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Collection Overview
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 Bureau, Library Journal, Patten, Frank C., Plummer, Mary W., Solberg, Thorvald, Treasurer, Utley, Henry M., Winser, Beatrice
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
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.
Biographical Note
George Watson Cole was a librarian and bibliographer born in 1850 in Warren Connecticut. He worked in libraries at Fitchburg, Massachusetts and the Pratt Institute before attending Melvil Dewey's library school at Columbia College in 1888. He later worked for the Newberry Library in Chicago and then the Free Public Library of Jersey City, New Jersey from 1891-1895. He then served as librarian of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery from 1915-1924. He died on Octoboer 10, 1939.
Subject/Index Terms
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 Bureau
Library Journal
Patten, Frank C.
Plummer, Mary W.
Solberg, Thorvald
Treasurer
Utley, Henry M.
Winser, Beatrice
Administrative Information
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
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1885-1889
- Digitized
- Item 1: H. E. Davidson, Library Bureau, Boston, January 28, 1885
- Item 2: H. E. Davidson, February 13, 1885
- Item 3: G. B. Tillinghast, Boston, January 5, 1886
- Item 4: A. N. Brown, Library Bureau, Boston, July 19, 1886
- Item 5: A. N. Brown, August 13, 1886
- About Brown leaving Library Bureau.
- Item 6: A. N. Brown, August 23, 1886
- With enclosure of item #3 above and 2 small covering cards.
- Item 7: H. E. Davidson, November 27, 1886
- Item 8: Mary W. Plummer, St. Louis Public Library, June 1, 1888
- Asking for Columbia Library School Class of 1888 dues.
- Item 9: Frank C. Patten, Columbia School of Library Economy, June 15, 1888
- News of activities at the Columbia School of Library Economy.
- Item 10: Frank C. Patten, July 16, 1888
- Item 11: Mary W. Plummer, July 29, 1888
- Class news.
- Item 12: H. E. Davidson, August 28, 1888
- Item 13: H. E. Davidson, October 4, 1888
- About a possible position in Indianapolis. With Cole’s shorthand reply.
- Item 14: H. E. Davidson, November 2, 1888
- Item 15: H. E. Davidson, December 21, 1888
- Item 16: Frank C. Patten, January 14, 1889
- On Melvil Dewey’s move to Albany.
- Item 17: W. T. People, New York Mercantile Library, January 18, 1889
- On future of Library School. Clipping attached.
- Item 18: H. E. Davidson, February 5, 1889
- Information on an opening for a librarian at Salem, Mass.
- Item 19: Mary W. Plummer, February 10, 1889
- Class of 1888 News.
- Item 20: Publishers Weekly, March 7, 1889
- Item 21: H. E. Davidson, March 7, 1889
- Item 22: H. E. Davidson, March 7, 1889
- Shorthand reply attached.
- Item 23: C. A. Cutter, Boston Athenaeum, May 1, 1889
- Accepts offer of a paper for the St. Louis meeting.
- Item 24: Frank C. Patten, State Library, Albany, New York, May 4, 1889
- Library School development.
- Item 25: Frank C. Patten, May 15, 1889
- Library School development.
- Item 26: H. E. Davidson, September 13, 1889
- Item 27: H. E. Davidson, September 18, 1889
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1891-1893
- Digitized
- Item 1: Ada Alice Jones, Albany, New York, April 1, 1891
- Item 2: George Cole to Editor, Library Journal, New York City, April 2, 1891
- Circular from P. L. Force of Library Journal is attached asking for literary contribution to Library Journal. Letter contains Cole’s comments. At the end is one page of shorthand by Cole.
- Item 3: H. E. Davidson, July 23, 1891
- Item 4: Frank P. Hill (ALA Secretary), Newark Public Library, April 30, 1892
- Concerning K. A. Linderfelt’s trouble.
- Item 5: Henry J. Carr (ALA Treasurer), Scranton, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1892
- Item 6: W. E. Parker, Library Bureau, Boston, February 1, 1893
- Item 7: Melvil Dewey, New York State Library, Albany, February 4, 1893
- Circular letter to ALA committee on Library School inviting them to visit Albany.
- Item 8: R. R. Bowker, Publishers Weekly, New York City, February 16, 1893
- Item 9: Melvil Dewey (ALA President), Albany, New York, June 30, 1893
- Enclosure gives Cole’s topic for Chicago Meeting
- Item 10: George Cole to Frank P. Hill, June 30, 1893
- Cole to Frank P. Hill with a reply from Hill written on an attached circular.
