Finding Aid for George W. Cole Papers, 1885-1906 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: George W. Cole Papers, 1885-1906

ID: 2/3/20

Primary Creator: Cole, George W. (1850-1939)

Extent: 0.1 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Anderson, Edwin H., Bowker, Richard R., Brett, William H., Carr, Henry J., Cole, George W., Columbia School of Library Economy (New York), Cutter, Charles A., Dewey, Melvil, Elmendorf, Theresa W., Executive Board, ALA, Haines, Helen E., Hayes, Rutherford P., Hill, Frank P., Jones, Ada A., Kroeger, Alice B., Larned, Josephus N., Library Journal, Patten, Frank C., Plummer, Mary W., Solberg, Thorvald, Treasurer, Utley, Henry M., Winser, Beatrice

Languages: English

Papers of George W. Cole (1850-1939), treasurer of ALA (1893- 96), including correspondence about his beginnings in library work, his year at the Columbia School of Library Economy, the school after it moved to Albany, New York, his inquiries concerning payment of ALA dues (1893-1896) and articles to appear in Library Journal (1901-1906).

Correspondents include E.H. Anderson, Martha H.G. Banks, R.R. Bowker, William Brett, Arthur N. Brown, Henry J. Carr, Charles A. Cutter, William Cutter, H.E. Davidson, Melvil Dewey, Theresa West Elmendorf, R.P. Hayes, Helen E. Haines, Frank P. Hill, Annie B. Jackson, Ada A. Jones, Alice B. Kroeger, Josephus N. Larned, Mrs. E.S. Lewis, George T. Little, Margaret D. mcGuffey, Sarah H. Minor, W.E. Parker, Annie Parsons, Frank Patten, Mary W. Plummer, J. Herbert Senter, Thorvald Solberg, Lucy Stevens, Mabel Temple, A.W. Tyler, Henry M. Utley, Beatrice Winser, and Ernest D. Worth.

Anderson, Edwin H.
Bowker, Richard R.
Brett, William H.
Carr, Henry J.
Cole, George W.
Columbia School of Library Economy (New York)
Cutter, Charles A.
Dewey, Melvil
Elmendorf, Theresa W.
Executive Board, ALA
Haines, Helen E.
Hayes, Rutherford P.
Hill, Frank P.
Jones, Ada A.
Kroeger, Alice B.
Larned, Josephus N.
Library Journal
Patten, Frank C.
Plummer, Mary W.
Solberg, Thorvald
Treasurer
Utley, Henry M.
Winser, Beatrice

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 9/11/73

Related Materials: George Watson Cole Papers, Huntington Institutional Archives, HIA 30.1.1-2: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8h41vmb/; George Watson Cole Papers, Yale University Archives, MS 143: https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/3031

Other Note: 11 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/0203020a.pdf

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