Miriam Hornback Papers, 1930-1993 | The American Library Association Archives

Chronological

Miriam Hornback worked for ALA for her entire career. She began as a junior secretary on June 12, 1944. Most notably, she was a longtime secretary to the ALA Council and Executive Board, and she was also a documenter of Council and Executive Board actions from 1969 to 1991. She served ALA for a total of 47 years. In that time, she worked with 47 presidents and seven executive directors, and she attended more than 80 Annual Conferences and Midwinter Meetings. She was a member of ALA for 38 years. She announced that she would retire in January 1992, but she died unexpectedly on April 1, 1991 [1]. ALA has an annual scholarship named in her honor [2].

Sources:
1. "Beloved Association secretariat Miriam Hornback dies suddenly," [i]American Libraries[/i], May 1991, 455. 2. "Miriam L. Hornback Scholarship," [i]American Library Association[/i], http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/miriam-l-hornback-scholarship.

ALA Council
Clift, David H.
Executive Board, ALA
Intellectual Freedom
Office for Library Service to the Disadvantaged
Organization
Organization, Committee On
Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)