Mearns, David C. David Chambers 1899-1981

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David C. (David Chambers) Mearns.

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From the description of Papers of David C. Mearns, 1918-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132260

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1899, Dec. 31 Born, Washington, D.C. 1914 1916 Student, St. Albans School, Washington, D.C. 1916 1917 Student, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1918 Student, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1918 1920 Library of Congress, reference assistant, Order Division 1920 1930 Successively, Reading Rooms Division stack inspector, special assistant, chief assistant, acting superintendent 1939 1941 Superintendent of Reading Rooms 1941 1943 Chief reference librarian 1943 1949 Director, Reference Department 1947 Published The Story Up to Now: the Library of Congress 1800-1946, Washington, D.C. 1948 Published The Lincoln Papers, New York: Doubleday, 2 vols. 1949 Member, White House Library Selection Committee of the American Booksellers Association 1949 1951 Assistant librarian of Congress 1951 1967 Successively, assistant librarian for American collections, incumbent of the chair of American History and chief, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress 1954 Member, Cooperating Committee for the Papers of Benjamin Franklin 1954 1967 Member, National Historical Publications Commission 1955 Published with Arthur Bestor and Jonathan Daniels, Three Presidents and Their Books, Urbana: University of Illinois Press (paperback edition, 1963) 1959 Fellow, Society of American Archivists 1961 Published Largely Lincoln, New York: St. Martin's Press 1962 Appointed to Special White House Library Committee Vice president, Ulysses S. Grant Association 1964 Member, Editorial Advisory Board for the Papers of Woodrow Wilson 1966 Elected to membership in American Antiquarian Society 1967 Retired from the Library of Congress 1967 1976 Honorary consultant in the humanities, Library of Congress 1981, May 27 Died, Alexandria, Va. From the guide to the David C. Mearns Papers, 1830-1979, (bulk 1940-1967), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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