Finding Aid to the J. Periam Danton Papers, 1928-2002
Finding Aid to the J. Periam Danton Papers, 1928-2002
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 1012
The Bancroft LibraryUniversity of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Bancroft Library staff
- Date Completed:
- August 2010
1908 | Born July 5th in Palo Alto, California |
1916-1924 | Spends youth in Beijing, China |
1928 | B.A. in German, Oberlin College, Ohio |
1925-1926 | Student in Leipzig, Germany |
1928-1929 | Reading Room Assistant and Stacks Supervisor, New York Public Library |
1929 | B.S. in Librarianship, Columbia University |
1929-1930 | Reference Assistant, Williams College Library |
1930 | M.A. in German, Williams College |
1930-1933 | Assistant to the Secretary, American Library Association |
1935 | Ph.D., University of Chicago |
1935-1936 | Librarian and Associate Professor of Bibliography, Colby College |
1935-ca. 1945 | Married to librarian Emily Miller |
1936-1946 | Librarian and Associate Professor of Bibliography, Temple University |
1939 | Director of the Rockefeller Foundation-American Library Association "Books for Europe" Program |
1942 | Visiting professor, University of Chicago |
1942-1945 | United States Naval Reserve, Commissioned Lieutenant |
1945-1946 | Visiting professor, Columbia University |
1946-1961 | Dean of the School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley |
1946-1947 | Associate Professor of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley |
1947-1976 | Professor of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley |
1948-ca. 1972 | Married to Lois King of Lakewood, Ohio |
1949-1950 | President of the Association of American Library Schools |
1960-1961 | Fulbright Research Scholar in Göttingen, Germany |
1961 | Consultant through Department of State's American Specialist Program to Haile Selassie I University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
1961-1964 | Consultant in Library Service to the Veterans Administration Hospital libraries for the Western area |
1963 | Ford Foundation consultant on South East Asian library development |
Director of Multi-Area Library Program project, sponsored by the Department of State and the International Relations Committee of the American Library Association | |
1964-1965 | Fulbright Research Scholar in Vienna, Austria |
1967-1969 | Council on Library Resources grant |
1968 | Ford Foundation [consultant on South East Asian library development survey, w/ Ray Swank] |
1976-2002 | Professor Emeritus, School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley |
1983 | Received Beta Phi Mu award from the American Library Association |
2002 | Died November 12th in Oakland, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
Series 1: Professional Activities. 1935-1998
United States Colleges and Universities, Academic Libraries and Schools of Librarianship. 1940-1998
University of California.
Conference of Deans of Professional Schools. 1945-1949
All-University Faculty Conference, Santa Barbara 1962. 1961-1962
All-University Faculty Conference, Santa Barbara 1962. Study Committee 1: The University in Foreign Affairs. 1961-1962
All-University Faculty Conference, Santa Barbara 1962. Study Committee 2: Libraries. 1962
All-University Faculty Conference, Santa Barbara 1962. Study Committee 3: Problems of Recruitment and Promotion of Faculty. 1962
All-University Faculty Conference, Santa Barbara 1962. Study Committee 4: The Future Academic Status of Non-Faculty Professional Research Personnel. 1962
University of California, Los Angeles, library school. 1962-1997
Library Research Institute. 1964-1966
University of California, San Diego. 1966-1993
University of California, Berkeley.
Bio-Bibliographies. 1951-1983
School of Librarianship, Committee on Research, grants. 1959-1997
Libraries. 1961-1996
School of Librarianship, former doctoral students. 1962-1995
School of Librarianship, administrative. 1962-1997
Administration. 1962-1998
Research requests from doctoral and master's students. 1963-1995
School of Librarianship, Committee on Research - Committee E. 1964-1967
School of Librarianship, Administrative. 1964-1969
School of Librarianship, Committee on Research - division of the "Z" collection. 1966-1968
School of Librarianship, Committee on Research - Committee E: Evaluation of language requirements for doctorate degree. 1968-1969
School of Librarianship, Committee on Research - Committee E and Committee R. 1968-1971
Academic Senate Library Committee. 1965-1971
Advisory Committee on Library Personnel. 1967-1968
School of Librarianship, Committee X. 1967-1968
School of Librarianship, Information Processing Lab. 1967-1971
School of Librarianship, Advisory Committee. 1976-1985
School of Information Management and Systems. 1994-1997
Miscellaneous Correspondence. 1945-1996
Alumni Universities, Other Universities and Library Schools.