- Item 11: Library Journal, per H. E. Haines, New York City, July 6, 1893
- Item 12: Henry Preserved Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 29, 1893
- Item 13: Mrs. E. S. Lewis, Topeka Free Public Library, Kansas, October 9, 1893
- Item 14: R. R. Bowker, Publishers Weekly, October 9, 1893
- Item 15: J. N. Larned, Buffalo Public Library, October 12, 1893
- Item 16: T. W. ?, Tufts Library, Weymouth, Massachusetts, October 13, 1893
- Item 17: T. T. Dawley, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October 15, 1893
- Item 18: Mrs. E. S. Lewis, October 27, 1893
- Item 19: Miss Mabel Temple, Brown University Library, Providence, November 3, 1893
- Item 20: J. W. Wing (?) Scribner’s, New York City, November 3, 1893
- Item 21: Frank P. Hill, December 8, 1893
- With a nondescript card attached.
- Item 22: R. G. Clarke, New York City Manager for Library Bureau, December 9, 1893
- Item 23: W. E. Parker, Library Bureau, Boston, December 12, 1893
- Item 24: Charles C. Soule, Boston Book Company, December 13, 1893
- Item 25: A. W. Whelpley, Cincinnati Public Library, December 15, 1893
- Card.
- Item 26: George Cole to Henry J. Carr (copy), December 18, 1893
- About P W bill for printing ALA proceedings.
- Item 27: Henry J. Carr, Scranton Public Library, Pennsylvania, December 19, 1893
- With a scrap of shorthand answer.
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1894
- Digitized
- Item 1: Sarah H. Minor, Muskegon, Michigan, January 8, 1894
- Item 2: W. E. Parker, Library Bureau, Boston, January 10, 1894
- On printing catalog cards.
- Item 3: Mrs. A. B. Minor, Muskegon, Michigan, January 15, 1894
- Item 4: Thorvald Solberg, Valldemosa, Spain, January 22, 1894
- Item 5: W. E. Parker, February 6, 1894
- Item 6: R. R. Bowker to Melvil Dewey (copy), February 8, 1894
- About who pays for the proceedings.
- Item 7: Publishers Weekly, New York City, February 10, 1894
- Item 8: Library Journal per H. E. Haines, February 13, 1894
- With enclosure of a postal card and a letter to C. A. Cutter, both September 1893 (from H. J. Carr) about final form of membership list.
- Item 9: Melvil Dewey to Frank P. Hill (copy), February 16, 1894
- Item 10: George Cole to Melvil Dewey (copy), February 19, 1894
- Item 11: George T. Little, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine, February 22, 1894
- Item 12: H. H. Cooke, Hinsdale, Illinois, February 24, 1894
- Item 13: W. T. Peoples, New York Mercantile Library, February 24, 1894
- Item 14: Martha H. G. Banks, Newark, New Jersey, February 26, 1894
- Item 15: Artemus Martin, U. S. Coast Survey Office, Washington, D. C., February 26, 1894
- Item 16: Edward G. Mason, Chicago Historical Society, February 26, 1894
- Item 17: Lucy Stevens, Toledo, Ohio, February 26, 1894
- Item 18: Josephine P. Cleveland, Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, February 27, 1894
- Item 19: K. G. Forsythe, Albany, New York, February 27, 1894
- Item 20: George T. Little, February 27, 1894
- Item 21: William E. Foster, Providence Public Library, February 28, 1894
- Item 22: Alice G. Chandler, Lancaster, Massachusetts, March 1, 1894
- Item 23: Luther (?), General Theology Library, Boston, March 5, 1894
- Item 24: B. A. Finney, University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor, March 6, 1894
- Item 25: Mittie Belcher Fairbanks, Farmington, Maine, March 7, 1894
- Item 26: Annie F. Parsons, Bay City, Michigan, March 19, 1894
- Item 27: A. V. Milner, Librarian, Illinois State Normal University, Bloomington, Illinois, April 8, 1894
- Item 28: D. C. Hasbrouck, Field Library, Peekskill, New York, April 13, 1894
- Item 29: Thorvald Solberg, April 19, 1894
- Postcard.
- Item 30: Mrs. M. H. G. Banks, Paterson, New Jersey, May 16, 1894
- Item 31: Emma J. Bean, Andover Theology Seminary, Andover, Massachusetts, May 18, 1894
- Item 32: Mrs. Mary W. Loomis, Cherokee, Iowa, May 18, 1894
- Item 33: George W. Harris, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, Mary 22, 1894
- Item 34: Louisa Scautlin (?), Willard Library, Evansville, Indiana, May 23, 1894
- Cole’s note says answered 5/26/94.
- Item 35: W. E. Frisse (Lawyer), St. Louis, Missouri, May 31, 1894
- Item 36: J. Herbert Senter, New York City, to Frank P. Hill, June 1, 1894
- Forwarded to Cole.
- Item 37: J. Herbert Senter, June 1, 1894
- Item 38: R. C. Woodward, Springfield Public Library, June 2, 1894
- Item 39: Melvil Dewey, June 10, 1894
- A note written on circular.
