Brief Description: Edward G. Holley Collection of 1876 Scrapbook, contains two 35mm microfilm copies of letters and documents or transcriptions thereof, from the Boston Public Library scrapbook presented to the ALA in 1926, includes documentation concerning the founding of the ALA and plans, arrangements and promotional materials for the first conference in 1876, and correspondence with E. C. Arnold, Melvil Dewey, F. Leypoldt, William F. Poole, Lloyd P. Smith, Ainsworth R. Spofford, James L. Whitney, and Justin Winsor.
Additional microfilm of the original scrapbook is under Record Series 5/60/76 and the original scrapbook is under Record Series 5/1/27.
Held at:
The American Library Association Archives
19 Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61802
Phone: 217 333 0798
Fax: 217 244 2868
Email: ala-archives [at] library.illinois.edu
Record Series Number: 97/1/28
Created by: Edward G. Holley (1927-2010)
Volume: 0.1 Cubic Feet
Acquired:
04/01/1976.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date
Biographical Note for Edward G. Holley (1927-2010) : Edward G. Holley was born in 1927 in Pulaski, Tennessee. He received his B.A. in English from David Lipscomb College in Nashville in 1949. In 1951 Holley received his M.A. in Library Science from George Peabody College for Teachers, and in 1961 he received a PhD in Library Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1972, Holley took a position as a dean and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (UNC Chapel Hill SILS). Holley served in this position from 1972 to 1985, and in 1989 became an eminent William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor. Holley was president of the ALA 1974-1985, and retired from his position at UNC Chapel Hill SILS in 1995. Holley passed away in 2010.
Subject Index
ALA Annual Conference
Arnold, E. C.
Dewey, Melvil
Holley, Edward G.
Leypoldt, Frederick
Poole, William F.
Smith, Lloyd P.
Spofford, Ainsworth R.
Whitney, James L.
Winsor, Justin
Languages of Materials
English [eng]