William Dawson Johnston papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 7500
Subjects: Correspondence; Columbia University. Library; Libraries; Library of Congress; Academic libraries; Saint Paul Public Library; Columbia University
Description: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, lists, notes, writings, clippings, printed material, and photographs relating to Johnston's service at Columbia University Library (1909-1914), Saint Paul Public Library (1914-1921), and the Library of Congress (1900-1907, 1926-1928).  Includes notes for a projected second volume of Johnston's "History of the Library of Congress" and for a study of college and university libraries.  Subjects include library history, services, and statistics.  Correspondents include Melvil Dewey and Herbert Putnam.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, William Dawson Johnston, 1928.

Librarian and historian.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009260