- Item 40: George Cole to James L. Whitney, Boston Public Library, June 20, 1894
- With enclosure, a Finance Committee signed authorization.
- Item 41: J. N. Larned (ALA President), Buffalo Public Library, June 26, 1894
- Item 42: Melvil Dewey to James L. Whitney, June 28, 1894
- Item 43: W. E. Parker, Library Bureau, Boston, July 16, 1894
- Item 44: W. E. Parker, July 16, 1894
- Item 45: W. E. Parker, July 16, 1894
- Item 46: Richard T. Lancefield, Hamilton Public Library, Ontario, July 23, 1894
- Item 47: Joseph Heydrich, Pequot Library, South Port, Connecticut, to Frank P. Hill, August 1, 1894
- Forwarded to Cole.
- Item 48: A. W. Tyler, Beverly, Massachusetts, August 23, 1894
- Item 49: Theresa West, Milwaukee Public Library, September 5, 1894
- Item 50: Ernest D. Worth, Bibliographical Society, Scribners, New York City, September 8, 1894
- Item 51: J. Y. W. MacAlister (Secretary, LAUK) London?, September 8, 1894
- Item 52: B. F. Stevens, London, September 12, 1894
- Item 53: Ernest D. Worth, September 21, 1894
- Item 54: Alfred B. Page, Dedham, Massachusetts, September 29, 1894
- Item 55: Mary L. Whitall, Woodbury, New Jersey, October 2, 1894
- Item 56: Beatrice Winser, Newark Free Public Library, October 9, 1894
- Item 57: H. M. Utley, Detroit Public Library, October 9, 1894
- Item 58: A. W. Whelpley, Cincinnati Public Library, October 15, 1894
- Item 59: A. L. Peck, Gloversville Free Library, New York, October 16, 1894
- Item 60: Alford Zigluig (?), Pennsylvania Library Club-Franklin Institute Library, Philadelphia, October 17, 1894
- Item 61: John Thomson, Free Library of Philadelphia, October 19, 1894
- Item 62: B. F. Stevens, London, December 1, 1894
- Item 63: Theresa West, Milwaukee Public Library, December 6, 1894
- Item 64: William H. Tillinghast, December 1894
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1895
- Digitized
- Item 1: W. Stetson Merrill, Newberry Library, Chicago, 1895
- Item 2: William H. Tillinghast, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 8, 1895
- Item 3: Clara S. Sherwood, LaJunta, Colorado, January 12, 1895
- Item 4: Theresa West, February 15, 1895
- Item 5: Frank P. Hill, February 20, 1895
- Item 6: Clara S. Sherwood, March 4, 1895
- Item 7: Bernard C. Steiner, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, March 6, 1895
- Item 8: H. M. Utley, March 14, 1895
- Item 9: W. C. Lane, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 27, 1895
- Item 10: W. C. Lane, March 29, 1895
- Item 11: W. B. Shaw, Assistant Editor, The Review of Reviews, New York City, April 8, 1895
- Item 12: R. G. Twaites, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, April 9, 1895
- Item 13: G. E. Wire, Newberry Library, Chicago, April 10, 1895
- Item 14: Anderson H. Hopkins, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 11, 1895
- Asks for help in changing positions.
- Item 15: Norman Williams, Lawyer, Chicago, April 11, 1895
- About his contribution to ALA Endowment Fund.
- Item 16: Thorvald Solberg, April 12, 1895
- About his new position and his ALA membership.
- Item 17: Gardner M. Jones, Salem Public Library, Massachusetts, April 13, 1895
- On ALA Subject Headings
- Item 18: R. C. Woodward, Springfield Public Library, Ohio, April 13, 1895
- Item 19: George Cole to Norman Williams, April 15, 1895
- Shorthand reply to Willams' letter.
- Item 20: Margaret D. McGuffey, Boston Public Library, April 19, 1895
- Item 21: H. M. Utley (ALA President), April 20, 1895
- On printed catalogs as a subject for ALA discussion.
- Item 22: Norman Williams, April 20, 1895
- Item 23: Ernest D. Worth, April 22, 1895
- Item 24: Norman Williams, April 23, 1895
- Item 25: H. M. Utley, April 24, 1895
- Shorthand reply by Cole written on bottom.
- Item 26: Irving S. Stanton, New Bedford, Massachusetts to H. M. Utley, April 22, 1895
- Item 27: Annie B. Jackson, Strongs Sanitarium, Saratoga Springs, New York, April 27, 1895
- Item 28: Daniel E. Pannepacker, Delphi Library, Philadelphia, May 30, 1895
- Item 29: Mrs. Evelyn S. Lewis, Free Library, Topeka, Kansas, May 31, 1895
- Item 30: Caroline V. McGuffey, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 2, 1895
- Item 31: Irving S. Stanton, New Bedford, Massachusetts, June 3, 1895
- On the library movement.
