Wells, James, 1838-1924
Variant namesLibrarian and printing historian.
Born in 1917 in Charleston , W. Va., and educated at Northwestern and Columbia Universities, James Wells served in the Navy and taught English at Columbia and West Virginia before coming to the Newberry in 1951 as Curator of the John M. Wing Foundation for the History of Printing (1951-1984). In 1963, Wells also became Custodian of the Rare Book Room, a position he vacated in 1964 when Lawrence W. Towner appointed him Associate Director, a newly created post with responsibility for the Newberry Library Bulletin, publications programs, research and fellowships programs, and acquisitions. In 1975, Wells was appointed Vice President and on Sept. 2, 1981, the 30th anniversary of his appointment as Wing Curator, Wells was appointed George Amos Poole III Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts. Wells retired from the Library in 1984.
From the description of Papers, 1951-1984. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 26522110
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| creatorOf | Columbian Commission for Idaho. Records, June 1-Aug. 28, 1893. | Idaho State Archives, Idaho State Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | Chicago Calligraphy '83 (1983 : Chicago, Ill.). N.L. : a little thank-you book from visitors from Chicago Calligraphy '83 : the making of a handwritten book. | Newberry Library | |
| creatorOf | Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927. [Proof-sheets for Robert Louis Stevenson's "The weir of Hermiston" and post-proof portrait of the author], [1895-1896]. | Newberry Library | |
| creatorOf | Wells, James M. Papers, 1951-1984. | Newberry Library | |
| creatorOf | Wells, James M. The artist in the English novel: 1850-1919. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Rosenthal, Samuel R. Rosenthal/Mardersteig Collection, 1954-1994. | Newberry Library | |
| creatorOf | Newberry Library. Office of the Associate Librarian. Exhibition records, 1909-[ongoing]. | Newberry Library |
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| associatedWith | Arts Club of Chicago. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Bank, Arnold. | person |
| associatedWith | Barker, Nicholas. | person |
| associatedWith | Bibliographical Society of America. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Caxton Club. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Chicago Calligraphy '83 (1983 : Chicago, Ill.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Columbian Commission for Idaho. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Crutchley, Brooke. | person |
| associatedWith | DaBoll, Raymond F. | person |
| associatedWith | Dreyfus, John. | person |
| associatedWith | Grolier Club. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hayes, James. | person |
| associatedWith | Howes, Wright. | person |
| associatedWith | John M. Wing Foundation. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Mardersteig, Giovanni, 1892-1977. | person |
| associatedWith | Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967. | person |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library Associates. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library. Office of the Associate Librarian. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pargellis, Stanley McCrory, 1898- | person |
| associatedWith | Renaissance English Text Society. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rosenthal, Samuel R. | person |
| associatedWith | Society of Typographic Arts (Chicago, Ill.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Stone, Reynolds. | person |
| associatedWith | Towner, Lawrence W. | person |
| associatedWith | Wellington, Irene. | person |
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| Printing |
| Printing |
| Calligraphers |
| Printers |
| Type designers |
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Person
Birth 1838
Death 1924
Americans
English
