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John Cotton Dana

A highly influential American librarian and museum director whose main objective was to make the library relevant to the daily lives of the citizens and to promote the benefits of reading. He was a public librarian for forty years. - Wikipedia

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American librarian and museum director (1856-1929)

Born 19 August 1856
Died 21 July 1929

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  • Cover of: A library primer

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  • Cover of: Notes on bookbinding for libraries

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  • Cover of: Libraries: addresses and essays

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  • Cover of: The gloom of the museum

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  • Cover of: News from France: or, A description of the library of Cardinal Mazarin, preceded by the Surrender of the library (now newly translated)

    First published in 1907 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Literature of libraries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

    First published in 1906 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: American Art, how it Can be Made to Flourish

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  • Cover of: Gloom of the Museum

    First published in 1917 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Suggestions

    First published in 1921 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Modern American library economy as illustrated by the Newark, N.J., Free Public Library

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  • Cover of: On buying and using print, practical suggestions from a librarian to the business man

    First published in 1921 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A plan for a new museum, the kind of museum it will profit a city to maintain

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  • Cover of: The pleasant art of getting your own library

    First published in 1913 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Horace

    First published in 1827 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The picture collection.

    First published in 1928 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The color-and-position method for filing pamphlets, books, maps, documents, letters and other material

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  • Cover of: The Pomfret library, Vermont, in the Abbott memorial library building ...

    First published in 1911 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Stories of the prints: 1. the Lady Steko Kaibara, by Toyokuni, 1769-1829

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  • Cover of: Who was Cardelius?

    First published in 1909 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The college library

    First published in 1923 — 1 edition
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American librarian and museum director (1856-1929)

Born 19 August 1856
Died 21 July 1929

Subjects

Library science, Museums, Libraries, History, Public services (Libraries), Abbott Memorial Library (Pomfret, Vt.), Abbott memorial library, Pomfret, Vt, Addresses, essays, lectures, Aids and devices, Alphabetizing, American Art, Bibliothèque Mazarine, Book collecting, Bookbinding, Books, Books and reading, Business libraries, Denver Public Library, Early works to 1800, Educational aspects, Educational aspects of Museums, Fiction in libraries, Filing systems, Homes and haunts, Industrial museums

Places

United States, Colorado, New Jersey, Plymouth (Vt.), Vermont

People

Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), Gabriel Naudé (1600-1653), Joachim Cardelius, Kunisada Utagawa (1786-1864)

Time

17th century, 18th century

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Alternative names

  • John C. Dana
  • Cotton John Dana
  • Dana, John Cotton, 1856-1929
  • John Cotton 1856-1929 Dana
  • John Cotton John Cotton Dana
  • John Dana Cotton

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October 25, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
March 18, 2011 Edited by George Bio, dates, wikipedia, pic
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import