Readex Microprint Collections per locations 118a - 117b - 117a - 107a - 107b - 108a - 108b

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Readex Microprint Collections – Nearly six tons of U.S. and U.N. Government Publications. Available for pickup in Columbia, Missouri at the Mizzou Law Library

We are offering a substantial collection of historical microprint material from Readex Microprint Corp, comprising US Government and United Nations publications as well as early American imprints. These materials require a functioning microcard reader (one is available and included)

United Nations publications 1946-1981 and Documents and official records, United Nations 1963
Range 118a, 29 shelves
Formatt: Microopaque, New York, Readex Microprint Corp. cards, 15 x 23 cm.
Collection includes official documents and records of the United Nations, 1946-1981

United States Government publications (depository) 1956-1981
Range 107a-108b, 192 shelves
Readex depository documents
Format: Micro-opaque (not the more common microfiche). New York, Readex Microprint, [1956?- boxes of cards. 24-26 cm
Includes all United States Government publications designated to be sent to depository libraries; arranged by entry number under which each publication is listed in: United States. Superintendent of Documents. Monthly catalog of United States Government publications

United States Government publications (non-depository) 1953-1980
Range 117a-118a, 116 shelves
Format: Micro-opaque (not the more common microfiche). New York, Readex Microprint, [1956?- boxes of cards. 24-26 cm
Includes many, but not all, of those United States Government publications not designated to be sent to depository libraries, consisting "of approximately 12,000 items annually, which, for the most part, are not printed by the Government Printing Office, but are produced independently by the issuing agency ..."--Readex Microprint Corp. catalog, 1979-1980

Early American Imprints
Range 118a-118b, 42 shelves
Format: Microopaque card (not the more common microfiche) collection produced by Readex.
It is based on Charles Evan's (1850–1935) American Bibliography. Ralph R. Shaw (1907–72) and Richard Shoemaker's (1907–70) collaborative efforts continued American Bibliography.[1] American Bibliography contains the full text of all known existing books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in the United States (or British American colonies prior to Independence) from 1639 through 1819, some 72,000 titles

Important notes: this tales up over 1,111 linear feet of shelving space.
Indexing challenge: The primary challenge with using these collections is the lack of indexing. To locate a specific document, a researcher would need to consult the printed set of GPO Monthly Catalogs to look up a topic or title. The catalog would provide accession numbers, which then would be cross referenced with the physical card boxes to identify the documents location in the card boxes.

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