Microform Collections

Also: U.S. Commission of Indian Affairs Annual Reports

* WHAT: Annual reports by the U.S. Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs and, later, the Bureau of Indian Affairs initially submitted to the War Department and then to the Interior Department. Each annual report covers departmental activities for the previous year.

* FORMAT & SCOPE: Microfiche, 1824 - 1949

* ORGANIZATION: Fiche are organized by year of report and secondarily by card number. Title and numbers appear on the upper left of each card. Title on cards: U.S. Comm. Of Indian Affairs Annual Reports.

* INDEX: No cumulative index. Individual volumes may contain a volume index or contents.

* WHAT: Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States. Diplomatic correspondence between the U.S. and foreign countries, including letters, treaties, special presidential messages, etc.

* FORMAT & SCOPE: Microfiche - v.1, 1861-1942.

* ORGANIZATION: The collection is organized using three criteria - year, part and card number. These are printed below the fiche header at the upper left of the card. Following 1942 there are fiche dealing specifically with the following:
- China, 1942 - (Contents begins on first fiche.)
- Japan, 1931 - 1941 (2 volumes. Contents begins of first fiche of each volume.)
- Soviet Union, 1933 - 1939 (Contents begins on first fiche.)
- Papers, U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing, 1914 - 1920 (2 volumes. Contents begin on the first fiche of each volume.)

* INDEX: Contents pages for each year are contained on the first fiche for each year. The contents is chronological. Additionally, there is an alphabetical index for two parts of the collection, 1861 - 1899 and 1900 - 1918. These index are filed within the fiche collection at the start of each of these groups of years.

* WHAT: A comprehensive collection of materials produced by and about the women's movement. The collection has been assembled from the holdings of the International Women's History Research Centre. It includes newsletters, journals and newspapers produced by civic, professional, religious, political and peace groups. The bulk of materials included are from 1968 onward.

* FORMAT & SCOPE: Microfilm, 1956 - 1974. Reels 1-23; plus added sections: "addenda reels", "update reels" and "continuing update reels".

* ORGANIZATION: Filed by reel number. Each reel of film contains a variety of publications. Each title in the collection may appear on multiple reels. Consult print indexes and guides.

* INDEX: Print guides and supplemental guides are located near the collection in Wilson 2 West. Titles of publications included in this set appear as unique entries in the library's online catalog. Section and reel numbers for titles displayed in the online catalog are part of the call number.
- EXAMPLE: HQ1154 .H57 Set I Reel 10, update reel 14

* WHAT: Radical counter-culture and New Left publications from all areas of the United States and some foreign countries covering the years 1963-1973. Titles include the Berkeley Barb, Chicago Seed, Georgia Straight, Electric Newspaper, Anarchist Weekly Freedom, Faculty Peace News, among dozens of others.

* FORMAT & SCOPE: Microfilm. Reels 1-116, this is not the complete collection.

* ORGANIZATION: Numbered microfilm reels. Each reel contains a variety of titles and years. Many titles appear on more than one reel. Refer to index or online catalog.

* INDEX: The Underground Newspaper Microfilm Collection Table Of Contents, 1963-1972, call number H1 U56, is the print index to this collection. It is shelved near the collection in Wilson 2 East. All publications included in this collection and which are owned by the library appear in the online catalog.