National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries Microfiche

National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries Microfiche, circa 1985

Overview of the Collection

Title: National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries Microfiche
Dates: circa 1985 (inclusive)
19851985
Quantity: 1 Linear feet of shelf space, (1 box)
Collection Number: Archives 350 (collection)
Summary: The National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS) was a project begun in 1982 by Chadwyck-Healey Inc. to reproduce published and unpublished finding aids to collections. In the early 1980s, the MASC's finding aids were microfiched for part four of The National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States. This collection contains those microfiche sheets, although no index is present with the materials.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS) was a project begun in 1982 by Chadwyck-Healey Inc. to reproduce published and unpublished finding aids to collections. Parts 1 to 3 of the project documented federal records (part 1), collections in the manuscripts division of the Library of Congress (2), and holdings of state libraries, historical societies, and archives (3). Part 4, which the records in this collection derive from, documented the holdings of academic libraries and other institutions. Each part was accompanied by a print or microfiche index. A similar National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United Kingdom and Ireland followed.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

In the early 1980s, the MASC's finding aids were microfiched for part four of The National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States. This collection contains those microfiche sheets, although no index is present with the materials. While the majority of these finding aids should be online today through the MASC's website, these microfiche document the collections as they were held and described circa 1983.

The microfiche were formatted at 49 double frame, 105mm x 147mm microfiche, 24x nominal reduction.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The content of the fiched pages is copyright Washington State University, while the arrangement of the pages on microfiche is copyright Chadwick-Healey Inc.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States: MASC Collections, Washington State University Libraries Microfiche, ca. 1985 (Archives 350)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is maintained in the order the microfiche were received in, which is simply a numerical serial number (printed in the header area of the individual microfiche sheets) list starting at 4.28.1 and running to 4.28.497 (4 refers to NIDS part 4, Academic Libraries and Other Repositories, while 28 refers to WSU MASC, and each number 1 to 497 is a collection or accession). While there are occasional short alphabetical runs within the material, there seems to be no overriding organizational system to that numbering. An index, also on microfiche (and later on CD-ROM), was created as a guide to these, but the index is not present in MASC.

Acquisition Information

The materials in this collection were presumably given to MASC at the completion of the project circa 1985 or so, and were never accessioned but simply stored in an office area.

Processing Note

This collection was processed in January 2015 by University Archivist Mark O'English.

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