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Alfred Morton Githens

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in Baltimore. Mary A. Brown, director of the Mount Vernon Public Library, said of the book: "This book was then and remains in its later edition, the major textbook for library administration, which is used in library schools all over the country." The book was published for the
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Githens married Charlotte Sandys Foulke Sands on June 20, 1906. The couple had 3 children: Alfred, Elizabeth, and Frances. Githens died on August 21, 1973, in Laguna Beach, California. He is buried at the
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led Githens to take an interest in them also. He soon became widely known and consulted for his knowledge of library architecture. In 1925 he won an
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Githens was born on August 25, 1876, in Philadelphia to William H.H. Githens, a doctor, and Frances Adelle Stotesbury Githens. He attended
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Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Massachusetts (1937).
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Graduate School of Architecture. He was also a Fellow Emeritus of the
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Who was who in America with world notables : volume V, 1969-1973
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and a 1940 article on library design for the Bulletin of the
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Public Library (expansion), Mount Vernon, New York, 1938
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Tilton's interest in library design and work on several
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Upon his return to the United States, Githens worked at
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Githens authored a section on library architecture for
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Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1933
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Wilmington Public Library, Wilmington, Delaware, 1923
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Public Library (interior), Scarsdale, New York, 1951
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Index

FAIA
Episcopal Boys Academy
University of Pennsylvania
Stewardson
American Academy in Rome
École des Beaux Arts
McKim, Mead and White
Charles C. Haight
William A. Boring
Edward L. Tilton
Francis Keally
Carnegie libraries
American Institute of Architects
Wilmington
Collier's Encyclopedia
American Library Association
Enoch Pratt Library
Carnegie Foundation
Columbia University
Princeton University
American Institute of Architects
Currier Museum of Art
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Manchester
Springfield
Girard College
Mount Vernon
Concord
Richmond
George Peabody College for Teachers

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