Jackson, William A. (William Alexander), 1905-1964
Dates
- Existence: 1905 - 1964
Biography
William A. Jackson was the librarian of Harvard University's Houghton Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts from 1942 until his death. He was also an internationally acclaimed bibliographer. He helped plan the Arthur Amory Houghton Library and became the first librarian of the repository of literary and historical treasures.
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Letter and photographs from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., March 16, 1951 Digital
Letter from John Coolidge to William A. Jackson, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 23, 1957 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from John Coolidge to William A. Jackson suggesting he contact Princess Gourielli (Helena Rubenstein) or Jacqueline Corcoran to solve his Virginia Wolff problems. John W. Strauss, a vice-chairman of the Visiting Committee will be delighted to introduce you to either of them.
Letter from Mildred Bliss to William A. Jackson, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 28, 1951 Digital
Letter from Mildred Bliss to William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 6, 1950 Digital
Letter from Theresa G. Elliot, 84 Prescott Street, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington 7, D.C., March 8, 1951 Digital
Typescript letter from Theresa Garrett Eliot (Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot) to Mildred Bliss asks her opinion on a sample of carpet for the Dickenson Room. William Jackson approves of it and it is within budget. She also asks for Mildred Bliss's ideas on the floor and wall treatment.
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to C.I. Denison, Founders' Room, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 1703 32nd Street, Washington 7, D.C., January 13, 1958 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Bliss, November 30, 1957 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28h Street, Washington 7, D.C., August 30, 1957 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., May 8, 1950 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., January 5, 1951 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., February 7, 1951 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., February 23, 1951 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., April 9, 1951 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., April 24, 1951 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., December 4, 1951 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington 7, D.C., March 29, 1956 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington 7, D.C., March 13, 1957 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington 7, D.C., October 21, 1957 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington 7, D.C., November 22, 1957 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington 7, D.C., May 28, 1958 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington 7, D.C., February 9, 1960 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., May 15, 1951 Digital
Letter from William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Houghton Library to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C., May 17, 1951 Digital
Short-title catalogue (STC) revision project records
These records concern the revision of the STC including: correspondence, research notes, field reports, annotated STC volumes, administrative files, proofsheets, working papers, index slips, Pantzer's books, microfilm of STC items, microfilm prints of STC items, reference books and offprints, and miscellaneous realia concerning the project.
William A. Jackson, 1950-1960
REFINE MY RESULTS:
- Type
- Archival Object 24
- Collection 5
- Subject
- Catalogs, Union -- Great Britain. 1
- Catalogs, Union -- United States. 1
- Early printed books -- Union lists. 1
- English imprints -- Union lists. 1
- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Bibliography. 1
- Great Britain -- Imprints. 1
- Incunabula -- Bibliography -- Union lists. 1
- Photographs. 1
- Rare books. 1 ∧ less