Finding Aid to the Fredric J. Mosher Papers
Lara Michels
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
(510) 642-6481
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Fredric J. Mosher papers
Creator/Collector:
Mosher, Fredric J. (Fredric John)
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2001/120 cz
Physical Description:
19 linear feet
(15 cartons, 1 volume, 1 oversize folder)
Date (bulk): approximately 1949-1998
Abstract: The papers of Fredric J. Mosher, faculty member in the the University of California, Berkeley's School of Librarianship.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English and German.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fredric J. Mosher papers, BANC MSS 2001/120 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Fredric J. Mosher papers were gifted to the Bancroft Library by Evelyn V. Mosher on June 11, 2001.
Processing Information
Processed by Lara Michels in December, 2014.
Biographical Note
Fredric Mosher joined the University of California, Berkeley faculty in the School of Librarianship in 1950. His teaching
focused on bibliography and reference work and he was broadly interested in the history of books, printing, publishing, and
early forms of bibliographical description. His legacies include building a strong reference collection, including rare books,
for teaching and doctoral research.
Content Description
The collection consists mostly of files relating to Mosher's work on the American printing of the revised edition of
Lexikon des Gesamten Buchwesens, the leading encyclopedia on the history of books. Also included are project files relating to Mosher's doctoral dissertation
on
The Dial,, a research project on the Way and Williams publishing house in Chicago, and the 18th century printer John Haberkorn. The
collection contains manuscripts and some reprints of Mosher's writings, professional files from his career at the University
of California, Berkeley, files on book selection and intellectual freedom during the 1950s, and some correspondence.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mosher, Fredric J. (Fredric John)--Archives
University of California, Berkeley. School of Information
Way & Williams
Library education
Book selection
Faculty papers
Series 1:
Lexicon des gesamtem buchwesens files
approximately 1984-2000
Physical Description: Carton 1-9
carton 1, folder 1-19
Correspondence
approximately 1984-2000
carton 1, folder 20-56
Alphabetical files, A-D
approximately 1984-2000
carton 2
Alphabetical files, E-Harc
approximately 1984-2000
carton 3
Alphabetical files, Hard-Hy
approximately 1984-2000
carton 4
Alphabetical files, I-Kl
approximately 1984-2000
carton 5
Alphabetical files, Kn-L
approximately 1984-2000
carton 6
Alphabetical files, M
approximately 1984-2000
carton 7
Alphabetical files, N-Per
approximately 1984-2000
carton 8
Alphabetical files, Pet-Pynson
approximately 1984-2000
carton 9
Alphabetical files, Q-Z
approximately 1984-2000
carton 10, folder 1-3
Materials removed from binder on Lexikon
approximately 1984-2000
carton 10, folder 4-8
Assigned Stichworter (Lexikon)
approximately 1984-2000
carton 10, folder 9
Lexicon, assorted
approximately 1984-2000
Series 2:
Dissertation files (The Dial)
approximately 1949
Physical Description: Carton 10, folder 10-36, volume 1
Series 3:
Files on book selection
approximately 1953-1958
Physical Description: Carton 11, folder 1-22
Scope and Contents
Files relating mainly to intellectual freedom and the politics of book selection in the 1950s, including some on a University
of California, Berkeley School of Librarianship study of freedom of book selection in California public school libraries.
Series 4:
Writings
approximately 1950-1980
Physical Description: Carton 11, folder 23-40; carton 12, folder 1-6
Scope and Content
Book reviews, manuscripts and reprints of articles written by Mosher, manuscripts and research materials for works on Victor
Hugo and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Series 5:
Way and Williams project files
approximately 1956-1960
Physical Description: Carton 12, folder 7-66; carton 13; carton 14, folder 1-4
Scope and Content
Mosher's files for a project on the publisher Way and Williams, a Chicago publishing house founded in 1895 by Washington Irving
Way and Chauncey L. Williams. Included are research files, notes, transcriptions, a chronological file of clippings and other
research material, and some correspondence.
Series 6:
Research files on printer John Haberkorn
approximately 1980
Physical Description: Carton 14, folder 5-20
Series 7:
Professional and University of California files
approximately 1950-1990
Physical Description: Carton 14, folder 21-35
Series 8:
Printer files
approximately 1960-1980
Physical Description: Carton 15, folder 1-3; oversize folder 1
Scope and Content
Files on the Tamalpais Press, the Black Rock Press, and the Quenian Press. Oversize folder contains item printed by the Black
Rock Press.
Series 9:
Correspondence
approximately 1960-1997
Physical Description: Carton 15, folder 4-15
