Theresa_Elmendorf

Theresa Elmendorf

Theresa Elmendorf

American librarian

Theresa West Elmendorf (November 1, 1855 – September 4, 1932) was an American librarian, the first woman President of the American Library Association, 1911-1912.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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Elmendorf at the time of her graduation from Vassar College, c. 1877 at approximately age 22

Bibliography

  • Rooney, Paul M. (1978). "Elmendorf, Theresa Hubbell West". In George Sylvan Bobinski; Jesse Hauk Shera; Bohdan S. Wynar (eds.). Dictionary of American Library Biography. Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 159–160. ISBN 0-87287-180-0.
  • Thomison, Dennis (1993). "Elmendorf, Theresa West". In Robert Wedgeworth (ed.). World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services (3rd ed.). Chicago: ALA Editions. pp. 279–280. ISBN 0-8389-0609-5.

Further reading

  • Garrison, Dee (2003). Apostles of Culture: The Public Librarian and American Society, 1876–1920. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-18114-6.
  • McDannald, Alexander Hopkins (1945). "Theresa Hubbell Elmendorf". The Encyclopedia Americana (Volume 10 ed.). Chicago: ALA Editions. p. 260.
  • "Elmendorf, Theresa Hubbell West" . Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. X. 1920.

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Mrs. Theresa West Elmendorf". The Daily Tribune. Wisconsin Rapids, WI. August 9, 1946. p. 9. Retrieved July 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. [2]
    Thomison, p. 280
  3. [3]
    "New Librarian". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, NY. June 11, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved July 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. [4]
    Rooney 1978, pp. 65–66.
  5. [5]
    Thomison 1993, p. 279.
  6. [6]
    "New Library Appointees to Be Notified Today". The Buffalo Enquirer. Buffalo, NY. July 16, 1906. p. 3. Retrieved July 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. [7]
    Thomison 1993, p. 280.
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