Dewey, Melvil, 1851-1931
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Herbert Baxter Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0004
Abstract
Herbert Baxter Adams (1850-1901) was an American educator and historian. The collection consists of material spanning 1851-1903. The materials include correspondence, lectures, writings, research material, files related to Johns Hopkins University, the United States Bureau of Education, the American Historical Association Committee of Seven, personal files, and prints and photos.
Dates:
1851 - 1903; Majority of material found within 1876 - 1901
Found in:
Special Collections
Peabody Institute Office of the Provost records
Collection
Identifier: PIRG-03
Abstract
Records documenting the activities of the executive office of the Institute. Includes correspondence from prospective lecturers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Fiske, and James Russell Lowell (1867-1913); correspondence concerning the library, including letters received from Abram Stevens Hewitt of Cooper Union, E. W. Blatchford of the Newberry Library, and Melvil Dewey; numerous letters from the Institute librarian, Philip R. Uhler, to the provost reporting library activities during the...
Dates:
1861 - 1916
Found in:
Peabody Archives
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