Finding Aid for Paris Library School File, 1923-1932 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Paris Library School File, 1923-1932

ID: 7/11/6

Primary Creator: International Relations Office (IRO)

Extent: 3.3 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged by subject title

Date Acquired: 04/26/1974

Subjects: American Committee for Devastated France, American Library in Paris, Bogle, Sarah C. N., Carson, Jessie M., Dike, Anne M., Jones, Gardner M., Marshall, John, Morgan, Anne, Olds, Robert E., Paris Library School, Parsons, Mary P., Stevenson, Burton E.

Languages: English, French

Files of the Paris Library School kept by Sarah C. N. Bogle, director of the school and assistant secretary of the ALA, Mary P. Parsons, resident director and Margaret Mann, chief instructor, contains correspondence, budgets, memoranda, reports, refinancing activities and relations with the American Committee for Devastated France, directed by Anne Morgan, chairman, Mrs. Anne M. Dike, president, and Jessie M. Carson, director, Robert E. Olds, president, and W. Dawson Johnston, librarian, includes lessons and discussions of cataloging practices in French.

The International Relations Board (International Relations Round Table) creatred the International Relations Office (IRO) in June 1942 (1).  The IRO was set up to "carry on its work in cooperation with the other committees of the Association whose work had international implications" (2).  The IRO also functioned as an advisory agency for libraries abroad (3).  In 1942-45, the IRO served "as an operational agency for various projects of the Department of State, the Rockefeller Foundation, and other foundations and libraries" (4).  A "new" IRO was created in 1956 (5).  The IRO concentrated its efforts on library development and the director was charged to "study and investigate the state of library education in various parts of the world" (6).  The director was expected to spend several months of each year in nations on the continents of Asia, Africa, and South America (7).  In 1959, the IRO sponsored (with Rockefeller Foundation monies) a group of ten visiting Japanese librarians who studied reference and advisory services in the United States (8).  The IRO was disbanded in 1972 (9). The office reopened in 1976 before closing again in 1982, then reopening.

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Other Note: 3 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/0711006a.pdf

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