Arthur T. Kittle Papers

Dr. Kittle's papers contain information from almost twenty different committees he served on from 1971 until 1976, such as the Executive Committee, Academic Committee, and General Faculty Committee. The papers also contain reports from work done with Monographic Cataloging and reports concerning tenure, personnel policies, and promotions for librarians.

Committee materials include memoranda, meeting minutes, and agendas. Specific information on Kittle's contributions to the committees is not apparent; the papers primarily were sent from the chair of the pertinent committee to all committee members. The executive committee materials document a controversy that occurred in 1975, when the cost of living in Atlanta had risen 40% in a six year period, but faculty and staff salaries had increased only an average of 20% during the same period. Documenting materials include letters to the Board of Regents; additional materials documenting this issue may be found with the general faculty committee materials.

A significant portion of the papers document Dr. Kittle's work in researching and implementing tenure for librarians. The Branson Committee report compiles research done at Duke University on status, benefits and salary scales of librarians; this study concentrated on members of the Association of Research Libraries, although other libraries are included. The cataloging manuals are both handwritten guides for cataloging books at Georgia Tech, with the author and date of these manuals not provided.

Lacking in these papers is any indication of Dr. Kittle's opinions on the issues the committees addressed, aside from his obvious lobbying for improved salary scales for librarians.