Harvard College. 1940
Oberlin College. 1961-1990
University of Chicago, Graduate Library School. 1961-1990
Stanford University Libraries. 1962-1986
Columbia University, School of Library Service. 1965-1990
Universities in Texas, library schools. 1978
Various Universities, libraries and library schools. 1961-1995
Consultancies, Events, Sabbaticals, Fellowships and Grants. 1948-1995
Caribbean Commission, library survey consultant. 1948
1953-1954 Sabbatical in Göttingen, Germany,. 1951-1957
Brussels Congress, International Congress of Libraries and Documentation. 1954-1955
San Francisco Theological Seminary, library survey consultant. 1954-1961
State of California Department of Corrections, library advisory committee consultant. 1955
Veteran's Administration, hospital libraries consultant. 1957-1966
Vallejo Public Library, library survey consultant. 1958-1961
1960-1961 Sabbatical in Göttingen, Germany, Fulbright Scholarship. 1958-1963
Library Development Project. 1959
1961-1962 Sabbatical in Göttingen, Germany. 1959-1963
Menlo College Library, library survey consultant. 1961-1962
Committee on International Exchange of Persons, consultant. 1962-1972
Ford Foundation, South East Asian Library Development. 1962-1976
UNESCO, consultant. 1962-1984
Peace Corps, campus representative. 1963-1964
1964-1965 Sabbatical. 1963-1965
United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, consultant. 1963-1967
Multi-Area Group Librarian Program, consultant. 1963-1969
Rockefeller Foundation, grant requests. 1963-1973
1964-1965 Sabbatical in Vienna, Austria, Fulbright Research Scholar. 1964-1965
Overseas Educational Service, consultant. 1965-1968
Carnegie Corporation. 1965-1970
Appraisal of Vallejo Junior College Library, library survey consultant. 1966
American Library Association, Library Education Division Equivalencies, consultant. 1968-1979
Jamaica, UNESCO library consultant. 1967-1980
1971-1972 Sabbatical in England, Guggenheim Fellow. 1970-1976
1974 Sabbatical in England. 1973-1975
1983-1984, Guggenheim Fellowship. 1982-1995
Associations. 1935-1997
American Library Association.
American Library Association. 1935; 1961-1989
Interdivisional Committee on Documentation. 1962-1964
International Relations Office. 1962-1979; 1992
Lester Asheim's Southeast Asian Travel Diary. 1963
Library Education Division, International Library School Committee. 1967-1978
Committee for Accreditation. 1968-1971
Committee for Accreditation, goals award. 1970-1973
International Federation of Library Associations.
International Federation of Library Associations. 1967-1983
Working group "terminology". 1973
Council meeting, Rome 1964. 1964; 1968
Council meeting, The Hague 1966. 1966-1968
Council meeting, Toronto 1967. 1967
Council meeting, Frankfurt 1968. 1967-1968
Council meeting, Copenhagen 1969. 1968-1969
Council meeting, Moscow 1970. 1969-1971
Council meeting, Liverpool 1971. 1970-1971
Council meeting, Budapest 1972. 1971-1972
Council meeting, Brussels 1977. 1976-1977
Council meeting, Montreal 1982 and Munich 1983. 1981-1982
Other Associations.
Association of College and Research Libraries. 1959-1971
California Library Association, Intellectual Freedom Committee - includes 1963 Intellectual Freedom Kit. 1961-1964
Association for Library and Information Science Education (formerly: Association for American Library Schools). 1961-1975; 1983-1991
Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare. 1961-1997
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. 1962-1986
Western Association of Schools and Colleges, St. Albert's College (Oakland) Accreditation. 1963-1967
California Library Association. 1964-1976
Association of Research Libraries. 1966-1974
Council on Library Resources. 1966-1979
International Federation on Documentation. 1971-1973; 1981-1982
Publications. 1961-1998
Bibliography. 1976
College and Research Libraries. 1961-1965; 1974-1976
Library Quarterly. 1962-1995
Library Journal. 1964-1991
Libri. 1964-1968
Miscellaneous Publications. 1964-1997
Scarecrow Press. 1965-1991
International Library Review. 1966-1979; 1993
Journal of Library History. 1966-1998
Wilson Library Bulletin. 1967-1977
Libraries Unlimited. 1974; 1979
Journal of Education for Librarianship. 1976-1984
Journal of Academic Librarianship. 1982-1984
Countries/Cities. 1960-1997
A - F.
