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Age of the Collection Reports, January 2, 2001: JOHN HAY LIBRARY

This report is a count of bibliographic records ("titles"), and not of volumes. The call number in the bibliographic record or first attached item is used. All of these reports were generated as of January 1, 2001 (give or take two days).

Subj
Cat
Description TOTAL 2000-09 1990-99 1980-89 1970-79 1960-69
-1 No Call # 11,286 6 391 623 653 869
0 Not in table 11,483 14 289 174 224 361
1 1- Brown University 425 1 12 3 6 7
2 2- Rhode Island 1,190 - 2 - 1 4
3 3- Providence 170 - - - - 1
4 4- Textbooks 71 - - - - -
5 Other Numeric 99,706 353 8,467 8,406 12,541 8,651
6 A General 1,333 1 8 17 5 16
7 B-BE,BG-BK Philosophy 3,383 4 563 293 153 150
8 BF Psychology 885 - 22 14 19 21
9 BL,BZ Religion 198 - 6 7 6 5
10 BM Judaism 91 - 1 1 17 2
11 BN-BP Islam 5,426 - 3 7 1 2
12 BQ Buddhism 10 - 1 1 - -
13 BR Christianity 1,783 - 18 19 25 28
14 BS Bible 402 - 7 14 11 9
15 C-CB History 73 - 3 1 1 1
16 CC Archaeology 32 - - - - -
17 CD-CS Historical Aids 15,977 51 901 693 1,289 1,219
18 D-DA History, Great Britain 2,557 5 166 103 74 79
19 DB,DD History, Central Europe 165 - 5 2 3 6
20 DC History, France 681 1 52 13 6 20
21 DE-DG399 History, Greece & Rome 199 - 6 2 4 3
22 DG400+ History, Italy 234 - 4 1 4 2
23 DH-DJ History, Low Countries 66 - 1 2 - -
24 DK History, E.Eur. & Russia 115 - 11 2 2 2
25 DL History, Scandinavia 25 - 1 - - -
26 DM-DP History, Spain 135 - 1 6 3 1
27 DQ History, Switzerland 14 - - - - -
28 DR History, Balkans 79 - 3 2 1 1
29 DS1-329 History, Near East 218 - 11 5 7 4
30 DS330-449 History, South Asia 95 - 7 - 4 1
31 DS500-9999 History, East Asia 255 4 13 16 7 7
32 DT1-38,94+ History, Africa 162 1 13 8 4 5
33 DT39-93 History, Ancient Egypt 239 - 1 1 2 1
34 DU-DZ History, Oceanea,Gypsies 123 - 1 4 3 4
35 E-F1000 History, U.S. 10,893 38 482 260 467 899
36 F1001-1200 History, Canada 110 - 4 5 3 2
37 F1201-9999 History, Latin America 3,504 29 881 375 673 401
38 FA-GB Geography 18,346 2 81 76 85 195
39 GC Oceanography 17 - - 2 - -
40 GD-GM Ecology 162 - 1 2 - -
41 GN-GT Anthropology 380 - 19 38 13 6
42 GU-GZ Recreation & Dance 3,820 - 163 120 221 181
43 H-HL Economics 22,732 51 1,098 941 1,309 855
44 HM,HR-HZ Sociology 937 - 53 48 18 30
45 HN-HP Social History 39 - 2 3 3 4
46 HQ Family,Gender,Sexuality 435 - 141 99 59 25
47 J-JZ Politics 1,569 1 17 14 19 29
48 K-KZ Law 537 - 13 24 13 7
49 L-LZ Education 3,282 - 41 61 51 55
50 M Music (scores) 6,037 3 70 56 33 23
51 ML Music 4,856 1 55 24 14 18
52 MT Music Technique 11,007 29 2,038 1,264 438 485
53 N,NB-NE,NL+Art 14,056 6 135 297 1,057 1,169
54 NA Architecture 351 - 9 9 5 13
55 NF-NK Decorative Arts 184 - 14 23 15 16
56 P,PB Language & Linguistics 30,830 61 1,817 1,896 1,847 2,010
57 PA Classics 1,420 - 6 4 13 10
58 PC1-999 Romance Lang & Lit 6 - - - - -
59 PC,PQ4000+ Italian Lang & Lit 526 1 5 9 7 57
60 PC,PQ2000+ French Lang & Lit 1,617 3 26 26 25 36
