Box 1
Contains 156 Results:
Correspondence, Alice S. Tyler, Cleveland, Ohio, to Mary Eileen Ahern, Chicago, Illinois, 1916 March 24-1930 February 3
Alice Tyler (1859-1944) was an American library advocate.
Correspondence, Katharine Tynan, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1916 December 24
Katherine Tynan (1859-1931) was an Irish novelist and poet.
Correspondence, Albert Vestal, Washington D.C., to Mary Eileen Ahern, Chicago, Illinois, 1918 June 18
Albert Vestal (1875-1932) was an American politician, serving as the House Majority Whip
Correspondence, Harry Vow, Washington D.C., to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1924 May 12
Correspondence, Frank K. Walter, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1927 January 12-20
Frank Walter (1875-1945) was the director of of the University of Minnesota Library.
Correspondence, Hilary Waltman, to Mary Eileen Ahern, Chicago, Illinois, 1926 July 7
Correspondence, Whitney Warren, New York City, New York, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1923 April 8
Whitney Warren (1864-1943) was an architect.
Correspondence, Roy West, Washington D.C., to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1928 December 8
Correspondence, C. C. Williamson, Columbia University, New York, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1926 May 10
Charles C Williamson (1877-1965) was the head of libraries and director of the School of Library Service at Columbia University, which later merged with the New York State Library School.
Correspondence, H. W. Wilson, New York City, New York, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1927 March 29
H. W. Wilson (1868-1954) was the creator of the Reader's Guide and founder of the publishing house H. W. Wilson Company.
Correspondence, Louis N. Wilson, Worcester, Massachusetts, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1912 April 12-1916 September 8
Correspondence, Phineas L. Windsor, University of Illinois, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1925 February 27
Phineas Windsor (1871-1965) was the librarian at the University of Texas and established the Texas Library Commission and Texas State Library Association.
Correspondence, G. E. Wire, Worcester, Massachusetts, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1916 December 1-1926 December 15
Correspondence, George A. Works, Cornell University, New York, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1927 June 21
George Works was a professor at Cornell University and head of the Connecticut Agricultural College.
Correspondence, Purd B. Wright, St. Joseph, Missouri, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1908 October 10
Purd Wright (1860-1927) was a newspaper editor, librarian, and city clerk in Saint Joseph, Missouri and later the` city librarian in Kansas City.
Correspondence, J. I. Wyer Jr., to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1908 August 12
James Ingersoll Wyer (1869-1955) was the Director of the New York State Library and pioneered the reference textbook.
Correspondence, Gulielma Zollinger, Newton, Idaho, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1903 February 3
Gulielma Zollinger (1856-1917) was an author.
Correspondence, Unidentified, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1908 December 5
Letter appears to be incomplete.
Correspondence, Miscellaneous Unidentified, to Mary Eileen Ahern, undated
Library Exam, "D.C. Idyl", 1903-1904
New York state library school exam with regard to Dewey cataloging numbers.
Library Exams and Syllabus of Study, 1904-1906
Exams are from the Pratt Institute Library School, Simmons College Library School, and other places.
Edwin Wiley, "The Library as an Educational Force", 1906
Essay was read before the Tennessee Library Association by Professor Edwin Wiley, librarian at Vanderbilt and member of the English department. Folder includes another version of this essay.
"School Libraries: Present, Past and Future", undated
Essay is typed on the stationery of Public Libraries, the journal that Ahern edited.
Documents dealing with the charge of anti-Semitism against Melvil Dewey, 1905
Folder includes an article from the New York Tribune and an editorial, as well as letters to the editor, from the New York Sun. Among the carbon copies are a letter from Dewey and a letter in support of Dewey from Herbert Putnam, the Librarian of Congress.
Documents dealing with women an the political situation in Ireland, 1914-1922
Folder includes such items as: the "Manifesto from Cumann na mBan" (the Irishwomen's Council) and the "Statement from the Women of Ireland to the Senate and Congress of the US."
Poster commemorating Easter Week and the Easter Rebellion, 1919
Poster published in Chicago features a poem entitled: "Old Ireland" by Walt Whitman.
Miscellaneous items, 1923-1929
Folder includes a variety of items from a patriotic World War I poem to a menu for a library association meeting.
Hans Einar Hansen Mose, "Danish literature in English translation", 1925
It is unclear whether this is a paper submitted to Public Libraries for publication or whether it is a paper done for course work at the University of Illinois' library school.
Itinerary for an ALA Oriental Tour, 1930
The tour took Ahern and 7 others to Hawaii, the Philippines, Japan, and China.
Mary Eileen Ahern, "What and How to Read", undated
"What and How to Read" was a speech delivered by Ahern.