Nathaniel Dana Carlile Hodges Explained

Nathaniel Dana Carlile Hodges
Office:President of the American Library Association
Term Start:1909
Term End:1910
Predecessor:Charles Henry Gould
Successor:James Ingersoll Wyer
Birth Date:19 April 1852
Birth Place:Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Death Place:Mount Healthy, Ohio, USA
Nationality:American
Occupation:Librarian
Alma Mater:Harvard University

Nathaniel Dana Carlile Hodges (April 19, 1852 – November 25, 1927)[1] was an American librarian. Hodges attended Harvard University, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1874 and his master's degree in 1879. He was appointed to be an assistant in Physics at Harvard University in 1879.[2] Hodges went on to teach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 1882 to 1883 and served as editor of Science Magazine from 1885 to 1894.[3] [4]

He became the Library Director of the Cincinnati Public Library in 1900 and retired from that position in 1924.[5] Hodges served as the president of the American Library Association from 1909 to 1910.[6] [7] Hodges was named a Notable Ohio Librarians in the Hall of Fame in 1980.[8] [9]

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  1. Book: Matthews. John. Complete American Armoury and Blue Book. 1991. Clearfield. 080634573X.
  2. Book: Browman. David L.. Williams. Stephen. Anthropology at Harvard. 2013. Peabody Museum Press. 9780873659130. 240.
  3. Book: Fleischman. John. Free & Public: One Hundred and Fifty Years at the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, 1853–2003. November 2002. Orange Frazer Press. Wilmington, Ohio. 1-882203-91-7.
  4. Book: Leonard. John William. Woman's Who's who of America, 1914-1915. Volume 1. 1914. American Commonwealth Co.. 394.
  5. Hodges. Nathanial Dana Carlile. The Public Library System. Club Woman's Magazine. 1909. 6–8. 13 February 2016.
  6. Web site: ALA's Past Presidents. American Library Association. 10 February 2016. 2007-11-20.
  7. Web site: ALA Presidents, Treasurers, Secretaries, and Executive Directors. American Library Association. 13 February 2016. 2010-01-19.
  8. Web site: Notable Ohio Librarians in the Hall of Fame. Ohio Library Council. 13 February 2016.
  9. Book: Annual reports of the president and treasurer of Harvard college, 1879-1880.. 1880. John Wilson and Sons. [google books]. 5.