John Cotton Dana
@johndana
American librarian and museum director (1856-1929)
Building Special Libraries Association as Founder · United States
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1856–1929
- Educated at
- Dartmouth College
About
John Cotton Dana (1856–1929) was a librarian and curator. They were born in Woodstock. They studied at Dartmouth College. They served as President of the American Library Association.
In context
Special Libraries Association was founded in 1909 and closed in 2026, after 117 years. Among the 5 other organization companies founded in the 1900s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 117 years, the same as this one.
Contribution
John's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.