its beginning. The collection was weeded in the 1940s, and again in the 1980s and 1990s, more extensively and in accordance with a records retention policy developed by the Special Libraries Association for its chapters. The collection was stored at the Free Library of Philadelphia from the chapter’s founding through the 1980s. In 1984, it was moved to Friends Hospital, where it stayed until 1994, when it was transferred to the library at QVC, Inc (librarians who worked for these organizations were officers of the Philadelphia Chapter of SLA at the time the records were moved there). The collection was transferred to the Drexel University Archives in 2005.

Original order in the collection has been preserved in the arrangement of series. The first series consists of general materials relating to the history and governance of the chapter and other miscellaneous records relevant to the chapter as a whole, some of which were added to this series by the archivist. The next three series consist of records created by individual chapter governing bodies and officers (executive board, president, secretary, and treasurer), committees, and special interest groups.

    Arranged into 7 series:
  1. General
  2. Officers
  3. Committees
  4. Chapter Groups
  5. Projects
  6. Publications
  7. Associated Organizations

According to the records of the chapter's archives committee, the collection was kept from the founding of the chapter until the 1980s at the Free Library of Philadelphia. It was moved to Friends Hospital in 1984. Records indicate that the collection was weeded extensively over time in accordance with the national association's records retention policy.

Transferred to the University Archives by chapter member Marjorie Smink, May 2005. Deed of gift on file in office of university archivist.

Subject

Publisher
Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Kevin Martin
Finding Aid Date
2006
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Consult archivist regarding copyright restrictions.

Collection Inventory

Series I. General, 1920-2002. 23 folders, 1 bound volume, and 1 35 mm reel.
Contents

Records pertaining to the history and governance of the chapter, including the original bylaws dating from 1920 and their revisions through 2002, procedural manuals, a chronology of the Special Library Association’s activities from 1909 to 1964. Some additional general materials that were found with the collection, such as newspaper clippings, miscellaneous correspondence, and a filmstrip presentation about special library resources in the Delaware Valley, have been included by the archivist as subseries 9-12.

Physical Description

23 folders, 1 bound volume, and 1 35 mm reel

Series II. Officers, 1922-2001. 234 folders and 8 bound volumes.
Contents

The minutes of the Executive Board’s meetings are included in this series, as are annual reports on the chapter’s activities from 1922 through 2001 (among the president’s records) and the chapter’s financial records (with the treasurer’s records). This series also contains lists of officers and committee chairmen.

Physical Description

234 folders and 8 bound volumes

Series III. Committees, 1924-2005. 63 folders.
Contents

The records of the Strategic Planning Committee (subseries 29) include a strategic plan for the organization drafted in 2001. Also of interest are the records of the World War II Documents Committee (subseries 34), which speak to the role of libraries in national defense efforts during World War II.

Physical Description

63 folders

Series IV. Chapter Groups, 1940-1970. 63 folders.
Contents

The records of the chapter's special interest groups.

Physical Description

63 folders

Series V. Projects, 1919-2004. 22 folders, 1 scrapbook.
Contents

Records of conferences, professional development activities, retreats, and other activities that the chapter was involved in.

Physical Description

22 folders, 1 scrapbook

Series VI. Publications, 1923-2004. 28 folders, 37 bound volumes.
Contents

Includes the Bulletin, the library directory, the membership directory, and other publications of the Philadelphia chapter, as well as several additional publications of SLA National and general publications. Researchers interested in using and citing particular issues of the Bulletin should note that its title has changed subtly over the years and should refer to the issue in hand for the proper citation format.

