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By Cara Bertram; Faith McConnon
Collection Overview
Title: Joseph L. Wheeler Papers, 1918, 1920, 1926, 1932-38, 1945, 1955, 1963-71, 1977
ID: 97/1/81
Primary Creator: Wheeler, Joseph L. (1884-1970)
Extent: 0.2 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: Alphabetical
Date Acquired: 08/12/2020
Subjects: Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore, Maryland), Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, Wheeler, Joseph L.
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The papers of Joseph L. Wheeler, director of the Youngstown Public Library (1916-26) and director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library (1926-45), including biographical information, correspondence of John A. Wheeler (1971, 1977), newspaper clippings about and by Wheeler, publications about and by Wheeler, photographs from the Enoch Pratt Free Library (1932, 1937-38), and "A Tribute to Joseph L. Wheeler," by Margaret Edwards (1969).
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The American Library Association Archives
Acquisition Source:
Beth Wheeler Fox (Austin, Texas)
Related Materials:
Joseph L. Wheeler Papers, 1914-1969, MSS 2017-010, Florida State University Special Collections & Archives. For more information please see https://archives.lib.fsu.edu/repositories/10/resources/1884.
Finding Aid Revision History:
1/12/2023 - updated finding aid with digitized materials
PDF Box/Folder List
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Biographical Information, 1955, 1966
- Folder 2: Correspondence (John A. Wheeler), 1971, 1977
- Folder 3: Newspaper Clippings, 1918, 1920, 1926, 1935-36, 1969
- Folder 4: Notebook [Digitized], circa 1945
- Contains Enoch Pratt Free Library Board of Trustees listings, training class listings, budgets, staffing, and a book listing called "Pageant of Books"
- Folder 5: Photographs [Digitized], April-May 1932, 1937-38
- Enoch Pratt Free Library Staff and Office
- Folder 6: Publications about Joseph Wheeler, 1945, 1955, 1963, 1969-70
- Item 1: "Joseph Lewis Wheeler: Pathfinder and Pioneer," Dr. Harry Miller Lydenberg, 1945
- Item 2: "Our Frontispiece: Joseph L. Wheeler," Charles H. Compton, Bulletin of Bibliograph, September-December 1955
- Item 3: "The Rich Gifts of Joseph L. Wheeler," Enoch Pratt Free Library, February 1963
- Item 4: "Joseph Lewis Wheeler," Charles W. Ferguson, The PTA Magazine, April 1969
- Item 5: "Two Vermont Librarians, William Isaac Fletcher and Joseph L. Wheeler, Are Praised by Historians," Charles T. Morrissey, Vermont Librarians, July-August 1970
- Folder 7: Publications by Joseph Wheeler, 1964-1965
- Item 1: "SLA's Early Days and Indexing Achievements," Special Libraries, July-August 1964
- Item 2: "Report of a Study of the Operations and Building Problems of Atlanta Public Library," The Library Quarterly, 1965
- Folder 8: "A Tribute to Joseph Wheeler," Margaret Edwards, March 1969
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