Background
Cannon, Carl Leslie was born on December 16, 1888 in Smith Center, Kansas, United States. Son of Willis and Emma Belle (Pollock) Cannon.
Cannon, Carl Leslie was born on December 16, 1888 in Smith Center, Kansas, United States. Son of Willis and Emma Belle (Pollock) Cannon.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Kansas, 1912. Bachelor of Library Science, New York State Library School, 1917.
Anne. Began at newspaper work and later in the offices of the A.T.&San Francisco Railway, Topeka, Kansas. Assistant Newark (New Jersey) Free Public Library, summer 1916. With New York Public Library, 1917-1932, assistant in information division until 1918, chief of acquisition division, 1919-1932, superintendent book order office, 1926-1932.
Chief of accessions division, Yale University Library, 1932-1939.
Became associate in Bibliography, Brown U. Library, 1939. With United States Army, 1918.
Member American Library Association (Executive Board), Connecticut library association (president 1939-1940), American Library Institute, Pi Upsilon (University of Kansas). Member advisory council Dictionary of America History, 1937-1940.
Married Lillian C. Gruskin, June 3, 1926.