Physical Description

28 folders, 37 bound volumes

Series VII. Associated Organizations, 1992. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Chapter bylaws and governing documents / Constitution and Bylaws, 1920.
Box 1 Folder 1.1.1
Chapter bylaws and governing documents / Constitution and Bylaws—Adopted 1937, Amended 1944, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1961, 1937-1961.
Box 1 Folder 1.1.2
Chapter bylaws and governing documents / Bylaws—Amended 1966, 1968, 1966-1968.
Box 1 Folder 1.1.3
Chapter bylaws and governing documents / Bylaws—Amended 1972, Revised 1976, 1981, 1988, 1992, 2002, 1972-2002.
Box 1 Folder 1.1.4
Chapter bylaws and governing documents / Bylaws, Social Science Group of the Special Libraries Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity., 1968.
Box 1 Folder 1.1.5
Chapter bylaws and governing documents / Governing Documents, 2004.
Box 1 Folder 1.1.6
20090190021, 1931.
20090190022, 1956.
Chapter history / Chronology, 1909-1964.
Box 1 Folder 1.2.3
20090190023, n.d.
20090190024, n.d.
20090190025, n.d.
Chapter history / Original Seal - wood block samples, [undated].
Box 1 Folder 1.2.5
Chapter history / Deed of Gift - Philadelphia Chapter SLA Archives to Drexel University, 2005.
Box 1 Folder 1.2.6
Chapter history / Background information on deed of gift, 2005.
Box 1 Folder 1.2.7
20090190001, September 11, 1919.
20090190002, September 30, 1919.
20090190003, 1919.
20090190004, March 20, 1920.
20090190005, January 28, 1921.
20090190006, February 15, 1921.
20090190007, March 31, 1921.
20090190008, April 27, 1921.
20090190009, October 21, 1922.
20090190010, 1928-1929.
20090190011, April 5, 1935.
20090190012, December 12, 1939.
20090190013, February 2, 1940.
20090190014, April 5, 1940.
20090190015, April 4, 1941.
20090190016, October 5, 1951.
20090190017, November 2, 1951.
20090190018, November 1951.
20090190019, May 1930.
Chapter recognition / SLA Building Recognition Award, 1983.
Box 1 Folder 1.3.1
Chapter recognition / SLA Certificate of Recognition for Promoting Student Group Activities, 1998.
Box 1 Folder 1.3.2
Chapter recognition / Founding Donor of the David R. Bender Endowment Fund for International Development, 2001.
Box 1 Folder 1.3.3
Newspaper clippings, 1920s.
Box 1 Folder 1.4.1
Newspaper clippings, 1930s.
Box 1 Folder 1.4.2
Newspaper clippings, 1950s.
Box 1 Folder 1.4.3
Newspaper clippings, 1960s-1970s.
Box 1 Folder 1.4.4
Newspaper clippings, [undated].
Box 1 Folder 1.4.5
Obituaries / Reports, 1933-2003.
Box 1 Folder 1.5.1
Photographs / Special Libraries Association joint meeting, Baltimore and Philadelphia chapters, Wilmington, Del. [scrapbook], n.d.
Box 1 Folder 1.6.1
20090190029, October 1962.
20090190030, 1952.
Photographs / [Drexel University alumnae event?], [circa 1961].
Box 1 Folder 1.6.2a
Photographs / 70th anniversary celebration, Corinthian Yacht Club, 1989.
Box 1 Folder 1.6.3
20090190031, February 22, 1990.
20090190032, 1990.
20090190033, May 1992.
20090190034, May 1992.
20090190035, circa 1984.
20090190036, 1994.
20090190037, 1994.
20090190038, 1994.
20090190039, 1994.
20090190040, 1994.
20090190041, 1994.
20090190042, 1994.
20090190043, 1994.
20090190044, 1994.
20090190045, 1994.
20090190046, 1994.
20090190047, 1994.
20090190048, 1994.
20090190048, 1996.
20090190049, 1996.
20090190050, 1996.
20090190051, 1996.
20090190052, 1996.
20090190053, 1996.
20090190054, 1996.
20090190055, 1996.
20090190056, 1997.
20090190057, 1997.
20090190058, 1997.
20090190059, 1997.
20090190060, 1997.
20090190061, 1997.
20090190062, 1997.
20090190063, 1997.
20090190064, June 2000.
20090190065, May 2001.
Visit to Public Ledger Building, [circa 1930?].
The Fortunates, Special Libraries Association, Time/Fortune Building, "A Century of Progress," Chicago [meeting at 1933 Chicago world's fair?], 1933.
33rd annual banquet of the Special Libraries Association, Hotel Bond, Hartford, Conn., June 1941.
[Annual banquet?, Stouffers, Philadelphia, PA], April 5, 1956.
Photographs / Access copies of oversized photographs.
Box OV1 Folder 1.6.14
Procedures manual, chapter / Special Libraries Association Philadelphia Chapter Procedures Manual, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 1.7.1
Procedures manual, chapter / Draft SLA Philadelphia Chapter Policies and Procedures Handbook, 1998.
Box 1 Folder 1.7.2
Procedures manual, chapter / Special Libraries Association Philadelphia Chapter Procedures Manual, rev. 2003.
Box 1 Folder 1.7.3
Miscellaneous / Correspondence, 1928-1945.
Box 1 Folder 1.8.1
Miscellaneous / Certificates, 1950-1953.
Box 1 Folder 1.8.2
Miscellaneous / Chapter brochure, [circa 1998].
Box 1 Folder 1.8.3
Miscellaneous / Filmstrip, [circa 1942?].
Box OV2 Folder 1.8.4

