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William Loring Andrews

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William Loring Andrews
shugaba

1888 - 1892
Robert Hoe III (en) Fassara
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Manhattan (mul) Fassara, 1837
ƙasa Tarayyar Amurka
Mazauni New York
Mutuwa New York, 1920
Makwanci Green-Wood Cemetery (en) Fassara
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifi Loring Andrews
Karatu
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a art collector (en) Fassara, book collector (en) Fassara, mai wallafawa da bibliophile (en) Fassara
Mamba Grolier Club (en) Fassara

William Loring Andrews (Satumba 9, 1837 - Maris 19, 1920) ya kasance ɗan Amurka ne mai tattara littattafai, mawallafi, kuma mai kula da littattafai. Ya kasance amintacce kuma mai kula da laburare na farko na Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Metropolitan na New York kuma mai fafutukar kare shi tsawon shekaru arba'in.[1][2] Daga 1888 zuwa 1892, ya yi aiki a matsayin wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban ƙungiyar Grolier . Shi ne kuma wanda ya kafa kuma shi kaɗai ne shugaban ƙungiyar Iconophiles. Ya kasance "mai sha'awar tattara littattafai, kwafi, zane-zane, da faranti masu ban sha'awa."

Ya buga littattafai 36, kusan 24 daga cikinsu ya rubuta; da yawa cikakkun bayanai game da "jigogi masu kama da littafi" da/ko tarihin birnin New York . Andrews "ya zaɓi takarda, rubutu, da mannewa" don duk littattafansa, yayin da ED French da Sidney L. Smith suka samar da kayan zane da sauran abubuwan zane.[3]

A cewar Met, "Andrews babban ƙarfi ne a farkon zamanin The Met, kuma shi ne babban mutum a cikin ci gaba da haɓaka tarin littattafai a babban ɗakin karatu na The Met."

Rayuwa ta farko

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An haifi William Loring Andrews a ranar 9 ga Satumba, 1837, a Manhattan, New York. An haife shi ga Caroline C. Delamater Andrews da Loring Andrews. Wani bincike da aka yi bayan mutuwarsa ya yi iƙirarin cewa "ya fito ne daga zuriyar wannan 'bautar farko' William Andrews, ɗaya daga cikin Kamfanin Davenport wanda ya 'yi jirgin ruwa daga Boston a 1638 ya zauna a garin Quinnipiac, wanda daga baya suka kira shi New Haven ."

A ranar 17 ga Oktoba, 1860, Andrews ya auri Jane E. Crane (mahaifinta Theodore Crane ne). Sun haifi 'ya'ya maza biyu: Loring William Andrews da Theodore Crane Andrews. 'Ya'yan biyu sun mutu a ƙuruciyarsu. [4] Loring W. Andrews ya mutu a shekara ta 1882 yana ɗalibi a Yale, saboda "rashin harbin bindiga da aka yi masa yayin da yake yawon buɗe ido a harbin agwagwa." Theodore ya mutu a shekara ta 1878, kuma an bayyana shi a matsayin "mai haske a hankali da kuma shiga cikin ɗabi'u... Ɗanɗanonsa da aiwatarwarsa a cikin Kiɗa ba su da ban mamaki. Ya yi karatun Harmony yana ɗan shekara goma sha biyu, kuma an nuna ƙwarewarsa ta lissafi tun yana ƙarami." 'Ya'yan biyu sun kasance masu son tattarawa kamar mahaifinsu. [5]

Ritaya da Gidan Tarihi na Metropolitan na Fasaha

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Hoton Andrews, shekarar da ba a sani ba

A shekarar 1878, Andrews ya yi ritaya daga harkar fata da faya-fayan mahaifinsa. Ya fara samun lokacin hutu saboda ritayarsa, wanda hakan ya ba shi damar shiga cikin Metropolitan.[6]

A watan Maris na shekarar 1880, an buɗe ginin farko na Met a Central Park, wanda Calbert Vaux da Jacob Wrey Mould suka tsara. A ranar 28 ga Agusta na shekarar 1880, Andrews ya rubuta wa daraktan Metropolitan Luigi Palma di Cesnola, "Zan dawo gari nan da tsakiyar watan Satumba da isasshen lokacin hutu don yin abin da zan iya don in kasance a Gidan Tarihi kuma musamman don ƙoƙarin inganta ɗakin karatu - ina so in sami wanda zai fara shi da dala 10,000."[6] Lokacin da Gidan Tarihi ya ƙaura daga titin 14 zuwa gininsa a wurin shakatawa, Andrews "ya ɗauki abubuwa da yawa a cikin kwanduna, da kansa, don hana cutar da ke zuwa musu," wanda ya burge Shugaban Met Cesnola da sadaukarwarsa. A wannan shekarar, Metropolitan ta naɗa Andrews a matsayin babban mai kula da laburarensa na farko.[6]

Yana zaune a titin 38 kuma yana tafiya zuwa Metropolitan da keke.[6]

A shekarar 1885, Andrews ya nemi ƙwararren mai sassaka Edwin Davis French ya ƙirƙiri farantin littattafai na farko na ɗakin karatu na The Met.[6] Sidney Lawton Smith ya tsara farantin littattafai na Andrew a cikin shekara da ba a sani ba.

