Indiana University Libraries Assistant
Director’s records, 1960-1986, bulk
1968-1979
Select files are closed to researchers. Advance notice required for access.
The library has long been an important institution at Indiana University with
Theophilus A. Wylie serving as the first librarian of the university. Originally
located in Wylie Hall, then Maxwell and Franklin Hall before the Main Library was
opened in 1969 to meet the growing needs of students, staff, and faculty at the
Bloomington campus. The library was originally built to house 2,600,000 volumes. In
2005, the library was renamed the Herman B Wells Library to honor the long-time
support and dedication of IU president and chancellor Herman B Wells to the
library.
Wilmer Henry Martin Baatz was born on October 23, 1915 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In
1940, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, and in 1941 he earned his Master of
Arts degree in English, both from Indiana University. During World War II, Baatz
served in the U.S. Army Air Corps for three and half years. After the war, he
attended the University of Chicago where be obtained his Library Science degree in
1946.
After graduate school, Baatz took a job as an Assistant Librarian at Beloit College
in 1947. From 1949-1950 he worked as the Assistant Director of Libraries for the
University of Rochester. He subsequently worked as the Chief of Technical Services
at the Milwaukee Public Library from 1950-1955, as Supervisory Librarian for the
Veterans Administration in Washington, D.C. from 1955-1960, and as the Chief
Librarian of the Federal Aviation Agency from 1960-1965.
Baatz joined the Indiana University Library in 1965 as an Assistant Director and
worked for the IU libraries for twenty years. During that time, he was responsible
for recommending the cooperative library projects between the IU campuses that
allowed faculty to use all state university library materials. He was also behind
the idea to copy Bloomington library resources on film so that faculty and students
at all campuses would have access to the same information. Baatz was knowledgeable
about grant funds for libraries, and successfully helped to bring more than a half a
million dollars in grant funding to Indiana University. Additionally, he worked to
improve library resources for the Black Culture Center and the African-American
Studies curriculum.
During the course of his career, he published more than thirty-four articles and
books. He served as an officer or chairman of several professional organizations,
such as the Indiana Library Association and the Special Libraries Association.
Baatz retired from librarianship in the spring of 1986, but continued to volunteer
his time to the university by working part-time at the Black Culture Center. Wilmer
Baatz passed away on February 21, 1991.
The collection is organized into one series, Administrative files.
The collection is organized into a single series of Administrative files (1960-1986),
which consists of records dating from Wilmer Baatz's tenure as Assistant Director of
the IU Libraries. It contains information concerning library department committee
meetings, correspondence with colleagues, information on various academic
departments, and general files related to the management of the library system.
Five files were pulled from the Administrative Files series and placed in Restricted.
Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications
may be accessed in the
Archives of Institutional Memory
Related photographs may be available in the University Archives Photographs Database:
Archive-It
Series:
Box 1
Administrative files,1960-1986
undated
Afro-American Rare Books, 1971-1984
Afro-American Studies, 1967-1986
Annual Report,
1978-1979
1979-1981
1980-1981
Archives of Traditional Music, 1978-1979
Association of Research Libraries (ARL), 1977-1978
Automation, 1979
Baatz, William, Search Committees, 1971
Restricted
Ball State University Library, 1977
Biology Library,
1965-1976
1976-1977
1977-1979
1980-1981
Bloomington Faculty Council, 1979
Bob Knight Library Fund, 1975-1981
Branch Hourly, 1978-1979
Branches, New, 1974
Budget Comparisons, 1977-1979
Budget Conference, 1979-1980
Budget Revisions, 1978-1979
Business Library, 1965-1971
Business Library, 1966-1979
Byrd, Cecil K. - Surveys, 1979
Carrels, 1967
Chemistry, 1966-1977
Box 2
Chemistry, 1978-1979