20090190066, 1940-1941.
20090190067, 1951-1952.
20090190068, May 1931.
Rosters of officers and committee chairmen / Special Libraries Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity, 1960-1972.
Box 1 Folder 2.1.2
Rosters of officers and committee chairmen / Special Libraries Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity-Officers, Cumulative, 1919-1952.
Box 1 Folder 2.1.3
Rosters of officers and committee chairmen / Special Libraries Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity-Officers and Executive Board, Cumulative, 1919-1947.
Box 1 Folder 2.1.4
Rosters of officers and committee chairmen / Philadelphia Chapter-SLA, 1973-1989.
Box 1 Folder 2.1.5
Rosters of officers and committee chairmen / Philadelphia Chapter-SLA, 1991-2005.
Box 1 Folder 2.1.6
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, September 1919-May 1927.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.v1
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, October 1927-May 1937.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.v2
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, October 1937-August 1947.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.v3
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, September 1947-January 1957.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.v4
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, September 1957-June 1967.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.v5
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, September 1967-May 1977.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.v6
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, September 1977-May 1987.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.v7
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, July 1987-May 1992.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.v8
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, September 1992-December 1995.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.1
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, February 1996-October 1997.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.2
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, 1998-2001.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.3
Executive Board / Minutes and reports, 2002-2005.
Box 1 Folder 2.2.4
President / Annual Reports, 1922-1940.
Box 1 Folder 2.3.1
President / Annual Reports, 1941-1959.
Box 1 Folder 2.3.2
President / Annual Reports, 1961-1990.
Box 1 Folder 2.3.3
President / Annual Reports, 1991-2001.
Box 1 Folder 2.3.4
President / Reports of Activities, 1943-1945.
Box 1 Folder 2.3.5
President / Correspondence, 1927-1980.
Box 1 Folder 2.3.6
President / Correspondence, 1982-1999.
Box 1 Folder 2.3.7
President / Goals, 2003-2004.
Box 1 Folder 2.3.8
Secretary / Annual Reports, 1925-1982.
Box 1 Folder 2.4.1
Treasurer / Annual Financial Statements, 1927-1946.
Box 1 Folder 2.5.1
Treasurer / Annual Financial Statements, 1947-1956.
Box 1 Folder 2.5.2
Treasurer / Annual Financial Statements, 1957-1966.
Box 1 Folder 2.5.3
Treasurer / Annual Financial Statements, 1967-1980.
Box 1 Folder 2.5.4
Treasurer / Annual Financial Statements, 1985-1997.
Box 1 Folder 2.5.5
Treasurer / Annual Reports, 1979-1990.
Box 1 Folder 2.5.6
Treasurer / Budgets, 1922-1959.
Box 1 Folder 2.5.7
Treasurer / Budgets, 1960-2006.
Box 1 Folder 2.5.8
Treasurer / Auditing Committee Reports, 1961-1981.
Box 1 Folder 2.5.9
Treasurer / Monthly Reports, 1991-1993.
Box 1 Folder 2.5.10
Treasurer / Monthly Reports, 1994-1996.
Box 2 Folder 2.5.11
Treasurer / Monthly Reports, 1997-1999.
Box 2 Folder 2.5.12
Treasurer / Monthly Reports, 2000-2006.
Box 2 Folder 2.5.13
20090190075, January 30, 1979.
Treasurer / Annual Audited Financial Reports, 1998-2005.
Box 2 Folder 2.5.15

