The articles (Images and Documents) here provide a visual look at the world of police Captain Charles L. Albertson when he worked for the New York Police Department in the early 1900s. His hand typed and hand written autobiography provides information on his life in the NYPD and first hand accounts of crimes.
The most in depth look at the life of Captain Charles L. Albertson spans most of the front page of the January 19, 1906 edition of The Waverly Free Press, the local news paper from his hometown.
The news of Captain Charles L. Albertson’s death here in Orlando on 28 October 1932 was published in the Orlando Morning Sentinel 29 October 1932 front page.
Finally, the obituary of Captain Charles L. Albertson was published in the Orlando Morning Sentinel 30 October 1932 page Two A.
His name no longer graces the entrance to the now Orlando Public Library (part of the Orange County Library System), but he will forever be regarded as the man who’s gift of books and vertical files forever changed Orlando and her residents for the good.
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Captain Charles L. Albertson Dies
Captain Charles L. Albertson circa 1905"The Autobiography of Captain Charles L. Albertson", a retired Police Inspector of New York City, and a winter resident of Orlando, who had for many years been collecting books at his home in Waverly, New York and in November 1920, offered his collection to the City of Orlando, on the condition that it furnish a suitable building to house it.
The contract between the city of Orlando and Captain Albertson provided that Orlando would accept the gift of the Albertson collection and furnish the library building; that the library should be known as the Albertson Public Library; that Captain Albertson should be Advisory Superintendent of the Library throughout his lifetime; and that Orlando should suitably maintain the Library.
Portrait of Captain Charles L. Albertson, whose personal library donation to the City of Orlando helped to create the Albertson Public Library, now the downtown Main Library of the Orange County Library System.
This is a resolution passed by the Albertson Public Library Board honoring Captain Charles L. Albertsson for his vast contributions to the Library. The resolution was passed soon after his death.
The Family Biography Entry of Captain Charles L. Albertson in the "History of Waverly, New York."
Mentioned: Captain Charles Albertson, Eiselstein Funeral Home, Reverend P. M. Smock, College Park Baptist Church, Waverly New York, Albertson Public Library, Lake Jennie Jewel, Mrs. Lillian Albertson, Lewis Albertson, Caroline Stewart Albertson, Addie M. West, Lewis Albertson, Earl Albertson, Dacie Albertson, Lillian N. Barnum, Charles L. Albertson, Waverly American Legion, Albertson Memorial Building, Elmira NY Chapter Sons of the American Revolution.
Front page story - Charles Albertson donating books to city to form library.
The article is featured on the front page along with accounts of the festive Veterans Day celebrations around town.
This is the masthead and articles above the fold.
Article announces Charles L. Albertsons offer of his book collection to the city to form a library.
Evening Reporter Star masthead from 11 November 1923 announcing the opening of the Albertson Public Library.
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The Albertson Library (Waverly, NY) is featured on the entire front page of the Waverly Free Press. The Press takes the reader room by room listing most of the titles on the shelves in the Library located in one of Captain Albertson's homes. This is historical for our own Orlando Public Library as these are most likely some of the works that were part of the collection donated by Captain Albertson to create the Albertson Public Library in Orlando.