George Barrell Emerson Correspondence
Scope and Contents
This collection contains ninteeen letters written to George Barrell Emerson in 1847 in response to a circular letter sent to schools in Boston, inquiring about the state of their libraries. The responses indicate whether the school presently has a library, whether the library in question has its own shelf space or is contained in a separate room, the cost of books currently held by the school, the desirability of a library for the exclusive use of teachers, the type of books owned by the school, and titles of books the school would like to possess. Several letters also specify the requirements their school necessitates to move from one class level up to the next.
Dates
- Majority of material found in 1847
Creator
- George Barrell Emerson (Person)
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Biographical / Historical
George Barrell Emerson (1789-1881) was born in Wells, Maine, and graduated from Harvard in 1817. Shortly after graduating, he became headmaster of private boy’s academy in Lancaster, Massachusetts and later became the first headmaster of the English high school for boys in Boston. In 1823 he opened a private school for girls in Boston, which he ran till 1855, when he retired from the teaching profession.
Extent
19.00 Items
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
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- Boston Public Schools – History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- School Libraries — United States. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- George Barrell Emerson Correspondence
- Date
- 00/03/2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2015-03: Updated by Anna Lawrence, March 2015.
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