Williamson, William Landram, 1920-....?

Librarian and author of William Frederick Poole and the modern library movement (New York : Columbia University Press, 1963.).

Nicholas Murray Butler Librarian at Columbia University, 1954-1964, W.L. Williamson received his doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1959. In his dissertation and later book on Poole, Williamson sought to show how Poole's career was representative of the development of librarianship during the last half of the 19th century. Poole headed the Boston Athenaeum (1856-1869), the Cincinnati Public Library (1871-1873), Chicago Public Library (1874-1887), and the Newberry Library during its founding years (1887-1894). He was also a founder (1876) and president of the American Library Association.

From the description of W.L. Williamson - William F. Poole research papers, 1865-1959. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 52907885