Melvil Dewey
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Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey was an American librarian and educator who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. He was a founder of the Lake Placid Club, a chief libraria
Dewey c. 1921
The interior of the New York State Library, late 19th century
Lake Placid from the Whiteface Mountain gondola
Tessa Kelso
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Teresa Laura "Tessa" Kelso was an American librarian, publicist and journalist who was head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library. A local Methodist minister accused her of "sin" when the librar
Melvil Dewey
…and offensive behavior directed at women continued for decades after his departure from the ALA. Prominent critics of his sexual misbehavior included Tessa Kelso. "In exchange for a quiet departure, he was spared an ugly and public expose of one of his major flaws," Wiegand wrote. "He was never again a power…
Teresa Kelso