Subseries 8b: Administrative policy records, 1947-1968

This subseries contains the administrative records of Stanley L. West, Director of Libraries from 1947 to 1967. In addition to the files related to the Libraries' management, there are files on West's participation in professional organizations such as the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Southeastern Library Association. There are files related to the expansion of Library East (now Smathers Library) and the construction of Library West and the Health Science Library. West's involvement on University committees is well documented. Also of note are the files related to Latin American acquisitions, the Farmington Plan, and the first eleven Seminars on the Acquisition of Latin American Materials. The latter includes two files on the first seminar held in 1956 at Chinsegut Hill in Brooksville, Florida. One of the files was pulled from records of the Catalog Department and added to this subseries. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Addendum: Boxes 27-29 were added to the subseries in 2008. These contain miscellaneous administrative correspondence, West's professional correspondence, and personal correspondence all arranged chronologically.