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VNU U L dHAK ANDr. (ieorgc \V. ( oic is Honored In EuropeansmAWAY FIVK MONTHSis Figure lt;i Meet lt;*1Wot id iiioieographers} i«»i if ft * 1 in many nation v thru-out La rope and a figure of note at the first World's ('ongress ofLibrarians and Libiiograhpers boldin Home, 1.0. tioorge Watson Colo, librarian - onieritus of tho Huntington Library and Art Call* riosft • s /. % .returned ovoral days ago to bisSan .Marino homo on (rieenwoedi i ... /’ ^ i :v ’' y • • * ^ . AtV ••avonuo.A modal from tho l-Veiich (lov-oiamont is expected to bo on its. oon for 1 r. lt;do ; s a nwardor his gift to tho Lroneh Nationall.ibrar\ of an artistically bound• *jointed catalogue »»1 tho la. Dwight Church colloctions which wort* pur-chasod by tho lato Henry F. Hunt-* * Bington as a nuclous lor tho famousliorar\ here. It took Dr. Cole sevenyears to complete this catalogue.Dr. Colo delivered two papers msossion of the World Congress at Dome-. SoS'ions wore* later hold at Florence, Bologna and Venice, i ho government acted as host for. tho nnrartons of note from the manynations of the world. The Pop** wasparticularly interested in the conferences and discussed various library problems with the men. Tie* Vatican Library contains one ofthe best literary collections n Ku-rope.lt; )!!lt;‘ctioiLs for tin* late Mr. Huntington for several years, doing much of the pioneer work and building of the institution lien* forth** Huntington Foundation. Leslie F. Miss later became the Librarian while Dr. .Max Farrand was made research director.
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San Marino News
San Marino, California, US
Thu, Oct 17, 1929
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