Background
Babb, James Tinkham was born on August 23, 1899 in Lewiston, Idaho, United States. Son of James Elisha and Daisy (Tinkham) Babb.
Babb, James Tinkham was born on August 23, 1899 in Lewiston, Idaho, United States. Son of James Elisha and Daisy (Tinkham) Babb.
Graduate Phillips Exeter Academy, 1920. Bachelor of Philosophy, Yale, 1924, Master of Arts, 1945. Student Yale Law School, 1925-1926.
With investment banking firm Edward M. Bradley & Company, New Haven, Connecticut, 1926-1938. Assistant librarian Yale University, 1938-1943, acting librarian, 1943-1945, librarian, 1945-1965, librarian emeritus, 1965-1968. Organized and selected titles for White House Library, 1962-1967.
President, Connecticut library association, 1945-1946.
Member American library association, Association of Research and Reference Librarians, Bibilog. Society American (council.
President 1950-1952), Bibliographical Society England, Salmon and Trout Association England, Hameronasset Fishing Association.
Fellow Davenport College, Yale. Clubs: Fence, Elihu, Elizabethan (Yale University).
Married Margaret Bradley, December 21, 1925. Children: James Bradley, Barbara (Mistress James L. Read, Junior.