Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 2 linear feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder).

Summary

1. Memoranda, correspondence and administrative files concerning Circulation Department finances, personnel, regulations and other operational matters.

Subject

1. Branch libraries > New York (State) > New York
2. Public libraries > New York (State) > New York
3. Libraries > New York (State) > New York
4. New York Public Library > Circulation Department > Chief
5. New York Public Library > Branch Libraries > Director's Office
6. Hopper, F. F (Franklin Ferguson), 1878-1950

Call number

1. MssArc 5561

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. Franklin F. Hopper was Chief of the Circulation Department (renamed the Branch Libraries in 1966) of The New York Public Library from 1919-1941. Prior to that he was Chief of the Order Division, and before joining NYPL in 1914 worked for the Library of Congress (1901-1902), the Carnegie Library (1902-1908) and the Tacoma Public Library (1908-1913). Hopper was Director of The New York Public Library from 1941 until his retirement in 1946.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Author

1. New York Public Library. Branch Libraries. Director's Office.

Title

1. Franklin F. Hopper records, 1923-1940.

Access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Franklin F. Hopper was Chief of the Circulation Department (renamed the Branch Libraries in 1966) of The New York Public Library from 1919-1941. Prior to that he was Chief of the Order Division, and before joining NYPL in 1914 worked for the Library of Congress (1901-1902), the Carnegie Library (1902-1908) and the Tacoma Public Library (1908-1913). Hopper was Director of The New York Public Library from 1941 until his retirement in 1946.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. MssArc 5561
2. RG 8