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Jens Christian Meinich Hanson biography, 1907-1974
- Title
- Jens Christian Meinich Hanson biography, 1907-1974
- Identifier
- P1153
- Date
- 1907-1974
- Creator
- Hanson, Jens
- Description
- Copies of an untitled autobiography (284 pages, photocopy of typescript) and of the write-up in the Dictionary of American Library Biography (3 pages, 1978, by John Phillip Immroth), of the career of a distinguished Norwegian-born librarian, a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, 1882. He was chief of the Catalog Department of the Library of Congress, 1897 - 1910, where he "was directly involved in or responsible for...the Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress subject headings, new catalog of the Library of Congress, the form and system of distribution of printed catalog cards, and formulation of catalog rules."
From 1910 to 1928 he served first as assistant director and later as acting director of the University of Chicago Libraries. From 1928 to 1934 he taught in the Graduate Library School of the University. In 1928 he also served as one of a group of American cataloging experts in the reorganization of the Vatican Library. The autobiography was edited by Oivind M. Hovde and published in 1974 by Luther College Press (321 p.), but without the index included here. See St. Olaf library: 'What Became of Jens" (Z720.H26A3 NAHA).
Includes offprint of his review of John A. Hofstead's 'American Educators of Norwegian Origin' in "Library Quarterly" July 1932; 31 clippings from C.G.O. Hansen clipping collection, 1907 - 1943 which include articles on relatives, and a series of articles "Erindringer fra ottiaarene" published 1934 - 35 in Scandia, and article "Reisen til Minneapolis' Valdrisstevne' from Skandinaven, August 18th, 1939; photograph of Hanson - Extent
- 2 folders
- Type
- Clippings
- Photographs
- Manuscripts
Citation
Hanson, Jens, “Jens Christian Meinich Hanson biography, 1907-1974,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/12202.