Walter Lewis Brown

Walter Lewis Brown
Born January 4, 1861
Died October 16, 1931
Nationality American
Occupation Librarian
Known for President of the American Library Association

Walter Lewis Brown (January 4, 1861 - October 16, 1931) is an American librarian. Brown served as President of the American Library Association from 1916 to 1917.[1] Brown was instrumental in establishing a public library in Buffalo, New York, now the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library.[2] Brown led the American Library Association at the beginning of the first World War. In that role, Brown initiated a partnership between the American Library Association and the Library of Congress to create the ALA War Service Committee.[3]

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  1. "ALA's Past Presidents". American Library Association. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. "Walter Lewis Brown, Buffalo Librarian". Library History Bull Blog. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  3. Rosenberg, Jane Aiken (1993). The Nation's Great Library. University of Illinois Press. pp. 86–87.


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