Herman Henry Bernard Meyer (1864 January 16, 1937) was an American librarian. Meyer attended the Pratt Institute Library School. He worked in several positions at the

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, including the Head of the Newspaper and Periodical Division (1907), the Chief Bibliographer (1914-1920), and the Head of the Legislative Reference Service (1921-1935) and initiated the Library's services for the blind. He was president of the

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from 1924 to 1925.

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1864 births 1937 deaths American librarians Presidents of the American Library Association Librarians at the Library of Congress Pratt Institute alumni Presidents of the Bibliographical Society of America Burials at Shawsheen Cemetery {{Library-bio-stub