Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P1153 Title A name given to the resource Jens Christian Meinich Hanson biography, 1907-1974 Description An account of the resource <span>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."</span><br /><br /><span>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).</span><br /><br /><span>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</span> Subject The topic of the resource Hanson, James Christain Meinich Hanson, Karl B. Heyerdahl, Augusta Hansen Type The nature or genre of the resource Clippings Photographs Manuscripts Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hanson, Jens Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1907-1974 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 2 folders