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Biography
Sidney L. Jackson was born on September 13, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York. Dr.
Jackson spent his childhood in Mt. Vernon, New York, where he graduated from
high school. As stated in A Biographical Directory of Librarians in the
United States and Canada, 5th edition, page 533, Dr. Jackson attended
Columbia University from 1931 to 1935, receiving his A.B. in History. He then
continued his education at the Columbia Univeristy Teachers College from 1935 to
1936 when he received his M.A. in the Teaching of History. From 1936 to 1941
Dr. Jackson completed his Ph.D. in the History of American Education. During
World War II he served in the United States Army Signal Corps, attaining the
rank of captain, and at the end of the war was stationed in the Philippines. On
August 26, 1944, Dr. Jackson married Clara Ostrowsky. After leaving the Army,
Dr. Jackson, from 1946 to 1948, was a free lance research writer, working for
organizations and individuals such as the United Nations and Benjamin
Sonnenbert. Between 1948 and 1949 he worked as an Associate Historian for the
American National Red Cross and in 1949 worked for the Buffalo Jewish
Anti-Defamation League. In 1950 he became a cataloger at the Brooklyn Public
Library and he remained there until coming to Kent State University as an
Associate Professor of Library Science in January, 1959. In 1965 Dr. Jackson
was promoted to the rank of Professor of Library Science and remained at that
position until his death on May 8, 1979.
While at Kent State University Dr. Jackson was editor of the journal Aspects
of Librarianship and was active on various committees, the Faculty Senate
and in the United Faculty Professional Association. Dr. Jackson belonged to
numerous professional, political and interest-group organizations. He was a
member of the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association,
the Ohio Library Association in which he served as chairman of the Intellectual
Freedom Committee in 1964-1965, the Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians
of which he was vice-president in 1965-1966, the National Education Association
in which he served on the Higher Education Advisory Council from 1976-1979, the
Ohio Education Association, the American Association of University Professors,
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples in which he
served as vice-president of the Kent, Ohio, chapter, the National Association of
Railroad Passengers, the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Citizens
Involvement Committee, and , except for a brief period of time when first
arriving in Kent, the Communist Party of the United States of America.
Scope and Content
On June 19 and 21, 1979 Professor Clara O, Jackson transferred the papers of
Dr. Sidney L. Jackon to the Kent State University Library Archives.
The collection encompasses the period from 1945 to 1979, although the bulk
of the materials cover his years from 1959 to 1979. The materials, in his
collection have been eigther arranged topically or by subject and then
chronologically, where possible. Aside from general correspondence, which
contains both with Kent State University and personal letters, all
correspondence relating to a certain subject has been left in the subject files.
Because of space considerations, only the titles and years of Dr. Jackson's
publications have been included, not the full bibliographical citation. Only the
years fro the book reviews have been given. All the restricted material, which
includes grade books, letters of recommendation and correspondence related to a
Faculty Senate Hearing Committee, has been placed in box ten and will remain
restricted until the year 2015. Two signatures of prominent individuals can be
found in the collection. The autograph of Martin Luther King, Jr., has been
removed and placed in the autograph file and a copy of the original was returned
to the original position. The autograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower can be found in
the certificate folder on Dr. Jackson's M.S. degree from Columbia University.
All newspaper clippings except for those that were oversized have been
photocopied. Materials pertaining to institutions are arranged first according
to whether they pertain to national, state or local activities, and then
alphabetically. In addition to curriculum materials, publications,
correspondence and committee materials, the collection also contains a paper by
Dr. Jackson titled "The Desirability of Nationalization of the Railroads,"
which won the Bennet Prize at Columbia University in 1935, plus an unfinished
history of the United States titled "America's Promise."
Dr. Jackson's papers will prove of interest to researchers in a number of
fields as his correspondence reflects his wide ranging interests. The papers
would be especially valuable to library science researchers who would find a
wealth of material on curriculum and research projects. There is also a series
of folders on public transportation, which was of particular interest to Dr.
Jackson. Finally, the papers would be of some value to those interested in the
history of the United States and of Kent State University, especially the School
of Library Science and the Kent State University Affirmative Action Committee.
To assist the research, the general organization of this collection is as
follows:
Series 1: Correspondence files
Series 2: Subject files
Series 3: Curriculum materials
Series 4: Professional and official activities
Series 5: Miscellaneous materials and items
Series 6: Cards and letters of condolence following Sidney Jackson's death
Series 7: Restricted material
Except for the unfinished history of the United States, "America's
Promise," Professor Clara O. Jackson has kindly donated literary rights and
copyright, as well as property rights, for this collection to the Kent State
University Archives.