- Item 32: C. Alex Nelson, Columbia College Library, New York City, June 12, 1895
- Item 33: Mrs. Mary Van Benschoten Woodward, Evanston, Illinois, June 24, 1895
- Item 34: James C. Hanson, Madison, Wisconsin, June 26, 1895
- Item 35: Charlotte Endicott Garth, Whitestone, June 29, 1895
- Item 36: Miss Alma Rogers VanHoevenberg, Nahant, Massachusetts, July 14, 1895
- Item 37: Erra (?) L. Moore, Withers Public Library, Bloomington, Illinois, July 15, 1895
- Item 38: A. W. Whelpley to James L. Whitney, July 26, 1895
- Postal card
- Item 39: James L. Whitney, July 29, 1895
- Item 40: C. Alex Nelson, Columbia College Library, New York City, August 1, 1895
- Item 41: H. M. Utley (ALA President), August 3, 1895
- Item 42: M. G. Dowden, Melbourne, Australia, August 30, 1895
- Item 43: H. E. Davidson, September 18, 1895
- Item 44: E. H. Anderson, Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1895
- Item 45: C. Alex Nelson, September 23, 1895
- Item 46: A. W. Tyler, Blackstone Library, Branford, Connecticut, September 24, 1895
- Item 47: A. W. Tyler, September 25, 1895
- Item 48: Miss Ellen E. Geary, Astoria Public Library, Oregon, September 26, 1895
- Item 49: C. Alex Nelson, September 29, 1895
- Item 50: Beatrice Winser (New Jersey Library Association Secretary) Newark Free Public Library, October 5, 1895
- Item 51: William R. Cutter, Woburn, Massachusetts, October 18, 1895
- Item 52: New York Times per T.D.W., October 19, 1895
- Item 53: William M. Beekley, Philadelphia, November 1, 1895
- Item 54: Henry J. Carr, November 4, 1895
- Item 55: Alice B. Kroeger, Drexel Institute, November 5, 1895
- Item 56: E. H. Anderson, November 23, 1895
- Item 57: W. E. Parker, November 26, 1895
- Item 58: Henry J. Carr, December 7, 1895
- Item 59: Publishers Weekly, New York City (Bowker?), December 26, 1895
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1896
- Digitized
- Item 1: E. H. Anderson, February 7, 1896
- George Cole in Bermuda. About his new office as Acting Treasurer.
- Item 2: E. H. Anderson, February 12, 1896
- George Cole in Bermuda. About materials received from Cole.
- Item 3: W. E. Parker, March 4, 1896
- George Cole in Bermuda. Cole recommended to Librarianship of Indianapolis Public Library.
- Item 4: Ernest D. Worth, March 16, 1896
- Item 5: E. H. Anderson, June 10, 1896
- About Bibliographical Society dues. George Cole in New York City account of his term as acting secretary.
- Item 6: Miss K. F. Walker, Dayton, Ohio to E. H. Anderson, September 14, 1896
- Forwarded to George Cole with a note. About Miss Walker's ALA membership.
- Item 7: John Thompson, Free Library of Philadelphia to W. H. Brett, Cleveland, Ohio (copy), September 24, 1896
- About having ALA in Philadelphia.
- Item 8: William Pepper, President, Free Library of Philadelphia to W. H. Brett (copy), September 25, 1896
- About having ALA in Philadelphia.
- Item 9: A. W. Whelpley, Librarian, Cincinnati Public Library, September 28, 1896
- About a bill to be paid
- Item 10: R. P. Hayes to E. H. Anderson, October 1, 1896
- Letter sent on to George Cole with a note.
- Item 11: W. H. Brett to E. H. Anderson, October 3, 1896
- Letter sent on to George Cole. A request for information on a member.
- Item 12: R. P. Hayes, State Board of Library Commissioners, Columbus, Ohio, October 5, 1896
- Item 13: E. H. Anderson, October 5, 1896
- Item 14: Gardner Jones, October 15, 1896
- On membership rules.
- Item 15: W. H. Brett, October 17, 1896
- Item 16: Horace Chase, Washington, November 7, 1896
- Item 17: R. P. Hayes, November 8, 1896
- Item 18: Miss E. E. Clarke, Jersey City, New Jersey, November 10, 1896
- Includes reply from George Cole.
- Item 19: R. P. Hayes, November 12, 1896
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1901-1906
- Digitized
- Item 1: Helen E. Haines, Library Journal, December 24, 1901
- Item 2: Helen E. Haines, December 31, 1901
- Item 3: Helen E. Haines, January 7, 1902
- Item 4: Jos. W. Kay, Jr., Kay Printing House, to A. Growall (?), January 4, 1902
- Item 5: Helen E. Haines, April 22, 1905
- Item 6: Unidentified Correspondent, December 17, 1906
- Item 7: Elizabeth Howey
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