Milton J. Ferguson

Milton J. Ferguson
Born 11 April 1879 Edit this on Wikidata
Hubbardstown Edit this on Wikidata
Died 23 October 1954 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 75)
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Occupation Librarian edit this on wikidata
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Milton James Ferguson (April 11, 1879 – October 23, 1954)[1] was an American librarian. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1906, and served as librarian of the University of Oklahoma from 1902 to 1907. He helped organize and was elected the first President of the Oklahoma Library Association (1907–08). He later became California State Librarian (1917–1930).[2][3] In 1926 Ferguson was an honorary member of the California Society of Printmakers (né Etchers). He worked for the Carnegie Corporation making library surveys in Africa, and was librarian of the Brooklyn Public Library until 1949.[4] In 1938–39, Ferguson was president of the American Library Association.[5]

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  2. ↑ "California State Librarians". California State Library. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cornelius James Brosnan Papers, 1917-1950". University of Idaho. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Gray, Christopher (July 25, 2004). "Brooklyn Public Library; A Living Monument To the Power of the Word". Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Oklahoma Library Legends - Milton J. Ferguson". Oklahoma Library Association. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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