Libraries & the Cultural Record, University of Texas Press

L&CR is an interdisciplinary journal that explores the significance of collections of recorded knowledge—their creation, organization, preservation, and utilization—in the context of cultural and social history.

Formerly titled Libraries & Culture, the journal adopted its new title as of issue 41:3. The new ISSN is 1932-4855.

Libraries & the Cultural Record is a member of the Conference of Historical Journals. It is indexed and/or abstracted in America: History and Life, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Review Index, Bulletin des Bibliothéques de France, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Current Contents/Arts & Humanities, Historical Abstracts, IBR (International Bibliography of Book Reviews), IBZ (International Bibliography of Periodical Literature), ISI Alerting Services, Journal of American History (Organization of American Historians), Library and Information Science Abstracts, Library Literature, MLA International Bibliography, and Social Sciences Citation Index.

2008, 43:2
2008, 43:1
2007, 42:4
2007, 42:3
2007, 42:2
2007, 42:1
Fall 2006, 41:4
Summer 2006, 41:3
Spring 2006, 41:2
Winter 2006, 41:1
Archives

2008, 43:2

Preparing for an Air Attack: Libraries and American Air Raid Defense during World War II: Brett Spencer
The Yellow Register Archives of Imperial Ming China: Wenxian Zhang
Western Canadiana at McGill University: The Formation of a Rare Book Collection: Peter F. McNally
The Ambiguous Origins of the Archival Principle of "Provenance": Shelley Sweeney
Cultural Record Keepers: The Myron Eells Northwest History Collection, Whitman College: Michael J. Paulus, Jr.

2008, 43:1

Promoting Citizenship: How Librarians Helped Get Out the Vote in the 1952 Presidential Election: Jean Preer (Awarded 2007 Justin Winsor Prize)
The Making of a Collection: Mesoamerican Manuscripts at Princeton University: Teresa T. Basler and David C. Wright
To "Build upon the Foundation": Charles Gayarré's Vision for the Louisiana State Library: Faye Phillips

Essays & Notes

Wishing They Were There: Old Postcards and Library History: Bernadette A. Lear
Cultural Record Keepers: Bruce Rogers Book Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries: Amanda C. Grossman and Sammie L. Morris

2007, 42:4

The Library and Its Place in Cultural Memory: The Grande Bibliothèque du Québec in the Construction of Social and Cultural Identity: Birdie MacLennan
In Their Own Image: The Public Library Collection as a Reflection of Its Donors: Suzanne M. Stauffer
Breaking the Color Barrier: Regina Andrews and the New York Public Library: Ethelene Whitmire

Essays & Notes

Responses to the Resurrection of Miss Ruth Brown: An Essay on the Reception of a Historical Case Study: Louise S. Robbins
The History of the Library in Western Civilization: A Review Essay: David B. Gracy II
Burning Books: A Review Essay: Stanley Chodorow
Cultural Record Keepers: The New York Mercantile Library and Its Home Delivery Service: Larry Nix
In Memoriam: Robert L. Dawson (1943-2007): Bette W. Oliver

2007, 42:3

Clara M. Edmunds and the Library of the United States Information Service, 1934-1948: Mordecai Lee
Beyond "Pabulum for the Undergraduates": The Development of the Princeton Theological Seminary Library in the Nineteenth Century: Michael J. Paulus, Jr.
"Indispensable in a Civilized Society": Manuel Payno's "Las bibliotecas de México": Phillip Jones

Essays & Notes

Can't Judge a Book without Its Binding: Randy Silverman
From Paris to St. Petersburg: Voltaire's Library in Russia: Inna Gorbatov
Cultural Record Keepers: The Evelyn Waugh Library, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin: Richard W. Oram

2007, 42:2

The Book Women of Kentucky: The WPA Pack Horse Library Project, 1936-1943: Donald C. Boyd
"A Proper Function of Library Schools": T. R. Schellenberg's Archives Institute at the University of Texas, 1960: William W. Hardesty
The Public Library Explosion in Colonial New Zealand: J. E. Traue
To "Keep the Past in Lively Memory": William Carl Bolivar's Efforts to Preserve African American Cultural Heritage: William C. Welburn