A shekarar 1895, an naɗa Andrews a matsayin Babban Jami'in Laburare domin ya ba wa Met damar ɗaukar ma'aikacin laburare na farko mai cikakken albashi, William Clifford.[6]

A kusan shekarar 1901, Andrews ya aika da kwafin littafinsa Paul Revere da kuma zane-zanensa ga mai ba da kuɗi na New Jersey Augustus Lefebvre Revere . AL Revere jikan Paul Revere ne kuma danginsa na ƙarshe da ya rage. Andrews ya gode wa Revere saboda wasiƙar kirkinsa kuma ya bayyana yadda yake jin daɗin tattara zane-zanen kakansa.[7]

Littattafan tarihi

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Shekara Lakabi Mai Bugawa Bayanan kula
1892 Roger Payne da fasaharsa: taƙaitaccen bayani game da rayuwarsa da aikinsa a matsayin mai ɗaurewa De Vinne Press
1892 Jean Grolier de Servier, viscount d'Aguisy : wani labari game da rayuwarsa da kuma shahararren ɗakin karatunsa De Vinne Press
1893 Taswirar Bradford : birnin New York a lokacin da aka amince da yarjejeniyar Montgomery De Vinne Press
1895 Tsoffin masu sayar da littattafai na New York da sauran takardu Ba a sani ba
1895 Tsoffin masu sayar da littattafai na New York da sauran takardu Ba a sani ba
1896 Muƙala kan hoton yakin juyin juya halin Amurka : kasancewar labarin wasu hotuna da aka zana da aka haɗa su, abin mamaki saboda ƙarancin su ko kuma wani abu mai ban sha'awa Kamfanin Gillis Brothers Press
1897 Sabuwar Amsterdam, Sabuwar Orange, New York : wani labari da aka tsara bisa tsarin lokaci na ra'ayoyin birnin da aka sassaka tun daga hoton farko da aka buga a MDCLI har zuwa shekarar MDCCC Dodd, Mead da Kamfani An zana ta Edwin Davis French
1897 Tafiyar da masu tsattsauran ra'ayi ke yi a kewayen birnin New York don neman tarihi da kyawawan wurare Kamfanin Gillis Brothers Press
1899 Masu sassaka hotuna uku na Faransawa na ƙarni na sha takwas a cikin ƙaramin hoto. Ficquet, Savart, Grateloup Dodd, Mead da Kamfani
1900 Binciken James Lyne ko, kamar yadda aka fi sani da taswirar Bradford: tsarin birnin New York a lokacin da aka ba da izinin yarjejeniyar Montgomery a shekarar 1731: ƙarin bayani ga wani bayani game da wannan Dodd, Mead da Kamfani
1900 Tsegumi game da tattara littattafai Dodd, Mead da Kamfani
1901 Alamar Battery da Castle Garden 'Ya'yan Charles Scribner
1901 Paul Revere da zane-zanensa 'Ya'yan Charles Scribner An yaba masa da dangin Revere na ƙarshe da ya rage, Augustus Lefebvre Revere
1902 Littattafan Littafi Mai Tsarki a Amurka: da kuma abubuwan da suka shafi iyali Dodd, Mead da Kamfani
1902 Littattafan Littafi Mai Tsarki a Amurka da Abubuwan da suka Shafi Ɗabi'a Dodd, Mead da Kamfani
1905 New York kamar yadda Washington ta san da hakan bayan juyin juya hali 'Ya'yan Charles Scribner
1906 Jerin zane-zanen da ke kan Littattafan Kamfanin Birnin New York, 1841-1870 Ƙungiyar Masu Iconophiles
1906 Kamfanin Inshorar Nahiyar New York, 1853-1905: Tsarin Tarihi Kamfanin Inshora na Continental
1908 Yakubu Steendam, noch vaster: memoir na mawaƙin farko a New Netherland Dodd, Mead da Kamfani
1908 Jervsalem ta sama. Waƙar farin cikin chvrch trivmphant ta tsakiyar zamanai 'Ya'yan Charles Scribner
1913 Kundin kundin littattafan farko na William Loring Andrews a cikin Laburaren Jami'ar Yale Jami'ar Yale Press

Mutuwa da gado

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An buga Andrews a cikin In Memoriam, 1921.

Ya mutu a ranar 19 ga Maris, 1920, a birnin New York kuma aka binne shi a makabartar Green-Wood da ke Brooklyn. [8]

A ranar 22 ga Afrilu, 1920, an gudanar da wani taron tunawa da Andrews don girmama gadon Andrews. Masu jawabi daga Grolier Club, Society of Iconophiles, da Metropolitan Museum of Art sun halarta kuma sun ƙunshi mahalarta. An bayyana shi a cikin littafin "In Memoriam: William Loring Andrews" na 1921, wani littafi da aka buga a sirri wanda aka rarraba kwafi 50 daga ciki.

  1. "William Loring Andrews: Book Collecting and Bookbinding". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  2. name=":0">Soehner, Kenneth (January 8, 2020). "The Founding Father of The Met's Great Library". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  3. name=":0">Soehner, Kenneth (January 8, 2020). "The Founding Father of The Met's Great Library". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
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  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Soehner, Kenneth (January 8, 2020). "The Founding Father of The Met's Great Library". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-11-25.Soehner, Kenneth (January 8, 2020). "The Founding Father of The Met's Great Library". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  7. "William Loring Andrews: Book Collecting and Bookbinding". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  8. "William Loring Andrews: Book Collecting and Bookbinding". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2022-11-16.