William Dawson Johnston papers, 1842-1927 (bulk 1904-1920).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 7,500 items; 15 containers; 5.8 linear feetSubject(s): - Dewey, Melvil, 1851-1931 -- Correspondence
- Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955 -- Correspondence
- Columbia University. Library
- Library of Congress
- Library of Congress -- Officials and employees
- Saint Paul Public Library
- Academic libraries
- Libraries -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul
- Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
- Libraries -- Washington (D.C.)
- Historians
- Librarians
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, lists, notes, writings, clippings, printed material, and photographs relating to Johnston's service at Columbia University Library (1909-1914), Saint Paul Public Library (1914-1921), and the Library of Congress (1900-1907, 1926-1928). Includes notes for a projected second volume of Johnston's "History of the Library of Congress" and for a study of college and university libraries. Subjects include library history, services, and statistics. Correspondents include Melvil Dewey and Herbert Putnam.
Librarian and historian. Library of Congress historian.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009260
Collection related to the Library of Congress Archives.
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