Main entry:

Stevens, Norman D.

Title & Author:

Norman D. Stevens Collection of Library Architecture : postcards, 1900-1997.

Description:

30 boxes (approximately 25,200 items)

Notes:
Organized into the following U.S. states: Alabama (56 cards) -- Alaska (4 cards) -- Arizona (47 cards) -- California (ca. 710 cards) -- Colorado (143 cards) -- Connecticut (ca. 1,110 cards) -- Delaware (16 cards) -- District of Columbia (ca. 750 cards) -- Florida (ca. 175 cards) -- Georgia (70 cards) -- Hawaii (12 cards) -- Idaho (21 cards) -- Illinois (ca. 855 cards) -- Indiana (ca. 600 cards) -- Iowa (ca. 700 cards) -- Kansas (ca. 250 cards) -- Kentucky (ca. 100 cards) -- Louisiana (60 cards) -- Maine (ca. 700 cards) -- Maryland (54 cards) -- Massachusetts (ca. 350 cards) -- Michigan (ca. 475 cards) -- Minnesota (270 cards) -- Mississippi (36 cards) -- Missouri (ca. 250 cards) -- Montana (40 cards) -- Nebraska (ca. 150 cards) -- Nevada (19 cards) -- New Hampshire (ca. 855 cards) -- New Jersey (ca. 700 cards) -- New Mexico (34 cards) -- New York (ca. 2,110 cards) -- North Carolina (97 cards) -- North Dakota (44 cards) -- Ohio (ca. 850 cards) -- Oklahoma (82 cards) -- Oregon (40 cards) -- Pennsylvania (ca. 1,000 cards) -- Puerto Rico (3 cards) -- Rhode Island (ca. 250 cards) -- South Carolina (81 cards) -- South Dakota (57 cards) -- Tennessee (80 cards) -- Texas (ca. 400 cards) -- Utah (28 cards) -- Vermont (ca. 450 cards) -- Virginia (ca. 250 cards) -- Washington (ca. 140 cards) -- West Virginia (29 cards) -- Wisconsin (ca. 500 cards) -- Wyoming (23 cards).
Organized into the following Canadian provinces: Alberta (1 card) -- British Columbia (23 cards) -- Manitoba (8 cards) -- New Brunswick (24 cards) -- Nova Scotia (5 cards) -- Ontario (ca. 150 cards) -- Prince Edward Island (1 card) -- Québec (26 cards) -- Saskatchewan (5 cards).
Organized into the following additional sections: Algeria -- Austria -- Australia -- Bahamas -- Barbados -- Belgium -- Bermuda -- Brazil -- British West Indies -- Bulgaria -- Canal Zone-- Ceylon -- China -- Czech Republic -- Crotia -- Denmark -- Egypt -- England -- Ethiopia -- Finland -- France -- Germany -- Ghana -- Gibraltar -- Greece -- Hungary -- Iceland -- India -- Ireland -- Isle of Man -- Isle of Wight -- Israel -- Italy -- Japan -- Korea -- Macao -- Malta -- Martinique -- Mexico -- Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Nigeria -- Norway -- Pakistan -- Peru -- Philippines -- Poland -- Portugal -- Romania -- Russia -- Scotland -- Singapore -- South Africa -- Spain -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Thailand -- Turkey -- Venezuela -- Wales -- Zambia -- Miscellaneous -- Unsorted.
Arranged alphabetically by Library name with special sections for the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library.
Includes some sparkle cards, hold-to-light cards, and ca. 530 real photograph cards.

Summary:

Postcard component of the Norman D. Stevens Collection of Library Architecture. Documents the library-building movement primarily across the United States and Canada, and illustrates the various architectural styles of library buildings and their interiors.

Biographical note:

Retired director of university libraries at the University of Connecticut, Storrs; author of several monographs and many articles, and known for his writings on library humour.

Resources:
Donor bookplate

Subject:

Library of Congress.
New York Public Library.
Libraries (buildings)

Form/genre:

Glitter Postcards.
Fonds.
Postcards.
Photographic postcards.

Holdings:

Location: Library main post cards 125915
Call No.: ID:97-A152
Status: Available