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[EDITORIAL INSERTION: I have taken the liberty of adding to Paul's message  
the text of the message Laura Linard sent me in response to my request for  
info about the Kress Library for my mss. collections and archival  
resources in the history of economic database and web site (still under  
construction). I think there is a new willingness to make the Kress  
accessible, which is wonderful. -- RBE] 
 
from the Kress [Seminar] Newsletter, Halloween '96 
----Paul Wendt 
 
New Librarian oversees Kress Collection 
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Laura Linard is the new librarian overseeing the Kress Collection.  She 
and I have agreed to meet sometime soon; then I will report back. 
 
    Laura Linard  
    Director of Historical Collections  
    Baker Library, Harvard Business School  
    Boston, MA  02163  
  
    e-mail:         [log in to unmask]  
    phone:          617.495.6360  
    fax:            617.496.3811  
 
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Excerpts from an E-mail  -- Laura Linard to Ross Emmett: 
 
The Kress Collection is a vital collection for the Historical Collections 
Department; there continues to be new acquisitions and cataloging onto OCLC 
and HOLLIS. There is a strong commitment to the collection on the part of 
the Executive Director of Baker Library, Tom Michalak. The Kress Collection 
is open for use with materials paged to the Historical Collections Reading 
Room where Reference staff is available. 
 
The URL for Baker Library, Harvard Business School is 
http://library.hbs.edu. To get to Historical Collections, you need to go to 
'General Information", to "Collections" then to "Historical Collections". 
To get to the section on the Kress Collection directly the url is 
http://library.hbs.edu.kress.htm. The site does include the address for 
electronic reference assistance: [log in to unmask] There is also an 
electronic reference form. . . .  
 
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Name of the collection: The Kress Collection of Business and Economics 
Nature of the collection: Rare books, pamphlets, broadsides, manuscripts, 
and pictorial images that represent the foundations of economic philosophy 
and business history 
 
Archive:Historical Collections Department, Baker Library, Harvard Business 
School Mailing address: Harvard Business School, Baker Library, Soldiers 
Field, Boston, MA  02163 
 
Catalogue available?: Yes.  The Kress Library of Business and Economics 
Catalogue (4 volume set, supplement. V 1 & 2 out of print). 
 
Catalogue searchable on-line?:  Yes.  Many Kress holdings are listed in the 
Harvard on-line Catalog-HOLLIS. 
 
Archivist:Laura Linard, Director of Historical Collections. 
 
email address:[log in to unmask] 
 
Archive hrs.: Monday - Friday,  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM.  The Historical 
Collections Department is closed on University holidays. Out-of-town 
visitors may wish to confirm operating hours in advance of a visit. 
 
Accessibility: Photocopies can be made only from the Goldsmith-Kress 
microfilm.  
 
Notes:  Personal computers are allowed but scanners are forbidden.  A  2-3 
day notice of your plans and of the materials you wish to use would be 
appreciated.   
 
Relevant Others:  The microfilm set, Goldsmith's-Kress Library of Economic 
Literature, published in 1972 by Research Publications, includes some 
40,000 pre-1851 titles from the Goldsmith's Library of  Economic Literature 
at the University of London Library together with a substantial number of 
titles from the Kress Library of Business and Economic Literature at 
Harvard University. The microfilm series is held by many research libraries 
in the U.S. and abroad. 
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