Hamlin, Arthur T.

Hamlin earned his Harvard AB in 1934, and attended Harvard Graduate School in 1936-1938.

From the description of The background and passage of the agricultural adjustment act from the standpoint of legislative history / Arthur T. Hamlin. [1937] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511837

Arthur Tenney Hamlin was born on January 8, 1913 to Christopher Robert and Edith Redman Hamlin. After attending Harvard University, he pursued a career in librarianship working at Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, the University of Cincinnati, Temple University, and for the American Library Association.

From the description of Arthur Tenney Hamlin : an Informal Autobiography / Arthur Tenney Hamlin, 1991. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 145429543

University Librarian, Temple University.

Hamlin was chairman of the American Library Association International Relations Committee's Special Committee to Aid Italian Libraries, 1967-1969. (Columbia University B.L.S., 1939).

From the description of Arthur T. Hamlin papers, 1967-1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 458424429

Arthur T. Hamlin was University Librarian at the University of Cincinnati from 1956-1968. A native of Haverhill, Massachusetts, Hamlin was a 1929 graduate of Blair Academy in New Jersey. He attended Harvard University and graduated in 1934 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received a degree in Library Science from Columbia University, and held posts at the Harvard University Library, University of Pennsylvania Library, and the New York Public Library. From 1949 until 1956, he was Executive Secretary of the Association of College and Reference Libraries.

In 1962, Hamlin lectured on librarianship at the University of Pavia, Italy and other Italian universities under a 6 month United States educational exchange grant from the State Department. He also served as a consultant to the American Library Association on flood damaged libraries, and received a Fulbright Scholarship to study British university libraries. He left UC to become director of the university libraries at Temple University in Pennsylvania.

From the guide to the Arthur T. Hamlin papers, 1961-1968, 1961-1968, (University of Cincinnati, Archives and Rare Books Library)