Claire K. Schultz Papers, 1950-1980. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: Claire K. Schultz papers
Dates: 1950-1980.
Creator: Schultz, Claire K.
Extent: 64 boxes and 15 card catalog drawers (67 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 86
Abstract:

Collection contains the papers and correspondence of Claire K. Schultz, including materials documenting her pioneering work in automated information retrieval, the transition of information retrieval systems from punched cards to computers, and indexing practices for medical and scientific literature.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Claire K. Schultz in 1992.

Access Restrictions:

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright:

CBI holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred Citation:

Claire K. Schultz Papers (CBI 86), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection are arranged into the following groups:

• Reference Collection Documents
• Correspondence
• Indexes

Materials in the Reference Collection Documents group are arranged by the document numbers that Schultz supplied while indexing them. Missing and oversized documents are noted parenthetically in the container list that follows at the appropriate place in the numerical sequence.

Biographical Note

Claire K. Schultz was a leading figure in the development of automated information retrieval systems in the mid-to-late twentieth century. She became acquainted with automated information retrieval as librarian for Merck, Sharp and Dome between 1949 and 1957. Later she worked on natural language applications under John W. Mauchly at Sperry Rand's UNIVAC Division. She was involved with the automation of the Armed Services Technical Information Agency (ASTIA) and the development of the National Library of Medicine's MEDLARS/MEDLINE system in the early 1960s.

In addition, Schultz developed the information science curriculum at Drexel Institute of Technology and the Medical College of Pennsylvania, served as president of the American Documentation Institute (now the American Society for Information Science), and has written widely on information science topics including her Thesaurus of Information Science Terminology. Schultz retired in 1980 from her positions as professor of information science and director of libraries at the Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection documents Claire Schultz's pioneering work in automated information retrieval, the transition of information retrieval systems from punched cards to computers, and indexing practices for medical and scientific literature. The bulk of Schultz's papers served as a reference collection for her professional use and as a resource for her students. These materials include research and progress reports, journal articles, professional presentations, and product literature, including information on Schultz's role in the automation of the Armed Services Technical Information Agency (ASTIA) and the development of the National Library of Medicine's MEDLARS/MEDLINE system in the early 1960s.

Schultz's professional and personal correspondence and the Zatacoded subject and author indexes for the reference collection and the correspondence round out the collection.

Subject Terms

Index Terms

• This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
• Schultz, Claire K.
• Defense Documentation Center (U.S.)
• Information retrieval.
• Information storage and retrieval systems.
• Indexing.
• MEDLARS.
• MEDLINE.
• Information science--Study and teaching (Higher)--Pennsylvania.

Box and Folder List

Location		Title
		Reference Collection Documents, undated
		Reference Collection Indexed Documents
Box 1		1-70 (41 missing).  Box 1
Box 2		71-160 (73 and 131 missing).  Box 2
Box 3		161-276 (212 missing).  Box 3
Box 4		277-383.  Box 4
Box 5		384-550 (406, 418, 497 and 549 missing).  Box 5
Box 6		551-678 (600, 606, 614-15, 623 and 664 missing).  Box 6
Box 7		679-750 (729 and 748 missing).  Box 7
Box 8		751-799 (760 and 774 missing; 797-98 oversized).  Box 8
Box 9		799b-808 (804 missing).  Box 9
Box 10		808-884.  Box 10
Box 11		885-930 (926-28 and 930 missing).  Box 11
Box 12		931-972 (932-41, 952 and 969 missing).  Box 12
Box 13		973-1050 (999, 1027, 1033 and 1038 missing).  Box 13
Box 14		1051-1125 (1103-06 and 1124 missing; 1117-19 oversized).  Box 14
Box 15		1126-1225 (1161-62 and 1164-69 missing; 1202-03 oversized).  Box 15
Box 16		1226-1276.  Box 16
Box 17		1277-1298 (1286 missing).  Box 17
Box 18		1299-1383 (1340 and 1373 missing).  Box 18
Box 19		1384-1462 (1441 and 1444 missing).  Box 19
Box 20		1462-1566 (1545 and 1563 missing).  Box 20
Box 21		1567-1638 (1614 and 1634 missing).  Box 21
Box 22		1639-1712 (1650, 1660-62, 1664-70, 1672, 1677-78 and 1703 missing).  Box 22
Box 23		1713-1814 (1813 missing).  Box 23
Box 24		1815-1899 (1824, 1854, 1856, 1859-60 and 1873 missing).  Box 24
Box 25		1900-1949.  Box 25
Box 26		1950-2076 (1951 missing).  Box 26
Box 27		2077-2187.  Box 27
Box 28		2188-2231.  Box 28
Box 29		2232-2299 (2281 and 2296-98 missing).  Box 29
Box 30		2300-2374 (2305 missing; 2315 oversized).  Box 30
Box 31		2375-2464.  Box 31
Box 32		2465-2524.  Box 32
Box 33		2525-2590 (2589 oversized).  Box 33
Box 34		2591-2656 (2604-05 oversized).  Box 34
Box 35		2657-2718 (2710 missing).  Box 35
Box 36		2719-2777.  Box 36
Box 37		2778-2833.  Box 37
Box 38		2834-2912.  Box 38
Box 39		2913-2969.  Box 39
Box 40		2970-3028.  Box 40
Box 41		3029-3085 (3083 oversized).  Box 41
Box 42		3086-3140.  Box 42
Box 43		3141-3199.  Box 43
Box 44		3200-3247 (3240 oversized).  Box 44
Box 45		3248-3321 (3298 missing).  Box 45
Box 46		3322-3361.  Box 46
Box 47		3361-3421 (3420 missing).  Box 47
Box 48		3422-3540 (3466 missing; 3519 oversized).  Box 48
Box 49		3541-3671 (3617, 3656 and 3663 missing; 3547-51, 3660-62 and 3664 oversized).  Box 49
Box 50		3672-3778 (3720 missing).  Box 50
Box 51		3779-3910 (3779 missing; 3808 oversized).  Box 51
Box 52		3911-4257 (3987 and 4201 missing; 4249-50 oversized).  Box 52
Box 53		4258-4345.  Box 53
Box 54		4346-4420.  Box 54
		Reference Collection Oversized Documents
Box 60		798.  Box 60
Box 61		1117-19, 1634, 1904, 1908, 2604-05, 3083, 3240, 3519, 3547-51, 3660-64, 3808, 4201, 4249-50, and one unindexed document.  Box 61
Box 62		797, 2315, 2589.  Box 62
Box 54-55		Reference Collection Unindexed Documents  Box 54-55
		Correspondence, 1950-1980
Box 55		1950-1957. Box 55
Box 56		1958-1963. Box 56
Box 57		1963-1966 (Jan.-May). Box 57
Box 58		1966 (Jan.-May)-1969 (Jan.-June). Box 58
Box 59		1969 (Jan.-June)-1975. Box 59
Box 60		1976-1980. Box 60
		Indexes
		Reference Collection Document Author Index
		Abbott-Budington.
		Bulletin-Fussler.
		G-I.
		J-M.
		N-R.
		S-T.
		U-Z.
		Correspondence Author Index
		AAAS-Chemstrand Research Center.
		Cheshier-Drexel Institute of Technology. School of Library Science.
		Drexel Institute of Technology. School of Library Science-I.A.M.C.
		I.A.M.C.-Livingston.
		Lobron-Procter and Gamble Co.
		Professional Activity Study-Schultz, C.K.
		Schultz, C.K.-Sharp & Dohme.
		Shaw-Z.
Box 63-68		Reference Collection Document and Correspondence Subject Index on Zatocards  Box 63-68