Wofford College. Library. 1909-2008
Records of the Library of Wofford College
[Records of the Sandor Teszler Library, 1971-200]
Record Group 350
6.3 cubic feet, in 7 boxes
Historical note: Wofford College’s first libraries were the property of the College’s Literary Societies. Gradually, through donations by the early faculty and the merger of the literary society libraries, the College developed a single library. Originally housed in one room, then two, in the Main Building, the collection soon overflowed its limited space. A series of short-term librarians administered the library until 1905. In that year, Mary Sydnor DuPre began her 48-year tenure as librarian. The library moved into its own freestanding building in 1910. Named the Whitefoord Smith Library in honor of the College’s first English professor, the building was financed partly with a gift from Miss Julia Smith, Professor Smith’s daughter. Miss DuPre retired in 1953 and was succeeded by Herbert Hucks, Jr. The library was expanded in 1948, but the College’s growth in the 1950s and 1960s made the library inadequate and outdated. Students began to campaign for a new library in 1965, and the College broke ground for the new library in November 1967. Frank Anderson succeeded Hucks as librarian in 1966 and oversaw the construction of the new building. The library opened in August 1969, and was dedicated in honor of Sandor Teszler in 1971. Anderson retired and was succeeded in 1984 by Oakley H. Coburn, who oversaw growth in the library’s staff and services, including the implementation of an automated library system in the late 1980s and the transformation of library services brought about by the availability of internet databases in the late 1990s.
Organized into 4 series; pre-1947 files, official files, exhibits, and photographs. The early files series represents the tenure of librarian Mary Sydnor DuPre (1905-1953), and the official files series represents the tenure of Herbert Hucks, Jr. (Associate Librarian, 1947-53, Librarian 1953-66, Frank J. Anderson (1966-84) and Oakley H. Coburn (1984-). The official grouping also correlates to the planning and construction of the Sandor Teszler Library.
Access: Unrestricted
Summary: The records consist of the files maintained by the librarians and archivists of the College. The first series, created by Mary Sydnor DuPre and David Duncan Wallace, acting as chairman of the faculty library committee, consist mainly of order correspondence with various presses and booksellers. Samples of correspondence have been retained.
The second series, official files, consists of correspondence, acquisitions lists, student assistant schedules and manuals, gift correspondence, facility records, and the annual reports and budget requests of the librarian. It covers the planning, construction, and move into the Sandor Teszler Library, and the opening and dedication of that building. It consists also of the schedules, memoranda, and staff manuals of the library.
The third series, exhibits, consists of the materials maintained by the librarian relating to exhibitions.
The fourth series, photographs, consists of pictures and slides of the various libraries, including construction scenes of the Sandor Teszler Library. This series also contains a t-shirt with a bar code on it representing the library’s automation project.
Accession has been continuous. Mary Sydnor DuPre maintained the pre-1947 records. Herbert Hucks, Jr., maintained the 1947-66 records. The post-1966 records also were maintained by Herbert Hucks, Jr., but in his position as College Archivist. A revision of the files was performed in 1999, and then new additions from Frank J. Anderson were made in December 2008 and the arrangement revised by archivist Phillip Stone.
