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Melvil Dewey Signs A Lake Placid Company Stock

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Melvil Dewey Signs A Lake Placid Company Stock
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MELVIL DEWEY (1851-1931). Dewey, the originator of the Dewey Decimal System, cut a wide path through numerous American educational and professional organizations during the last quarter of the 19th century. He founded the American Library Association, the Association of State Librarians, the Children’s Library Association, and the New York Library Club. Moving to Columbia University as chief librarian in 1883, he founded the nation’s first library school there in 1887. In 1889, he was appointed director of the New York State Library, a position which he held until his retirement in 1906. 1922, New York. Stock certificate for 2 shares signed by Melvil Dewey as president. Orange on white paper with top center litho of an eagle. Pen cancelled, though not affecting the signature, and a receipt is glued to the left side. The Lake Placid Club, headquartered in Lake Placid, New York, was founded by Dewey in 1893 as a cooperative vacation-club resort. The piece is in very fine condition overall.