61 PC,PQ6000+ Spanish Lang & Lit 501 - 17 18 8 20
62 PC,PQ5000+ Portuguese Lang & Lit 63 - 5 3 2 5
63 PD,PF,PT Germanic Lang & Lit 1,567 5 192 189 192 91
64 PE English Language 184 - 7 9 2 7
65 PG Slavic Lang & Lit 177 - 7 18 11 44
66 PH Finno-Ugrian Lang & Lit 13 - 1 4 - 1
67 PJ1-2299 Egyptian Lang & Lit 146 - - 1 3 3
68 PJ2300+ Semitic Lang & Lit 5 - - - 1 1
69 PJ4500+ Hebrew Lang & Lit 30 - - 6 - 6
70 PJ5200+ Aramaic & Syraic L & L 3 - - - - -
71 PJ6000+ Arabic & Ethiopian L & L 34 - 1 4 4 1
72 PK Indo-Iranian Lang & Lit 40 - - 1 1 1
73 PL1+,3300+ Asian & Oceanic L & L 9 - - - 3 -
74 PL500+ Japanese Lang & Lit 25 - 4 8 1 3
75 PL900+ Korean Lang & Lit 1 - - 1 - -
76 PL1000+ Chinese Lang & Lit 24 - 4 - 2 1
77 PL8000+ African Lang & Lit 2 - - - - 2
78 PM Other Languages 21 - - 1 - 1
79 PN1+,3300+ Literature 1,426 1 80 65 31 50
80 PN1501+ Perf.Arts, Dance, Film 381 4 55 29 17 24
81 PR1+ English Lit (general) 1,020 - 14 26 10 23
82 PR1400+ Old English Lit 7 - 1 - - 1
83 PR1800+ Medieval English Lit 53 - 3 1 4 2
84 PR2200+ Renaissance Engl. Lit 360 - 6 1 6 3
85 PR3200+ Modern English Lit 5,380 3 257 397 187 268
86 PS1+ American Lit (general) 697 5 139 93 43 32
87 PS1000+ American Lit, 19th cent. 2,931 2 33 28 55 78
88 PS3500+ American Lit, 20th cent. 2,834 9 321 343 610 285
89 PS3550+ American Lit, contemp. 3,346 71 1,266 1,558 251 159
90 PZ Other Literature 58 - - - - -
91 Q1-9999 General Science 349 - 6 10 8 10
92 QA1-69,80+ Mathematics 1,356 1 3 11 7 27
93 QA70-79 Computers 24 1 2 3 - 2
94 QB Astronomy 648 - 1 16 6 12
95 QC Physics 322 - 6 15 6 8
96 QD Chemistry 138 - - 4 1 1
97 QE Geology 139 - 5 8 - 1
98 QF-QH Natural History 327 1 9 17 7 14
99 QK Botany 715 1 4 7 9 9
100 QL Zoology 483 - 11 46 18 16
101 QM Human Anatomy 67 - 2 3 - 2
102 QN-QZ Physiology, Microbiology -          
103 QQ-QR Microbiology 173 - 3 6 1 5
104 R1-9999 Medicine 438 - 10 3 4 5
105 (undefined) -          
106 RA-RB Public Health, Pathology 1,556 - 7 13 4 3
107 RC Internal Medicine 237 - 25 16 1 3
108 RD Surgery 68 - 2 2 - -
109 RE-RL Medical Specialities 3,126 20 436 477 354 334
110 RM-RS Therapeutics,Pharmacol. 144 - 4 1 2 4
111 RT Nursing 3 - - - - -
112 RU-RZ Other Medicine 121 - 1 - 2 -
113 S-SZ Agriculture 7,011 1 255 286 336 209
114 T-TJ,TL Technology & Engineering 1,074 - 10 28 8 15
115 TK Electrical Engineering 19 - 4 2 - 1
116 TM-TN Mining, Metallurgy 39 - - 1 - -
117 TP Chemical Engineering 204 1 5 13 12 7
118 TQ-TR Photography 96 - 27 32 11 7
119 TS Manufacturing 108 3 11 17 11 3
120 TT Arts & Crafts 38 - 3 3 - 3
121 TU-TZ Home Economics 74 - 23 11 3 3
122 U-V Military & Naval Sci. 19,985 4 180 105 64 31
123 Z1-659 Writing & Books 1,465 5 135 139 111 171
124 Z660-1000 Libraries 772 1 87 81 54 66
125 Z1001+ Bibliography 2,667 3 117 176 161 178
126 X1 Reserves Folder 6 - - - - -
127 X9 Reserves Prof Copy -          
  TOTAL 362,269 808 21,968 20,472 24,109 20,270

Subj
Cat
