Edward Geier Freehafer records

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssArc 5117", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"5117", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Edward Geier Freehafer records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1952-1954", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1952/1954"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".2 cubic foot"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1952

date_inclusive_end

1954

origination

{"value"=>"New York Public Library. Research Libraries. Director's Office", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Edward Geier Freehafer (1909-1985) was Director of the New York Public Library from 1954 to 1971. Except for a brief tenure in 1944-1945 as Assistant Librarian of the Brown University Library, he spent his entire career at the New York Public Library. Between 1932 and 1954, he was Chief of the American History and Genealogy Division, Chief of the Personnel Office and Chief of the Reference Department. He also served as Acting Director before assuming the directorship of the Library in 1954.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Records include correspondence, memoranda and statistics relating to student use of the Library. Other Freehafter records are with the Central Administration collections and some materials are included in the records of James W. Henderson.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"ARC"}

{"materials"=>"Records"}

userestrict

{"value"=>"<p>All rights reserved. Permission to quote must be obtained in writing from the New York Public Library</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p></p>", "type"=>"host"}

keydate

1952

prefercite

{"value"=>"Edward Geier Freehafer records, New York Public Library Archives, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Edward Geier Freehafer (1909-1985) was Director of the New York Public Library from 1954 to 1971. Except for a brief tenure in 1944-1945 as Assistant Librarian of the Brown University Library, he spent his entire career at the New York Public Library. Between 1932 and 1954, he was Chief of the American History and Genealogy Division, Chief of the Personnel Office and Chief of the Reference Department. He also served as Acting Director before assuming the directorship of the Library in 1954. Records include correspondence, memoranda and statistics relating to student use of the Library. Other Freehafter records are with the Central Administration collections and some materials are included in the records of James W. Henderson.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.2 cubic foot

date_start

1952

date_end

1954

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