Charles H. Stone Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of two Hollinger boxes which is 0.834 linear feet and contains the professional correspondence relating to the career of Charles H. Stone, an educator in the field of librarianship. The majority of the correspondence relates to Stone’s tenure at George Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dates
- Creation: 1919 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access
The physical materials from this collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives. Materials should be requested two to three days in advance to facilitate easier access. Contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu to schedule an appointment.
Biographical / Historical
Charles H. Stone earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia and a Bachelors in Library Science from the Library Training School at the University of Illinois. In 1914, he was appointed to a half-time position at the loan desk at the University of Illinois Library. In 1916, he was promoted to become the college librarian. At Oklahoma A&M College, Charles H. Stone was a leader who organized a group called Chi Alpha with the express purpose of becoming a chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha. Stone, the college librarian at the time, was also instrumental in forming the Lambda Chi chapters at the University of Georgia and Vanderbilt University.
Charles H. Stone taught the first course for librarians at George Peabody College in 1919. The first course was a general introduction to library science, and by the second-year courses in Reference, Library Methods, and Book Selection were a part of the curriculum as well. Interest in the needs of undergraduate students led to a course in the use of the library which was required of all freshman, and in 1927 a course entitled Seminar in Library Science was required of all majors in the program. In 1928, Peabody officially established a Library School.
Stone also served as the president of the Tennessee Library Association in 1922.
Full Extent
0.84 Linear Feet (2 letter Hollingers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the professional correspondence relating to the career of Charles H. Stone, an educator in the field of librarianship. The majority of the correspondence relates to Stone’s tenure at George Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Charles H. Stone Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Molly Dohrmann
- Date
- 2017 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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