Charles B. Norton and S. Hastings Grant Papers, 1850-1866, 1884, 1915

Collection Overview

Title: Charles B. Norton and S. Hastings Grant Papers, 1850-1866, 1884, 1915

Predominant Dates:1853

ID: 97/1/21

Creator: Norton, Charles B. (1825-1891)

Extent: 0.7 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged by media format and alphabetically by subject title and chronologically by date thereunder

Date Acquired: 09/11/1973

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Charles B. Norton (1825-91), editor of Norton's Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular, and S. Hastings Grant (1828- 1910), librarian of the Mercantile Library Association of New York, contains correspondence and statistical forms concerning periodical subscriptions, gifts of the Literary Register, library statistics and information, and arrangements for and proceedings of the Librarians' Convention of September 1853, includes correspondence with Charles C. Jewett (Smithsonian), Daniel C. Gilman (Yale), Reuben A. Guild (Brown), William S. Rhees (Smithsonian), James Green (Baltimore Mercantile Library Association), John W. Dean (Boston), Edward Capen (Boston Public Library ), Samuel Haven (American Antiquarian Association), John Tappan (University of Michigan Library), William P. Curtis (Mercantile Library Association, St. Louis), Philip Forbes and W.S. Butler (New York Society Library), R. H. Stephenson (Cincinnati Mercantile Library Association), Lloyd P. Smith (Library Company of Philadelphia), and E.C. Arnold (Young Men's Association, Milwaukee).

Biographical Note

Charles B. Norton (1825-1891) was born in Hartford, Connecticut on July 1, 1825. He was a publisher most known for his Literary Gazette, the country's first library periodical. In the Literary Gazette is where the first library convention of 1853 was proposed, the predecessor to the American Library Association. Norton also arranged the reunion of 1853 attendees that the 1887 ALA Conference at the Thousand Islands. He died in Chicago in 1891 while helping to plan the Columbian Exposition.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Due to the technical requirements to access microfilm reels, advance notice is required to access the reels onsite. Please contact the Archives for further information.

Other Note: 33 Pages

Other URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/9701021a.pdf

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence and Statistical Forms Describing Individual Libraries

Box 1

Folder 1: Alabama, 1853-1855: Digitized
Folder 2: California, 1854-1861: Digitized
Folder 3: Colorado, 1860: Digitized
Folder 4: Connecticut, 1853-1865: Digitized
Folder 5: Delaware, 1853-1854: Digitized
Folder 6: District of Columbia, 1853-1884: Digitized
Folder 7: Georgia: Digitized
Folder 8: Illinois, 1853-1864: Digitized
Folder 9: Indiana, 1853-1855: Digitized
Folder 10: Kentucky, 1853-1854: Digitized
Folder 11: Louisiana, 1852-1856: Digitized
Folder 12: Maine, 1852-1865: Digitized
Folder 13: Maryland, 1853-1865: Digitized
Folder 14: Massachusetts, 1853-1865: Digitized
Folder 15: Michigan, 1853-1860: Digitized
Folder 16: Minnesota, 1853: Digitized
Folder 17: Mississippi, 1853-1857: Digitized
Folder 18: Missouri, 1851-1864: Digitized
Folder 19: New Hampshire, 1853-1864: Digitized
Folder 20: New Jersey, 1852-1865: Digitized
Folder 21: New York - S. H. Grant, 1853-1865: Digitized
Folder 22: New York - C. B. Norton, 1853-1858: Digitized
Folder 23: North Carolina, 1853: Digitized
Folder 24: Ohio, 1850-1864: Digitized
Folder 25: Pennsylvania, 1853-1865: Digitized
Folder 26: Rhode Island, 1853-1861: Digitized
Folder 27: South Carolina, 1853: Digitized
Folder 28: Tennessee, 1853-1860: Digitized
Folder 29: Vermont, 1850-1853: Digitized
Folder 30: Virginia, 1853-1859: Digitized
Folder 31: Wisconsin, 1853-1859: Digitized
Folder 32: Other Materials: Includes “A Librarian’s Job: A Los Angeles (California) Reporter’s Idea from the Los Angeles Times. Folder digitized.

Series 2: Librarians Convention

Box 2

Folder 1: Microfilm of Scrapbook, 1853
Folder 2: Photostats, 1853: Includes a Call for Conference, Invititation for Reception, Press Account, and Reports in Norton's Literary Gazette, October 15, 1853. File is digitized.
Folder 3: Photostats-Letters, 1853: Includes letters from Charles C. Jewett to S. Hastings Grant. Letters from May 11, August 16, and November 14, 1853.
Folder 4: Norton's Literary Register, 1854: Digitized
Folder 5: Proceedings of Librarians Convention: Contains 1 bound hardcover (1853) and 1 paperback reprint, Torch Press (1915)
Folder 6: Scrapbook, 1853: Scrapbook contains Call for Conference, Correspondence, Invitation for Reception, Press Account, and reports in Norton's Literary Gazette, October 15, 1853.