Argentina. 1962-1973
Australia. 1965-1992
Austria. 1963-1996
Brazil. 1978
Canada. 1963-1983
China, Hong Kong. 1962-1992
China, Singapore. 1960-1988
Costa Rica. 1988; 1994
Czechoslovakia. 1964-1991
Denmark. 1960-1983; 1993-1994
England. 1960-1987
Ethiopia. 1961-1987
France. 1967-1992
Germany.
Germany: various cities. 1960-1986
Germany: Cologne. 1962-1971
Germany, Erlangen. 1961-1964
Germany, Gottingen. 1961-1978
Germany: Kiel. 1962
Germany, Mainz. 1961-1962
Germany, Marburg. 1961-1963; 1967
Germany, Munich. 1961-1987
Germany, Tubingen. 1961-1968
Germany, Wurzburg. 1962-1965; 1979
H-Z.
Hungary. 1964-1973
India. 1962-1984
Israel. 1960-1997
Iran. 1965-1979
Italy . 1961-1982
Japan. 1960-1982
Lebanon. 1963-1966; 1974
Malaya. 1960-1965; 1971-1973
Mexico. 1967-1988
The Netherlands. 1960-1969
Norway. 1960-1975; 1988
Philippines. 1961-1976
Poland. 1960-1973
Puerto Rico. 1970-1978
Sweden. 1960-1970
Thailand. 1963; 1970
Yugoslavia. 1962-1984
Regions.
Africa - various countries. 1965-1981
Asia - various countries. Undated
Central American and Caribbean. 1970-1987
Europe - various countries. Undated
South America - various countries. 1964-1970
Miscellaneous. 1945-1993
Curriculum vitae, notice of separation from the United States Naval Service, consolidated lists of works. 1945-1993
Hartwig Lohse. 1961-1995
Wilfred L. Saunders. 1963-1995
Travel, around the world lecture tour 1976. 1964-1977; 1983
Travel, miscellaneous. 1966-1969
Series 2: Writings. circa 1929-1999.
United States Influence on Norwegian Librarianship. 1951-1961
Correspondence with library schools. 1951-1953
Correspondence with library schools. 1954-1955
Correspondence with Norwegian librarians. 1952-1957
Miscellaneous correspondence. 1952-1955
Miscellaneous notes. circa 1951-1957
Notes and statistics on Norwegian librarians. circa 1953-1954
Abstracts, maps and notes. circa 1953-1956
Questionnaire Responses. 1953-1955
Editorial correspondence, University of California Press and research grants, University of California. 1953-1957
First draft of chapters 1-4. circa 1954-1955
First draft of chapters 5-10. circa 1954-1955
Second draft of chapters 1-4. circa 1954-1955
Third draft of chapters 1-4. circa 1954-1955
Next to last draft. circa 1955-1956
Next to last revision. circa 1955-1956
Final draft, unrevised. circa 1956-1957
Final draft, revised. circa 1956-1957
Final draft, revised and retyped. circa 1956-1957
Post-publication correspondence and acknowledgements. 1957-1961
Reviews. 1958-1961
Doctoral Study in Librarianship in the United States. 1958-1960
Correspondence, Re: invitation to prepare paper. 1958
Correspondence and statistics from doctoral library schools. 1958-1959
Correspondence with library leaders. 1959
Editorial correspondence. 1959
Drafts. 1959
Corrected galley proof and corrected page proof. 1959
Two reprints of final published article, one annotated. 1959
Post-publication correspondence. 1959-1960
Book Selection and Collections. 1957-1979
American University Libraries: Correspondence and Data.