College and Research Libraries Report, 1978-1979
Combined Head of Department Meetings, 1973-1974
Cooperation, 1972
Correspondence, Baatz, 1965-1981
Cost Studies, 1962-1980
Council of Branch Librarians, 1979-1982
Counterpart Groups, 1974-1976
Daily Student, 1965-1968
Dean Candidates, undated
Restricted
De Capo Press, 1973
Dental Library, 1966-1971
Department Heads Meeting, 1973-1976
Discriminatory Practices, 1968
Education - Faculty Library Handbook, undated
Energy Emergency, 1978
ERIC/CRIER (Educational Resource Information Center, 1968-1972
ERIC Program, Office of Education, 1966-1972
Fine Arts Library,
1964-1972
1966-1972
Fire,
February 17, 1969
January 5, 1976
Geography, 1968-1979
Geology, 1979-1980
Geology Library, 1966-1979
Graham, Peter, 1978-1979
Restricted
Gifts, 1971-1982
Graduate Library School - Integration with Main Library,
1975
Handicapped, 1976-1977
Higher Education General Informational Survey (HEGIS) Report,
1977
Box 3
Indiana Commission for Higher Commission (ICHE), 1972
Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System (IHETS),
1970-1977
Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA),
1978-1981
IU East Report, 1982
Indiana State Library, 1967-1976
Indiana Library Association, 1974-1980
Indiana University Library Association (InULA), 1973-1981
Indiana University Library School, 1963-1979
Indiana University News Notes, 1972
Indiana University Publications, 1966-1978
Indiana University School of Medicine Library, 1968-1978
Indiana University Tustees Notes, 1981
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (I.U.P.U.I.),
General, 1969-1981
Library Coordinating Committee, 1979-1981
Instruction and Orientation, 1971
Instructional Media Services Committee, 1980-1981
Jackson Retirement, 1979
Journalism, 1974-1979
Knox College Newsletter, 1973
Labeling, Title Page, Margins, 1975
Library Advisory Committee (LAC), 1973
Latin American Studies, 1976-1978
Law Library,
Indianapolis, 1967-1976
Bloomington, 1971-1977
Library Faculty, 1973-1980
I.U. Library Faculty Newsletter, 1973
Library Materials Budget, 1978-1979
Library of Congress, 1978-1979
Library Technician Program, undated
Lilly Library, 1980
Loan Prices Task, 1981
Long Range Plans, undated
Management Review and Analysis Program,
1974-1975
1974-1976
August 1, 1974- January 9,
1976
Medical Sciences Library, 1965-1979
Miller,Dr. Robert A., 1967-1968
Box 4
Music Library,
1966-1973
1977-1979
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS),
1970-1973
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), 1977
National Library of Medicine, 1979
New Library Building, 1965-1970
New Library Building II, 1975-1976
2 photos removed
New York University Library, 1973
Non-Book Subcommittee, 1977-1978
Non-Library Systems Libraries, 1979
North Central Association (NCA) Decennial Evaluation, 1976
OCLC, 1975-1981
Off-Print Survey, 1978
Ohio Valley Group of Technical Service Librarians, 1973
Optometry Library, 1966-1979
Overstreet, Bonaro, 1985
Parking Money, 1978
Personnel, 1976-1977
Restricted
Personnel II, 1977-1978
Restricted
Philiippine-Barangay Club of Indiana, 1979
Planning, 1978-1979
Planter for Lobby, 1978
President's Council on the Humanities, 1973
Priorities for IUB Libraries (correspondence), 1966-1977
Professional Criteria, 1972-1973
Proposal for a Center for fine Arts Resources at Indiana
University, 1974
Public Services, 1977-1980
Purdue University Libraries (correspondence), 1966-1977
Questionnaires, 1965-1974
Reprints, 1969-1977
Research Coordination and Development Liaison Group, 1975
Science Information Exchange, 1967-1969
Security, 1977
Box 5
Sex Institute, 1972-1979
Special Libraries Association (SLA), 1965-1973
Social Services Library, 1967
School of Public and Environmental Affairs (S.P.E.A.), 1974-1977
Staff Meetings, 1969-1973
State University Director's Meeting,
General, October
1971
1973-1974
1975-1979
Annual Meeting, 1968-1971
Student Affairs, 1967
Student Employment, 1979
Student Government, 1967
Support Staff, 1973-1979
Surplus Materials Center, 1979-1980
Swain Hall Library, 1965-1977
Technical Services, 1978-1981
Theses, 1964-1977
Three-millionth Volume , 1977
Title IIC, 1978-1979
Undergraduate Library,
1960
1971-1976
Undergraduate Library Brand Diary, 1961
Undergraduate Library Study, 1978
University Library Committee, 1968-1981
Use Studies, 1979
Vocational Education, 1977-1978
Women, 1981
Xerox, 1967-1976
Box 6
Restriced Files, undated
Restricted