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Henry Munson Utley

Born: 08/05/1836   Plymouth
Died: 02/16/1917
Parents: Hiran Utley, Jane Utley
Spouse: Kate L. Burr
Children: Fanny M. Utley

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Michigan as a Province, Territory and State, the Twenty-Sixth Member of the Federal Union Non Fiction , Michigan Adult The Publishing Society of Michigan 1906
The Class of Sixty-One, University of Michigan and Something about What 'the Boys' have been Doing During Forty Years from 1861 to 1901 Non Fiction , Michigan Adult J. Bornman & Son 1902
General Catalogue of the Books, Except Fiction, French, and German, in the Public Library of Detroit, Michigan 1888 Non Fiction , Michigan Adult O.S. Gulley, Bornman & Company 1889
The First President of Michigan University Non Fiction , Michigan Adult 1882
Wildcat Banking in Michigan Non Fiction , Michigan Adult 1875

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Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Attended University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, and Brown University

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
President American Library Association 1894 -1895
One of the original founders and first president. Michigan Library Association 1891 -1904
Librarian
- Although Utley did not have any professional library training, this did not keep him from transforming the Detroit Public Library into one of America's great public libraries. Innovations which he brought to the library included: adopting the Dewey Decimal Classification (1886); establishing a children's room (1896); opening the library on Sunday (1886); establishing a reference department that served not only Detroit but surrounding communities; introducing electric lights in the reading room (1887); and establishing branch libraries (1900- ). 		Detroit Public Library Detroit 1885 -1913
Secretary Detroit Board of Education Detroit 1881 -1885
City Editor Detroit Post, Post-Tribune Detroit 1866 -1881
Staff Detroit Free Press Detroit 1861 -1866

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