Tom Shaughnessy, Director of Libraries, 1982-1989
University Archives, C:20/3/1
Record Group: 20 C
Record Sub-Group: 5
Records Title: UMC; Libraries; Director's Office; Administrative Records
Dates: 1926-2020
Volume: 48 and 2/3 cubic feet, 60.83 linear feet; Electronic Records
Scope and Content Note
This Sub-Group contains records created by the Office of the Director of the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries. Included in this Sub-Group are correspondence files, reports, memos, telegrams, budgetary documents, part-time employee records, job applications and related correspondence, academic personnel records, statistics, grants, proposals, program documentation, committee meeting minutes, clippings, newsletters, manuals, and lists of acquisitions and holdings. Topics include book ordering, book binding, rare book collections, position descriptions, state appropriations, circulation control, circulation statistics, use of computers and "flexowriters," microfilming of card catalogs, interlibrary loans, branch and department libraries, professional organizations and associations, and the development of the LUMIN OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog). This Sub-Group also contains architect animations and event audio-visual records.
Series Descriptions:
Series 1. - C:20/1/1 and C:20/1/NP (A79-51; A82-100; A90-92)
This Series contains correspondence and office working files, (ca. 1926-1984), created during the tenures of UMC Library Directors Henry O. Severance (1907-1937), Benjamin E. Powell (1937-1946), Ralph H. Parker (1947-1970), Dwight O. Tuckwood (1972-1977), John H. Gribben (1977-1982), Thomas W. Shaughnessy (1982-1989), and Martha Alexander Bowman (1989-2002). Topics of correspondence include book ordering, book binding, rare book collections, state appropriations, circulation control, use of computers and "flexowriters," microfilming of card catalogs, interlibrary loans, branch and department libraries, professional organizations, and the development of the LUMIN OPAC. Also included in this Series are reports to the Director, telegrams, holdings lists, budget documents, and circulation statistics.
(8 c.f., 032694, 032695, 032696, 032697, 032698, 032699, 073888, 014395)
Note to Researcher: See Record Group 22 C, Sub-Group 9 for Director Parker's oral history of the MU Libraries. Series 1 is not completely processed. Until completely processed and inventoried, portions may not be fully available to researchers.
Former Series #4 C:20/1/3
UMC; Libraries; Director's Office; Administrative Files
This summary description has been enlarged to a full inventory. Please follow this link to reach the inventory. This former Series contains general correspondence, statistics, grants, newsletters, budgets, news clippings, annual reports, committee reports, staff manuals, policy manuals, Library Council files, committee files, accreditation files, and the "Management Review Assessment Report," (1950-1996).
Series 10. - C:20/1/10 (A01-121)
This Series contains administrative records of the Director's Office of MU Libraries, (1990-1991, 1993-1995, 1997-1999). This Series includes promotion dossiers for individual MU Librarians.
(1/6 c.f., Ellis)
Note to Researcher: These promotion records are restricted for 75 years or the lifetime of the individual. See the restrictions note below.
Note to Archivist: Additional academic staff files can be found in C:20/1/19 (Series 19 below).
Series 14. - C:20/1/14 (A07-06; A07-53; A07-124; A08-42; A09-60)
This Series contains administrative records created and received by the Office of the Director of MU Libraries, (1970-2004). The majority of the records originate from the period Martha Alexander Bowman served as Director of Libraries. The records include the following types and topics: correspondence and memoranda; meeting agendas, minutes, and supplemental material; annual reports; copyright; grants; library and campus committees; Library Council and Executive Committee; library administrative divisions and branches; library collections; publications; library events, including faculty library orientation, retirement receptions, the Book Sale, and the Annual Luncheon; serials cancellation; salaries and wages; University of Missouri Libraries Depository; regional and national associations; library material selection; position searches [RESTRICTED]; and the Stuckey Essay Contest.
(28 c.f., follow this link for box locations)
Note to Researcher: This Series is currently unprocessed. Until completely processed and inventoried, portions may not be fully available to researchers. For additional information on the Stuckey Essay Contest, see C:20/3/1. Series 14 contains records which are confidential and restricted. See the restrictions note at the end of this finding aid.
Note to Archivist: The box lists for this Series are available online. They can be accessed by following this link.
Series 15. - C:20/1/15 (A11-123)
This Series contains audio-visual records from the Office of the Director of MU Libraries, (2002-2007). The records consist of video tapes of news coverage of the Nutter Family donation and the Nutter Information Commons, animation sequences and renderings for the Information Commons, and video of the Information Commons dedication. The Series also contains digital photographs for the Art of the Book Exhibit reception and gallery tour and for the T. C. Boyle lecture reception. A video from the Capstone Marketing Campaign during Winter Semester 2006 is also part of this Series.
(1/3 c.f., UMLD1)
Note to Archivist: The box lists for this Series are available online. They can be accessed by following this link.
Series 19. - C:20/1/19 (A16-22; A18-12; A22-30; A22-47; A24-05; A24-30)
This Series contains personnel and promotion records [RESTRICTED] of the academic staff of the MU Libraries, (1972-2024). The records consist of personnel action forms, correspondence, curricula vitae, and promotion records.
(2 c.f., 0075041, 107390)
Note to Researcher: Series 19 contains records which are confidential and restricted. See the restrictions note at the end of this finding aid.
Note to Archivist: Additional academic staff promotion files can be found in C:20/1/10 (Series 10 above).
Series 20. - C:20/1/20 (A16-26)
This Series contains administrative records created and received by the Office of Human Resources in the MU Libraries, (ca. 1972-2009, 2015). The majority of the records consist of position descriptions for jobs throughout the MU Libraries. Also included in Series 20 are organization charts for the MU Libraries.
(2 c.f., 010234, 010257; Electronic Records)
Note to Archivist: The box lists for this Series are available online. They can be accessed by following this link.
Series 21. - C:20/1/21 (A16-29)
This Series contains administrative records of the MU Libraries, (1986-2010). The records consist of monthly statistics of the MU Libraries Public Services and include data on circulation, instruction, interlibrary loan, reference transactions, shelving, and turnstile counts. The Series also includes similar data but limited to Ellis Reference Services, (1989-2000). Data for some months is not available.
(1 c.f., 010310)
Note to Archivist: The box list for this Series is available online. It can be accessed by following this link.
Series 22. - C:20/1/22 (A22-42)
This Series contains administrative records of the MU Libraries, (1974-2016). The record types and topics include grants, government documents, computer authentication, preservation, and library management.
(1 c.f., 002582)
Note to Archivist: The box list for this Series is available online. It can be accessed by following this link.
Series 23. - C:20/1/23 (A24-15)
This Series contains administrative and other records of the MU Libraries, (1994, 2003-2013, 2019). The records include the following types and topics: Library events, quality surveys, communications plan, Open Access Task Force, MU Libraries Affirmative Action Committee Black History Month scrapbook, and printed and duplicated material. A number of the records in Series 23 originated with the Libraries' communications officer.
(1 c.f., 012103; Electronic Records)
Note to Archivist: The box list for this Series is available online. It can be accessed by following this link.
Restrictions Note: The Archives of the University of Missouri-Columbia is required by law and Board of Curator's policy to restrict access to some files and information. Student records are held as confidential under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and by University policy. Faculty promotion and tenure records and Academic Personnel files are restricted for 75 years, or the lifetime of the individual. All grievance, disciplinary, and medical records are treated as confidential files. Consultations with legal counsel, both in-house and external, are protected by the attorney/client privilege and will not be released.