Box 1
Folder--Contents--Date
Series 1: Correspondence files
General correspondence and memos : Apr. 1959-Nov. 1961
General correspondence and memos : Jan. 1962-Dec. 1963
General correspondence and memos : Jan.-Dec. 1964
General correspondence and memos : Feb. 1965-May 1966
General correspondence and memos : Jun. 1966-Dec. 1967
General correspondence and memos : Jan. 1968-Mar. 1969
General correspondence and memos : Apr. 1969-Dec. 1970
General correspondence and memos : Jan.-Dec. 1971
General correspondence and memos : Jan. 1972-Dec. 1973
General correspondence and memos : Jan.-Nov. 1974
General correspondence and memos : Jan. 1975-Jun. 1976
General correspondence and memos : Jul.-Dec. 1976
General correspondence and memos : Jan.-Dec. 1977
General correspondence and memos : Jan. 1978-May 1979
Correspondence relating to May 4th, 1970 : Jun. 1970-Nov. 1977
Correspondence, letters to editors of newspapers : May, 1961-Dec. 1971
Correspondence, letters to editors of newspapers : Dec. 1971-May 1979
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Mar. 1962-Nov.
1964
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Jan. 1965-Nov.
1968
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Feb. 1969-Sept.
1970
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Jan. 1971-Dec.
1972
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Jan.-Jun. 1973
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Jul.-Dec. 1973
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Jan.-Jun. 1974
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Jul. 1974-Feb.
1975
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Mar.-Dec. 1975
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Jan.-Feb. 1976
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Mar.-Dec. 1976
Correspondence relating to Sidney Jackson's publications : Jan. 1977-Jan.
1979
Correspondence and notes relating to an essay on the bibliography of
science : Feb.-Apr. 1959
Correspondence and notes relating to articles on Long Subject Files :
Jan.-Oct. 1964
Correspondence and notes relating to cataloging materials : Jan.-Apr. 1971
Correspondence relating to translations of Blum's "Pre- and Early
History of the National General Bibliography" : May-Aug. 1973
Correspondence relating to Journal of Library History : Mar.
1976-Oct. 1978
Letters by Sidney Jackson sent to professional publications : Mar.
1959-Dec. 1974
Letters by Sidney Jackson sent to professional publications : Jan.
1975-Apr. 1978
Miscellaneous material removed from correspondence files relating to
publications : n.d.
Miscellaneous notes : n.d.
Adult Education : notes and printed material : n.d.
Akron Public Library : correspondence and printed material : Jan. 1959-Feb.
1960
American Library Association : correspondence : Mar. 1964-Mar. 1979
American Library Association : printed material: n.d.
American Library Association : circulation questionnaire
Archipelago Project : correspondence, printed material, and abstract of
paper presented : Apr.-May 1978. Copy of paper unavailable.
Aspects of Librarianship : correspondence and printed material :
Apr. 1968-Oct. 1972
Barberton Public Library : printed material : 195?
Better Use of Kent State University Library : correspondence and printed
materia l: Feb.-Mar. 1971
Box 2
Folder--Contents--Date
Civic Opus, notes and printed material
Community Dynamics and the Library : notes
Conference on Libraries and the Disadvantaged : correspondence and printed
material : Jan.-Jul. 1965
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : examinations
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : examinations
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : examinations
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : examinations
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : examinations
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : examinations
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : examinations
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : examinations
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : examinations
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : examinations
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : examinations
Box 4
Folder--Contents--Date
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : transparencies
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : transcriptions of taped
lectures
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : class papers A-G
Development of Libraries and Librarianship : class papers J-Z
Historical Development of Reading Materials : syllabi and examinations
Historical Development of Reading Materials : lecture notes
Historical Development of Reading Materials : class papers
Historical Foundations of Libraries and Reading Matter in the Western
World: correspondence and syllabi : Nov. 1966-Nov. 1968
Historical Foundations : examinations
Historical Foundations : lecture notes
Historical Foundations : class papers
History of Scientific Literature : correspondence, syllabi and examinations
: Mar.-Oct. 1962
History of Scientific Literature : lecture notes
History of Scientific Literature : class papers A-D
History of Scientific Literature : class papers G-J
History of Scientific Literature : class papers M-P
History of Scientific Literature : class papers S-Z
Literature of the Social Sciences : correspondence, syllabi, and class
hand-outs : Apr. 1959-Feb. 1962
Literature of the Social Sciences : lecture notes
Literature of the Social Sciences : class papers A-G
Literature of the Social Sciences : class papers H-J
Literature of the Social Sciences : class papers K-N
Box 5
Folder--Contents--Date
Literature of the Social Sciences : class papers R-S
Literature of the Social Sciences : class papers T-Z
Public Library Service : correspondence, syllabi and examinations :
Apr.-May 1961
Public Library Service: lecture notes
Public Library Service: lecture notes
Public Library Service: class papers
Basic Reference and Bibliography : correspondence and notes : Nov.
