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Showcasing Student Wikipedia Pages on the Librarians Who Made Library History

Posted By Brett Spencer Jan 07, 2026 01:37 PM
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LHRT News & Notes , the blog of the Library History Round Table, is honored to host this open access research project completed by Dr. Joseph Winberry and his library history students at the University of North Carolina's School of Information and Library Sciences! Through this course assignment, Dr. ...

Rafaela Castro--Librarians We have Lost- Sesquicentennial Memories - 1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Dec 31, 2025 11:52 AM
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"Rafaela Castro was born in Bakersfield, California, but had lived most of her life in the San Francisco Bay Area. She spent two years in Brazil with the Peace Corps before receiving degrees in English Literature, Library Science, and Folklore from the University of California, Berkeley. She lectured ...

Dr. Arnulfo Trejo--Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Dec 30, 2025 10:52 AM
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Dr. Arnulfo Trejo (August 15, 1922 – July 5, 2002) You can find prior coverage of Dr. Trejo on the Librarians We Have Lost digital memorial (https://lhrt.news/librarians-we-have-lost-sesquicentennial-memories-1976-2026/) and we are pleased to share additional sources and tributes on this legend of ...

Pamela M. Bluh--Librarians We have Lost- Sesquicentennial Memories - 1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Dec 12, 2025 09:09 PM
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We are please to share this additional tribute, a memorial resolution, to Pamela M. Bluh. The first tribute is available on the Librarians We Have Lost digital memorial at https://lhrt.news/librarians-we-have-lost-sesquicentennial-memories-1976-2026/ ----------------------------------------------- ...

John Spears--Tribute 2--Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Dec 12, 2025 08:51 PM
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We are pleased to share this additional tribute, a memorial resolution, to John Spears. The first tribute is available on the Librarians We Have Lost digital memorial: https://lhrt.news/librarians-we-have-lost-sesquicentennial-memories-1976-2026/ ------------------------------------------------------- ...

Dr. Sheila Intner--Librarians We have Lost- Sesquicentennial Memories - 1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Dec 10, 2025 12:43 PM
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2024-2025 ALA Memorial #1, 2025 ALA LLX Meeting Memorial Resolution Honoring Sheila lntner Whereas, the American Library Association (ALA) and the broader library community lost a valued member and leader on October 22, 2023, with the death of Sheila S. lntner; and Whereas, Sheila lntner ...

William (Bill) Garrison, Jr--- Librarians We have Lost- Sesquicentennial Memories - 1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Dec 08, 2025 10:59 AM
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This Librarians We Have Lost tribute consists of a memorial resolution for a legendary librarian. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Memorial Resolution Honoring William A. (Bill) Garrison, Jr. Whereas the American ...

Catherine Schweinsberg Rood (1950-2016)--Librarians We have Lost- Sesquicentennial Memories - 1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Dec 06, 2025 01:41 PM
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Mrs. Catherine Caliva Schweinsberg Rood (1950-2016) Madison, Wisconsin Catherine Caliva Schweinsberg Rood passed away on September 29, 2016, due to complications associated with liver cancer. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin on March 27, 1950, to John and Daisy Caliva. After graduating from Madison ...

Lucia M. Tryon (1903-2000)--Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Dec 04, 2025 10:17 PM
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Lucia M. Tryon became Pensacola's first female city department head when she was appointed chief librarian of the Pensacola Public Library in 1938, which she helped establish and was dedicated to until the end of her life. During her time at the helm of the Pensacola system, the library grew twenty times ...

Spencer Gilbert Shaw (August 15, 1916 - June 16 2010)--Librarians We Have Lost

Posted By Brett Spencer Dec 04, 2025 10:09 PM
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Spencer Gilbert Shaw August 15, 1916 - June 16 2010 By Kate Franks, University of South Florida Spencer Gilbert Shaw's librarian career spanned over the course of 45 years, working mainly in Hartford, Connecticut, New York, New York, and Seattle, Washington. He was the first African-American librarian ...

Herbert Goldhor----Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Oct 28, 2025 09:15 PM
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Herbert Goldhor (February 8, 1917-March 29, 2011) Dr. Herbert Goldhor's career as a librarian began in 1943 when he received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago's Graduate Library School where he completed a thesis on "The Selection of Employees in Large Civil Service and Non-Civil Service Public ...

RE: Paul Fasana

Posted By Brett Spencer Oct 20, 2025 09:36 PM
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Thank you very much for this information! The photo is gold-I have added it to the post at https://lhrt.news/2025/10/20/the-unknown-librarian-who-saved-queer-history-hugh-ryan-bazaar/ Best, Brett Brett Spencer Editor, LHRT News & Notes Reference Librarian Thun Library PO Box 7009 Tulpehocken Road ...

Donald J. Sager--Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Oct 19, 2025 04:41 PM
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Donald J. Sager (August 11, 1938 – January 1, 2015) Don Sager received ALA's Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service to the profession of librarianship in 2005, and was acknowledged as having made contributions in multiple ways. He served as Director of several libraries including the ...

Effie Lee Morris--Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Oct 18, 2025 02:53 PM
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Effie Lee Morris April 20, 2921 - November 10, 2009 California Library Hall of Fame https://www.cla-net.org/page/1033/California-Library-Hall-of-Fame-Effie-Lee-Morris.htm "Effie Lee Morris was the first African-American president of the Public Library Association (1971) and was the first ...

Judith Krug----Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Oct 10, 2025 08:49 PM
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Judith Krug Died: April 11, 2009 How do you describe someone like Judith Krug who seemed larger than life…? She was: Freedom of Speech Advocate Critic of censorship Director of ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom for over 40 years Founder of Banned Books Week Recipient of numerous awards ...

Lowell Martin--Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Oct 08, 2025 08:07 PM
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Dr. Lowell A. Martin (1912–2003) "The American Library Association bestowed its highest degree of Honorary Membership on Lowell Martin, educator, librarian, teacher, and dean at the inaugural banquet of the American Library Association, during its annual conference held in Dallas. Dr. Lowell Martin's ...

Charles Brown----Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Oct 07, 2025 02:02 PM
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Charles Brown New Orleans. Charlotte Mecklenberg. And more. Charles Brown "enriched the public library community through his tireless service as a library director" in multiple communities through a career that spanned five states over half a century. Read the full ALA Memorial Resolution below to ...

Regina Minudri--Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Oct 06, 2025 08:10 PM
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Regina Minudri information (1937-2021) "Gina was a smart and precocious child, who learned to read before attending school. Her love of reading lead her into librarianship...Gina was the first library director in California to turn to voters to secure library tax funding (1980) and she led the campaign ...

Dr. Margaret Irby Nichols--Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Oct 05, 2025 10:12 PM
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Dr. Margaret Irby Nichols July 9, 1924 - June 6, 2017 Nationally known as a reference specialist and extraordinary workshop leader, author, and oral historian, Margaret Irby Nichols is professor emeritus of the School of Library & Information Sciences, University of North Texas. She has held most major ...

J. Dennis Day----Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Brett Spencer Oct 04, 2025 05:49 PM
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J. Dennis Day "Thank you for acting as the Foundation's guiding star -- helping the Foundation develop and maintain its mission, defending fundamental rights, and preserving and protecting access to information from all points of view." --Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Citation. Gordon M. ...

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