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ON Mr. Sibley's resignation of the office of Librarian, in consequence of his failing eye-sight, the position, hardly expecting that it would be accepted, was offered Mr. Justin Winsor, who for nearly ten years has been the able and efficient Superintendent of the Boston Public Library. Of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHANGE IN LIBRARIANS. | 9/27/1877 | See Source »

Mr. Winsor's record in the Boston Library has been faultless, and the whole management, while under his care, has been a marvel of correctness, exactness, and faithfulness. At the age of eighteen, we are told, he wrote the history of the town of Duxbury; entered this College in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHANGE IN LIBRARIANS. | 9/27/1877 | See Source »

PROFESSOR SIBLEY has resigned the position of Librarian, which he has filled so long and so ably. The position has been offered to Mr. Winsor, Librarian of the Boston Public Libraries.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 7/3/1877 | See Source »

Columbia secured the western position. There was the usual vexatious delay before starting, and when finally the word "go" was given, at about half past five, the press boat, as many a knight of the quill has already piteously told his readers, was half a mile up the river. Columbia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLUMBIA AND HARVARD. | 7/3/1877 | See Source »

A MORE complete victory than the one gained at Springfield, on Saturday, Harvard could not ask. The choice of position which fell to Harvard's lot was much more than balanced by the very rough water which came in answer to Yale's prayers; there was not a foul or...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 7/3/1877 | See Source »