The Papers of Asa Don Dickinson, 193?-195? 193?-194?

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The Papers of Asa Don Dickinson, 193?-195? 193?-194?

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The Papers of Asa Don Dickinson are contained in one box. There are several groupings that make up this collection including personal papers, some of Mr. Dickinson's publications, his correspondences, and a master's thesis written about him by library student Edythe Rosenblatt in May 2004.

1 box (.5 cu. ft.)

Brooklyn College

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Brooklyn College. Library

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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...