AMERICAN LIBRARY PIONEERS

ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK

EDITOR

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John Shaw Billings

John Shaw Billings

CREATOR OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL LIBRARY

AND ITS CATALOGUE

FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK

PUBLIC LIBRARY

BY

HARRY MILLER LYDENBERG

CHIEF REFERENCE LIBRARIAN OF THE
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

Chicago

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

1924