Joint Committee on Importations records, 1939-1943.

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....

Medical Library Association.

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Founded on May 2, 1898, by four librarians and four physicians at the suggestion of George M. Gould, M.D., editor of the Philadelphia Medical Journal, the Medical Library Association (MLA) is the second oldest special library association in the United States. Membership was limited to librarians representing medical libraries of not less than 500 volumes and with regular library hours and attendance. The Association of Medical Librarians (as it was known until 1907) was founded "to...

Joint Committee on Importations.

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This committee was formed by the American Library Association, the Medical Library Association, and several other national library organizations to foster the centralized acquisition of important European scholarly and scientific journals of vital interest to American scholars who were concerned that the journals would become unavailable as the war in Europe continued. Although the United States was still neutral in 1939, there were obstacles to the importation of German materials and materials ...

Fleming, Thomas P. 1907-

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Metcalf, Keyes DeWitt, 1889-1983

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Keyes D. Metcalf (1889-1983) was the Librarian of Harvard College and Director of the Harvard University Library from 1937 to 1955. From the description of Papers of Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 1969-1989. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973127 ...

Lydenberg, Harry Miller, 1874-1960

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Harry Miller Lydenberg (1874-1960) was the third director of the New York Public Library, from 1934 to 1941. Prior to becoming director, he worked at the Library for nearly forty years including serving as the administrative assistant to John Shaw Billings, the first director, in 1899, Chief Reference Librarian from 1908 to 1927, and assistant director from 1928 to 1934. He was active in various professional organizations and continued to work with international library groups after his retireme...