Guide to the Gail Schlachter Financial Aid Directory Collection MSS-2017-07-27
Dakota Greenwich and Kate Steffens.
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
© 2017
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: Gail Schlachter Financial Aid Directory Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MSS-2017-07-27
Physical Description:
24 boxes
(30 linear ft.)
Date (inclusive): 1977-2016
Abstract: The Gail Schlachter Financial Aid Directory Collection, 1977-2016, is a collection of financial aid guides published by Reference
Service Press that provide information of funding opportunities available for college- and graduate school-bound students
and groups of people. The Collection also includes copies of a journal edited by Gail Schlachter, Reference & User Services
Quarterly.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Gail Schlachter Financial Aid Directory Collection, MSS-2017-07-27, San José State University Library Special Collections
& Archives.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Dakota Greenwich and Kate Steffens.
Biographical Note
Gail A. Schlachter (1943-2015) worked for more than 30 years as a librarian, administrator, educator, and publisher in the
library and information science fields. She served on professional councils, as editor of the journal
Reference and User Services Quarterly, and received numerous awards and recognitions for her work as well as for her publications. In 1971, Schlachter became the
first doctoral graduate in Library Science at the University of Minnesota. She was also the founder and president of Reference
Service Press, a company that focuses on developing and disseminating financial aid resources for college and graduate students.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Schlachter published books containing information on available U.S. scholarships and financial
aid, including
The Directory of Financial Aids for Women, later followed up with
The Directory of Financial Aids for Minorities, along with books detailing opportunities for veterans, people with disabilities, and other special groups. The information
Schlachter collected was compiled into a digital database of scholarships, which is currently run and updated by her former
colleague. The database includes scholarship information shared with other database services such as Scholarships for Service,
a tool that helps military families find financial aid. In 2015, she was posthumously inducted into the California Library
Hall of Fame for her many contributions to the profession.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes financial aid directories published by Reference Service Press that document the financial aid, scholarship,
and funding opportunities available for students of varying degree majors, groups of people, and students in general. The
collection also includes copies of the journal edited by Gail Schlachter and a social sciences bibliography authored by Schlachter.
The date range for the collection is 1977-2016, but more than half of the material in the collection falls between 1995-2016.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series: Series I. Directories for Groups of People; Series II. Directories for Degree
Programs; Series III. Directories for General Studies; and Series IV. Other Schlachter Writings.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections and Archives. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions
also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational
purposes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Student aid
Reference books
Libraries -- Periodicals
San José State University. Library. Special Collections & Archives
Hirsh, Sandy
Series I. Directories for Groups of People
1978-2016
Arrangement
Series I is arranged alphabetically by group of people.
Scope and Contents
Series I consists of hardback and spiral bound published books from 1978 to 2016.
Box 1
African American Students
1997-2016
Box 2
Asian American Students
1997-2016
Box 3
College Christian Students
2005-2014
Box 4
Hispanic American Students
1997-2016
Box 5
Minority Students
1984-1997
Box 6
Native American Students
1997-2016
Box 7
Students with Disabilities
1988-2002
Box 8
Students with Disabilities
2002-2014
Box 9
Students with Visual Impairments
1998-2011
Box 10
Veteran Students
1988-2014
Series II. Directories for Degree Programs
1987-2013
Arrangement
Series II is arranged alphabetically by degree program.
Scope and Contents
Series II consists of hardback and spiral bound published books from 1987 to 2013.
Box 14
Arts and Humanities
1996-2009
Box 13
General Information
1987-2005
Box 16
Library and Information Science
2010-2012
Box 17
Science (Earth, General, Health, Physical)
1996-2012
Series III. Directories for General Studies
1990-2014
Arrangement
Series III is arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
Series III consists of hardback and spiral bound published books from 1990 to 2014.
Box 19
College and High School Student's Guides to Merit and Other No-Need Funding
1996-2010
Box 20
Kaplan Scholarships
1999-2007
Box 21
Kaplan Scholarships
2008-2014
Box 21
Kaplan Scholarships
2008-2014
Box 22
Study, Travel, and Research Abroad Students
1990-1998
Box 23
Study, Travel, and Research Abroad Students
1999-2008
Series IV. Other Schlachter Writings, 1977-2005
Scope and Contents
Series IV consists of the following: 2 copies of a social science bibliography on literature about women and minority groups
authored by Gail Schlachter; and copies of the Reference & User Services Quartlerly edited by Gail Schlachter.
Arrangement
Series IV is arranged in alphabetical order by title of work, and then by publication date.
Box 24, Folder 12
Minorities and Women: A Guide to Reference Literature in the Social Sciences
1977
General
There are two copies of this title.
Box 24, Folder 13
Minorities and Women: A Guide to Reference Literature in the Social Sciences
1977
Box 24, Folder 1
Reference and User Services Association Quarterly
Summer 1997
Box 24, Folder 2
Reference & User Services Quarterly
Fall 1997-Winter 1997
Box 24, Folder 3
Reference & User Services Quarterly
Spring 1998-Summer 1998
Box 24, Folder 4
Reference & User Services Quarterly, 38(1-2)
Box 24, Folder 5
Reference & User Services Quarterly, 38(3-4)
Box 24, Folder 6
Reference & User Services Quarterly, 39(1-2)
Box 24, Folder 7
Reference & User Services Quarterly, 39(3-4)
Box 24, Folder 8
Reference & User Services Quarterly, 40(1-2)
Box 24, Folder 9
Reference & User Services Quarterly, 40(3-4)
Box 24, Folder 10
Reference & User Services Quarterly, 41(3-4)
Box 24, Folder 11
Reference & User Services Quarterly, 44(3)
