Category:John Vance Cheney
English: John Vance Cheney (December 29, 1848 in Groveland, New York – May 1, 1922) was an American poet, essayist and librarian. Educated in Geneseo, New York, Cheney practiced law briefly in Woodstock, Vermont and New York City before moving to California with his first wife Abigail Perkins Vance Cheney, teaching music, lecturing, and working as a postal clerk. In 1887 he assumed the position of librarian of the Free Public Library of San Francisco, where he oversaw the openings of the system's first branch libraries and hosted the first west coast conference of the American Library Association in 1891. In 1894 he moved to Chicago, where he served as librarian of the Newberry Library. In 1909 he retired and moved to San Diego with his second wife, Sara Barker Chamberlain.
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Media in category "John Vance Cheney"
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Admiral Karl Schultz, General Vance, Senators Boozman and Rounds (45862339212).jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 4.24 MB
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John Vance Cheney before 1916.jpg 2,280 × 3,529; 635 KB
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Poems (IA poems00chen).pdf 681 × 1,054, 326 pages; 6.55 MB
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Signature of John Vance Cheney.png 235 × 62; 11 KB
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Wood blooms (IA woodblooms00chen).pdf 577 × 945, 248 pages; 9.11 MB
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Wood blooms (IA woodblooms00chenrich).pdf 568 × 895, 244 pages; 6.08 MB
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