Research Catalog

Title

Library School records, 1911-1932.

Author

New York Public Library. Library School

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Found In

(CStRLIN)NYPW

Subject

• Plummer, Mary W
• New York Public Library. Library School
• Libraries > New York (State) > New York
• Library schools
• Library education

Genre/Form

Autograph albums.

Terms of Use (note)

• All rights reserved. Permission to quote must be obtained in writing from the New York Public Library.

Biography (note)

• A library school was opened at the New York Public Library in October of 1911. Edwin Anderson, Assistant Director of the Library from 1908 to 1913, persuaded Andrew Carnegie to finance the establishment of the school, which was designed primarily to provide trained assistants for the staff of the Library. Mary W. Plummer, founder and director of the Pratt Insitute Library School, was appointed principal. The school closed in 1926 due to a lack of financial support.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Unpublished finding aid available at repository and on Internet.

Linking Entry (note)

• The history of the Central Administration offices is described separately.

Processing Action (note)

• Accessioned

Call Number

MssArc 5066

OCLC

NYPW92-A68

Author

New York Public Library. Library School.

Title

Library School records, 1911-1932.

Description

1.3 linear feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder).

Summary

Collection consists of notes, printed matter, autograph book, Alumni Association materials and information circulars.

Terms Of Use

All rights reserved. Permission to quote must be obtained in writing from the New York Public Library.

Biography

A library school was opened at the New York Public Library in October of 1911. Edwin Anderson, Assistant Director of the Library from 1908 to 1913, persuaded Andrew Carnegie to finance the establishment of the school, which was designed primarily to provide trained assistants for the staff of the Library. Mary W. Plummer, founder and director of the Pratt Insitute Library School, was appointed principal. The school closed in 1926 due to a lack of financial support.

Indexes

Unpublished finding aid available at repository and on Internet.

Linking Entry

The history of the Central Administration offices is described separately.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Finding Aid

Found In:

(CStRLIN)NYPW

Research Call Number

MssArc 5066