The Harvard Library: Historical Sources

Henry David Thoreau charging list, 1833-1834. Harvard College Library charging lists, 1833-1834. UAIII 50.15.60 (v. 88 page 26). Harvard University Archives.

 

Archival Collections documenting use of the library:

Materials documenting the use of the Library's collections—reference services, circulation information, and stacks privileges—provide a valuable snapshot of the Library's role in the academic life of the University. These records also document the varied and wide-ranging interests of particular University faculty and students. These materials are found in multiple places throughout the wider collection of Library records depending on their function and department of origin.

The following list enumerates some of the major series:

• Harvard College Library: Library charging records, 1762-1897. [Call number: UAIII 50.15.60]
  • Note: These records include borrowing information of students.

 

• Records of the Harvard College Library: Borrowing privileges correspondence, 1764-1826. [Call number: UAIII 50.6.1]

 

• Records of the Harvard College Library : Borrowing privileges correspondence, 1811-1901.  [Call number: UAIII 50.6]

 

• Harvard College Library: Applications for use of the stacks, 1891-1920. [Call number: UAIII 50.15.12]

 

• Harvard College Library: Applications for use of the stacks by Radcliffe students, 1930-1931. [Call number: UAIII 50.15.12.1]

 

• Applications for Library privileges, 1892-1915. [Call number: UAIII 50.15.13 Boxes 1 and 2]

 

• Records of the Harvard University Library : Visiting Scholars, 1920-1931. [Call number: UAIII 50.15.65.12]

 

• Harvard College Library circulation and reference letters, 1919-1976. [Call number: UAIII 50.8.114.4]