Advisory / Annual Reports, 1945-1946.
Box 3 Folder 3.1.1
Archives / Annual Reports, 1944-1993.
Box 3 Folder 3.2.1
Archives / Annual Reports, 2004-2005.
Box 3 Folder 3.2.2
Awards / Reports, 1951-1998.
Box 3 Folder 3.3.1
20090190071_01, 2002.
Awards / Nominations, 1956-1990.
Box 3 Folder 3.3.3
Awards / Knower Scholarship, 1997-2005.
Box 3 Folder 3.3.4
Bulletin / Annual Reports, 1934-1992.
Box 3 Folder 3.4.1
Bylaws / Annual Reports, 1992-1998.
Box 3 Folder 3.5.1
Career guidance / Annual Reports, 1987-1992.
Box 3 Folder 3.6.1
Career guidance / Student Award, 1987-1990.
Box 3 Folder 3.6.2
Career guidance / Services, 1994-1996.
Box 3 Folder 3.6.3
Community cooperation / A Selected Bibliography of Adult Education Literature, 1942-1943.
Box 3 Folder 3.7.1
Consultation / Annual Reports, 1960-1986.
Box 3 Folder 3.8.1
Directory / Annual Reports, 1924-1992.
Box 3 Folder 3.9.1
Directory / Handbook, 1987.
Box 3 Folder 3.9.2
Directory / Report of Sales, 1930-1932.
Box 3 Folder 3.9.3
Directory / Questionnaires, 1967.
Box 3 Folder 3.9.4
Directory / Instructions for Inputting Information rev., 1993.
Box 3 Folder 3.9.5
Directory / Manual rev., 1993.
Box 3 Folder 3.9.6
Diversity / Reports, 1991-1993.
Box 3 Folder 3.10.1
Early committees / Summary Reports, 1935-1942.
Box 3 Folder 3.11.1
Employment / Annual Reports, 1930-2004.
Box 3 Folder 3.12.1
Employment / Interim Reports, 1993-1998.
Box 3 Folder 3.12.2
Employment / Policies and Procedures, 2002.
Box 3 Folder 3.12.3
Futures / Report, 1989.
Box 3 Folder 3.13.1
Futures / Talk, 1989.
Box 3 Folder 3.13.2
Government relations / Annual Reports, 1989-1992.
Box 3 Folder 3.14.1
Helen Mar Rankin Fund / Annual Reports, 1945-1998.
Box 3 Folder 3.15.1
Helen Mar Rankin Fund / Minutes, 1943-1946.
Box 3 Folder 3.15.2
Helen Mar Rankin Fund / Responsibilities.
Box 3 Folder 3.15.3
Hospitality / Annual Reports, 1931-1998.
Box 3 Folder 3.16.1
Library cooperation / Annual Reports, 1979-1992.
Box 3 Folder 3.17.1
Long-range planning / Annual Reports, 1989-1992.
Box 3 Folder 3.18.1
Long-range planning / Review of 1989 Futures Committee Report, 1984.
Box 3 Folder 3.18.2
Long-range planning / Questionnaire, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 3.18.3
Membership / Annual Reports, 1923-2005.
Box 3 Folder 3.19.1
Membership directory / Reports, 1991-1994.
Box 3 Folder 3.20.1
Membership directory / Miscellaneous, 1991-1995.
Box 3 Folder 3.20.2
Networking / Annual Reports, 1980-1992.
Box 3 Folder 3.21.1
Nominating / Annual Reports, 1924-1998.
Box 3 Folder 3.22.1
Procedures / Reports, 1993.
Box 3 Folder 3.23.1
Professional development / Annual Reports, 1989-1990.
Box 3 Folder 3.24.1
Professional development / Workshops, 2005.
Box 3 Folder 3.24.2
20090190069, May 7, 1945.
20090190070, May 7, 1926.
Program / Flyers, 1991-2005.
Box 3 Folder 3.25.2
Program / Program Brochures, 1934-1961.
Box 3 Folder 3.25.3
Promotion / Annual Reports, [undated].
Box 3 Folder 3.26.1
Publicity/public relations / Annual Reports, 1927-1998.
Box 3 Folder 3.27.1
Publicity/public relations / Report of Survey, 1931.
Box 3 Folder 3.27.2
Publicity/public relations / Correspondence, [undated].
Box 3 Folder 3.27.2
Strategic planning / Strategic Plan, 2001.
Box 3 Folder 3.28.1
Student liaison / Reports, 1997-1998.
Box 3 Folder 3.29.1
Student liaison / Student Conference Award, 1995-1997.
Box 3 Folder 3.29.2
Technology / Annual Reports, 1990-1992.
Box 3 Folder 3.30.1
Technology / Programs, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 3.30.2
Transportation / Annual Reports, 1991-1993.
Box 3 Folder 3.31.1
Vendor relations / Annual Reports, 1998.
Box 3 Folder 3.32.1
Visioning / Questionnaire, [circa 1988].
Box 3 Folder 3.32a.1
Website / Annual Reports, 1998-2003.
Box 3 Folder 3.33.1
Website / Ads and Sponsorship Policy, 1999.
Box 3 Folder 3.33.2
Website / SiteSense, 2003.
Box 3 Folder 3.33.3
World War II / Reports, 1940-1946.
Box 3 Folder 3.34.1
Ad hoc funds / Reports, 2003-2004.
Box 3 Folder 3.35.1

