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Departmental Card Catalog Before the advent of electronic catalogs, descriptions of collections at both the summary and item level were made available through the departmental card catalog in Manuscripts and Archives. For a small percentage of these collections, each item in the collection is individually described in the departmental catalog. For collections that are arranged chronologically, the departmental catalog is essential for finding all materials associated with an individual. In order to request these materials, a researcher must use the catalog along with the finding aid to determine which boxes contain appropriate items. Box numbers are found in the manuscript collection finding aid. Since 1994, all new collection descriptions have been only entered in Orbis, but the departmental card catalog remains an essential tool. The catalog is now available on microfiche in the Cowles Reference Center. |
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Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library |
