Serie 2 - Librarians reports and records

0.55 m of textual records

The Librarian writes an annual report to the President regarding Library activities and operations during the preceding year. The reports contain information about accessions, budgets, cataloguing, circulation, staffing and Archives, and discussion of future directions for the Library. The biographies folder contains photocopies of obituaries and notices of appointment to the Library staff. The Librarians' portion of the series (sub-series 2.5-2.9) contains correspondence between the Librarians and various faculty members, King's administrators, external librarians, architects, and personal records.

Series contains the annual reports and personal records of the Librarians of the University of King's College. There are files from past librarians including Rev. Benjamin Gerrish Grey (1803-1804), Mary Lane (1971-1981), and Dr. Burns Martin (1936-1953). The majority of the files are documents and correspondence by or to Dr. Wayne Hankey (1982-1991) and Drake Petersen (1991-2011).

Biographies of some of the Librarians, in the form of news clippings and photocopies, are also included.

The Librarians' annual reports span 1867 to 2010, with gaps.