WILLIAM ISAAC FLETCHER

Fletcher, William Isaac, librarian; born in Burlington, Vt., April 28, 1844; son of Stillman and Elizabeth (Severance) Fletcher. He was educated in the public schools of Winchester, Mass., afterwards devoting himself to library work. He conducted a summer school of library economy in the Amherst Summer School, 1891-1905; librarian of Amherst College, 1883-1911; an active member and ex-president of the American Library Association. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Amherst in 1884. Mr. Fletcher was joint editor of Poole's Index to Periodical Literature from 1876, and after the death of Dr. Poole in 1894 edited the volumes in continuation of that work until 1911, and is author of: Public Libraries in America; the American Library Association Index to General Literature; the Co-operative Index to Periodicals, and other publications. Address : Amherst, Mass.

Biographical sketches from the book, Men of 1914

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