Background
Anderson, Edwin Hatfield was born on September 27, 1861 in at Zionsville, Indiana, United States. Son of Philander and Emma A. (Duzan) Anderson.
Anderson, Edwin Hatfield was born on September 27, 1861 in at Zionsville, Indiana, United States. Son of Philander and Emma A. (Duzan) Anderson.
Bachelor of Arts, Wabash College, 1883, Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), 1933. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Carnegie Institute Technology, 1915. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1916, Doctor of Letters, 1932.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), New York University, 1931. 1 year New York State Library School.
Cataloguer Newberry Library, Chicago, 1 year. Librarian Carnegie Free Library, Braddock, Pennsylvania, 1892-1895. Organized, 1895, librarian, 1895-1904, Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh.
Engaged in zinc and lead mining in. Missouri, 1905; director New York State Library and Library School, 1906-1908. Assistant director, June 1908-May 1913, director New York Public Library, 1913-1934, resigned November 1, 1934, and retired as director emeritus.
President Keystone State library association, 1901-1902. Member Pennsylvania Public Records Commission and History Archives Commission, 1903-1904. President New York library association, 1908, New York Library Club, 1910, American Library Association, 1913-1914.
Member Pennsylvania Public Records Commission and History Archives Commission, 1903-1904. Club: Century.
Married Frances R. Plummer, December 22, 1891. Children: Charlotte W. (Mistress John W. Green, Junior.