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CALLED BACK XO HABVABD 



Just after he was graduated he came 

 to the Harvard library, which was then 

 housed in Gore Hall, as an employe ol 

 the ordering department. The follow- 

 ing year he was made supermtendent 

 of the catalogue department and m 

 1884 was given an appointment as as- 

 sistant librarian hi charge of the cata- 

 logue. Three years later he became one 

 of the two assistant librarians and six 

 years later accepted the post of librari- 

 an at the Athenaeum. 



In 1897 he was called back to Har- 

 vard and was made librarian. In 1911 

 he supervised the removal and storage 

 of the entire Harvard College library 

 and ItvS replacement in the Harry Ei- 

 kins Widcner Memorial. 



He was president of the American 

 Library Association In 1898-1899 and 

 secretary-treasurer of the orgamzatlon 

 for 14 years. For many years he was 

 chairman of Its publishing board and 

 edited the A. L. A. portrait index, which 

 was published by the Library of Con- 

 gress in 1906. , 



In the college he has been president 

 of the Harvard Memorial Society, he 

 was thR flr.st chairman of the library 

 committee Of the Harvard Union, sec- 

 retarv and treasurer of the Signet 

 Alumni Association, corresponding sec- 

 retary of the Phi Beta Kappa and a 

 member of the council of the iinitea 

 chauters of Phi Beta Kappa. He was 

 hbrarian of the Dante Society and ed- 

 ited a catalogue of the Dante collec- 

 tion in Harvard and in the Boston 

 Public Library. He is a member of many 

 societies and organizations. 



