Harry Miller Lydenberg records

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssArc 5109", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"5109", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Harry Miller Lydenberg records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1921", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1921"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.5 cubic feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1921

date_inclusive_end

1921

origination

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

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Harry Miller Lydenberg (1874-1960) started at the Lenox Library, then served as administrative assistant to John Shaw Billings from 1899 to 1908, helping to plan the Central Building for the newly consolidated New York Public Library. He was the first Chief Reference Librarian from 1908 to 1927, and in 1928 became Assistant Director under Edwin H. Anderson, assuming the directorship in 1934.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Records consist of 1921 Census of Books. Other Lydenberg records are included in Central Administration collections.</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>Lydenberg's personal papers are located in Manuscripts Division</p>"}

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

keydate

1921

prefercite

{"value"=>"Harry Miller Lydenberg records, New York Public Library Archives, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Harry Miller Lydenberg (1874-1960) started at the Lenox Library, then served as administrative assistant to John Shaw Billings from 1899 to 1908, helping to plan the Central Building for the newly consolidated New York Public Library. He was the first Chief Reference Librarian from 1908 to 1927, and in 1928 became Assistant Director under Edwin H. Anderson, assuming the directorship in 1934. Records consist of 1921 Census of Books. Other Lydenberg records are included in Central Administration collections.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

3.5 cubic feet

date_start

1921

date_end

1921

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