1959-Sep. 1961
Reference and Bibliography-Orientation : correspondence, syllabi,
examinations, and notes, Jul.-Sep. 1961
Intermediate Reference and Bibliography : syllabi and examinations
Intermediate Reference and Bibliography : lecture notes
Intermediate Reference and Bibliography : lecture notes
Advanced Reference and Bibliography : correspondence, syllabi, and
examinations : Jan. -Feb. 1959
Advanced Reference and Bibliography : lecture notes
Advanced Reference and Bibliography : lecture notes
Advanced Reference and Bibliography : class papers
Research Methods : syllabi
Research Methods : examinations
Research Methods : lecture notes
Research Methods : lecture notes
Research Methods : lecture notes
Research Methods : statistics
Research Methods : class papers
Seminar: The Library and the Black Community : correspondence and syllabi,
Nov.-Dec. 1977
Honors College Class on Sources of Marxism : correspondence, Syllabi,
printed material and notes
Honors College Class on Sources of Marxism : correspondence, Syllabi,
printed material and notes
Honors College Class on Sources of Marxism: class papers
Miscellaneous curriculum material from Kent State University
Unidentifed and oversize newpaper clipplings from the subscript a
Materials from Library Science classes at Columbia Univerity
Materials from Library Science classes at Columbia Univerity
Course Material for a Columbia Univeristy class of the History of Russia.
Course Material for Columbia University for Columbia Legislation :
1936-1937
Course material for a Columbia University class on Social Legislation :
1936-1937
Paper by Sidney Jackson titled "Post-War Tarriff History" : 1936
Box 6
Folder--Contents--Date
Paper by Sidney Jackson - "Desireability on Nationalizing the
Railroads" : 1935
Paper by Sidney Jackson - "Musical Development in America During the
Gilded Age" : n.d.
Papers from Columbia University Education classes: 1935-1938
Papers from Columbia University Education classes: 1937-1938
Miscellaneous class papers: n.d.
Miscellaneous material from Columbia University, papers and notes
Article in Italian by Aristide Margo : "Literary and Pre-humanistic
Culture in the Major Encyclopedias of the 13th Century" : n.d.
Sidney Jackson's working bibliography.
Article by Sidney Jackson - "An Unknown Ben Franklin" : 1941
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Some Ancestors of teh 'Extension Course'"
: 1941
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Labor, Education, and Politics in the
1830's" : 1942
Questionnaire relating to an article by Sidney Jackson - "Date
Treatment of Broad Subject Headings in Thirty Major Libraries" : 1952
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Date Treatment of Broad Subject
Headings in Thrity Major Libraries" : 1954
Article by Sidney Jackson - "How Long Will the 'Public Cataloging' by
'Public'" : 1954
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Old Book Catalogues" : 1959
Article by Sidney Jackson and Elnora M. Portteus - "What to Buy First":
1954"
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Utilize Your Library Resources" :
1961
Article by Sidney Jackson - "The Sears and Library of Congress Lists
of Subject Headings" : 1962
Article by Sidney Jackson - "What a History of the Encyclopedia Could
Show : 1964
Article by Sidney Jackson - "The Encyclopedie Methodique: A
Jeffersonian Addendum" : 1965
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Honesty of Aim and Purpose'--DeBury"
: 1967
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Long Files Under LC Subject Headings,
and the LC Classification" : 1967
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Printed Books and the Mass Mind" :
1968
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Society's Contradictions and the
Library: Notes on some Negative Effects of Humanism" in Library History
Seminar No. 3, Proceedings, 1968, edited by Martha Jane Zachert : 1968
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Garbriel Naude--'Most Erudite and Most
Zealous for the Common Good'" : 1969
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Bodley and the Bodleian" : 1961
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Andrew Maunsell Advertises His "Own
Countrie Writers'" : 1970
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Seldom, Snug, and Gave No Scandal'; or,
the Junto and After (Part I)" : 1970
Article by Sidney Jackson - "'Seldom, Sung and Gave No Scandal' ; or
the Junto and After. (Part II)" : 1970
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Schrettinger on Class and Subject
Heading: A Note on Early Nineteenth-Century Thinking"
Article by Sidney Jackson - "John Durie: 'What use was made of it?'"
