Description: Dewey signs a 1921 stock certificate on the Lake Placid co - RARE -- Original and Genuine Melvil DeweyBornMelville Louis Kossuth Dewey December 10, 1851 Adams Center, New YorkDiedDecember 26, 1931 (aged 80) Lake Placid, FloridaCause of deathStrokeNationalityAmericanOther namesMelvil Dewey Melvil DuiAlma materAmherst College (MA) (BA)Occupationlibrarian, resort developer, reformerKnown forDewey Decimal ClassificationSpouse(s)Annie R. Godfrey (1878) Emily McKay Beal (1924)RelativesGodfrey Dewey (son)SignatureMelville Louis Kossuth (Melvil) Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, and a founder of the Lake Placid Club. Education and personal lifeDewey was born in Adams Center, New York, the fifth and last child of Joel and Eliza Greene Dewey. He attended rural schools and determined early that his destiny was to reform education of the masses.He briefly attended Alfred University (1870), then Amherst College, where he belonged to Delta Kappa Epsilon, and from which he earned a bachelor's degree in 1874 and a master's in 1877.While still a student, he founded the Library Bureau, which sold high-quality index-cards and filing-cabinets, and established the standard dimensions for catalog cards. As a young adult he advocated spelling reform; he changed his name from the usual "Melville" to "Melvil", without redundant letters, and for a time changed his surname to "Dui" From 1883 to 1888 he was chief librarian at Columbia University. During his time as director of the New York State Library(1888–1906) Dewey established a program of traveling libraries. From 1888 to 1900 Dewey served as secretary and executive officer of the University of the State of New York. In 1895 Dewey founded the Lake Placid Club with his wife Annie. He and his son Godfrey had been active in arranging the Winter Olympics which took place at Lake Placid—he chaired the New York State Winter Olympics Committee. In 1926 he went to Florida to establish a new branch of the Lake Placid Club. please contact me if you have questions - david m beach -- Remember that you are not paying the 20% buyers fee that most live auctions charge! All of my auctions are guaranteed original and authentic forever!!! -- please email me with any questions -- ALSO Please check my other auctions as i will be listing many wonderful and rare Museum quality pieces in the next week and for the next year or so --- <
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