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Robert B (Robert Bingham) Downs

1903–1991 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Perspectives on the past : an autobiography

Downs, Robert B. (Robert Bingham), 1903-1991 · 1984 · Scarecrow Press

Autobiography of the academic librarian Robert B. Downs (1903-1991), published by Scarecrow Press in 1984. Downs discusses academic librarianship, the philosophy of library science and the library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The volume runs xiii, 225 pages with one plate and a bibliography on pages 213 to 218.

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  1. Howard Mumford Jones gives the address at the dedication of the university library addition Howard Mumford Jones, a former member of the university's English faculty then at Harvard, gave the principal address, on the library in higher education, at the dedication of the $1.6 million addition to the university library, held in Memorial Hall. People: Robert B (Robert Bingham) Downs, Charles E. (Charles Everett) RushSearch the index · DigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, April 18, 1952, page 1

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  • Memorial Hall University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here
  • UNC Libraries University schools and programs · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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