Subgroup 04: George B. Utley papers, 1879-1946
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, journals and other writings, research notes, and photographs relating primarily to Utley's tenure as Newberry Librarian. Utley's correspondence and administrative files document Newberry Library business (gifts, personnel, acquisitions, exhibitions, publications, trustees), ties with other research libraries, and active connections with library and book related organizations. Correspondents include A. E. Hamill, W. A. Craigie, and L. C. Wroth. Utley's American Library Association files reflect his association with that body from 1910 to 1914, and his personal files include a record of his many Chicago club memberships, a close friendship with cartoonist Frank King, and Utley family documentation.
Dates
- Creation: 1879-1946
Creator
- Utley, George Burwell, 1876-1946 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The Newberry Library Archives are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Unprocessed records are available by appointment only. Advance notice is necessary, particularly for administrative files, so that files may be screened for personnel records that are removed when records are processed.
Files containing personal or confidential information about individuals (including individual files on members of the Board of Trustees, individual donor files and records reporting the donations of an individual, personnel records, payroll records, and individual accepted fellows files) are closed for 30 years.
Biography of George B. Utley
Librarian, fourth Librarian of the Newberry Library from 1920 to 1942. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, and educated at the Vermont Academy, and Colgate and Brown Universities, George B. Utley worked at the Watkinson Library in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Maryland Diocesan Library in Baltimore before his appointment as the first librarian of the Jacksonville (Florida) Public Library. Prior to his appointment at the Newberry, Utley served as Secretary and Executive Officer of the American Library Association (1911 1920). After 20 years at the Newberry, Utley retired in 1942 to Pleasant Valley, Connecticut, where he died in 1946.
Extent
16 Linear Feet (16 boxes, 9 record cartons, 1 oversize box, and 1 volume)
Arrangement
Organized in six series: Newberry Library Files (03/04/01), American Library Association Files (03/04/02), Personal Files (03/04/03), Works (03/04/04), Tributes (03/04/05), and Photographs (03/04/06).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org