Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1928.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1928.

Letter dated 21 April 1928 from Train to Asa Don Dickinson, with carbon of Dickinson's reply to Train on 23 April. They discuss Dickinson's book The Best Books of Our Time, 1901-1925 (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1928).

2 items (2 leaves).

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Dickinson, Asa Don, 1876-1960

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Asa Don Dickinson, (1876-1960), Brooklyn College's first Chief Librarian, was born in Detroit, Michigan, and educated at the Brooklyn Latin School. In 1894, he became a student at Columbia Law School, but left after two years due to poor health. Thereafter he had thoughts of becoming a librarian, particularly after he heard that Andrew Carnegie, the philanthropist who established over 2,500 public libraries, was about to fund some additional ones in New York City. He enrolled at the New York Sta...

Train, Arthur, 1875-1945

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Arthur E. Train was a writer. From the guide to the Arthur E. Train literary papers, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American lawyer and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Arthur William Brown, [no year] Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573036 ...