Norman E. Tanis Collection, 1959-1991 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Abstract

Biographical Note

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Personal Papers/Correspondence and Articles --- 1646-1976

Box 1

Folder 1: Personal data, bibliography

Folder 2: Personal correspondence --- 1962-1968

Folder 3: Personal correspondence --- 1969-1970

Folder 4: Personal correspondence --- 1970

Folder 5: Personal correspondence --- January - June, 1971

Folder 6: Personal correspondence --- August 1971 - June 1972

Folder 7: Three articles from "Youth Speaks on Christianity and Civilization," (while a student at Calvin College): Dynamic Orthodoxy, Weltanschauung, New Wine in Old Bottles --- 1950

Folder 8

Item 1: “Cooperative Program to Improve the Community College Library”, Junior College Journal --- March, 1959

Item 2: “Henry Ford Community College Library Survey”, Junior College Journal --- October 1959

Folder 9: Articles:

Item 1: “Act Now: Implementing the New Junior College Library Standards"

Item 2: “Service to Students"

Item 3: “The Library as a Part of Industrial Education"

Item 4: “Profiles of Practice in the Public Junior College Library"

Item 5: "Strengthening the College Library"

Item 6: “Education for Junior College Librarianship"

Item 7: “Henry Ford Community Library"

Item 8: “A Study of the Development and Formulation of Standards for College Libraries"

Folder 10: Articles:

Item 1: “You Can’t Go Buy the Book for Library Budget"

Item 2: “Reference Service in Junior Colleges"

Item 3: “Ten Steps for the Establishment of the Comprehensive Community College Library"

Item 4: “How Can a University be a Resource to Industry?"

Item 5: “The Industrial Role of the Comprehensive Community College Library"

Item 6: “The Implementation of the Junior College Library Standards"

Folder 11: "AAJC-ACRL Guidelines for Two-Year College Library Standards," manuscript --- 1971

Folder 12: Letters from:

Item 1: Charles Heston --- 1971

Item 2: Henry Kissinger --- 1972

Folder 13: "Three Hundred Million Books: The Building of a Special Collection", with Lenore Anderson Tanis, Los Angeles --- 1974

Folder 14: "Journal of a Voyager to San Francisco in", "Education in John Eliot's Indian Utopias, 1646-1675", "Lynton R. Kistler" --- 1849

Folder 15: "Library Services for Kansas State College," Tanis --- 1968

Series 2: A.C.R.L. Materials --- 1959-1972

Box 2

Folder 1: General File: Constitution and By-laws --- 1962-1967

Folder 2: Committee on Liaison with Accrediting Agencies --- 1962-1967

Folder 3: Committee on Extension Library Services --- 1965-1968

Folder 4: Committee on Library Services --- 1966

Folder 5-10: Ad Hoc Sub-Committee: Revision of College Library Standards --- 1960-1971

Folder 11: Audio-Visual Committee --- 1966-1967

Folder 12: Joint Committee on College Libraries (AAC/ACRL) --- 1967-1969

Folder 13: Joint Committee on University Library Standards --- 1968-1969

Box 3

Folder 1: Committee on Standards and Accreditation, correspondence --- 1969-1970

Folder 2-3: Committee on Standards and Accreditation --- 1970-1971

Folder 4: Appointments --- 1964-1965

Folder 5: National Conference in Boston --- November 8-11, 1978

Folder 6: Board of Directors, materials --- 1966-1969, 1971

Folder 7: Ad Hoc Committee for Revision of ALA Standards for College Libraries --- 1968

Folder 8-10: Committee on Standards --- 1959-1969

Folder 11: Correspondence from Executive Secretary of ALA --- 1964-1968

Box 4

Folder 1: Junior College Library Information Center, correspondence and documents --- 1967-1969

Folder 2: Junior College Information Center, Advisory Committee Meeting of May 10, 1968 --- May 10, 1968

