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Says Herman W Liebert librarian emeritus of Yale's Binecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. "He [Bond] inherited a wonderful resource and had a very, very difficult act to follow, but he has lived up to the challenge[Houghton] is one of the finest collections in the world because ofWilliam Bond...
...kind of tingling feeling" is how Bond describes the pleasure of finding a rate treasure hidden on a dusty shelf. He felt it the firsttime he leafed through the Stationer's Company Register, and it drewhim away from a conventional academic career and into library work whenlegendary Houghton Librarian William A. Jackson offered...
...Tsai Feng, librarian of Harvard College, describes Bond's success in bringing top collections to Harvard. "Often with donors it is his quietmanner, his deep knowledge and his caring for the books themselvesand the library in his charge "Feng adds, "It is also a gentle humor...thatis important in any career to succeed...
...William Bond teachers with everything be does," Says Roger Stoddard,assistant librarian at Houghton "Someone with his experience with a collection can help a reader in ways that defy filing and catalogues...
...farewell address to his co-workers this spring. Bond tried to express his determination to help others enjoy his life's work. He quotedfrom a speech given in 1822 by Joseph Green Cogswell, then librarian of Harvard Cogswell described the importance of a great library-one whichhas the book you need even if you are the only one who wants it for a hundred years...