Background
Utley, George Burwell was born on December 3, 1876 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of George Tyler and Harriet Ella (Burwell) Utley.
Utley, George Burwell was born on December 3, 1876 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of George Tyler and Harriet Ella (Burwell) Utley.
Colgate University, 1 year. Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1899 (honorary Master of Arts, 1923).
Assistant librarian, Watkinson Library, Hartford, Connecticut, 1899-1901. Librarian Maryland. Diocesan Library, Baltimore, 1901-1905. Librarian Public Library, Jacksonville, Florida, 1905-1911.
Secretary and Executive officer American library association and its public board, Chicago, 1911-1920.
Librarian Newberry Library, Chicago, 1920-1942, emeritus since September 1, 1942. Executive secretary, 1917-1919, Library War Service of American Library Association, which supplied reading matter to military and naval forces during the war and demobilization period of World War I.
Member American Library Association (member Executive Board, 1920-1923. Clubs: Grolier (New York).
Married Lou Mabel Gilbert, September 4, 1901.