Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939

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Librarian and collector.

From the description of Collection of French manuscripts, 1179-1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78680302

Librarian, author, Richardson directed the Princeton University Library from 1890 to 1925. He was responsible for the classification system bearing his name that the Library used before its adoption of Library of Congress classification schedules.

From the description of Ernest Cushing Richardson collection, 1832-1954 (bulk 1875-1935) (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 77834882

Biographical Note

  • 1860, Feb. 9: Born, Woburn, Mass.
  • 1879 - 1880 : First assistant librarian, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.
  • 1880: A.B., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.
  • 1883: A.M., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. Graduated, Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Conn.
  • 1884 - 1890 : Librarian, Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford Conn.
  • 1885 - 1890 : Associate professor of bibliography
  • 1887: Ph.D., Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.
  • 1890 - 1920 : Librarian, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
  • 1891: Married, Grace Duncan Ely
  • 1896: Honorary A.M., Princeton University, Princeton, N.Y.
  • 1900 - 1912 : Member, New Jersey Public Library Commission
  • 1904 - 1905 : President, American Library Association
  • 1915 - 1918 : President, American Library Institute
  • 1920 - 1923 : Director, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
  • 1923 - 1925 : Honorary director emeritus and research professor of bibliography
  • 1925: Consultant in bibliography and research, Library of Congress
  • 1939, June 3: Died, Princeton, N.J.

