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...Brief Memorial Addresses at Morning Prayers in Appleton Chapel, October 5, 6, 26, 1897," on Professor Lane, Professor Allen and Librarian Justin Winsor is contributed by Dr. Peabody. This is followed by a touching tribute to the memory of Marshall Newell, written by one of his class-mates...
...following minute on the death of Dr. Justin Winsor, late Librarian of Harvard University was passed at a recent meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...death of Justin Winsor, LL. D., and from 1877 to 1897 Librarian of the University, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences find occasion for making upon their records an entry recognizing the distinguished services of an officer who, although not a member of their body, stood in an intimate relation with them and their work...
...Winsor entered the service of the University at a moment which for this Faculty as then constituted was both critical and fortunate. The Faculty had entered upon the systematic development of their instruction, elementary and advanced, both by enlarging its range and improving its methods, and upon their success in a great and difficult undertaking depended the future rank of Harvard as a seat of learning. At this juncture Mr. Winsor took charge of the Library with the settled purpose of making it a help and a spur to instructors and to students in their daily work, and a source...
...studies, aided by his impartial friendship for every department of learning, and encouraged by his hearty acceptance of every proposition for the improvement and better use of the collections under his charge. For twenty of the most important years in the intellectual history of the University, Mr. Winsor thus co-operated with the teaching body now incorporated in this Faculty as their fellow-laborer, counsellor and friend. For no small proportion of the ripening fruit of those years they and the University are now indebted...