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John Cotton Dana
American librarian and museum director
John Cotton Dana (August 19, 1856, in Woodstock, Vermont – July 21, 1929, in Newark, New Jersey) was an American library and museum director who sought to make these cultural institutions relevant to the daily lives of citizens.[1] As a public librarian for forty years Dana promoted the benefits of reading, pioneered direct access to shelved materials, and innovated specialized library services of all types.
Early career
Dana studied law at Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1878.
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Moving to Denver in 1880, Dana passed the Colorado bar and began to practice. Dana moved to New York and was admitted to the bar in 1883. Taking a position as the editor of the Ashby Avalanche in 1885, Dana moved to Minnesota, but resettled in Colorado after a short time.
Dana married in 1888 to Adine Rowena Wagener. They had no children.
Because of the reputation he cultivated as a learned man and his connections in the