Guide to the Alice Sizer Warner papers, 1937-1999

Descriptive Summary

Creator Warner, Alice Sizer
Title Alice Sizer Warner papers
Dates 1937-1999
Identification MS 172
Quantity 5.0 linear feet (7 manuscript containers and 1 oversized container)
Collection Abstract The Alice Sizer Warner Papers consist of personal and professional materials including a childhood diary, accounts of family activities, articles on library science written by Warner, and biographical information, arranged chronologically. Also included are a diary from her trip to France in the summer of 1947, a transcription of the diary, and a scrapbook she kept on the trip. There is also course materials, including detailed photographs of an early computer.
Historical Abstract Alice Sizer Warner taught classes in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College.
Language Material in English.
Location Collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Archives staff for more information.

Information for Users

Access Restrictions

Collection is open; some restrictions apply.

Copyright Notice

Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question, unless otherwise designated.

Publishing permission

Please contact the College Archivist with requests to publish any material from the collection.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item: description and date], Alice Sizer Warner papers, MS 172, Simmons College Archives, Boston, MA, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Gift of Alice Sizer Warner, 1998, 2000.

Accession number: 1998.063; 2000.013; 2000.021

Processing Information

Processed by Simmons College Archives staff

This collection guide was encoded as part of the LEADS project by Kerri Fleming, October 2013


Biographical Note

Alice Sizer Warner taught classes in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College.


Collection Overview

The Alice Sizer Warner Papers consist of personal and professional materials including a childhood diary, accounts of family activities, articles on library science written by Warner, and biographical information, arranged chronologically. Also included are a diary from her trip to France in the summer of 1947, a transcription of the diary, and a scrapbook she kept on the trip. There is also course materials, including detailed photographs of an early computer.


Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Diaries
France -- Description and travel
Library education -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Library schools -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Library science -- History
Scrapbooks
Simmons College (Boston, Mass.). Graduate School of Library and Information Science -- Faculty.
Simmons College (Boston, Mass.). Graduate School of Library and Information Science -- History.
Warner, Alice Sizer