Owners of Incunabula

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Chapin, Alfred Clark

Owner Id00016191
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1848-1936
Other InformationGraduate of Williams College, 1869 (φβκ); Harvard Law School, 1871. Lawyer in New York, 1872-1882; New York state politician, 1882-1887; mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1887-1891; member of U.S. Congress, 1891-1892; N.Y. state railroad commissioner 1892-1897. Member of the Williams College board of trustees. Major donor to the College, both in money (more than $1 million) and of buildings (Chapin Hall, and the Chapin Library). He also donated approximately 9,000 early printed books to populate the library when it opened in 1923, and another 3,000 in later years. A short-title catalogue of the collection was compiled by the first custodian (as the head librarian was then designated), Lucy Eugenia Osborne (1939). William A. Jackson, a member of the Williams College class of 1927, who remained at the College for a couple of years thereafter, compiled a detailed catalogue of the early English printed books in the collection, a precursor of this work on revising the Pollard and Redgrave STC. His catalogue, underwritten by Mr. Chapin, was at the printers at the time of the market crash in October 1929, and work was suspended, never to be resumed. The Chapin Library contains more than 500 incunabula.
Other Identifierhttps://specialcollections.williams.edu/chapin/alfred-clark-chapin-1848-1936/
https://lccn.loc.gov/n2020027093
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_C._Chapin

Activity

Start (year)1870
End (year)1936
MARC Area Coden-us-ny
PlaceNew York (Geonames Id: 5128581)
Profession / Type of InstitutionPolitician
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
Last Edit2022-04-13 14:52:35

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Chapin, Alfred Clark

Owner Id00016191
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1848-1936
Other InformationGraduate of Williams College, 1869 (φβκ); Harvard Law School, 1871. Lawyer in New York, 1872-1882; New York state politician, 1882-1887; mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1887-1891; member of U.S. Congress, 1891-1892; N.Y. state railroad commissioner 1892-1897. Member of the Williams College board of trustees. Major donor to the College, both in money (more than $1 million) and of buildings (Chapin Hall, and the Chapin Library). He also donated approximately 9,000 early printed books to populate the library when it opened in 1923, and another 3,000 in later years. A short-title catalogue of the collection was compiled by the first custodian (as the head librarian was then designated), Lucy Eugenia Osborne (1939). William A. Jackson, a member of the Williams College class of 1927, who remained at the College for a couple of years thereafter, compiled a detailed catalogue of the early English printed books in the collection, a precursor of this work on revising the Pollard and Redgrave STC. His catalogue, underwritten by Mr. Chapin, was at the printers at the time of the market crash in October 1929, and work was suspended, never to be resumed. The Chapin Library contains more than 500 incunabula.
Other Identifierhttps://specialcollections.williams.edu/chapin/alfred-clark-chapin-1848-1936/
https://lccn.loc.gov/n2020027093
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_C._Chapin

Activity

Start (year)1870
End (year)1936
MARC Area Coden-us-ny
PlaceNew York (Geonames Id: 5128581)
Profession / Type of InstitutionPolitician
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
Last Edit2022-04-13 14:52:35
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