New York State Library School Records 1887-1967.

American Library Association

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The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. Founded in 1876, it is the oldest and largest library association in the world....

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Wheeler, Joseph Lewis, 1884-1970

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According to notes penciled in by an unknown party on the letter itself, Joseph P. Wheeler was the 23rd child of Rev. James Wheeler, the 11th child by his second wife Avis (Poole) Wheeler, and was 21 years old when this letter was written. From the description of Joseph P. Wheeler letter, 1854. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 248000296 ...

Sharp, Katharine L. (Katharine Lucinda), 1865-1914

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Munn, Ralph, 1894-1975

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Ralph Munn represented the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Ernest Pitt was the Chief Librarian of the Melbourne Public Library. From the description of Papers relating to the Munn-Pitt Report. 1934. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223046525 ...

Wyer, James I.

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This collection was created by and largely concerns James and Leah Wyer, prominent librarians in the 20th century. Born in Red Wing, Minnesota on May 14, 1869, James Ingersoll Wyer was the eldest son of James Ingersoll and Rosabel E. Shear Wyer. Wyer attended high school in Concordia, Kansas and, upon graduation, worked in a bank started by his father for several years, and on May 3, 1894, marryied May Tyner. During the depressed economy of the late nineteenth century, foreclosures ...

New York State Library. School

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From the guide to the New York State Library School Records, 1887-1967., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) ...