Charles Alexander Nelson

Charles Alexander Nelson (April 14, 1839 - January 13, 1933) was an American librarian and bibliographer.

Nelson worked as a civil engineer and businessman before he became interested in library science. From 1881 to1888, he worked on the publication of the catalog of the Astor Library He married Emma Norris, and they had two children.

In 1927 he was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership.

Works Waltham, Past and Present, and its Industries (1879) "Weston" in Samuel A. Drake, ed., History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts (1880) Catalogue of the Astor Library (Continuation), Vol. I.-IV. (1886-1888) Catalogue of the Avery Architectural Library (1895) Catalogue raisonné, works on bookbinding from the Samuel Putnam Avery collection (1903) Analytical Index to Volumes 1-25 of the Educational Review (1903) Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, 1675-1776, index (8 vols., 1905-1906)