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Description
Title
John
Griswold
White
Photograph
Subject
Literary Ohio
Public libraries
Benefactors
Place
Cleveland (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
of the
Cleveland
Public
Library's
greatest
benefactor
,
John
Griswold
White
,
measures
3.4
by
4.6
inches
(8.67
by
11.68
cm)
.
It
is
part
of the
library's
archives
,
which
is
open
by
appointment
and
which
maintains
a
wide
range
of
materials
documenting
the
institution's
history
.
John
Griswold
White
was
born
in
Cleveland
in
1845
to
Bushnell
White
, an
eminent
attorney
, and
Elizabeth
Brainard
White
,
both
of
New
England
ancestry
.
Already
a
prominent
lawyer
,
White
became
a
member
the
library's
board
in
1884
,
serving
until
1886
, and then from
1910
until
his
death
in
1928
.
When
White
joined
the
library
board
the
institution
had been
operating
for
fifteen
years
, but had
experienced
slow
growth
.
Together
with
staff
,
White
transformed
the
small
library
into a
large
,
vital
library
system
with a
national
reputation
for its
innovations
in
service
and
strong
collections
.
One
of his
first
official
concerns
was to
advocate
successfully
for the
selection
of
William
Howard
Brett
as
Librarian
(Director)
.
White
advanced
the
library's
growth
through
significant
gifts
of
collections
and
funds
. His
first
donation
was
122
maps
. He then
gave
to the
library
a
carefully
planned
series
of
special
collections
that
established
its
reputation
as a
center
for
scholarship
,
particularly
in the
areas
of
folklore
,
Orientalia
, and
chess
and
checkers
. The
bulk
of his
estate
started
an
endowment
that
provides
income
for the
ongoing
development
and
maintenance
of the
collections
that
bear
his
name
. He
died
in
1928
and
is
buried
in
Cleveland's
Lake
View
Cemetery
.
Date of Original
1925
circa
Collection
Cleveland
Public
Library
Archives
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Cleveland Public Library
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om53_668808_002.tif
Image Height
1379
Image Width
1024
File Size
159.408 KB
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