Background
Ward, Gilbert Oakley was born on February 21, 1880 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Amasa Dwight and Mary Briggs (Oakley) Ward.
Ward, Gilbert Oakley was born on February 21, 1880 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Amasa Dwight and Mary Briggs (Oakley) Ward.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1902. Graduate Pratt Institute Library School, Brooklyn, New York, 1908.
Assistant, Pratt Institute Free Library, 1908-1909. Librarian, East Technology High School, Cleveland, 1909-1910, supervisor high school branches Cleveland Public Library, 1911-1913, technical librarian, 1909-1940, assistant to librarian since 1940.
Member American library association, Ohio library association (treasurer 1921-1923), Library. Club: Professional Men'son
Married Gertrude Hamlin Sipher, April. Children: Wilfred Hamlin, Janet Oakley (deceased), Virginia Cranston.