Background
Wheeler, Joseph Lewis was born on March 16, 1884 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review George Stevens and Mary Jane (Draffin) Wheeler.
Wheeler, Joseph Lewis was born on March 16, 1884 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review George Stevens and Mary Jane (Draffin) Wheeler.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown U., 1906, Master of Arts, 1907. Bachelor of Library Science, New York State Library School, 1909, Master of Library Science, 1925. The Doctor of Letters, University of Maryland, 1934, Brown U., 1936.
Assistant Providence Public Library and Brown U. Library, 1902-1907. Assistant librarian Public Library, Washington, District of Columbia, 1909-1911. Librarian Jacksonville (Florida) Public Library, 1911-1912.
Assistant librarian Los Angeles Public Library, 1912-1915. Librarian Youngstown (O.) Public Library, 1915-1926. Librarian Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, 1926-1945, retired.
Visiting professor administration Columbia Library School, 1949-1950. Surveyor and consultant over 170 administrative and building projects, from 1924. Enoch Pratt Library Auditorium designated, 1963.
Member of Maryland Public Library Advisory Commission. American library association (Vice-President. 30); National Education Association.
American Social Society. American Association for the Advancement of Science. National Council Social Studies.
Maryland History Society.
Married Mabel Archibald, October 20, 1910. Children: John Archibald, Joseph Towne (killed in action, 1944), Robert Reid, Mary Bethel.