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library history

I’ve recently been indulging my interest in library history by reading a lot of great books and contributing to Wikipedia to highlight some of the amazing people in our profession.

Some of the Wikipedia articles I’ve created from scratch are listed below.

African American library history:

  • Alexandria Library sit-in
  • Roberta Byrd Barr
  • Thomas Fountain Blue
  • Ruby Chappelle Boyd
  • Marjorie Adele Blackistone Bradfield
  • Virgia Brocks-Shedd
  • Gwendolyn S. Cruzat
  • A. Mercer Daniel
  • Dulcina DeBerry
  • Mollie E. Dunlap
  • Marian M. Hadley
  • Lillian Haydon Childress Hall
  • Judith Ann Carter Horton
  • Ruby Stutts Lyells
  • Marblehead Libraries
  • A. P. Marshall
  • Tommie Morton-Young
  • Mattie Herd Roland
  • Jessie Carney Smith
  • Samuel W. Starks
  • Lucille Cole Thomas
  • Wallace Van Jackson
  • John F. N. Wilkinson
  • Wendell L. Wray

ALA presidents:

  • Leslie Burger
  • Richard M. Dougherty
  • Maurice J. Freedman
  • Regina Minudri
  • John S. Richards
  • Mary R. Somerville
  • Maureen Sullivan
  • F. William Summers
  • Betty J. Turock

other notable librarians:

  • Marie-Louise Ayres
  • John Y. Cole
  • Nancy E. Gwinn
  • Alice I. Bryan
  • David C. Mearns
  • Suzine Har Nicolescu
  • Elisabeth Niggemann
  • Ada E. North
  • Dorothy Kuhn Oko
  • Hope A. Olson
  • Julia Pettee
  • Esther J. Piercy
  • Rebecca B. Rankin
  • Velma S. Salabiye
  • Minerva Sanders
  • Josefina del Toro Fulladosa
  • Tamara Turner

articles I didn’t create, but improved significantly:

  • Brian Deer Classification System
  • Effie Lee Morris
  • Samuel F. Morrison
  • Lucile M. Morsch
  • Patty Wong
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