Janus: Archives of Cambridge University Library

University/ULIB 7/3 contains:
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17	Indices to books in class Ref
18	Subject guide to class Ref
19	Slip catalogue of books relating to bibliography published late 18th century -1920s
20	Index of authors etc of printed books 1640-1661
21	Memoranda, notes and accounts relating to Canon P.H.L. Brereton's catalogue of Civil War Tracts in Cambridge University Library
22	Old blue slips - titles not transferred to new General Catalogue
23	Trade catalogue of novels, printed 1846, annotated with Library class marks and with additional pages of manuscript entries at back
24	Interleaved catalogue of novels, annotated with Library class marks, incorporating later additions
25	Catalogue of novels
26	Catalogue of early 19th century fiction, listed class by class A-H at front and by author at back
27	Correspondence exchanged between the staff of the Rare Books Department and, chiefly, the Houghton Library, Harvard University
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Archives of Cambridge University Library

Title	Old blue slips - titles not transferred to new General Catalogue
Reference	ULIB 7/3/22
Creator	Library staff
Covering Dates	1854–1861
Extent and Medium	1 volume

Content and context

Comprises manuscript catalogue entries for printed books, written on paper slips, arranged alphabetically by author, pasted onto linen-covered, paper guard sheets and stored inside hard covers.

Retained as an example of practice in the decade before the introduction of the printed author catalogue, known as the General Catalogue, in 1861.

Further information

Relevant background information in J.J. Hall 'The guard-book catalogue of Cambridge University Library' in 'Library History' Vol. 13, 1997 pp.39-56.

No further on-line information.