Word: winsor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Winsor was an industrious and prolific writer. His first literary work of importance was a history of Duxbury, the original home of his family, which he completed in his eighteenth year, shortly after entering college. His other early efforts were contributions to periodical literature, most of which appeared in the Knickerbocker Magazine and the Christian Examiner. His subsequent writings, many of which are of great value and importance, were upon bibliography, history, and other subjects of research. Among his more important works are "The Bibliography of Original Quartos and Folios of Shakespeare," Readers' Handbook of the American Revolution," "Christopher Columbus...
Beside his literary activities Doctor Winsor has been engaged since 1868 in the library work to which his contributions are numerous and valuable. In 1868 he was made superintendent of the Boston Public Library, and he held the position until 1877 when he was appointed librarian of Harvard College. Since that year, under his administration, the Library has grown apace until it is now second to no college library in usefulness and convenience. Dr. Winsor was one of the founders, and first president of the American Library Association and was at one time president of the American Historical Society...
...would be an unpardonable omission not to speak before closing of Dr. Winsor's work in this University. Dr. Winsor realized that the needs of the Library were constantly increasing with the number of students, and during his term of service the number of books in the Library has not only been doubled, but the conveniences for their attainment much more than doubled. To his foresight was due the introduction and perfection of the present card catalogue system...
...death of Dr. Justin Winsor yesterday, the University has lost another of those eminently distinguished men of letters who have made Harvard the first seat of learning in the United States. Dr. Winsor's work has been in the field of historical criticism and his contributions to that literature have made him one of the group of Americans whose reputation for scholarly attainment is international...
...Winsor's career has been a notable example of the achievements of which American learning has shown itself capable, and even while mourning his death we may feel inspired by his success to a greater confidence in the future of national culture...