The Center for Research Libraries will purchase eight valuable microform and reprint collections through this year’s Purchase Proposal Program, with a list price value of $125,886. These sets will soon be available through interlibrary loan from CRL.

Many major microform and reprint sets and collections can be too costly for individual institutions, and are not readily available through interlibrary loan. Through the CRL Purchase Proposal Program, libraries nominate microform and hard copy collections for CRL purchase. Participation in this cooperative purchase program is one of the benefits of a CRL membership.

CRL members nominated and voted for the following sets in the 2014 program:

• Der Artist (1898–1902; 1904–71)
  130 reels; $20,250. Bludeau Partners International
  Der Artist was a trade magazine for popular entertainers, singers, circus acts, early film exhibitors, musical acts, comedians, etc. Published in Dussledorf, beginning in 1883, it continued publication until 1995. 

• Church Missionary Society Archive: Section I: East Asia Missions. Part 22.
  14 reels; $2,800. Adam Matthew
  This collection consists of the Society’s records and correspondence relating to missions and social conditions in East Asia. It provides descriptions of medical works, education, social welfare, and the spread of Christianity in the regions.

• Church Missionary Society Archive: Section IX: Middle East Missions. Part 1.
  14 reels; $2,800. Adam Matthew
  This collection consists of the Society’s records and correspondence relating to missions and social conditions in the Middle East. It provides descriptions of medical works, education, social welfare, and the spread of Christianity in the regions.

• Church Missionary Society Archive: Section VI: Mission to India. Parts 5–9.
  110 Reels; $22,000. Adam Matthew
  This collection consists of the Society’s records and correspondence relating to missions and social conditions in India. It provides descriptions of medical works, education, social welfare, and the spread of Christianity in the regions.

• 中國近代各地小報匯刊 第貳輯 (The Compilation of Tabloids in Modern China. Series II)
  110 volumes; $16,277 depending on exchange rate. CIBTC
  This set provides a collection of tabloids that were published in Modern China. These newspapers provide ample raw materials for the studies of politics, economy, urban development, art history, film and theater, and even literature for the time period. This complements CRL holdings of Series 1.

• Daheim: ein deutsches Familienblatt mit illustratione (1865–1943)
  1,323 microfiche; $7,700. Bludeau Partners International
  Daheim: ein deutsches Familienblatt mit illustratione started in 1865 and provided coverage until 1944. This journal targeted German middle-class families during the time period and was modeled after the Gartenlaube.
• Records of the U.S. Indian Claims Commission
  6,121 fiche; $33,559. ProQuest
  In 1946, Congress created the Indian Claims Commission to hear and decide claims over lands ceded by Indians. This set provide decisions, journals, testimonies, docket books, briefs, legislative history, general accounting office reports and claims, and general service administration reports.

• Records of the U.S. Nuremberg War Crimes Trials: NI Series 1933-1948 (T301)
  164 reels; $20,500. NARA
  These are records from the Nuremberg trials specifically related to German Industrialists. CRL has one of the original copies from the trials, but this material does not circulate. CRL has purchased microform to circulate when specific material has been requested. While CRL now holds microfilm of many other subsets from the Nuremberg trials, it does not have any from the Nazi Industrialists (NI) series.
• Total List Price: $125,886 USD

For more information, please visit the Purchase Proposal Program page or contact Mary Wilke, Member Liaison and Outreach Services Director at: mwilke@crl.edu