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Alphonse F. Trezza- (1920–2009) - Librarians We Have Lost- Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Feb 20, 2026 01:01 PM
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Alphonse F. Trezza (1920–2009) was a prominent American librarian, educator, and advocate for library systems and information science. He played a pivotal role in advancing library cooperation and resource sharing in the United States, particularly through his leadership in state and national library ...

"Libraries: An American Value" - Arthur Curley, ALA President, 1994-1995

Posted By Kathleen McCook Feb 19, 2026 06:48 AM
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Arthur Curley's 1994 article, "Libraries: an American Value," appeared in American Libraries in 1994. He was President of the American Library Association in 1994-1995 "My goal as ALA president is to affirm libraries as a basic American value with even greater relevance and need for support in ...

Eli M. Oboler (1915 – 1983)- "Librarians We Have Lost." Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Feb 17, 2026 06:56 AM
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Eli M. Oboler worked as the longtime librarian at the Idaho State University library, later renamed the Eli M. Oboler Library, from 1949 to 1980. He was a prominent advocate for intellectual freedom. The American Library Association remembers his work with the Eli M. The Oboler Memorial Award recognizing ...

Eli M. Oboler (1915 – 1983)- "Librarians We Have Lost." Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Feb 17, 2026 06:56 AM
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An ALA President's Lasting Legacy

Posted By Kathleen McCook Feb 16, 2026 08:50 AM
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Dr. Elizabeth W. Stone was ALA President in 1981-82. During her Presidency the National Library Symbol was established. A Tribute to Dr. Elizabeth Stone has been posted at the American Library Association, Library History Round Table 150th ALA Anniversary Project, "Librarians We Have Lost." ===== ...

Marilyn Lea Miller (1930-2014) -Librarians We Have Lost- Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Feb 14, 2026 07:55 PM
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Marilyn Lea Miller was president of the American Library Association from 1992 to 1993. She was also President of the Association for Library Service to Children (1979-80), and the American Association of School Librarians (1986-87). Dr. Miller earned her bachelor's in education from the University ...

Marilyn Lea Miller (1930-2014) -Librarians We Have Lost- Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Feb 14, 2026 07:55 PM
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"Library Journal people" tributes at "Librarians We Have Lost"

Posted By Kathleen McCook Feb 14, 2026 07:52 AM
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"Library Journal people" with Tributes posted at the ALA Institutional Repository "Librarians We Have Lost" site. Lillian Gerhardt -https://alair.ala.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/3221a16d-b224-4741-b923-4b3d8f748a0a/content John N. Berry- https://alair.ala.org/items/5a948e58-51c4-4a01-81aa ...

Sari Feldman Tributes to 3 "Librarians We Have Lost"-Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026, Digital Memorial

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 26, 2026 07:16 AM
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Sari Feldman (ALA President 2015-2015) has contributed three tributes to the Library History Round Table Memorial, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026, Digital Memorial and to the "Librarians We Have Lost" site at the ALA Institutional Repository. Andrew J. Venable (1944-2016) Clyde Scoles (1949-2019) ...

Sister Lauretta McCusker, O.P., DLS -Librarians We have Lost- Sesquicentennial Memories - 1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 14, 2026 07:17 AM
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Sister Lauretta McCusker, O.P, DLS, Dean of Rosary College Graduate School of Library and Information Science (now the School of Information Studies at Dominican University) in River Forest, Illinois, from 1970 to 1982, died February 23. 1997. She was President-elect of the Catholic Library Association. ...

ALA 150-Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services -A Timeline

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 06, 2026 10:45 AM
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25 Years of Outreach: A Bibliographic Timeline of the American Library Association, Office for Literacy and Outreach Services This document presents a "bibliographic timeline" spanning 25 years of the American Library Association (ALA), Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS). For each year ...

Gary O. Rolstad (1948-2005)-Librarians We Have Lost-Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026, Digital Memorial

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 05, 2026 10:41 AM
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Gary O. Rolstad (1948-2005) Gary Rolstad, Associate State Librarian for Louisiana at the State Library of Louisiana, was a prolific writer and advocate for adult services in public libraries. In 2001 he was honored with the Anthony Benoit Career Award by the Louisiana Library Association. Gary was ...

RUSA History as We reach ALA 150

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 05, 2026 09:17 AM
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A lot of ALA History is in our journals. This article appeared in RQ, the former name of the RUSA journal (now RUSQ Quarterly). At ALA, before there was RUSA there was the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD). Andrew M. Hansen, who was Director of RASD/RUSA at ALA HQ wrote a very detailed ...

RUSA History as We reach ALA 150

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 05, 2026 09:16 AM
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Keyes DeWitt Metcalf (1889 –1983)-Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026.

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 04, 2026 06:16 AM
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Keyes DeWitt Metcalf was acknowledged as one of the country's foremost librarians. Upon his retirement, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey, then the president of Harvard, praised him for having ''revitalized'' the university's libraries during his 17 years in charge. He was considered one of the 100 most important ...

Philip Hofer (1898-1984)- Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026.

Posted By Kathleen McCook Jan 03, 2026 07:44 AM
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Philip Hofer (1898-1984) Philip Hofer was a book collector, librarian, and founder and first curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Houghton Library at Harvard University. Hofer graduated from Harvard University in 1921. After working in business, he returned to study for a master's ...

Frederick Wilfrid ("Wilf") Lancaster (1933 – 2013). Librarians We Have Lost-Sesquicentennial Memories - 1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Dec 16, 2025 07:20 AM
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Frederick Wilfrid ("Wilf") Lancaster (1933 – 2013) was a British-American librarian and information scientist. Lancaster was a great analytical thinker and had broad intellectual influence in the late 20th century. F.W. Lancaster immigrated to the US in 1959 and worked as information specialist for ...

Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award- Status?

Posted By Kathleen McCook Dec 13, 2025 07:08 AM
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Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award- Status?

Posted By Kathleen McCook Dec 13, 2025 07:08 AM
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As the Library History Round Table "Librarians We Have Lost" project grows, I am reviewing links and find that the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award has not been given for many years. Has this Award been eliminated? I am attaching the Tribute that was submitted for him. He was identified as one of the ...

Maynard J. Brichford (1926-2019)-Founder of the ALA Archives

Posted By Kathleen McCook Dec 07, 2025 06:42 AM
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Librarians We Have Lost Maynard J. Brichford, founder of the American Library association Archives. The Maynard J. Brichford tribute is posted at the ALA Institutional Repository and at The Library History Round Table blog: Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026, Digital ...