Supplement to the Dictionary of American Library Biography
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Supplement to the Dictionary of American Library Biography

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Supplement to the Dictionary of American Library Biography

About this book

This work records the accomplishments of the leaders of library science with 51 thoroughly researched biographies of individuals whose contributions have profoundly influenced the profession's history. The biographical sketches, ranging in length from 1, 400 to 4, 000 words, were researched, written, and reviewed by noted authorities in the library and information science community.

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Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Contributors
  4. About the Editor
  5. Scott Adams (1909–1982)
  6. James Tinkham Babb (1899–1968)
  7. Tommie Dora Barker (1888–1978)
  8. Lillian Lewis Batchelor (1907–1977)
  9. Bernard Reuben Berelson (1912–1979)
  10. Edwin Castagna (1909–1983)
  11. William Shepherd Dix (1910–1978)
  12. Luther Harris Evans (1902–1981)
  13. Ruth Gagliardo (1895–1980)
  14. Wayne Clayton Grover (1906–1970)
  15. Daniel Nash Handy (1875–1948)
  16. Frances Elizabeth Henne (1906–1985)
  17. John Phillip Immroth (1939–1976)
  18. Virginia Lacy Jones (1912–1984)
  19. Augustus Frederick Kuhlman (1889–1986)
  20. Harold Adlore Lancour (1908–1981)
  21. Milton Edward Lord (1898–1985)
  22. Edmon Horton Low (1902–1983)
  23. Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)
  24. Guy Elwood Marion (1882–1969)
  25. Blanche Prichard McCrum (1887–1969)
  26. Francis Eugene McKenna (1921–1978)
  27. David Chambers Mearns (1899–1981)
  28. Daniel Melcher (1912–1985)
  29. Keyes DeWitt Metcalf (1889–1983)
  30. Jack Cassius Morris (1911–1954)
  31. L. Quincy Mumford (1903–1982)
  32. Elizabeth Nesbitt (1897–1977)
  33. Eli Martin Oboler (1915–1983)
  34. Benjamin Edward Powell (1905–1981)
  35. Derek de Solla Price (1922–1983)
  36. Ernest James Reece (1881–1976)
  37. Sarah Rebecca Reed (1914–1978)
  38. John Stewart Richards (1892–1979)
  39. Charlemae Hill Rollins (1897–1979)
  40. Jean Carolyn Roos (1891–1982)
  41. Jesse Hauk Shera (1903–1982)
  42. Louis Shores (1904–1981)
  43. Harold Spivacke (1904–1977)
  44. Kathleen Brown Stebbins (1905–1962)
  45. Maurice Falcolm Tauber (1908–1980)
  46. Carolyn Farquhar Ulrich (1880–1969)
  47. Ralph Adrian Ulveling (1902–1980)
  48. Carl Peter Paul Vitz (1883–1981)
  49. Douglas Waples (1893–1978)
  50. Israel Albert Warheit (1912–1973)
  51. Carl Milton White (1903–1983)
  52. Louis Round Wilson (1876–1979)
  53. Constance Mabel Winchell (1896–1983)
  54. George Alan Works (1877–1957)
  55. Wyllis Eaton Wright (1903–1979)
  56. Name Index