From the guide to the Ernest Cushing Richardson Collection of French and Italian Manuscripts, 1179-1825, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Bondumiero, Oliviero, 17th cent. Logismi politici, ò vero, Riflessioni sopra le massime di stato, ricavate dal p[rim]o libro degl[i] Annali di Corn[eli]o Tac[it]o : manuscript, [between 1629 and 1641] / di Oliviero Bondumieri. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939,. Lives of cults and saints : manuscripts and documents, 1794-1851. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Du Perron, Jacques Davy, 1556-1618. Discorso fatto per parte della camera eccl[essiast]i[c]a in quella del Terzo Stato sopra l'articolo del giuramento / da Monsignore il Cardinale di Perrona Archepiscopo di Sans Primate delle Gallie, e di Germania, e grande elemosiniere di Francia. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Hasslong, Baron von. [Piano progettato di pace da farsi con le note]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Catholic Church. Congregatio Concilii. Vota S. Congre[gatio]ne Concilij Emin[entissi]mi Praefecti : anno 1689 p[er] totum annum 1691 : manuscript, [169-?]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939. Ernest Cushing Richardson collection of manuscripts and documents, 1380-1851. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939,. Matrimoniali : manuscript, [17--?]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Ontario Agricultural College. Students. Ex-students of the Ontario Agricultural College : 1895. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939,. Tractatus de legibus : manuscript, [17--]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939. Palaeographical notes : typescript, 1915. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Berni degli Antoni, Francesco, 1693-1760. [Tractatus de feudis et de nuptiis]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Montecassino (Monastery). [Monastic formulary]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Catholic Church. [Martyrologium]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Montecassino (Monastery). Monastic formulary : manuscript, [17--?]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Catholic Church. Curia Romana. Miscellany : manuscript, [between 1641 and 1699]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Gentili, Antonio-Saverio, 1681-1753,. [Oecumenica romani pontificis authoritas : asserta ex occasione quatour cleri gallicani anno 1682 in Parisiensi ecclesiastico conuentu editarum propositionum ab authore inextinctae sacri concilii tridentini veritatis]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Catholic Church. Curia Romana. [Miscellany]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939,. Rifugio delle vedove : manucsript, [17--]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Bambi, Giovanni Gaspare. [Esempi di santi della nova legge di grazia]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939,. [Rifugio delle vedove]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939,. [Prattica generale p[er] le confessioni]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872,. Vita profezie, miracoli, e morte del B. Brandano : detto volgarmente il Pazzo di Giesù Christo : cavata dell'Archivio della Bicchierna di Siena : manuscript, [18--?]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Catholic Church. Miscellaneous papal documents, 1672-1851. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Catholic Church. Congregatio Concilii. [Variae resolutiones]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Catholic Church. Congregatio Concilii. In Augustensi decretorum inter Reverendiss. captulum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Civitatis Augustae Praetoriae et Illustriss. & Reverendiss. episcopum civitatis : manuscript, [between 1644 and 1696]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939,. [Prattica generale p[er] le confessioni]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Ernest Cushing Richardson Collection of French and Italian Manuscripts, 1179-1825 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Bambi, Giovanni Gaspare. Esempi di santi della nova legge di grazia : manuscript, [16--?]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Du Perron, Jacques Davy, 1556-1618. Discorso fatto per parte della camera eccl[essiast]i[c]a in quella del Terzo Stato sopra l'articolo del giuramento : manuscript, [16--?] / da Monsignore il Cardinale di Perrona Archepiscopo di Sans Primate delle Gallie, e di Germania, e grande elemosiniere di Francia. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Theodore Wesley Koch Papers, 1894-1941 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Bentivoglio, Guido, 1577-1644. Delle relazioni fatte dal Cardinal Bentivoglio in tempo della sua nuntiatura di Fiandra e di Francia. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872,. Vita profezie, miracoli, e morte del B. Brandano : detto volgarmente il Pazzo di Giesù Christo : cavata dell'Archivio della Bicchierna di Siena. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Spagnolo, Segovia. [Tractatus de sacramento poenitentiae]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Altoviti, Giacomo, 1604-1693. De vescovi assistenti, loro privileggi, perogativo, e servizio nelle publiche funzioni appresso il Papa / di Monsig[no]r Giacomo Altoviti Patriarca di Antiochia. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Gentili, Antonio-Saverio, 1681-1753,. Le raggioni di stato con li suoi documenti politici : manuscript, [between 1850 and 1899]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939. Collection of French manuscripts, 1179-1825. Library of Congress
creatorOf Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961. Robert Garrett papers, 1903-1945. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Altoviti, Giacomo, 1604-1693. De vescovi assistenti, loro privileggi, perogativo, e servizio nelle publiche funzioni appresso il Papa / di Monsig[no]r Giacomo Altoviti Patriarca di Antiochia : manuscript, 1686. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Naples (Kingdom). Della libertà ecclesiastica : manuscript, [16--]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Hasslong, Baron von. Piano progettato di pace da farsi con le note : manuscript, [1743?]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Bondumiero, Oliviero, 17th cent. Logismi politici, ò vero, Riflessioni sopra le massime di stato, ricavate dal p[rim]o libro degl[i] Annali di Corn[eli]o Tac[it]o / di Oliviero Bondumieri. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1708-1765. Autograph commission : Vienna, to Jean Baptiste Palomba, 1759. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Princeton University Library Records, 1734-2012, 1952-1995 Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections.Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Princeton University Archives.
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939,. Documents of papal history, 1620-1726. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Princeton University Library. [Matrimoniali]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Bentivoglio, Guido, 1577-1644. Delle relazioni fatte dal Cardinal Bentivoglio in tempo della sua nuntiatura di Fiandra e di Francia. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939,. [Tractatus de legibus]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Gentili, Antonio-Saverio, 1681-1753,. Discorso istorico sopra l'origine e progressi della regalia : manuscript, [17--?]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Gentili, Antonio-Saverio, 1681-1753,. Oecumenica romani pontificis authoritas : asserta ex occasione quatour cleri gallicani anno 1682 in Parisiensi ecclesiastico conuentu editarum propositionum ab authore inextinctae sacri concilii tridentini veritatis : manuscript, [16--]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Gentili, Antonio-Saverio, 1681-1753,. [Le raggioni di stato con li suoi documenti politici]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1708-1765. Autograph commission : Vienna, to Jean Baptiste Palomba, 1759. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Berni degli Antoni, Francesco, 1693-1760. Tractatus de feudis et de nuptiis : manuscript, [18--?]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Catholic Church. Congregatio Concilii. Variae resolutiones : manuscript, [1621-1660]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939. Ernest Cushing Richardson collection, 1832-1954 (bulk 1875-1935) Princeton University Library
creatorOf Gentili, Antonio-Saverio, 1681-1753,. [Discorso istorico sopra l'origine e progressi della regalia]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Spagnolo, Segovia. Tractatus de sacramento poenitentiae : manuscript, [1783?]. Princeton University Library
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Altoviti, Giacomo, 1604-1693. person
associatedWith Amherst College corporateBody
associatedWith Bambi, Giovanni Gaspare. person
associatedWith Bentivoglio, Guido, 1577-1644. person
associatedWith Berni degli Antoni, Francesco, 1693-1760. person
associatedWith Bondumiero, Oliviero, 17th cent. person
associatedWith Catholic Church. corporateBody
associatedWith Catholic Church. Congregatio Concilii. corporateBody
associatedWith Catholic Church. Curia Romana. corporateBody
associatedWith Du Perron, Jacques Davy, 1556-1618. person
associatedWith Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1708-1765. person
associatedWith Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961. person
associatedWith Hasslong, Baron von. person
associatedWith Koch, Theodore Wesley, 1871-1941 person
associatedWith Montecassino (Monastery) corporateBody
associatedWith Naples (Kingdom) corporateBody
associatedWith Ontario Agricultural College. Students. corporateBody
associatedWith Princeton University corporateBody
associatedWith Princeton University. Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections corporateBody
associatedWith Richardson, J. C. person
associatedWith Richardson, J. C., Mrs. person
associatedWith San Pietro (Monastery : Civate, Italy) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
New Jersey--Princeton
Italy
United States
Hungary
France
Italy
England
New Jersey--Princeton
France
Subject
Books
Bulls, Papal
Deeds
Deeds
Deeds
Legal documents
Legal documents
Legal documents
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French
Genealogy
Land tenure
Land tenure
Law
Law
Law
Law
Law Dictionaries
Library science
Manuscripts, Medieval
Medicine
Medicine
Paleography
Paleography, Greek
Paleography, Latin
Papal documents
Wills
Occupation
Collector
Librarians
Librarians
Activity

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Birth 1860-02-09

Death 1939-06-29

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