Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1861, Sept. 20 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
1883 | A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
1883-1884 | Attended lectures, Columbia Law School, New York, N.Y. |
1884-1886 | Librarian, Minneapolis Athenaeum, Minneapolis, Minn. |
1885 | Admitted to Minnesota bar |
1886 | Married Charlotte Elizabeth Munroe |
1887-1891 | Librarian, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minn. |
1892-1894 | Practiced law, Boston, Mass. |
1895-1898 | Librarian, Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass. |
1898 | President, American Library Association |
1899-1939 | Librarian of Congress |
1902 | Elected overseer of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
1904 | President, American Library Association |
1917-1919 | General director, American Library Association War Service |
1925 | Library of Congress established the Trust Fund Board |
1931 | Library acquired the Otto H. F. Vollbehr collection of incunabula, including the Gutenberg Bible |
1939 | Retired as librarian of Congress Appointed librarian of Congress emeritus Awarded Joseph W. Lippincott Award |
1955, Aug. 14 | Died, Woods Hole, Mass. |