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.

2009, 44:2
2009, 44:1
2008, 43:4
2008, 43:3
2008, 43:2
2008, 43:1
2007, 42:4
2007, 42:3
2007, 42:2
2007, 42:1
Archives

2009, 44:2 Women Pioneers in the Information Sciences, 1900-1950

The Eye Prophetic: Julia Pettee: Christopher H. Walker and Ann Copeland
Margaret Cross Norton: Defining and Redefining Archives and the Archival Profession: Erin Lawrimore
Women Professionals in Documentation in France during the 1930s: Sylvie Fayet-Scribe Michael Buckland, Translator
María Moliner and Her Contribution to the History of Spain's Public Libraries: María R. Osuna Alarcón
Vivian Harsh, Adult Education, and the Library's Role as Community Center: Laura Burt
Highly Subjective: The Librarianship of Winifred Sewell: Malissa Ruffner and Emily J. Glenn

2009, 44:1 Personal Papers in History: Papers from the Third International Conference on the History of Records and Archives

The Genealogical Gaze: Family Identities and Family Archives in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries: Eric Ketelaar
"Kepe wysly youre wrytyngys": Margaret Paston's Fifteenth-Century Letters: Jennifer Douglas
Custodial History, Provenance, and the Description of Personal Records: Geoffrey Yeo
Sir John Soane: Rewriting a Life: Susan Palmer
Where Narratives Meet: Archival Description, Provenance, and Women's Diaries: Heather Beattie
Is it a Diary, Commonplace Book, Scrapbook, or Whatchamacallit?: Six Years' Exploration in New England's Manuscript Archives: Ronald J. Zboray and Mary Saracino Zboray
Communicating Community: Russian and Canadian Mennonite Correspondence, 1850-1900: Rachel Joanne Mills
The Dawn of the "Chaotic Account": Horatio Hale's Australia Notebook and the Development of Anthropologists' Field Notes: Tom Belton

2008, 43:4

"A Library of the Most Celebrated & Approved Authors": The First Purchase Collection of Union College Awarded the 2008 Justin Winsor Prize: Jeremy B. Dibbell
Recovery amid Destruction: Manoel da Maya and the Lisbon Earthquake of 1755: Lúcia Lima Rodrigues and Russell Craig
A Library for Engineering Education: Frank O. Marvin and the University of Kansas, 1875-1915: James D. Neeley

Essays & Notes

The Literature of American Library History, 2003-2005: Edward A. Goedeken
Cultural Record Keepers: Littlefield Fund for Southern History, University Libraries, University of Texas at Austin: David B. Gracy II

2008, 43:3

Tiberius and the Libraries: Public Book Collections and Library Buildings in the Early Roman Empire: George W. Houston
The Public Library as Instrument of Colonialism: the Case of the Netherlands East Indies: Elizabeth B. Fitzpatrick
"The Feminine Touch Has Not Been Wanting": Women Librarians at Camp Zachary Taylor, 1917-1919: Caroline Daniels
Contradictions of Corporate Benevolence: Industrial Libraries in the Southern Textile Industry, 1920-1945: Bart Dredge
Culture and the New Iraq: The Iraq National Library and Archive, "Imagined Community," and the Future of the Iraqi Nation: Julie Biando Edwards and Stephan P. Edwards
Cultural Record Keepers: Beth Budd Bentley Collection, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library: Leslie McGrath

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