Records Relating to the Establishment and Early Years of the Special Collections Department in the University of Arizona Library
![Photograph of Dr. Rudolph H. Gjelsness Receiving Medal of Merit, 1960](/sites/default/files/styles/az_large/public/AZ%20511_Folder%204_1960_Dr%20Rudolph%20H%20Gjelsness%20-%20left%20-%20chairman%20of%20the%20department%20of%20library%20science%20university%20of%20michigan%20receives%20ua%20medallion%20of%20merit.jpg.webp?itok=ZYJPXaBD)
Photograph of Dr. Rudolph H. Gjelsness Receiving Medal of Merit, 1960. The caption on the photograph reads "Dr. Rudolph H. Gjelsness, left, Chairman of the Department of Library Science, University of Michigan receives UA medallion of merit".
Collection area: University of Arizona
Collection dates: 1958-1969
Correspondence, annual reports, guest book, original manual of procedures, record of formal opening, reports of first field historians, and miscellaneous related material.
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