Description 1950-59 1940-49 1930-39 1920-29 1910-19 <1909 No Date
-1 No Call # 522 514 530 519 565 4,749 1,345
0 Not in table 412 538 648 755 863 6,608 597
1 1- Brown University 3 6 11 11 9 334 22
2 2- Rhode Island 1 5 17 9 19 1,083 49
3 3- Providence 1 - 2 - - 150 16
4 4- Textbooks 1 - - - - 70 -
5 Other Numeric 5,268 5,245 5,999 6,786 6,133 27,619 4,238
6 A General 9 14 6 19 24 361 853
7 B-BE,BG-BK Philosophy 79 76 213 209 98 1,155 390
8 BF Psychology 22 33 46 81 60 494 73
9 BL,BZ Religion 6 3 2 9 11 112 31
10 BM Judaism 4 3 1 2 4 47 9
11 BN-BP Islam - 2 1 15 26 4,811 558
12 BQ Buddhism - - - - 1 7 -
13 BR Christianity 23 26 42 47 75 1,285 195
14 BS Bible 10 9 12 12 7 266 45
15 C-CB History 2 2 - - 2 55 6
16 CC Archaeology - - - - - 29 3
17 CD-CS Historical Aids 557 592 832 1,067 1,046 6,510 1,220
18 D-DA History, Great Britain 67 111 125 146 133 1,356 192
19 DB,DD History, Central Europe 4 8 20 10 3 92 12
20 DC History, France 8 10 16 11 18 406 120
21 DE-DG399 History, Greece & Rome 7 4 12 6 8 104 43
22 DG400+ History, Italy 2 3 2 2 4 136 74
23 DH-DJ History, Low Countries - 3 4 1 2 33 20
24 DK History, E.Eur. & Russia 3 - 1 - 1 81 12
25 DL History, Scandinavia - - 1 - - 20 3
26 DM-DP History, Spain 9 5 1 1 4 86 18
27 DQ History, Switzerland - - - 1 1 10 2
28 DR History, Balkans 1 2 1 2 2 50 14
29 DS1-329 History, Near East 4 3 11 12 3 137 21
30 DS330-449 History, South Asia 3 - 10 5 1 57 7
31 DS500-9999 History, East Asia 6 3 8 15 11 149 16
32 DT1-38,94+ History, Africa 1 - 4 - 4 113 9
33 DT39-93 History, Ancient Egypt 2 4 9 10 8 192 9
34 DU-DZ History, Oceanea,Gypsies 1 3 2 4 5 92 4
35 E-F1000 History, U.S. 870 890 561 746 498 4,613 569
36 F1001-1200 History, Canada 8 9 11 2 3 57 6
37 F1201-9999 History, Latin America 170 112 79 111 104 424 145
38 FA-GB Geography 234 482 714 1,803 1,807 11,785 1,082
39 GC Oceanography - 1 - 1 - 12 1
40 GD-GM Ecology - - - - 1 154 4
41 GN-GT Anthropology 11 8 15 12 10 236 12
42 GU-GZ Recreation & Dance 220 380 421 375 259 907 573
43 H-HL Economics 522 546 609 534 2,393 8,560 5,314
44 HM,HR-HZ Sociology 13 23 51 53 100 482 66
45 HN-HP Social History 1 - - 3 6 15 2
46 HQ Family,Gender,Sexuality 7 - 7 8 8 58 23
47 J-JZ Politics 22 25 20 33 65 1,070 254
48 K-KZ Law 9 9 9 17 12 382 42
49 L-LZ Education 290 686 364 265 156 852 461
50 M Music (scores) 45 762 124 238 1,761 2,405 517
51 ML Music 22 8 5 12 7 75 4,615
52 MT Music Technique 338 566 649 653 1,088 2,943 516
53 N,NB-NE,NL+Art 800 792 1,133 1,184 1,102 5,789 592
54 NA Architecture 3 4 12 31 23 211 31
55 NF-NK Decorative Arts 7 7 14 10 14 56 8
56 P,PB Language & Linguistics 2,125 2,458 4,998 4,937 2,802 5,084 795
57 PA Classics 11 7 16 36 31 1,137 149
58 PC1-999 Romance Lang & Lit - - - - 2 3 1
59 PC,PQ4000+ Italian Lang & Lit 59 4 10 14 9 302 49
60 PC,PQ2000+ French Lang & Lit 27 46 63 57 34 820 454
61 PC,PQ6000+ Spanish Lang & Lit 19 30 24 47 35 252 31
62 PC,PQ5000+ Portuguese Lang & Lit 2 - - - 1 40 5