Brown University. 1961
University of California. 1960-1962
University of Chicago. 1960-1961
University of Cincinnati. 1961
Claremont Colleges. 1960
Colorado State University. 1959-1960
Columbia University. 1961
Cornell University. 1960-1961
University of Delaware. 1960
University of Detroit. 1960
Duke University. 1961
University of Florida. 1960
Florida State University. 1960
Georgetown University. 1960-1961
Harvard University. 1960-1961
University of Hawaii. 1960
University of Idaho. 1960
University of Illinois. 1961
Indiana University. 1960-1961
Iowa State College. 1960-1961
Johns Hopkins University. 1961
University of Kansas. 1960-1961
University of Kentucky. 1960
Lehigh University. 1961
Louisiana State University. 1960-1961
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1960
University of Miami. 1960
University of Michigan. 1961
University of Minnesota. 1961
University of Missouri. 1960
University of Nebraska. 1961
University of New Hampshire. 1960
University of New Mexico. 1960
New York University. 1961
University of North Carolina. 1960
Northwestern University. 1961
University of Notre Dame. 1960-1961
Ohio State University. 1961
University of Oregon. 1960
Oregon State College. 1960
University of Pennsylvania. 1960-1961
Princeton University. 1960-1961
Purdue University. 1960
Rice Institute. 1960
University of Rochester. 1960
Rutgers University. 1960
Southern Illinois University. 1960
Stanford University. 1961
Syracuse University. 1960
University of Texas. 1961
University of Utah. 1960
University of Vermont. 1961
Washington University. 1961
University of Washington. 1960-1961
University of Wisconsin. 1961
Yale University. 1961
Misc. correspondence and data. 1960-1962
German University Libraries: Correspondence and Data.
Berlin. 1960-1961
Bonn. 1960-1961
Erlangen. 1960-1961
Frankfurt. 1960-1961
Freiburg. 1960-1961
Giessen. 1960-1962
Gottingen. 1957-1960
Hamburg. 1961
Heildelberg. 1960-1961
Kiel. 1960-1962
Koln. 1960-1961
Mainz. 1960
Marburg. 1960-1961
Munchen. 1960-1961
Munster. 1961
Saarland. 1961
Tubingen. 1957-1961
Wurzburg. 1960-1961
Editorial Correspondence.
University of Chicago Press and Columbia University Press. 1961-1979
Drafts.
Drafts 1 and 2. 1960 Oct.-1961 Jun.
Draft 3 with comments and criticism by professors - Donald Coney, Stephen McCarthy and Le Roy Merritt. 1961
Draft 3, copy 2. 1961
Draft 4. 1961
Draft 5, copy 2, unrevised. 1962
Draft 6. 1962
Printer's copy with author and editorial comments. 1962
Corrected galley proof. 1962-1963
Corrected page proof. 1963
Index and index revisions. 1963
Reviews and Acknowledgements.
Reviews. 1963-1964
Acknowledgements. 1963-1971
Dimensions of Comparative Librarianship. 1968-1990
Draft for Encyclopedia of Education [not published]. circa 1968
Editorial correspondence with Encyclopedia of Education. 1968-1971
Research: abstracts, citations and notes. circa 1971-1972
Research: correspondence. 1971-1973
Research: library school brochures and information. circa 1972
Research: comparative education. circa 1972
Research: comparative disciplines. circa 1972
Research: comparative librarianship. circa 1972-1975
Original first draft. 1971-1972
Revised second draft. 1971-1972
Third draft. 1971-1972
Third draft revisions by Lester Asheim and Raynard Swank. 1971-1972
Fourth draft. 1972
Corrected file copy. 1972-1973
Edited final manuscript, printer's copy. 1972-1973
Editorial correspondence. 1972-1982; 1990
First galleys. 1973
Post-publication correspondence. 1973-1982
Reviews. 1974
Index to Festschriften. 1959-1984
R.R. Bowker [editorial correspondence?]. 1968-1984
Drafts. Undated
Pre-publication correspondence. 1959-1969
Post-publication correspondence. 1970
Post-publication reviews. 1970-1977
Index to Festschriften, Volume II. 1973-1986
Final draft. 1974
Volume II [1 of 2]. 1973-1986
Volume II, title pages of works cited A-J [1 of 3]. circa 1975
Volume II, title pages of works cited K-Q [2 of 3]. circa 1975
Volume II, title pages of works cited R-Z [3 of 3]. circa 1975-1977
Volume II, drafts. circa 1978
Volume II, revised page proof. circa 1978
Volume II, guide to the user revised page proof. circa 1978
British and American Library School Teaching Staffs. 1977-1979
First draft, second draft, abstract and tables. 1977-1978
Third draft. 1978
Correspondence. 1978-1979
University Library Book Budgets, 1860, 1910 and 1960. 1979-1988
German Universities.
