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Metcalf Genealogy
Michael Metcalf, son of Leonard Metcalf, was born 17 June 1587 in Tatterford, Norfolk, England. He married Sarah Elwyn, daughter of Thomas Elwyn and Elisabeth, 13 October 1616 in Hingham, Norfolk. They had eleven children. They emigrated in 1637 and settled in Dedham, Massachusetts. Descendant, Isaac Metcalf, son of Peletiah Metcalf and Lydia Easty, was born 3 February 1783 in Royalston, Massachusetts. He married Lucy Heywood in 1810. They had no children. He married Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (1787-1866), a widow with three children, in 1821. They had four children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Ohio, New Hampshire and Maine. Includes DeWitt, Ely, Howes, Putnam, Williams and related families.
Supplement to the Dictionary of American Library Biography
This work records the accomplishments of the leaders of library science with 51 thoroughly researched biographies of individuals whose contributions have profoundly influenced the profession's history. The biographical sketches, ranging in length from 1,400 to 4,000 words, were researched, written, and reviewed by noted authorities in the library and information science community.
Harvard University Press
A university press is a curious institution, dedicated to the dissemination of learning yet apart from the academic structure; a publishing firm that is in business, but not to make money; an arm of the university that is frequently misunderstood and occasionally attacked by faculty and administration. Max Hall here chronicles the early stages and first sixty years of Harvard University Press in a rich and entertaining book that is at once Harvard history, publishing history, printing history, business history, and intellectual history. The tale begins in 1638 when the first printing press arrived in British North America. It became the property of Harvard College and remained so for nearly ...
