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BANC MSS 2001/120 cz
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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.
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
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any use rests exclusively with the user.
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[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.
Processed by Lara Michels in December, 2014.
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.
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