Cite As: Records of the Wofford College Library or Records of the Sandor Teszler Library
Location: Archives, Sandor Teszler Library, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC 29303-3663
Finding Aid: Folder listing
Box and Folder Listing
Series 1
Box 1 1909-36
Folder
1 Order Correspondence, 1909
2 Order Correspondence, 1909
3 Order Correspondence, 1909
4 Order Correspondence, 1910-12
5 Order Correspondence, 1913-18
6 Order Correspondence, 1916-22
7 Order Correspondence, 1924-29
8 Order Correspondence, 1929-36
9 Correspondence, Library of Congress, 1909-12
10 Correspondence, Library of Congress, 1913-21
11 Correspondence, Library of Congress, 1924-29
12 Correspondence, Library of Congress, 1929-36
13 Correspondence, 1909-13
14 Administrative, Dewey Decimal System
15 Administrative, Bank Correspondence
Series 2
Box 2 Official Files
Folder
16 Historical Materials, 1890-1969
17 Library, Special Collections
18 Librarians
19 Bibliographic Instruction, Examples
20 Correspondence, 1955-69
21 Staff Travel, 1960s
22 Personnel, inquiries, 1960-70
23 Student Assistants - Schedules, 1956-66
24 Student Assistant’s Manual
25 Librarian’s Annual Reports, 1946-59
26 Librarian’s Annual Reports, 1960-68
27 Library Study, Herbert Hucks, 1946
28 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Library Reports, 1947-63
29 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Library Self Study, 1964-66
30 Budgets, 1947-60
31 Budgets, 1961=67
32 Departmental Book Budgets, 1948-66
33 Book Allocation Formula, correspondence, [self-study], 1963-64
34 Book Order Lists, 1948-64
35 Gift Correspondence
36 Endowed Book Funds, 1946-55
37 Magazine subscriptions, 1938-49
38 Periodical Subscription lists, 1945, 1961-66
39 Gifts, news releases and clippings, 1950s
40 Grants, 1955-66
41 Grants, Babcock Foundation
42 Grants, Kellogg Foundation, 1962-65
43 Renovation, 1948
44 Renovation, 1948
45 Floor Plans, Whitefoord Smith Library
46 Projection Room, clippings
Box 3 Official Files, continued
Folder
47 Student Library Construction Campaign
Library – history documents compiled by Herbert Hucks, 1967
Library – history, 1854-1969
48 Planning and Construction, 1966-67
49 Planning Documents, 1966-67
50 Groundbreaking, 1967
51 Moving, 1969
52 Formal Opening, 1969
53 Opening program, 1969
54 Frank Anderson, “Wofford’s New Library,” 1969
55 Dedication, 1971
56 Dedication Program, 1971
57 Regrets to Dedication, 1971
58 Memos and Schedules, 1966-73
59 Memos and Schedules, 1973-84
Correspondence – Hardin, Paul
60 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1966-84
Library-criticisms
67 Evergreen Issue, 1968
61 Neighborhood Youth Corps, 1970-71
Humanities 101, 1972
65 Security System, 1972
Kenneth Coates Collection
Report to Trustees, 1974
68 Computer Clinic Memorandum, 1974
Staff Schedules, 1972-76
Statistical Reports, 1976
Interims, 1976
Friends of the Library
Reading Lists, 1970s
Gifted Camp, 1980
Spartanburg County Library, 1975
Rotary Club Address, 1982
Gift Lists, 1982-83
Box 4 Official Files
Folder
69 Director Search, 1984
Personnel – job announcements
72 Self Study, 1984-86
73 Automation Project
Technology Grant
74 Data Research Associates materials
Shoah (film)
70 Memoranda and Schedules, 1984-92
71 Memoranda and Schedules, 1993-99
71 Memoranda and Schedules, 2000-2006
Administrative Seminar, 1993
Library Interim project, 1994
Library Instruction Workshop, 1995
Research Methods workbooks, 1999, 2000
Bibliographic Instruction
Archives
Archives Annual Report
Sandor Teszler Portrait
Newspaper Clippings
Innovative Interfaces Implementation Documents
Wofford Library Press
Portrait Advisory Committee
Box 5
Circulation Manual, 1986
User’s Guides, 1966-93
Manuals, 1965-75
Bibliopilist, library newsletter
Series 3- Exhibits
Box 6
1 Whitman exhibit, 1955
2 Library exhibits, ca. 1955-70
3 Exhibits, 1966-69
4 The Carolinas Collect exhibit, 1970
5 Exhibits, 1970-71
6 Exhibits, 1971-72
7 Exhibits, 1972-73
8 Exhibits, 1973-74
9 Exhibits, 1974-75
10 Exhibits, 1975-76
11 Smithsonian Traveling Exhibits, 1975-76
12 Exhibits, 1976-80
Mail art exhibit, 1980
13 Bob Timberlake Exhibit, 1981
14 Exhibits, 1981-87
15 Exhibits, 1987-88
16 Exhibits, 1988-90
17 Exhibits, 1990-92
18 Exhibits, 1992-94
19 Exhibits, 1994-96
20 Exhibits, 1996-98
Box 7
21 Exhibits, 1998-2000
22 Exhibits, 2001
23 Exhibits, 2002-2003
Exhibits, 2003-2004
Exhibits, 2004-2005
Exhibits, 2005-2006
Exhibits, 2006-2007
Exhibits, 2007-2008
Exhibits, 2008-2009
Exhibit news clippings
Library Bookplates
Charles Dickens exhibit
Series 4 – Photographs