Science/technology group / Articles, 1947.
Box 3 Folder 4.1.1
Science/technology group / Bylaws, 1959.
Box 3 Folder 4.1.2
Science/technology group / Annual Reports, 1940-1970.
Box 3 Folder 4.1.3
Science/technology group / Members, 1946-1949.
Box 3 Folder 4.1.4
Science/technology group / Minutes, 1944.
Box 3 Folder 4.1.5
Science/technology group / Officers, 1952-1953.
Box 3 Folder 4.1.6
Science/technology group / Program/Project Committee, 1949.
Box 3 Folder 4.1.7
Science/technology group / Publications, 1947-1948.
Box 3 Folder 4.1.8
Social science group / Petition, 1947.
Box 3 Folder 4.2.1
Social science group / Articles, 1947.
Box 3 Folder 4.2.2
Social science group / Bylaws, 1947.
Box 3 Folder 4.2.3
Social science group / Annual Reports, 1947-1969.
Box 3 Folder 4.2.4
Social science group / Meetings, 1957.
Box 3 Folder 4.2.5
Social science group / Rosters, 1957-1958.
Box 3 Folder 4.2.6
University and college group / Annual Reports, 1934-1951.
Box 3 Folder 4.3.1
University and college group / Minutes, 1945-1947.
Box 3 Folder 4.3.2
University and college group / Reports, [undated].
Box 3 Folder 4.3.3

