Background
Mearns, David Chambers was born on December 31, 1899 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William Andrew and Mary Beard (Chambers) Mearns.
Mearns, David Chambers was born on December 31, 1899 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William Andrew and Mary Beard (Chambers) Mearns.
Student George Washington University, 1916-1917, University of Virginia, 1918. Little Doctorate., Lincoln College, 1960. Diploma of honor, Lincoln Memorial University, 1961.
;Almy (Mistress Richard Allen Jacoby). Married second, Mary Hume Richardson, February 27, 1951. Reference assistant, order division Library of Congress, 1918-1920, stack inspector, special assistant, chief assistant, reading rooms, 1920-1939, superintendent, 1939-1941, chief reference librarian, 1941-1943, director, reference department, 1943-1949, assistant librarian 1949-1951.
Assistant librarian for American collections, chief manuscripts division, and encumbent Chair of America History, 1951-1967, honorary consultant humanities, 1967-1981.
Lecturer various colleges universities Former governor Saint Albans School.
Fellow Society American Archivists. Member Organisation American Historians, Bibliographical Society American, District of Columbia library association (president 1942-1944), Manuscript Society (president 1962), National History Publs. Commission, National Civil War Centennial Commission, American History Association, American Antiquarian Society, American International Assurance (joint committee architectural archives), Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: Cosmos.
Married Mildred Sellers Haines, November 27, 1929 (deceased. Married second, Mary Hume Richardson, February 27, 1951.