Collection Summary
Adelaide Rosalia Hasse
Papers
1862-1951
1862-1951
MSS54841
Hasse, Adelaide Rosalia,
1868-1953
600 items
3 containers
1 linear foot
English
German
Collection material in
English and
German
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Librarian,
bibliographer, and civil servant. Correspondence, subjects files, printed
matter, and other papers relating to Hasse's life and career.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Hasse, Adelaide R. (Adelaide Rosalia), 1868-1953.
Subjects
Bibliographers.
Bibliography.
Classification--Government publications.
Librarians.
Libraries.
Superintendent of Documents Classification system.
Occupations
Bibliographers.
Civil servants.
Librarians.
Provenance
The papers of Adelaide Rosalia Hasse, librarian, bibliographer, and
civil servant, were given to the Library of Congress by George H. Fielding in
1974.
Processing History
The papers of Adelaide Rosalia Hasse were arranged and described in
1974. The finding aid was revised in 2010.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Adelaide
Rosalia Hasse is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The papers of Adelaide Rosalia Hasse are open to research. Researchers
are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many
collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these
items for research use.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Adelaide Rosalia Hasse Papers,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1868, Sept. 13
Born, Milwaukee, Wis.
1889
1895
Assistant Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles,
Calif.
1895
1897
Librarian, Office of the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
1897
1918
Librarian, Document Department, New York Public Library, New
York, N.Y.
1918
1919
Research work for War Labor Policies Board
1919
1921
Organized War Industries Board war records
1921
Employed by Office of the Assistant Secretary of War,
Statistics Branch
1923
1932
Bibliographer, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
1933
1937
Lecturer, George Washington University, Washington,
D.C.
1934
1939
Research consultant, Work Projects Administration
1939
1941
Editorial analyst, Temporary National Economic
Committee
1940
1941
Lecturer, Catholic University of America, Washington,
D.C.
1953 July 28
Died, Silver Spring, Md.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1868-1953) span the years
1862-1951 and pertain to her life and career as a librarian and bibliographer.
Hasse is credited with developing the Superintendent of Documents
Classification System used to classify and arrange government documents while
employed at the Government Printing Office. The papers include correspondence,
subject files documenting her contacts with various organizations, printed
matter, and miscellany. Among the printed matter are a copy of her 1917 address
before the Special Libraries Association that was reprinted in
Library Journal
and editorials from
Special Libraries
while she served as editor. The earliest
correspondence,1862-1884, is in German.
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged by type of material.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82054841]
Container List
Container
Contents
1
Correspondence
1
1862-1920, 1930-1951
1862-1920, 1930-1951
(10
folders)
1
Subject files
1
Acadia Mutual Life
1
Agricultural History
Society
1
American Association for State
and Local History
1
American Association of Law
Libraries
1
American Council of Learned
Societies
1
American Economic
Review
1
American Geographical
Society
1
American Library
Association
1
American Political Science
Association
1
American Statistical
Association
1
Anchor Post Fence Co.
1
Andrae, Elsbeth Hasse
1
Bibliographic Planning Committee
of Philadelphia, Pa.
1
Biometric Society
1
British Library of
Information
1
Brookings Institution,
Washington, D.C.
1
Business Historical
Society
2
Carnegie Institution of
Washington, Washington, D.C.
2
Catholic University of America,
Washington, D.C.
2
Chamber of Commerce
2
Citizen Marine Jefferson
Bank
2
Civil Service
Commission
2
Council of National
Defense
2
Cyclone Fence Co.
2
Department of Commerce, Bureau of
the Census
2
Department of the
Interior
2
District of Columbia Library
Association
2
Enoch Pratt Free Library,
Baltimore, Md.
2
Federal Works Agency, Works
Projects Administration
2
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation
2
Maynard, Leslie
2
Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
2
Biographical file
2
Miscellany
2
Printed matter
3
Clippings