Background
Davis, Orlando Chester was born on May 23, 1884 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Orlando J. and Josie (Gould) Davis.
Davis, Orlando Chester was born on May 23, 1884 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Orlando J. and Josie (Gould) Davis.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1907.
Head cataloger, Dartmouth College Library, 1907-1910, reference librarian, 1909-1910. Librarian Public Library, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1910-1922, East Chicago, Indiana, 1923-1924, Hammond, Indiana, 1925-1926, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1926-1934. Chief librarian division Home Reading and Community Services, Public Library, Boston since 1934.
War service under American Library Association, southern military camps and France, 1918-1919.
Member American Library Association, ex-president Indiana library association, Connecticut library association, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Appalachian Mountain.
Married Anna May Wilson, April. Children: Dorothy (Mistress Elwood E. Gaskill) (deceased), Carol (Mistress Edward F. Hamilton, Junior.