John Pendleton Kennedy (librarian), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Pendleton Kennedy (librarian)

first State Librarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia

Date of Birth: 17-May-1871

Place of Birth: Charles Town, West Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 23-Feb-1944

Profession: librarian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About John Pendleton Kennedy (librarian)

  • John Pendleton Kennedy (May 17, 1871 - February 23, 1944) was the first State Librarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
  • He also served as the first President of the Virginia Library Association, which was organized in the first State Library building in Capitol Square on 6 December 1905.Kennedy graduated from the German Lutheran school in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1888.
  • After graduation, he spent five years in the Corps of Engineers and in 1895 he went to work as a civil engineer in Wheeling, West Virginia.
  • From 1898 to 1903 he was employed at the Library of Congress.
  • In 1903, he was called to Richmond, Virginia to lead the State Library of Virginia.
  • At the State Library, he introduced the concept of a "traveling library" and established a Department for history and archives.
  • Kennedy was responsible for publishing a number of volumes of historical manuscripts that illuminate the history of the Commonwealth.

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