Nelson, Charles Alexander, 1839-1933
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Charles Alexander Nelson (1839-1933), librarian and bibliographer, was a Reconstruction administrator in New Bern, North Carolina, for a decade following the U.S. Civil War. He returned to the North in 1875 and worked until 1909 in various libraries. He published bibliographies, indexed books and organizational records, wrote articles, and was a founding member in 1876 of the American Library Association.
From the guide to the Charles Alexander Nelson papers, 1850s-1930s, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)
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Subjects:
- Bibliography
- Library administration
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Occupations:
- Bibliographers
- Indexers
- Librarians
Places:
- Waltham (Mass.) (as recorded)
- New Bern (N.C.) (as recorded)
- Southern States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)