Off the Mark

Today while I was finishing up some copy-cataloging of 2 issues of Patria, a journal about José Martí’s writings, I was given a present. [Editorial aside: I consider it a wonderful world when a former nuclear missile site-based Cold Warrior can help make writings about a Cuban "revolutionary" available.)

Seems we have a patron interested in some junior college materials. I was given several stacks of materials (catalogs, bulletins, Dean's reports,...) and told "we" had told the patron we would have them ready by next Saturday.

They all have call numbers and some are bound. Most have very minimal (and inaccurate) bib records but no holdings or item records.

At first, I wasn't even sure if they were all from the same "entity." But thankfully, the City Colleges of Chicago have a decent history on their website. By the way, City Colleges of Chicago, Overseas Division awarded me my Associates Degree.

The materials range from 1915 to 1974. They also appear to be all we have. Or the rest is hidden very well; even better than these were, wherever they were. I could even donate a few catalogs from the mid-1980's. I wonder if the patron is interested in them?

The 1st thing I did was to make myself a document that I could manipulate in various ways that listed everything I had. I initially did it by call number, but have arranged it by date for here (and removed a few bits). Blank lines between titles are to show me a minor (often very minor) title change. Dates in [] are what is on the item as part of the call number. I also put a couple notes in to show myself some missing “issues.” While the document isn’t perfect, I think it’ll help me concentrate on what I have and help get it entered correctly. Oh, and my titles are not the titles proper, but more vague transcriptions in the order they are on the documents themselves. All these caveats aside, here’s what I’m expectantly dealing with when I go back to work on Monday:

Group 1

1. A Circular of Information concerning Crane Junior College April 1915 (Title from cover) [1914/15]
2. A Circular of Information concerning Crane Junior College September 1918 (Title from cover) [1918/19]
3. A Circular of Information concerning Crane Junior College September 1920 (Title from cover) [1920/21]
4. A Circular of Information concerning Crane Junior College September 1921 (Title from cover) [1921/22]
5. A Circular of Information concerning Crane Junior College September 1922 (Title from cover) [1922/23]

6. Bulletin of Crane Junior College September 1924 (Title from cover) [1924/25]
7. Bulletin of Crane Junior College September 1925 (Title from cover) [1925/26]
8. Bulletin of Crane Junior College June 1926 [1926/27]
9. Bulletin of Crane Junior College March 1927 [1927/28]
10. Bulletin of Crane Junior College September 1929 [1929/30]

Group 2

1. Catalog of Crane Junior College (Municipal College of Chicago), December 1930
2. Catalog of Crane Junior College (City College of Chicago), January 1932

Group 3

Annual Reports of the Dean: Crane Junior College: 1930-1932 (Title from cover)

Group 4 [Bound]

1. Announcement of the Chicago Christian High School and Junior College 1931-1932
2. The Chicago Junior College: Supplementary Bulletin 1932-1933
3. The Chicago Junior College: Catalog for 1933-1934
4. The Chicago Christian College (Formerly The Chicago Junior College): Catalog for 1934-1935
[These are sort of questionable still. Whoever pulled these went as far as suggesting they may need to be disbound. I'm not convinced that's true yet, though.]

Group 5

1. Bound 1935/36-1944/45
a. Bulletin of Chicago Junior Colleges, September 1935 (cover)
Chicago Junior Colleges: Announcements, 1935-1936 (t.p.)
b. Bulletin of Chicago Junior Colleges, 1936-1937
Chicago Junior Colleges: Announcement, 1936-1937 (t.p.)
c. Bulletin of Chicago Junior Colleges, 1937-1938
Chicago Junior Colleges: Announcement, 1937-1938 (t.p.)
d. Bulletin of Chicago Junior Colleges, 1938-1939
Chicago Junior Colleges: Announcement, 1938-1939 (t.p.)
e. Bulletin of Chicago Junior Colleges, 1939-1940
Chicago Junior Colleges: Announcement, 1939-1940 (t.p.)
f. Bulletin of Chicago Junior Colleges, 1940-1941
Chicago Junior Colleges: Announcement, 1940-1941 (t.p.)
g. Bulletin of Chicago Junior Colleges, 1941-1942
Chicago Junior Colleges: Announcement, 1941-1942 (t.p.)
h. Bulletin of Chicago Junior College, 1942-1943
Chicago Junior Colleges: Announcement, 1942-1943 (t.p.)

i. Bulletin of the Chicago Junior College, 1943-1944
The Chicago Junior College: Announcement, 1943-1944 (t.p.)
j. Bulletin of the Chicago Junior College, 1944-1945
The Chicago Junior College: Announcement, 1944-1945 (t.p.)

2. Bound 1945/46-1953/54
a. Bulletin of the Chicago Junior College, 1945-1946
The Chicago Junior College: Announcement, 1945-1946 (t.p.)

b. Bulletin of the Chicago City Junior College, 1946-1947
The Chicago City Junior College: Announcement, 1946-1947 (t.p.)

c. The Chicago City Junior College Bulletin, 1947-1948
The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1947-1948 (t.p.)
d. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1948-1949 (t.p.)
e. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1949-1950 (t.p.)
f. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1950-1951 (t.p.)
g. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1951-1952 (t.p.)
h. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1952-1953 (t.p.)
i. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1953-1954 (t.p.)

3. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1954-1955 (t.p.)
4. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1955-1956 (t.p.)
5. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1956-1957 (t.p.)
6. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1957-1958 (t.p.)
7. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1958-1959 (t.p.)
8. The Chicago City Junior College: Bulletin, 1959-1960 (t.p.)

Group 6

1. The Chicago City Junior College Catalogue 1961-1962
missing 1962-1963
2. The Chicago City Junior College Catalogue 1963-1964
3. Chicago City Junior College 1964-1965 Catalog
missing 1965-1966
4. Chicago City College 1966-1967 Catalog
5. Chicago City College 1967-1968 Catalog
6. Chicago City College Catalog 68-69
7. Chicago City College Catalog 69-70
8. City Colleges of Chicago Catalog 70-71
9. City Colleges of Chicago Catalog 71-72
missing 72-73
10. City Colleges of Chicago 73-74 [Not a catalog]
11. Wright College Catalog 73-74

It appears that in ‘73-74, or possibly ‘72-73, all of the campuses got their own catalogs. Item #10 is only the text in the front of all college catalogs about matriculation, fees, etc. that apply across all entities of the system. The actual catalog part has been removed, and the Wright College Catalog is the only example we have of one of the then newly separate catalogs.

I’m really enjoying this job so far!