Essays & Notes

Early Days of the Central Library and the Book Van in Trinidad and Tobago: Claudia Hill
Cultural Record Keepers: Simeon J. Bolan, Dealer in Russian Books: Irina Tarsis

2007, 42:1

Into the Source and History of Chinese Culture: Knowledge Classification in Ancient China: Shuyong Jiang
The Library of the Reich Security Main Office and Its Looted Jewish Book Collections: Dov Schidorsky
The Bibliothèque nationale from 1792 to 1794: Becoming a National Institution during the French Revolution: Bette W. Oliver

Essays & Notes

The Rich Potential of American Public School Library History: Research Needs and Opportunities for Historians of Education and Librarianship: Wayne A. Wiegand
The Power to Name: A Review Essay: Francis L. Miksa
Cultural Record Keepers: The National Archives of the United States: Sarah Quigley

Fall 2006, 41:4

"Let us hasten to redeem the time that is lost": J. G. M. Ramsey's Role in the Collection and Promotion of Tennessee History: Erin R. Lawrimore
The Professionalization of a Calling: Mission and Method at the New York Library Club, 1885-1901: Tom Glynn
"'Tis better to be brief than tedious"? The Evolution of the American Public Library Annual Report, 1876-2004: Bernadette A. Lear

Essays & Notes

"Louder Please": Using Historical Research to Foster Professional Identity in LIS Students: Jean L. Preer
Toward a National Disaster Response Protocol: Randy Silverman
Cultural Record Keepers: Norman W. Brillhart Collection, University of Oklahoma Libraries' Western History Collections: Kristina L. Southwell
Index to Volume 41

Summer 2006, 41:3

Museums, Nationality, and Public Research Libraries in Nineteenth-Century Transylvania: James P. Niessen
Black Public Libraries in the South in the Era of De Jure Segregation: Michael Fultz
The Contributions of Nineteenth-Century Christian Missionaries to Chinese Library Reform: Jing Liao
To Represent Us Truly: The Job and Context of Preserving the Cultural Record: Stanley Chodorow
The Prague Library Floods of 2002: Crisis and Experimentation: Emily Ray
Stimulating Scholarship: Library History Round Table's Research Forum: Christine Pawley
Cultural Record Keepers: The J. Porter Shaw Library, San Francisco Maritime Museum: Judith Overmier

Spring 2006, 41:2

"One Cathedral More" or "Mere Lounging Places for Bummers"? The Cultural Politics of Leisure and the Public Library in Gilded Age America: Alexis McCrossen
Growing up with Books: Fanny Seward's Book Collecting, Reading, and Writing in Mid-Nineteenth-Century New York State: Deirdre C. Stam
Mapping Activities of Artists in the Past: A Bibliometric Study of the Library of the Scandinavian Association in Rome until 1870: Fredrik Åström and Lennart Pettersson
Tradition and Protean Nature—Journals and Scholarly Communication: A Review Essay: Jean-Pierre V. M. Hérubel
The Cover: Edith Anderson Rights

Winter 2006, 41:1

Special Issue: The Woman's Building Library, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893: Sarah Wadsworth, Issue Editor
Symmetrical Womanhood: Poetry in the Woman's Building Library: Angela Sorby
Publicizing Domestic Piety: The Cultural Work of Religious Texts in the Woman's Building Library: Candy Gunther Brown
African-American Women's Writings in the Woman's Building Library: Amina Gautier
Uncle Tom's Cabin at the World's Columbian Exposition: Barbara Hochman
Illinois Women's Novels at the Woman's Building Library: Bernice E. Gallagher
Little Pilgrims' Progress: Literary Horizons for Children's Literature: Anne Lundin

Notes & Essays

Afterword: The Woman's Building Library and History: Emily B. Todd
The Cover: Sarah Wadsworth