Association-wide projects / PREPS Commission, [undated].
Box 4 Folder 5.1.1
Celebrations / Special Libraries Council 25th Anniversary, 1944.
Box 4 Folder 5.2.1
Celebrations / Philadelphia Chapter 75th Anniversary, 1994.
Box 4 Folder 5.2.2
Celebrations / Philadelphia Chapter 85th Anniversary, 2004.
Box 4 Folder 5.2.3
Community service / Information Central at Republican National Convention-Proposal, 1999.
Box 4 Folder 5.3.1
Conferences / Joint Meetings of the Pennsylvania Library Club and the New Jersey Library Association, 1935-1936.
Box 4 Folder 5.4.1
Conferences / SLA 35th Annual Meeting, 1943.
Box 4 Folder 5.4.2
Conferences / SLA 36th Annual Meeting, 1944.
Box 4 Folder 5.4.3
Conferences / SLA 50th Anniversary Convention, 1959.
Box 4 Folder 5.4.4
Conferences / SLA 56th Convention, 1965.
Box 4 Folder 5.4.5
Conferences / SLA Central Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh Chapters, 1983.
Box 4 Folder 5.4.6
Conferences / SLA Winter Conference and Winter Education Conference, 1985.
Box 4 Folder 5.4.7
Conferences / SLA 82nd Annual Conference, 1991.
Box 4 Folder 5.4.8
Conferences / SLA Northeast Regional Conference, 1993.
Box 4 Folder 5.4.9
Conferences / SLA 91st Annual Conference, 2000.
Box 4 Folder 5.4.10
Conferences / Collaborations, Partnerships and Solutions: The QuintEssential Conference, 2003.
Box 4 Folder 5.4.11
Conferences / Special Libraries Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity Exhibit for American Society of Training Directors 7th Annual Conference, March 15-17, 1951.
Box OV2
Professional development / Technology Day, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 5.5.1
Professional development / Technology Day, 1997.
Box 4 Folder 5.5.2
Professional development / Technology Day, 1999.
Box 4 Folder 5.5.3
Professional development / Going the Distance: Collaboration and Education in the Digital Age / presented by Drexel University IST Continuing Professional Education, PALINET, and Special Libraries Association Philadelphia Chapter, 2000.
Box 4 Folder 5.5.4
Professional development / Mentoring Program, 1997.
Box 4 Folder 5.5.5
Retreats / Executive Board, 1998.
Box 4 Folder 5.6.1