Bonn. 1982
Erlangen-Nurnberg. 1982-1986
Freiberg im Breisgau. 1982-1986
Gottingen. 1982
Heidelberg. 1982
Kiel. 1982
Koln. 1982
Marburg. 1982
Munchen. 1982
Tubingen. 1982
Wurzburg. 1982
Money Conversion.
A. 1984
B. 1982-1986
C. 1984-1987
Research.
Faculty, Students and Courses. 1981-1982
Index and Research Notes. 1979-1981
German University Library Tables. circa 1982
U.S. Universities. 1982-1986
U.S. Universities, Courses. 1985
German University Faculties and Attendance. Undated
Book and Periodical Production and Prices.
Research notes. 1982-1987; undated
Editorial Process and Post-Publication Correspondence.
Final Drafts of Article. 1985-1986
Drafts, Editorial Correspondence and Published Article. 1987-1988
Acknowledgements. 1987-1988
Articles, Reviews, Memorials and Other Writings. 1929-1999
Articles.
Bound volumes of reprints. 1931-1968
"The Invention of Movable-Type Printing in China." circa 1929
"The Growth and Influence of American Journalism in China." circa 1930
"The Selection of Books for College Libraries." 1935-1936
"Plea for a Philosophy of Librarianship," Library Quarterly. 1935; 1974; 1979
"Library Statistics from Institutions of Higher Education, 1936-1937," Bulletin of the American Library Association. 1938
"Book Needs in Europe and the Orient." 1940
"William Cartwright and His Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, with Other Poems … 1651," The Library Quarterly. circa 1940-1942
"Education for Librarianship," UNESCO. 1946-1958
"Libraries of the World," World Book Encyclopedia. 1964-1970
"Major University Libraries of the World," Festschrift Josef Stummvoll, notes, tables, research, drafts, published article. 1963-1967
"Austria: Its Libraries and Librarianship," Libri, drafts, correspondence, photos, plans. 1966-1967
"The Subject Specialist in National and University Libraries, with Special Reference to Book Selection," drafts and correspondence. 1966-1967
"Librarianship and Research," Wilson Library Bulletin. 1967
"Libraries: National and State," The Encyclopedia of Education, 1971 , drafts, editorial correspondence. circa 1968-1971
"University Library Book Selections Policy Revisited." 1971
"FID and IFLA - A Coming Together." 1971
"Corrigendum and Addendum to a Footnote on the History of Library Education." 1971-1976
"The Library Press," Library Trends, editorial correspondence, drafts, published article. 1975-1976
"British and American Library School Teaching Staffs." circa 1978
"Notes on the Evaluation of Library Schools," Journal of Education for Librarianship, editorial correspondence, drafts, published article. 1983-1984
"Prussian State Library," Encyclopedia of Library History. 1990-1994
Libraries and Culture. 1997
Other Writings.
Reviews. 1935-1999
Colby College, Report of the Librarian. 1935-1936
A.L.A. Conferences versus Librarian Population. 1936
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution and By-laws. 1936
Report on the Library at Washington College. 1939
The Mechanics Institute Library, San Francisco: A Survey. 1950
"Education for Librarianship," KPIX Adventures in Print series. 1956-1957
The Vallejo Public Library. 1959
"Report on the United States Department of State-American Library Association Multi-Area Group Librarian Program, 1963-1964." 1964
Report of a Library Mission to Jamaica, UNESCO. 1968
Between MLS and PhD. 1969
Speeches. circa 1948; undated
Chapters 1-8, title?, Danton & Purdy as authors. Undated
Memorials.
"Louis Round Wilson." 1980
"Wilhelm Furtwangler." 1992-1993
"Raynard Coe Swank." 1995
"Howard Woodrow Winger." 1995
Series 3: Biographical. 1928-2002
Correspondence with family and friends. 1928-1969
Correspondence with colleagues. 1931-1996
Clippings and newsletters. 1951-2002
University of Virginia Library, Faulkner Manuscript Gift. 1975-1976
Photograph of J. Periam Danton at retirement. 1976
Beta Phi Mu Award. 1983-1984
Who's Who in America [entry]. 1995