Stunning Antique Oak Card Catalog Cabinet that came from Brimfield Mass Library that features 78 card catalog drawers
Absolutely amazing character to this piece with beautiful wood grain
Please note some imperfections to top of molding on one side
This piece shows normal wear for it's age such as some scuffs
This was personally taken out of the Brimfield Mass library by our client
It measures 46x19x72” tall
This will be moved out of house to barn for more convenient pick up
Some fun history:
Where did the Card Catalog System Start?
Though the idea of cataloging goes back much further in history, the first organized card catalog system came about from the French Revolution. The revolutionary government, the Constituent Assembly, started confiscating books from nobles and churches. The books spared from burning for being "dangerous" were inventoried using a set of instructions known as the "French Cataloging Code of 1791."
Judith Hopkins described the steps of the code in her 1992 book, The 1791 French Cataloging Code and the Origins of the Card Catalog. She wrote that, because of paper shortages, the backs of blank playing cards were used. Those in charge of inventorying wrote the title page with the author's name underlined to use for filing. If no author was listed, a keyword in the title would be chosen to be underlined instead. Additionally, information about volumes, size, binding description, missing pages, and any illustrations was added. The playing cards were then sorted by the underlined author or word and strung together by needle and thread to keep them in order.
In the mid-1800s, an Italian publisher, Natale Battezzati, developed a card system for booksellers that had cards for authors, titles, and subjects.
By the 1840s, some variations of a card catalog system existed in American libraries; however, the Harvard catalog proposed by Harvard Librarian John Sibley in 1860 was the first catalog created specifically for public use.
In the late 1800s, Melvil Dewey (creator of the Dewey Decimal System that allowed for the systematic and consistent placing of books on library shelves) helped standardize card and cabinet sizes, making library card systems uniform.
Charles Cutter laid out the objectives of a cataloging system in his Rules for a Printed Dictionary Catalog in 1876. He listed that it should enable a person to find a book, show what the library has, and assist in the choice of a book.
Early cards were handwritten, then typewritten by individual libraries, until the Library of Congress began selling and distributing pre-printed cards to libraries in 1901. There were three separate cards for each book – author, title, and subject.
By 1925, the card catalog system with standardized cards and cabinets used by American libraries had been firmly established and remained pretty much the same until physical card catalogs began being phased out.
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Saturday, 6/29, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm SUFFIELD, CT - Local Pick Up -and- Third Party Shipping Available. Please read all and ask any questions before bidding!
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