: 1970
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Chained Libraries" : 1970
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Highlights of Continental Librarianship,
1680-1789" : 1971
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Pioneer Librarianship Thinking in the
Early 19th Century" : 1971
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Materials for Teaching Library History
in the U.S.A." : 1972
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Tax Supported Library Service to the
People" : 1972
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Free Libraries" : 1973
Article by Sidney Jackson - "Some Reflections on the Meaning of
Historical Facts" : 1974
Book by Sidney Jackson - Catalog Use Study: 1958
Catalog Use Study : correspondence, report forms : 1955-1956
Book by Sidney Jackson - America's Struggle for Free Schools: Social
Tension and Education in New England and New York, 1927-42 : 1941
Book by Sidney Jackson - America's Struggle for Free Schools: Social
Tension and Education in New England and New York, 1927-42, reprint of 1942
edition : 1965
Book by Sidney Jackson -Libraries and Librarianship in the West: A
Brief History : 1974
Libraries and Librarianship in the West: A Brief History : loose
materials removed from archival copy : 1974
Libraries and Librarianship in the West: A Brief History : art work
: 1974
Libraries and Librarianship in the West: A Brief History : page
proofs, chapt. 1-3 : 1974
Libraries and Librarianship in the West: A Brief History : page
proofs, chapt. 4-6 : 1974
Libraries and Librarianship in the West: A Brief History : page
proofs, chapt. 7-8 : 1974
Libraries and Librarianship in the West: A Brief History : page
proofs, chapt. 9-10 : 1974
Century of Service: draft edited by Sidney Jackson, Eleanor
Herling, and E.J. Josey : chapt. 1, 1976
Box 7
Folder--Contents--Date
Draft : Century of Service : edited by Sidney Jackson,
Eleanor Herling, and E.J. Josey : chapt. 2-3, 1976
Draft : Century of Service: edited by Sidney Jackson, Eleanor
Herling, and E.J. Josey : chapt. 4-5, 1976
Draft : Century of Service : edited by Sidney Jackson, Eleanor
Herling, and E.J. Josey : chapt. 6-8, 1976
Draft : Century of Service : edited by Sidney Jackson, Eleanor
Herling, and E.J. Josey : chapt. 9-10, 1976
Draft : Century of Service : edited by Sidney Jackson, Eleanor
Herling, and E.J. Josey : chapt. 11-12, 1976
Draft : Century of Service : edited by Sidney Jackson, Eleanor
Herling, and E.J. Josey : chapt. 13-14, 1976
Draf t : Century of Service edited by Sidney Jackson, Eleanor
Herling, and E.J. Josey : chapt. 15-16, 1976
Draft : Century of Service edited by Sidney Jackson, Eleanor
Herling, and E.J. Josey : chapt. 17-18, 1976
Page proofs : Century of Service edited by Sidney Jackson: chapt.
1-3: 1976
Page proofs : Century of Service edited by Sidney Jackson: chapt.
4-7: 1076
Page proofs : Century of Service edited by Sidney Jackson: chapt.
8-13: 1976
Page proofs : Century of Service edited by Sidney Jackson: chapt.
14-18: 1976
Translation, partially by Sidney Jackson, of Marigo's "Literary and
Prehumanistic Culture in the Major Encyclopedias of the 13th Century" :
n.d.
Translation by Sidney Jackson of "Do You Keep the School-Child in
Mind?" by N. Medvedeva : typescript
Translation of Blum's "Pre- and Early History of the National General
Bibliography" : typescript p. 1-63 : n.d.
Translation of Blum's "Pre- and Early History of the National General
Bibliography" : typescript p. 64-124 : n.d.
Translation of Blum's "Pre- and Early History of the National General
Bibliography" : typescript p. 125-163 : n.d.
