Editing Melvil Dewey (section)

=== Antisemitism and racism ===
The Lake Placid Club [[Lake Placid Club#Exclusionary policies|banned Jews, blacks, and others]] from membership, a policy written by Dewey himself.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1905/02/15/archives/state-librarian-dewey-the-real-issue-involved-in-the-demand-for-his.html|title=STATE LIBRARIAN DEWEY.; The Real Issue Involved in the Demand for His Removal.|last=Citizen|date=1905-02-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-14|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Out of fear, Dewey bought the land adjacent to the Lake Placid Club to prevent Jews from purchasing it.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2018/06/01/melvil-dewey-bringing-harassment-out-of-the-history-books/|title=Bringing Harassment Out of the History Books|date=2018-06-01|website=American Libraries Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> In 1904, the New York State Board of Regents received a petition demanding Dewey's removal as state librarian because of his involvement in the Lake Placid Club's policy of excluding Jews and other religious and ethnic groups. While the regents declined to remove Dewey, they did issue a public rebuke, and in the summer of 1905 he resigned as a result.<ref name="Silver">Silver, M. M., ''Louis Marshall and the Rise of Jewish Ethnicity in America.'' Syracuse University Press, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-8156-1000-7}}, pp. 90–97.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1905/02/16/archives/state-librarian-dewey-is-rebuked-by-regents-must-quit-countenancing.html|title=STATE LIBRARIAN DEWEY IS REBUKED BY REGENTS; Must Quit Countenancing Anti-Jewish Campaign or Resign. ACT IN LAKE PLACID CASE Dewey Repeats Promise to Give Up Trusteeship of Club Which Issued Circulars Offensive to Jews.|date=1905-02-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-14|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>