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John Cotton Dana

19 August 1856 - 21 July 1929

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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  • Cover of: A library primer.

    First published in 1899 16 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition primerlibrary00danarich Cover of edition danalibraryprimer00rich Cover of edition libraryprimer00dana Cover of edition libraryprimer00danarich Cover of edition danalibraryprimer00danarich
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  • Cover of: Libraries: addresses and essays

    First published in 1916 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: American Art, how it Can be Made to Flourish

    First published in 1914 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Notes on bookbinding for libraries

    First published in 1906 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition notesonbookbindi00danaiala Cover of edition notesonbookbind00danagoog
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  • Cover of: Libraries; addresses and essays

    First published in 1916 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Modern American library economy as illustrated by the Newark, N.J., Free Public Library

    First published in 1908 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The gloom of the museum

    First published in 1917 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition newmuseumselecte0000dana
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  • Cover of: The picture collection.

    First published in 1928 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Stories of the prints: 1. the Lady Steko Kaibara, by Toyokuni, 1769-1829

    First published in 1918 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Who was Cardelius?

    First published in 1909 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The new relations of museums and industries: the story of the first ten years of a group of experimental museums

    First published in 1919 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Libraries: addresses and essays

    First published in 1966 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The college library

    First published in 1923 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Colorado libraries: tabulated statement, April 1894. Work in a library : the Public Library, Denver

    First published in 1894 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The pleasant art of getting your own library

    First published in 1913 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A library primer

    First published in 1913 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Literature of libraries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Now that everybody has enough to read, what should libraries do?

    First published in 1930 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A librarian to his friends

    First published in 1902 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The pleasant art of getting your own library, with a buying list of books that will encourage the reading family to read what they like best

    First published in 1939 1 edition in 1 language
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Photo of John Cotton Dana
Subjects
Library science, Libraries, Museums, Books and reading, Abbott memorial library, Pomfret, Vt, American Art, Early works to 1800, History, Public services (Libraries), Abbott Memorial Library (Pomfret, Vt.), Addresses, essays, lectures, Aids and devices, Alphabetizing, Book collecting, Bookbinding, Books, Business libraries, Denver Public Library, Educational aspects, Educational aspects of Museums, Fiction in libraries, Filing systems, Homes and haunts, Japanese Prints, Lectures and lecturing
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United States, Colorado, New Jersey, Plymouth (Vt.), Vermont
People
Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), Joachim Cardelius, Kunisada Utagawa (1786-1864)
Time
17th century, 18th century

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import