James Ingersoll WYER

Background

WYER, James Ingersoll was born on May 14, 1869 in Red Wing, Minnesota. Son of James Ingersoll and Rosabel E. (Shear) Wyer.

Education

University of Minnesota, 1895-1896; University of State of New York, B.L.S., 1898, Master of Library Science, 1905; New York State College, Doctor of Pedagogy, 1919

Career

Assistant cashier and director First National Bank, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, 1887-1889. Assistant cashier 1st National Bank, Concordia, Kansas, 1889-1895. Asst, in Public Library, Minneapolis, 1895-1896, New York State Library, Albany, 1897-1898. Librarian and Professor Bibliography, University of Nebraska, 1898-1905. Reference Librarian New York State Library, and V.-Director, New York State Library School, 1906-1908.

Director New York State Library School, 1908-1926 Director, New York State Library, since 1908. Trus tee. City Library, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1902-05. President Nebraska Public Library Commission 05.

Lecturer on bibliography and government publications, Columbia, summer, 1928, 30, University of Chicago, summer, 1931. With Walker Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1943-1949.

Achievements

• Chairman of war service committee of American Library Association, which raised over $5,000,000 and maintained libraries in all army and navy camps, vessels, posts, etc., at home and overseas during the war, 1917-1920.

Works

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• Other Work

  • Bibliography of the Study and Teaching of History, 1900. Annual Bibliography of Education, 1899-1907. Reference Work, 1930. Also many professional papers.

  • The college and university library
  • U. S. government documents (federal, state and city)
  • A Classification Of The Literature Of Agriculture
  • The Nantucket Wyers
  • Some Descendants of Edward Wyer of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1658-1910

Membership

Member Bibliographical Society American. Club: Collectors (New York City). President New York State Library School Association, 1926-1947. Life member and secretary American library association, 1902-1909, vice president, 1909-1910, president, 1910-1911. President Nebraska Public Library Commission, 1901-1905.

Connections

Married May Tyner, May 3, 1894.; married second, Leah O. Roys, June 29, 1938. Children: William, Margaret.