Guide to the Collections: Cutter Collection

Book and Call Number Location Guides
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Cutter Collection Call Numbers:

"No one, perhaps, can remember it all; it cannot be learned,
even in part, very quickly; but those who use the library
much will find that they become familiar in time unconsciously
with all that they have much occasion to use."
[from How to Get Books by C.A. Cutter, 1882].

Note that size dictates location

Size Guide:
Points (.) [regular size] example: D9455 .F981 .g or :VEF .St79 .u2
Pluses(+)[medium] example: N45C +PRC7 w
Slashes (/ or //)[large] example: TS //W61
Extra Large (/ or // plus Extra Large) example:
Degrees (°) example: °A .Am345

All Flat Folio books are located on the Fourth Floor

Reference, Rare, Special Collections and Off-site Storage

Click on the Floor Names under the Point, Plus and Slash
columns for shelving directions to that floor.

		Points (.)	Pluses (+)	Slashes (/ or//)
Cutter Call #	Collection	Location and Map	Location and Map	Location and Map
1	Philosophy	Basement Drum	Basement	Basement
2	Religion	Basement Drum	Basement	Basement
3	Judaism, Christianity	Basement Drum and Basement	Basement	Basement
4	Ecclesiastical History	Basement	Basement	Basement
5	Biography-Eastern Hemisphere	3rd Floor Gallery and 3rd Floor	3rd Floor	3rd Floor
6	Biography-W.Hemisphere	3rd Floor and Drum 3	Drum 3	Drum 3
7	History, Customs, Heraldry	Drum:3 Up and Drum 3	Drum:3 Up	Drum:3 Up
:7	Antiquities, Chronologies	Drum 3
8	History-E. Hemisphere	Drum 3 and Drum:3 Down	Drum:3 Up	Drum:3 Up
:8	History-E. Hemisphere	Drum:3 Down and Drum: 2 Up	Drum:3 Up	Drum:3 Up
9	History-W. Hemisphere	5th Floor, 5th Floor Gallery and 4th Floor Gallery	5th Floor	5th Floor Gallery
A	Description & Travel- E. Hemisphere	1st Floor Gallery and Basement	1st Floor Gallery	1st Floor Gallery
:A	Geography,Cartography,Travel- E. Hemisphere	Drum: 2 Up	Drum:3 Up	Drum:3 Up
B	Description & Travel- W. Hemisphere	Basement	Basement	Basement
C	Economics, Sociology	Basement	Basement	Basement
D	Education, Women, Slavery	Basement	Basement	Basement
E	Political Science, Government, International Law	Basement	Basement	Basement
F	English Law, Parliament	Storage	Basement	Basement
°G	Guidebooks	Drum: 2 Up	XXXXX	XXXXX
G	Law, U.S. Congress	Basement	Basement	Basement
°H	Guidebooks	Drum: 2 Up	XXXXX	XXXXX
H	Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
I	Natural History	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
J	Botany	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
K	Zoology	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
L	Vertebrata	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
M	Medicine	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
N	Useful Arts (Agriculture, Cookery, Gardening	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
°P	Bound Periodicals	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
P	Constructive Arts (Building, Engineering)	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
Q	Handicrafts, Manufactures	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
R	Military Arts	Drum: 2 Up	Drum:3 Up	Drum:3 Up
S	Sports, Games, Amusements	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
T	Theater, Music	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
U	Art, Architecture	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim	Lower Pilgrim
V	Literature	Drum 2: Down	Drum: 1	Drum: 1
VE	Literature	Drum 2: Down and Drum:1 Up	Drum: 1	Drum: 1
VEA, VED, VEP	Literature	Drum:1 Up	Drum: 1	Drum: 1
VEF	Fiction	Second Floor and Drum: 2
VF-VFD	French Literature, Drama, Poetry	Drum: 1 and Drum:1 Up	Drum: 1	Drum: 1
VG	German Lit., Drama, Poetry	Drum: 1	Drum: 1	Drum: 1
VH	Spanish, Literature	Drum: 1	Drum: 1	Drum: 1
VI	Italian Literature	Drum: 1	Drum: 1	Drum: 1
VJ	Classics	Drum: 1	Drum: 1 Down	Drum: 1 Down
VM-VW	Other Literature	Drum: 1	Drum: 1	Drum: 1
VO-VP	Classics	Drum: 1 and Drum: 1 Down	Drum: 1 Down	Drum: 1 Down
X	Bibliography, Writing	Drum: 1 Down	Basement	Basement
:X	Bibliography	Drum: 1 Down	Basement	Basement
W	Native American Literature	Drum: 1
Y	Language- E. Hemisphere	Drum: 1 Down	Drum: 1 Down	Drum: 1 Down
:Z	Language- W. Hemisphere	Drum: 1 Down