"A Soviet View of Emerson," : Sydney Jackson's translation of "Amerikanskaya
Filosofia" 1946
Book reviews : America's Struggle for Free Schools by Sidney
Jackson : 1942-1944
Book reviews : Catalog Use Study by Sidney Jackson : 1958-1960,
1976
Book reviews: Libraries and Librarianship in the West by Sidney
Jackson: 1972-1975
Book reviews : A Century of Service edited by Sidney Jackson :
1977-1978
Book reviews by Sidney Jackson : 1940's, 1962-1965
Book reviews by Sidney Jackson : 1966-1967
Book reviews by Sidney Jackson : 1968
Book reviews by Sidney Jackson : 1969
Book reviews by Sidney Jackson : 1970
Book reviews by Sidney Jackson : 1971-1978
Paper by Sidney and Clara Jackson - "From Bibliotheque to Knivhiva to
Museum" : 1964
Unpublished ppaer by Sidney Jackson - "A Brief History of Opposition
to Immigration in the United States" : 1974
Paper by the National Committee on immigration Policy - "Immigration
and Population" : n.d.
Research paper - "The Significance of Howard Pyle's Children's Books
for the Child of Today" : 1967
Research paper - "The Role of the American Library Association in the
Selection of Archibald Macleish as Librarian of Congress" : May, 1970
Miscellaneous papers and projects
"America's Promise: From the Beginning to Dred Scott," by Sidney
Jackson : unfinished history of the United States : Chapt. 1-3
"America's Promise: From the Beginning to Dred Scott," by Sidney
Jackson : unfinished history of the United States : Chapt. 1-3
"America's Promise: From the Beginning to Dred Scott," by Sidney
Jackson : unfinished history of the United States : Chapt. 4-6
"America's Promise" : relating notes
Notes and papers by Sidney Jackson when he was a research consultant for
the United States
Research paper - "Three Philosophies of Education" : Jan. 1936
Box 8
Folder--Contents--Date
Notes relating to a study on the Founding Fathers and Libraries
Notes relating to a study on the Founding Fathers and Libraries
Notes relating to a study on the Founding Fathers and Libraries
Notes relating to a study on the Founding Fathers and Libraries
Notes relating to a study on the Founding Fathers and Libraries
Notes relating to a study on the Founding Fathers and Libraries
Notes relating to a study on the Founding Fathers and Libraries
Notes relating to a study on the Founding Fathers and Libraries
Notes relating to a study on the Founding Fathers and Libraries
Article - "The Dewey Considered as a Social Document" : notes and
rough draft
Notes prepared on Ramus
Note cards of Sidney Jackson's
Note cards of Sidney Jackson's
Note cards of Sidney Jackson's
Note cards of Sidney Jackson's
Note cards of Sidney Jackson's
Note cards of Sidney Jackson's
Note cards of Sidney Jackson's
Note cards of Sidney Jackson's
Note cards of Sidney Jackson's
Computer cards on Ohio Public Libraries
Computer cards on Ohio Public Libraries
Newspaper clippings and printed material relating to Sidney Jackson's
professsional activities
Library Science Executive Committee : memos, minutes and printed material :
June 1977-April 1978
Library Science Faculty Advisory Committee : memos, minutes and printed
material : Oct. 1977-May 1979
List of Sidney Jackson's books sent to Acquisitions
Memorabilia, buttons and name tags
Obituaries
Correspondence sent to Mrs. Clara Jackson after the death of Sidney Jackson
: May - Jul. 1979
Cards and notes sent to Mrs. Clara Jackson after the death of Sidney
Jackson : A-B
Cards and notes sent to Mrs. Clara Jackson after the death of Sidney
Jackson : C
Cards and notes sent to Mrs. Clara Jackson after the death of Sidney
Jackson : D
Cards and notes sent to Mrs. Clara Jackson after the death of Sidney
Jackson : E-G
Cards and notes sent to Mrs. Clara Jackson after the death of Sidney
Jackson : H-J
Cards and notes sent to Mrs. Clara Jackson after the death of Sidney
Jackson : K
Cards and notes sent to Mrs. Clara Jackson after the death of Sidney
Jackson : L-M
Cards and notes sent to Mrs. Clara Jackson after the death of Sidney
Jackson : N-R
Cards and notes sent to Mrs. Clara Jackson after the death of Sidney
Jackson : S-V
Cards and notes sent to Mrs. Clara Jackson after the death of Sidney
Jackson : W-Z
Miscellaneous articles
21. ALA Encyclopedia : articles, correspondence : 1978-1979
22. Dritina, Jaroslav : articles, correspondence : 1974
23. Dziatzko, Karl : articles, correspondence : 1978
24. Towards a history of the encyclopedia: the retreat of secular
knowledge before the advance of Christian priorities, from Jerome to Isidor
: article typed after Jackson's death, May 8, 1979
25. Towards a history of the encyclopedia: the retreat of secular
knowledge before the advance of Christian priorities, from Jerome to Isidor
: correspondence : 1979