Students using a periodical reading room in the library, then located in Morton Hall.
College buildings
Academic libraries
Periodicals
University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Photographs
Still Image
Periodical reading room in the library, then located in Morton Hall.
Circulation desk and shelves in the library, then located in Morton Hall.
Before UAH built a dedicated library in the late 1960s, the library was located in Morton Hall.
Form letter requesting the return of library materials.
Academic libraries--Circulation and loans
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
In this letter, librarian Christel McCanless requests that the recipient return any library materials that they have and are no longer using. The letter has spaces for the date, recipient's name, and the materials the recipient needs to return.
McCanless, Christel Ludewig
Correspondence
Text
Document listing "the joint Army-NASA contribution toward meeting the library needs of the University of Alabama in Huntsville."
United States. Army
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Academic libraries--Collection development
The suggested contributions include funding, journal subscriptions, and reference tools.
Documents
Forms for assisting in book selection and receiving acquisitions announcements.
Scott, Charley
Academic libraries--Administration
Academic libraries--Acquisitions
While the first form is blank, the second form is from Charley Scott with a note to librarian Christel McCanless, noting that he does not need the paper announcements because she is keeping him informed verbally. He additionally notes that McCanless is "doing an excellent bit of work in the library."
Forms (Documents)
Letter to give notice of a list of books missing from the library.
Academic libraries--Book lists
The letter notes that the books were deemed missing by consulting the fall inventory and that the recipient should carefully examine the list to determine what items should be replaced.
Letter to the Book Selection Committee to give notice of a list of books missing from the library.
Book Selection Committee
This lists the missing library books alphabetically by author's last name.
Catalogs
Photograph of officials examining a framed illustration of the University of Alabama Research Institute, Huntsville.
University of Alabama in Huntsville. Research Institute
Jones, Robert Emmett, 1912-1997
Hermann, Rudolf
Rose, Frank Anthony, 1920-1991
Officials shown in the photo, left to right: University of Alabama president Frank Rose, unidentified, Sen. Bob Jones, and Research Institute director Rudolf Hermann.
University of Alabama in Huntsville Research Institute informational flier.
Huntsville Industrial Expansion Committee
Fliers
Letter from Christel L. McCanless concerning reserve books.
Academic libraries--Reserve collections
The letter concerns the use of a reserve shelf for students and faculty used to allow a particular item with few or no copies to be used by multiple individuals. The letter notes that this item cannot be taken from the reserve room.
Library fines
Audio-visual equipment
The chart is blank and has room to record the date borrowed, name of borrower, A-V material borrowed, and whether or not the equipment was returned.
Charts
Correspondence regarding "the new RSA form 29 which should be used to request books, reports, and reprints of periodical articles from the Redstone Scientific Information Center."
Redstone Scientific Information Center
Letter to the Book Selection Committee from Christel L. McCanless concerning book replacement purchases.
In the letter, McCanless writes that the book replacement purchase requests have been received and reviewed, and that publisher's announcements and order forms have been attached to the letter.
Letter from T. Earle Johnson to the University of Alabama faculty.
Johnson, T. Earle
Universities and colleges--Faculty
Commencement ceremonies
University of Alabama
The letter concerns "the Commencement Excercises scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31." It provides information about the times and places of the ceremonies and processions and reminds the faculty that their participation is required.
Letter from T. Earle Johnson to the University of Alabama faculty with the "Order of March" for the commencement ceromony processions.
Statements by Charley Scott to the University of Alabama in Huntsville community.
Education, Higher
This document is a text version of the statements Charley Scott made on May 16, 1964 on the education needs and challenges in Alabama. Scott notes that he is addressing "students, prospective students, parents, secondary school representatives, and members of the University of Alabama staff in Huntsville." He frequently quotes Dr. Frank A. Rose, President of the University of Alabama.
Speechwriting