Correspondence - general, 1892-1946.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Newberry Library. Financial Agent.

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The Financial Agent's responsibilities during the early years of the Library were varied and extensive. Beyond accounting and finance, they included book ordering, purchasing, personnel matters, superintendence of real estate, building and construction, insurance, legal affairs, book binding, and even some reference. From the description of Correspondence - general, 1892-1946. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 26522043 From 1892 to 1916, book o...

Newberry Library. Business Office.

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General file maintained in the Business Office since 1946 when the position of Comptroller (later Controller) was created. Records were created under the administrations of Robert A. Brannon (1946-1967) and Lawrence C. Hodapp (1967-1985). Until 1967, when the Librarian assumed that function, the Comptroller/Controller was also Secretary to the Board of Trustees. From the description of General file, 1946-1978. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 26523951 ...

Walter M. Hill (Firm)

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Holabird & Roche (Chicago, Ill.)

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Cheney, John Vance, 1848-1922

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Author and librarian. From the description of Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1862-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80582296 American author and librarian. From the description of Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1848-1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685645 John Vance Cheney, author and librarian, grew up at Dorset, Vermont, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He found legal work irksome, however and moved to California. From 1873...

Otto Harrassowitz (Firm)

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Carlton, W. N. C. (William Newnham Chattin), 1873-1943

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Librarian and author, third Librarian of the Newberry Library, 1909-1920. Born in England, Carlton moved in 1882 to the United States for his schooling. Prior to Carlton's tenure at the Newberry, he served as librarian at Trinity College, Conn. While at the Newberry, Carlton reorganized and systemized all library procedures; he abandoned the Rudolph Indexer catalogue, revived the card catalogue, and started using Library of Congress cataloguing for the collections. In 19...

Utley, George Burwell, 1876-1946

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Librarian, fourth Librarian of the Newberry Library, 1920-1942. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, and educated at the Vermont Academy, Colgate, and Brown, George B. Utley worked at the Watkinson Library in Hartford, and the Maryland Diocesan Library in Baltimore before his appointment as the first librarian of the Jacksonville (FL) Public Library. Prior to his appointment at the Newberry, Utley served as Secretary and Executive Officer of the American Library Association (1...

Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927

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Edward Everett Ayer (Nov. 16, 1841 -- May 3, 1927), businessman, bibiliophile and collector. In 1860 he joined an overland expedition to California. He stopped in Nevada, where he worked at a quarz mill in Silver City, but soon moved on to San Francisco. He remained there, working at a planing mill, until the outbread of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 1st Regiment of California Cavalry Volunteers, and was later transferred to the 1st Regiment of New Mexico Infantry. Ayer served in many posts ...

Probasco, Henry, 1820-1902

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Blatchford, E. W. 1826-1914.

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B.F. Stevens & Brown, Ltd.

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Moss, Jesse L. 1847-

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John Crerar Library.

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The John Crerar Library was incorporated on October 12, 1894 and opened to the public on April 1, 1897. The Library was established as a free public research library specializing in the sciences. Because of changes in scientific information and continuing financial pressures, the Crerar Board of Directors agreed to consolidate the Crerar collections with those in science, medicine, and technology at the University of Chicago. The merger took place in 1984 with the move of the collections to a ne...