5×7 inches: Biography of a Source, Source for Prosopography. The Permanent Recorder Cards of Rockefeller-Endowed Organizations 1914-1970. Episode 2.
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1 juin 2024
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Pierre-Yves Saunier, « 5×7 inches: Biography of a Source, Source for Prosopography. The Permanent Recorder Cards of Rockefeller-Endowed Organizations 1914-1970. Episode 2. », Rockefeller fellows, ID : 10.58079/11rrv
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Episode 2: Buff, blue and pink: What's in a card ? The permanent recorder cards in the four main sets created byRockefeller-endowed organizations all share two characteristics. First,they were produced on cardstock paper measuring five by seven inches.This provided more room for typing than the three-by-five cardstypically used in library card catalogues. Second, virtually all the cards were created (and then stored) in New York City, using the same typewriters. (( Some cards produced by the...