Draft:William S. Cawthon
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William S. Cawthon was a librarian who served as Florida Superintendent of Schools from 1922 until 1937.[1] He was succeeded by Colin English in 1937.[1]
In 1906 he was appointed librarian at the Florida Agricultural College, predecessor of the University of Florida. He succeeded the school's first librarian, C. A. Finley. He helped move school equipment by wagon from Lake City, Florida to Gainesville. In 1908, Milton B. Hadley succeeded him as the university's librarian.[2]
Rainey Cawthon was one of his sons.[3] Victor M. Cawthon was another and became a circuit judge.[4]
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- ^ a b Florida, State Library and Archives of. "Florida Governors". Florida Memory.
- ^ "UF Libraries Timeline » Communications » UF Libraries » University of Florida".
- ^ "Clipped From Tallahassee Democrat". October 28, 1962. p. 20 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Victor Cawthon Obituary - (2005) - Tallahassee, FL - Tallahassee Democrat". www.legacy.com.
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