Papers of May Virginia Crenshaw, 1913-1920.

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Papers of May Virginia Crenshaw, 1913-1920.

Collection contains Crenshaw's correspondence with various libraries re employment opportunities; letters concerning her work with the Y.M.C.A. National War Work Council, the American Library Association, American Red Cross, McIntire Library and other public libraries; lecture notes from her library courses and a request that her thesis, "Public libraries of the South," be published in the "Library Journal." Correspondents include Mary W. Plummer, Kate Pleasants Minor, H.R. McIlwaine, Arthur Low Bailey, Leon Whipple, Myra Waldo, Lewis D. Crenshaw, Alexander James Inglis, John S. Patton, and Catherine S. Tracey.

300 (ca.) items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7346676

University of Virginia. Library

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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....

Inglis, Alexander James, 1879-1924

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Swem, E. G. (Earl Gregg), 1870-1965

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Librarian and author. From the description of Letter : Richmond, Virginia, 1916 April 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86172355 ...

Virginia state library

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For many years, the Library of Virginia had no definitive home. Valuable early records were kept at Jamestown as early as 1676 and were then moved to the College of William and Mary for a brief period at the century's end. By 1780, extant records were moved to the Capitol in Richmond. Coincidentally, in 1779, the Virginia General Assembly was presented among its legislation, "A Bill for Establishing a Public Library" drawn up by Thomas Jefferson. The Bill provided for 20...

Tracey, Catharine S.

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Waldo, Myra

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Minor, Kate Pleasants

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New York Public Library

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The New York Pubic Library purchased Arthur A. Schomburg's collection of books, pamphlets, prints and photographs in 1926 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and housed at the 135th Street Branch Library of The New York Public Library. L. Hollingsworth Wood was appointed in 1925 by the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library to purchase and provide guidelines for the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature. Members of the Advisory Committee of the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection, i...

McIlwaine, H. R. (Henry Read), 1864-1934

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Crenshaw, Lewis Dabney, 1884-1947,

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Secretary, University of Virginia Alumni Association; Director, University of Virginia European Bureau. From the description of Papers of Lewis Dabney Crenshaw [manuscript], 1917-1936. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647829427 Crenshaw was a University of Virginia student and secretary of the Alumni Association. From the description of Photograph : of Lewis Dabney Crenshaw, 1908 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833551 ...

Patton, John S. (John Shelton), 1857-1932

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Editor, public official, librarian and author. Superintendent of Charlottesville schools, secretary to the University of Virginia chairman, librarian of the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of John Shelton Patton [manuscript] ca. 1900-1911. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647965772 ...

Plummer, Mary Wright, 1856-1916

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Bailey, Arthur Low, 1867-

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Crenshaw, May Virginia, 1880-

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Librarian. From the description of Papers of May Virginia Crenshaw, 1913-1920. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959027 ...

Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. National War Work Council.

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Whipple, Leon, 1882-

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