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For a brief biography and obituary see: <nowiki>http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200631.htm</nowiki> and <nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Kilgour</nowiki> | For a brief biography and obituary see: <nowiki>http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200631.htm</nowiki> and <nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Kilgour</nowiki> | ||
For more biographical details on him see: Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour, compiled by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson and edited by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984; 2 vols. | For more biographical details on him see: ''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', compiled by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson and edited by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984; 2 vols. | ||
== Relevant Employment == | |||
* OSS | |||
* OCLC | |||
== Contributions == | |||
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== Awards == | == Awards == | ||
1979 Award of Merit (ASIS) for "transforming a state association of libraries into a national interlibrary loan bibliographic utility...This achievement may be the single greatest contribution to national networking in the United States. His work will have a lasting impact on the field of information science" (Lilley-Trice). | 1979 Award of Merit (ASIS) for "transforming a state association of libraries into a national interlibrary loan bibliographic utility...This achievement may be the single greatest contribution to national networking in the United States. His work will have a lasting impact on the field of information science" (Lilley-Trice). | ||
== Offices == | |||
== Papers == | == Papers == | ||
Location #1 | '''Location #1''' Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520; search under: Yale University Library Systems Office records, YRG 32-I, 1965-1974. | ||
* '''Papers dates:''' 1873-1956 (inclusive) | |||
* '''Size:''' Total collection: 15 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 folio) | |||
* '''Includes:''' The papers of Richard Kiry. Frederick Kilgour is listed as an important correspondent. | |||
* '''Finding aid:''' Unpublished finding aid in the repository. | |||
* '''Source:''' RLIN | |||
'''Location #2''' Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520; search under: Kiry, Richard Shelton, 1874-. | |||
* '''Papers dates:''' 1965-1974 (inclusive) | |||
* '''Size:''' 27 linear feet | |||
* '''Includes:''' The records include the office files of Frederick G. Kilgour and Ben-Ami Lipetz. The collection is restricted until 1994. It forms part of Yale Record Group 32 (YRG 32), Yale University Library Records. | |||
* '''Finding aid:''' Unpublished preliminary inventory available in the repository. | |||
* '''Source:''' RLIN | |||
'''Location #3''' OCLC Archives | |||
* '''Papers dates:''' 1967-ca. 1990 | |||
* '''Size:''' | |||
* '''Includes:''' Correspondence, memos, reports, published articles, etc. while director of OCLC. | |||
* '''Finding aid:''' See complete description of various files in Worldcat. Finding aids available via OCLC archives. | |||
* '''Source:''' Worldcat database searching name. | |||
'''Location #4''' Medical Library Association and Regional Medical Libraries. | |||
* '''Papers dates:''' | |||
* '''Size:''' | |||
* '''Includes:''' Oral history interview with Kilgour, conducted 11 May 1985 by R. M. Watterson as part of MLA Oral History Program; see abstract and index at: <nowiki>http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html</nowiki> . | |||
* '''Finding aid:''' | |||
* '''Source:''' MLA Archives | |||
Revision as of 18:46, 14 August 2023

Life
1914-2006
For a brief biography and obituary see: http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200631.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Kilgour
For more biographical details on him see: Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour, compiled by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson and edited by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984; 2 vols.
Relevant Employment
- OSS
- OCLC
Contributions

Awards
1979 Award of Merit (ASIS) for "transforming a state association of libraries into a national interlibrary loan bibliographic utility...This achievement may be the single greatest contribution to national networking in the United States. His work will have a lasting impact on the field of information science" (Lilley-Trice).
Offices
Papers
Location #1 Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520; search under: Yale University Library Systems Office records, YRG 32-I, 1965-1974.
- Papers dates: 1873-1956 (inclusive)
- Size: Total collection: 15 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 folio)
- Includes: The papers of Richard Kiry. Frederick Kilgour is listed as an important correspondent.
- Finding aid: Unpublished finding aid in the repository.
- Source: RLIN
Location #2 Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520; search under: Kiry, Richard Shelton, 1874-.
- Papers dates: 1965-1974 (inclusive)
- Size: 27 linear feet
- Includes: The records include the office files of Frederick G. Kilgour and Ben-Ami Lipetz. The collection is restricted until 1994. It forms part of Yale Record Group 32 (YRG 32), Yale University Library Records.
- Finding aid: Unpublished preliminary inventory available in the repository.
- Source: RLIN
Location #3 OCLC Archives
- Papers dates: 1967-ca. 1990
- Size:
- Includes: Correspondence, memos, reports, published articles, etc. while director of OCLC.
- Finding aid: See complete description of various files in Worldcat. Finding aids available via OCLC archives.
- Source: Worldcat database searching name.
Location #4 Medical Library Association and Regional Medical Libraries.
- Papers dates:
- Size:
- Includes: Oral history interview with Kilgour, conducted 11 May 1985 by R. M. Watterson as part of MLA Oral History Program; see abstract and index at: http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html .
- Finding aid:
- Source: MLA Archives