Folder 3: Demonstration Libraries on Community College Projects --- 1967-1969

Folder 4: Junior College Library Manpower Study --- 1968-1969

Folder 5: Correspondence and materials re: community colleges --- 1969-1970

Folder 6-9: Correspondence re: standards, objectives, projects --- 1971-1972

Series 3: ACRL and ALA Materials --- 1958-1974

Box 5

Folder 1: Correspondence re: Community College Libraries --- Jan-June, 1973

Folder 2: Correspondence re: Tax Reform Act of 1969, 1973-74 --- 1969, 1973-74

Folder 3: Library Administration Division of the ALA --- 1958-1965

Folder 4: Correspondence and materials of the Sub-Committee of the ALA Editorial Board re: books for Junior Colleges --- 1961-1966

Folder 5: Library Research Clearing House --- 1966-1967

Folder 6: Knapp Foundation --- 1962-1967

Folder 7: Goals Award --- 1966-1967

Folder 8: Washington Office --- 1967-1968

Folder 9: Committee report on Research Libraries (American Council of Learned Societies) --- 1968

Folder 10: Library Education Division --- 1968-1969

Folder 11: Interdivisional Committee on Standards --- 1966-1967

Series 4: ALA Materials --- 1964-1979

Box 6

Folder 1: Conference: St. Louis --- June 28 - July 4, 1964

Folder 2: Conference: Atlantic City --- June 21-28, 1969

Folder 3: Midwinter Conference: Los Angeles --- Jan 17-24, 1970

Folder 4: Conference: Detroit --- June 28 - July 4, 1970

Folder 5: Midwinter Conference: Los Angeles --- Jan 17-23, 1971

Folder 6: Conference: Dallas --- June 20-26, 1971

Folder 7: Midwinter Conference: Chicago --- Jan 23-28, 1972

Folder 8: Conference: Chicago --- June 25-30, 1972

Series 5: ALA Materials (cont'd) --- 1964-1979

Box 7

Folder 1: Midwinter Conference: Washington, DC --- Jan 28 - Feb 2, 1973

Folder 2: Conference: Las Vegas --- June 1973

Folder 3: Midwinter Conference: Chicago --- Jan 20-26, 1974

Folder 4: Conference: San Francisco --- June 1974

Folder 5: Conference: San Francisco --- June 1975

Folder 6: Midwinter Conference: Washington, DC --- Jan 30 - Feb 5, 1977

Box 8

Folder 1: Conference: Detroit --- June 17-23, 1977

Folder 2-3: Midwinter Conference: Chicago --- Jan 1978

Folder 4: Conference: Chicago (a) --- June 1978

Box 9

Folder 1: Conference: Chicago (b) --- June 1978

Folder 2: Midwinter Conference: Washington, DC --- January 1979

Folder 3: Conference: Dallas --- June 1979

Series 6: National Library Association Materials (NLA) --- 1978-1981

Box 10

Folder 1: Constitution and by-laws --- 1980-1981

Folder 2: Minutes of meetings --- 1978-1980

Folder 3: Certification standards --- 1979-1981

Folder 4-5: Correspondence as president of NLA --- 1979-1980

Folder 6: Correspondence: Conference --- 1980

Folder 7: Correspondence: Summer Conference --- 1980

Folder 8-10: Correspondence as president --- 1981

Folder 11: Grievance Referral Committee --- 1979-1981

Folder 12: Newsletters --- 1978-1981

Folder 13: Nominating Committee and Elections. Correspondence and materials --- 1978-1981

Series 7: NLA and California Library Association Materials --- 1969-1981

Box 11

Folder 1: Professional Education Committee, correspondence and material --- 1979-1981

Folder 2: Professional Welfare Committee, correspondence and materials --- 1979-1981

Folder 3: Survey of Concerns, responses and summary --- 1979-1980

Folder 4: Task Force on Unionism --- 1981

Folder 5-6: California Library Association correspondence --- 1971-1973

Folder 7: Four booklets on the Library in Northridge, California (home of the state college); including annual reports --- 1969-1973

Series 8: Bound Copies of Association of College and Research Libraries of the American Library Association, ACRL and ALA --- 1956-1958

