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Contains 156 Results:

Correspondence, Mary L. Titcomb, Hagerstown, Maryland, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1926 January 7-February 15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 126
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-125
Scope and Contents

Mary L. Titcomb (1857-1932) was a leader in the development of the study of library and information science.

Dates: 1926 January 7-February 15

Correspondence, Alice S. Tyler, Cleveland, Ohio, to Mary Eileen Ahern, Chicago, Illinois, 1916 March 24-1930 February 3

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 127
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-126
Scope and Contents

Alice Tyler (1859-1944) was an American library advocate.

Dates: 1916 March 24-1930 February 3

Correspondence, Katharine Tynan, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1916 December 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 128
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-127
Scope and Contents

Katherine Tynan (1859-1931) was an Irish novelist and poet.

Dates: 1916 December 24

Correspondence, Albert Vestal, Washington D.C., to Mary Eileen Ahern, Chicago, Illinois, 1918 June 18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 129
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-128
Scope and Contents

Albert Vestal (1875-1932) was an American politician, serving as the House Majority Whip

Dates: 1918 June 18

Correspondence, Frank K. Walter, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1927 January 12-20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 131
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-130
Scope and Contents

Frank Walter (1875-1945) was the director of of the University of Minnesota Library.

Dates: 1927 January 12-20

Correspondence, Whitney Warren, New York City, New York, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1923 April 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 133
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-132
Scope and Contents

Whitney Warren (1864-1943) was an architect.

Dates: 1923 April 8

Correspondence, C. C. Williamson, Columbia University, New York, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1926 May 10

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 135
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-134
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1926 May 10

Correspondence, H. W. Wilson, New York City, New York, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1927 March 29

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 136
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-135
Scope and Contents

H. W. Wilson (1868-1954) was the creator of the Reader's Guide and founder of the publishing house H. W. Wilson Company.

Dates: 1927 March 29

Correspondence, Phineas L. Windsor, University of Illinois, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1925 February 27

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 138
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-137
Scope and Contents

Phineas Windsor (1871-1965) was the librarian at the University of Texas and established the Texas Library Commission and Texas State Library Association.

Dates: 1925 February 27

Correspondence, George A. Works, Cornell University, New York, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1927 June 21

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 140
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-139
Scope and Contents

George Works was a professor at Cornell University and head of the Connecticut Agricultural College.

Dates: 1927 June 21

Correspondence, Purd B. Wright, St. Joseph, Missouri, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1908 October 10

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 141
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-140
Scope and Contents

Purd Wright (1860-1927) was a newspaper editor, librarian, and city clerk in Saint Joseph, Missouri and later the` city librarian in Kansas City.

Dates: 1908 October 10

Correspondence, J. I. Wyer Jr., to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1908 August 12

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 142
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-141
Scope and Contents

James Ingersoll Wyer (1869-1955) was the Director of the New York State Library and pioneered the reference textbook.

Dates: 1908 August 12

Correspondence, Gulielma Zollinger, Newton, Idaho, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1903 February 3

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 143
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-142
Scope and Contents

Gulielma Zollinger (1856-1917) was an author.

Dates: 1903 February 3

Correspondence, Unidentified, to Mary Eileen Ahern, 1908 December 5

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 144
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-143
Scope and Contents

Letter appears to be incomplete.

Dates: 1908 December 5

Library Exam, "D.C. Idyl", 1903-1904

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 146
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-145
Scope and Contents

New York state library school exam with regard to Dewey cataloging numbers.

Dates: 1903-1904

Library Exams and Syllabus of Study, 1904-1906

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 147
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-146
Scope and Contents

Exams are from the Pratt Institute Library School, Simmons College Library School, and other places.

Dates: 1904-1906

Edwin Wiley, "The Library as an Educational Force", 1906

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 148
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-147
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1906

"School Libraries: Present, Past and Future", undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 149
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-148
Scope and Contents

Essay is typed on the stationery of Public Libraries, the journal that Ahern edited.

Dates: undated

Documents dealing with the charge of anti-Semitism against Melvil Dewey, 1905

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 150
Identifier: MSN/MN 0504-149
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1905