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| Son of: | David Elmore Bostwick (1821) and Adelaide (1830) | GBFA |
| Born: | 8/3/1860 in New Milford, Conn | GBFA |
| Died: | 13/2/1942 in Missouri Baptist Hospital | NY Times |
| Married: | Lucy (1860) | GBFA |
| Children: | Andrew Linn (1886) , Esther (1887) , Elmore McNeill (1892) | GBFA |
| 1880 Census, New Haven, Conn, aged 20 |
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| BA Yale, 1881; PH D 1883. Librarian St Louis Public Library, Mo, 1909 - Editor, author, war service in World War II. Lived in St Louis, Mo |
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| From the USA Who's Who ... AB Yale, 1881; Ph D 1883; graduate fellow Physical Sciences 1881 - 1884, substitute instructor and proctor, 1883 - 1884; on staff Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography 1886 - 1888; literary work 1888 - 1890; assistant editor The Forum 1890 - 1892; associate editor Stanard Dictionary, and office expert in Physics 1892 - 1894; chief librarian New York Free Circulatory Library 1895 - 1899; librarian Brooklyn Public Library 1899 - 1901; chief of circulation dept New York Public Library 1901 - 1909; librarian St Louis Public Library since October 1909; editor Science Dept Literary Digest since 1891. President New York Library Club 1897 - 1899; president Long Island Library Club 1900 - 1901, president New York State Library Assocn 1902 - 1903; vice-president NJ Library Assocn 1899 - 1901; president ALA 1907 - 1908; (member war ..?.. University Extension Society 1898 - 1909; member University Council, NY State University, 1904; fellow of the American Library Institute 1906, and president 1909 - 1912; delegate to the Copyright Conference 1905 - 1906; president Mo Library Community 1911 - 1917; president New England and Society of St Louis 1911; president St Louis Archeological Society 1915; member Municipal Art Commission 1917; clubs: Authors (NY), City (president 1912 - 1913), Artists Guild, Town & Gown, Church Club (president 1914), Round Table (St Louis); Author: Young Folks Cyclopedia of Games & Sports, 1890; The American Public Library, 1910; The Different West, 1913; Earmarks of Literature, 1914; The making of an American's Library, 1915; Editor of Classics of American Librarianship, 1915 - 1917; wrote many sketches in Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1888; Standard Dictionary, 1894; also numerous articles in Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia, including yearly review of progress of Physics; contributor on Physics, Science, Literature & Library Economy. Home St Louis; in summer Litchfield, Conn. |
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| Also.. president St Louis Art League 1920; president St Louis League of Nations Non-Partisan Association 1924; president Mo Welfare Association 1926; president St Louis Branch of Foreign Policy Association 1927; Honorary director of Library Association of China 1915; visited China 1915 by invitation of China Association for Advancement of Education, to inspect Chinese libraries; clubs: City (president 1912 - 1913). |
UWW | The NY Times published this obituary, datelined St. Louis, 13/2/1942. "Dr. Arthur E. Bostwick, head of the St. Louis Public Library for 38 years, who retired with the title of 'Associated Librarian' in 1938, died of a heart ailment here today. ... Dr. Bostwick, who was also an educator, had once been head of the Circulation Department of the New York Public Library. Surviving are a son, Elmore McNeill Bostwick and two grandsons, of Seattle, Wash, all of whom are in military service on the Pacific coast. His wife, Mrs. Lucy Sawyer Bostwick, died in 1930, and another son, Andrew Linn Bostwick, died 2 years ago. Dr Bostwick, a former President of the American Library Association, retired in March 1938, after 28 years as Librarian of the St. Louis Public Library. He also had formerly been Librarian of the Brooklyn Public Library. Dr. Bostwick was born in Litchfield, Conn on March 28th 1860, the son of Dr. David Elmore Bostwick and Adelaide McKinley Bostwick, descendant of a distinguished English family, he was the eighth in direct descent from Arthur Bostock or Bostwick, who was the first representative of the family in the United States. He attended the Litchfield Institute and was graduated from Yale in 1881, where he was the first incumbent of the Killiman Fellowship in Physical Science. Dr. Bostwick who was also the first Treasurer of the Yale University Club was an instructor and proctor at Yale from 1883 to 1884, receiving his Ph. D. degree in the former year. He was for two years an instructor in the Montolair, NJ High School, leaving in 1886 to aid in the preparation of the Cyclopedia of American Biography issued by D. Appleton & Co. From 1890 to 1892 he was assistant editor of the Forums. In 1892 he became one of the associate editors for Funk and Wagnalls in the preparation of the Standard Dictionary. He was made Chief Librarian of the old New York Free Circulating Library in 1895 and four years later was named Librarian of the Brooklyn Public Library, a post he held until 1901, when he went to the New York Public Library as Chief of the circulation department. He left the latter position in 1909 to become Librarian of the St. Louis Public Library. Dr. Bostwick, who was associate editor of the Science Department of the library Digest from 1891 to 1922 was President of the New York Library Club from 1897 to 1899, and of the New York State Library Association from 1902 to 1903. He was President of the American Library Association from 1907 to 1909, and long had been active in its affairs. Dr. Bostwick was one of the first forty fellows of the American Library Institute on its organisation in 1906, and was a delgate to the conference called in 1905/06 by the Librarian Congress to prepare and submit to Congress a revision of the copyright laws of the United States. Dr. Bostwick, who had been President of the St. Louis Art League in 1920, also headed the Missouri Welfare League from 1924 to 1936. He was honorary director of the Library Association of China, a country he visited in 1925 by invitation of the Chinese Association for the Advancement of Education, to inspect the Chinese Library System. Dr. Bostwick, the author of many books, told the story of his career in "A Life with Men and Books", published in August 1939 by the H. W. Wilson Company. In the volume he declared that he had "seen personally twelve Presidents of the United States". |
NY Times 13/2/1942 |