Bulletin / v.1-v.4:no.3, 1934/35-1937/38.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v1
Bulletin / v.5-8, 1938/39-1941/42.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v2
Bulletin / v.9-12, 1942/43-1945/46.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v3
Bulletin / v.13-18, 1946/47-1951/52.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v4
Bulletin / v.19-22, 1952/53-1955/56.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v5
Bulletin / v.23-27, 1956/57-1960/61.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v6
Bulletin / v.28-33, 1961/62-1966/67.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v7
Bulletin / v.34-41, 1967/68-1974/75.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v8
Bulletin / v.42-46, 1975/76-1979/80.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v9
Bulletin / v.47-53, 1980/81-1986/87.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v10
Bulletin / v.54-58, 1987/88-1991/92.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v11
Bulletin / Duplicates, v.1-4, 1934/35-1937/38.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.v12
Bulletin / Duplicates, v.5-11, 1938/39-1944/45.
Box 4 Folder 6.1.v13
Bulletin / Duplicates, v.12-21, 1945/46-1954/55.
Box 4 Folder 6.1.v14
Bulletin / Duplicates, v.7-19, 1940/41-1951/52.
Box 4 Folder 6.1.v15
Bulletin / Duplicates, v.20-26, 1952/53-1959/60.
Box 4 Folder 6.1.v16
Bulletin / v.59, 1992/93.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.1
Bulletin / v.60, 1993/94.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.2
Bulletin / v.61, 1994/95.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.3
Bulletin / v.62, 1995/96.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.4
Bulletin / v.63, 1996/97.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.5
Bulletin / v.64, 1997/98.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.6
Bulletin / v.65, 1998/99.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.7
Bulletin / v.66, 1999.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.8
Bulletin / v.66, 2000/01.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.9
Bulletin / v.67, 2001/02.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.10
Bulletin / v.68, 2002/03.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.11
Bulletin / v.69, 2003/04.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.12
Bulletin / v.70, 2005.
Box 5 Folder 6.1.12
Library directory / Tentative Directory of Libraries and Sources of Information in Philadelphia and its Neighborhood, 1920.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v1
Library directory / Libraries of Philadelphia and its Environs, 1921.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v2
Library directory / Directory of the Libraries of Philadelphia and Vicinity, 1923.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v3
Library directory / Directory of the Libraries of Philadelphia and Vicinity, Fourth ed., [undated].
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v4
Library directory / Library Directory, Fifth ed., 1937.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v5
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Informational Sources, Sixth ed., 1942.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v6
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Informational Sources, Seventh ed., 1947.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v7
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area, Eighth-Tenth eds., 1951-1960.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v8
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area, Eleventh-Thirteenth eds., 1964.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v9
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area: Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware, Fourteenth ed., 1977.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v10
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Services in the Philadelphia area: Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware, 15th ed., 1980.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v11
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area: Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware, 16th ed., 1983.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v12
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area: Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware, 17th ed., 1985.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v13
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area: Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware, 18th ed., 1987.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v14
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area: Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware, 19th ed., 1989.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v15
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area: Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware, 20th ed., 1991.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v16
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area: Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware, 21st ed., 1993.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v17
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area: Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware, 22nd ed., 1995.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v18
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area: Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware, 24th ed., 1999.
Box 6 Folder 7.3.v19
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area, print copy of online ed., A-M, 2004.
Box 7 Folder 7.3.v20
Library directory / Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia area, print copy of online ed., N-Z, 2004.
Box 7 Folder 7.3.v21
Other, SLA Philadelphia Chapter / Guide to Constitutional Information Resources in the Delaware Valley, 1987.
Box 6 Folder 7.4.1
Other, SLA National / Special Libraries Association-Its First Fifty Years, 1909-1959.
Box 6 Folder 7.5.1
Cowles, Thomas . Other, SLA National / How to Run a Local Chapter / by Thomas Cowles, Past-President of Special Libraries Association of San Francisco, [undated].
Box 6 Folder 7.5.2
Other, SLA National / Putting Knowledge to Work: The Profession of the Special Librarian, rev. 1960.
Box 6 Folder 7.5.3
Other, SLA National / The Value of the Company Library, 1927.
Box 6 Folder 7.5.4
Other, non-SLA / Libraries of Philadelphia and Its Environs, 1921.
Box 6 Folder 7.6.1
Other, non-SLA / The Newsletter no. 7-8, 1942.
Box 6 Folder 7.6.2
Other, non-SLA / Philadelphia (serial) vol. 18, no. 1-3, vol. 27, no. 12, 1931-1940.
Box 6 Folder 7.6.3
Other, non-SLA / The Philadelphia Purchasor (serial) vol. 6, no. 3-4, 9, 1931.
Box 6 Folder 7.6.4
Other, non-SLA / Philadelphia Libraries and Their Holdings, 1941.
Box 6 Folder 7.6.5
Other, non-SLA / Special Libraries, 1931.
Box 6 Folder 7.6.6
Other, non-SLA / Workshops for Assembling Business Facts, 1921.
Box 6 Folder 7.6.7

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1 folder

SLA National / Board of Directors’ Actions, 1992.
Box 4 Folder 7.1.1
SLA Drexel student chapter / Student chapter report, 2006.
Box 4 Folder 7.1.2

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