Box 12

Folder 1-3: ACRL Standards Committee, correspondence and materials --- 1956-1964

Box 13

Folder 1: ACRL Standards Committee, correspondence and materials --- 1965-66

Folder 2: ACRL Standards Committee, addendum --- 1965-1966

Folder 3: ACRL Standards Committee, University Library Standards --- 1966-1967

Box 14

Folder 1: Junior College Library Section Standards and Criteria --- 1961-1965

Folder 2: Junior College Section --- 1964-1969

Folder 3: Ad Hoc Sub-Committee for Revision of ALA. Standards for Junior College Libraries --- 1965-1967

Folder 4: ACRL Committee on Liaison with Accrediting Agencies --- 1958-1965

Box 15

Folder 1-2: ACRL Committee on Standards Extension Services --- 1964-1966

Box 1

Folder 3: Demonstration Libraries in Community College Project --- 1966-1968

Series 9: William Saroyan Papers --- 1977-1981

Box 16

Folder 1: Galley proofs

Folder 2: Correspondence in separate packets --- 1977-1978

Folder 3: Correspondence and clippings in manuscript --- 1977-1978

Folder 4: Correspondence --- 1978-1979

Folder 5: Correspondence --- 1979-1981

Folder 6: Duplication

Box 17: Two scrapbooks: photos (photocopies and news clippings, Chop (soapstone carving). (Includes personal photo and one dressed as Abe Lincoln)

Series 10: Correspondence and Documents --- 1969-1981

Box 18

Folder 1: Correspondence of July 1969, upon arrival in Northridge, California --- July 1969

Folder 2-3: On campus memos --- 1970-1977

Folder 4: Memos to library staff --- 1980-1981

Folder 5-10: Off campus, general correspondence --- 1969-1977

Folder 11-14: Personal correspondence --- 1974-1977

Series 11: Minutes and Documents --- 1965-1978

Box 19

Folder 1-2: Library Council minutes --- 1970-1977

Folder 3: Library Faculty minutes --- 1969-1975

Folder 4-5: Executive Board documents --- 1968, 1973-1978

Folder 6: Articles --- 1966-1969

Folder 7: Library consultations --- 1964-1965

Series 12: California Librarians Association, National Librarians Association, and American Librarians Association Materials --- 1970-1983

Box 20

Folder 1: Minutes, Intellectual Freedom Committee, CLA --- 1975-1978

Folder 2: Correspondence, IFC --- 1975-1978, 1981

Folder 3: Documents of the IFC --- 1971, 1973, 1976-1978

Folder 4: Report by NET to IFC --- 1976

Folder 5: IFC Annual Conference --- 1975-1976

Folder 6: Invitation to be Chairman of the IFC --- 1976

Folder 7: Minutes, Executive Board of the NLA --- 1981-1983

Folder 8: NLA annual business meeting --- July 1982

Folder 9: NLA documents of the Task Force on Ethics, NET chairman --- 1980-1983

Folder 10: Correspondence of the Task Force on Ethics of the NLA --- 1970-1983

Folder 11: Correspondence and materials of the Task Force on Unionism of the NLA --- 1981-1982

Folder 12: Business meeting of the Council of the National Librarians and Information Associations, Inc. (CNLIA), NET, a delegate --- December 1982

Folder 13: Documents of the American Librarians Association Intellectual Freedom Committee --- 1973-1977

Folder 14: ALA Intellectual Freedom Roundtable of which NET was one of the directors --- 1980-1982

Series 13: Correspondence and Administrative Papers --- 1983-1991

Box 21

Folder 1: Personal correspondence --- 1984-1989

Folder 2-9: Library correspondence --- 1983-1989

Folder 10-11: Library administrative papers, California State University at Northridge --- 1985-1991

Series 14: Personal Papers --- 1981-1982

Box 22

Folder 1: Personal papers, 1981-1982 (some) packet of publications including copies of Origins, Spark, Calvin Today --- undated

Series 15: Miscellaneous --- 1969, 1974

Box 23

Folder 1: Book Selection and Collection in Academic Libraries --- 1974

Folder 2: Junior College Libraries: Development, Needs, and Perspectives --- 1969

Series 16: Photographs

Box 17: Two scrapbooks: photos (photocopies) and news clippings, Chop (soapstone carving). (Includes personal photo and one dressed as Abe Lincoln)