LIBRARIES

Updated March 2021

Size Guide

. are regular size works (e.g. D9455 .F981 .g or VEF .St79 .u2)
+ are medium size works (e.g. N45C +PRC7 w)
/ or // are large works (e.g. TS //W61)
° are something else (e.g. °A .Am345)

Classifications

Cutter

This list is pulled from the Boston Athenaeum and includes the physical location in that library. For some reason I don’t quite understand, call numbers preceded with a : are distinctive, though I can’t find documentation on that.

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

Library of Congress

This list is also pulled from the Boston Athenaeum

Call #	Collection	.	+	/ & //

A	Generalia	Drum.2↑	Drum.2↑	Drum.2↑
B	Religion, Philosophy, Psychology	B.	B.	B.
C	Biography	3	3	3
D	History: General Old World	Gallery.4	Gallery.4	Gallery.4
E	American History	4	4	4
F	Local History	4	4	4
G	Geography, Anthropology, Sports	Drum.2↑	Drum.3↑	Drum.3↑
H	Social Sciences	B.	B.	B.
J	Political Science	B.	B.	B.
K	Law	B.	B.	B.
L	Education	B.	B.	B.
M	Music	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓
N	Art, Architecture	First Floor: Bow Room	Art Department	Art Dept.
P-PN	Literature	Drum.2↑	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓
PQ-PT	Literature	Drum.2↓	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓
PZ1	Story Collections	Gallery.2	Gallery.2
PZ3	Fiction	Gallery.2 2	Gallery.2	Drum.2↓
PZ4 A-S	Fiction	Drum: 2	Drum.2↓	Drum.2↓
PZ4 T-Z	Fiction	Drum.2↓	Drum.2↓	Drum.2↓
Q	Science	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓
R	Medicine	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓
S	Agriculture, Gardening	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓
T	Technology, Photography	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓	Pilgrim↓
U	Military Science	Drum.2↑	Drum.3↑
V	Naval History	Drum.2↑	Drum.3↑	Drum.3↑
Z	Book Arts, Bibliography	B.	B.	B.
	Audio Books	Bow Room
Ref. Travel	Travel Guides	Computer room

Dewey Decimal System

Maybe I’ll add this here, but for now don’t have a need for it. Still seems noteworthy