New York Public Library Library School Records [ca. 1900]-1927.

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New York Public Library Library School Records [ca. 1900]-1927.

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079159

Correspondence, course materials, student records, publications, and related printed materials of the Library School of the New York Public Library, 1900-1927.

ca. 10,000 items (37 boxes, 1 oversize box)

eng,

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Sutliff, Mary Louisa, 1865-

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New York Public Library. Library School

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A library school was opened at The New York Public Library in October of 1911. Edwin Anderson, Assistant Director of The Library from 1908 to 1913, persuaded Andrew Carnegie to finance the establishment of the school, which was designed primarily to provide trained assistants for the staff of The Library. Mary W. Plummer, founder and director of the Pratt Insitute Library School, was appointed Principal. The school closed in 1926 due to a lack of financial support. From the guide to ...

Plummer, Mary Wright, 1856-1916

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Pratt Institute

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October 2nd, which was Charles Pratt's birthday, was for many years celebrated as Founder's Day at the Institute. From the description of Founder's Day record group, 1888-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155455515 Art school; Brooklyn, New York. From the description of Pratt Institute exhibition catalogs, 1916-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577345 Pratt Institute was founded in 1887 by industrialist Charles Pratt. Pratt was owner of Charles ...