63 PD,PF,PT Germanic Lang & Lit 83 54 57 67 36 536 65
64 PE English Language 7 5 13 4 7 116 7
65 PG Slavic Lang & Lit 13 16 9 9 7 40 3
66 PH Finno-Ugrian Lang & Lit - 1 - - - 5 1
67 PJ1-2299 Egyptian Lang & Lit 6 1 3 7 6 109 7
68 PJ2300+ Semitic Lang & Lit - - - - - - 3
69 PJ4500+ Hebrew Lang & Lit - - 1 1 - 13 3
70 PJ5200+ Aramaic & Syraic L & L - - - - - 3 -
71 PJ6000+ Arabic & Ethiopian L & L - 2 1 1 2 17 1
72 PK Indo-Iranian Lang & Lit 1 - 1 4 5 21 5
73 PL1+,3300+ Asian & Oceanic L & L 2 - - 1 1 2 -
74 PL500+ Japanese Lang & Lit 1 - - 1 1 5 1
75 PL900+ Korean Lang & Lit - - - - - - -
76 PL1000+ Chinese Lang & Lit 1 2 2 2 1 9 -
77 PL8000+ African Lang & Lit - - - - - - -
78 PM Other Languages 2 1 - 3 - 12 1
79 PN1+,3300+ Literature 39 39 37 51 23 400 610
80 PN1501+ Perf.Arts, Dance, Film 42 17 10 15 11 81 76
81 PR1+ English Lit (general) 18 11 89 52 42 572 163
82 PR1400+ Old English Lit - - - - - 4 1
83 PR1800+ Medieval English Lit 2 3 4 6 4 23 1
84 PR2200+ Renaissance Engl. Lit 14 21 39 27 22 202 19
85 PR3200+ Modern English Lit 220 167 313 432 286 2,455 395
86 PS1+ American Lit (general) 62 34 30 15 12 143 89
87 PS1000+ American Lit, 19th cent. 34 68 104 125 127 2,124 153
88 PS3500+ American Lit, 20th cent. 184 206 214 252 111 158 141
89 PS3550+ American Lit, contemp. 28 4 - 1 - - 8
90 PZ Other Literature 2 - - - 5 51 -
91 Q1-9999 General Science 9 3 7 11 7 202 76
92 QA1-69,80+ Mathematics 21 29 23 22 16 953 243
93 QA70-79 Computers - - - - - 12 4
94 QB Astronomy 6 3 4 6 3 402 189
95 QC Physics 5 10 12 8 7 173 72
96 QD Chemistry 4 - 8 14 7 82 17
97 QE Geology - - 4 1 2 107 11
98 QF-QH Natural History 4 7 10 6 11 178 63
99 QK Botany 5 4 4 8 7 481 176
100 QL Zoology 13 19 17 12 17 244 70
101 QM Human Anatomy 2 1 1 1 - 39 16
102 QN-QZ Physiology, Microbiology              
103 QQ-QR Microbiology 4 3 2 8 7 110 24
104 R1-9999 Medicine 7 3 4 5 4 283 110
105 (undefined)              
106 RA-RB Public Health, Pathology 2 2 5 3 4 1,358 155
107 RC Internal Medicine 5 2 2 5 9 111 58
108 RD Surgery 1 2 - 1 1 52 7
109 RE-RL Medical Specialities 170 199 268 171 106 468 123
110 RM-RS Therapeutics,Pharmacol. 5 4 - 3 - 88 33
111 RT Nursing - - - - - 3 -
112 RU-RZ Other Medicine - - - 1 3 88 26
113 S-SZ Agriculture 98 116 168 123 104 2,477 2,838
114 T-TJ,TL Technology & Engineering 5 10 9 11 75 805 98
115 TK Electrical Engineering - - 1 - 2 7 2
116 TM-TN Mining, Metallurgy 4 1 1 1 1 22 8
117 TP Chemical Engineering 2 5 3 2 6 110 38
118 TQ-TR Photography 4 3 - 2 - 6 4
119 TS Manufacturing 10 9 11 4 2 23 4
120 TT Arts & Crafts - 1 1 - 2 21 4
121 TU-TZ Home Economics 3 2 5 - 1 20 3
122 U-V Military & Naval Sci. 31 32 45 45 31 17,746 1,671
123 Z1-659 Writing & Books 80 60 152 159 126 266 61
124 Z660-1000 Libraries 41 64 112 72 41 85 68
125 Z1001+ Bibliography 112 103 124 150 58 1,324 161
126 X1 Reserves Folder - - - - - 6 -
127 X9 Reserves Prof Copy              
  TOTAL 14,287 16,431 20,428 22,880 22,851 143,036 34,729