History of Newtonville, (Middlesex County) Massachusetts United States of America

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A Short Biography of William Coolidge Lane

William Coolidge Lane, librarian, was born in Newtonville, Mass., July 29, 1859; son of William H. and Caroline (Coolidge) Lane. He prepared for college in the public schools of Newton and was graduated from Harvard in 1881. He was an assistant in the Harvard library, 1881-87, and in charge of the catalogues, 1884-93; assistant librarian at Harvard, 1887-93; librarian of the Boston Athen?um, Mass., 1893-98, and in 1898 he was elected librarian of Harvard to succeed Dr. Justin Winsor. He was secretary and treasurer of the American Library association, publishing section, from its organization in 1886, president of the American Library association, 1898-99; was made secretary of the Phi Beta Kappa society in 1889, and librarian of the Dante society in 1888. He is the author of: The Dante Collections in the Harvard College and Boston Public Libraries (1890); Index to the Subject Catalogue of Harvard College Library (1891); and other bibliographical publications and reports.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor