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Louis Round Wilson

1876–1979 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Louis Round Wilson, Librarian and Administrator

Tauber, Maurice F. · 1967 · Columbia University Press

Maurice F. Tauber's biography of Louis Round Wilson, who directed the University of North Carolina library from 1901 to 1932 and later served as dean of the Graduate Library School at Chicago. Published by Columbia University Press in 1967, 290 pages with illustrations and portraits, a chronological list of Wilson's writings and editorial work, and notes. Wilson lived to 103, so the book covers a long career still in progress.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Durham record: Wilson, Louis Round, 1876-1979-.

Reviewed in College & Research Libraries (1967), The Library Quarterly (1967).

Duke NC State NC Cardinal Durham NCCU UNC CH Historical Society Library of Congress

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Background context: Wilson, Louis Round NCpedia
Read contemporary evidence: State Archives catalog: 6 collections naming Louis Round Wilson State Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
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