Finding Aid for Joint Committee on Library Work as a Career File, 1947-1958 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Joint Committee on Library Work as a Career File, 1947-1958

ID: 90/21/6

Primary Creator: Library Work as a Career

Other Creators: Joint Committees

Extent: 1.3 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Chronological (month reports)

Subjects: Board of Education for Librarianship (BEL), Focke, Helen, Harvey, John F., Library Work As A Career, INT Committee On, St. John, Francis R., Stieg, Louis F., Vann, Sarah K.

Languages: English

File of the Joint Committee on Library Work as a Career, containing general correspondence (1954-58), Clearing House Newsletter (1948-57), reports (1948-58), minutes of meetings (1948-55), including publications, reports and correspondence with subcommittees.

The Joint Committee on Library Work as a Career was created following a Conference of Recruiting for the library Profession (November 22-23, 1947) called by the Board of Education for Librarianship to plan, sponsor and carry out a nationwide and profession-wide program of recruiting new personnel for library work and unifying the recruiting programs of constituent national library organizations. The committee was directed by Francis R. St. John (1947-49), Lewis F. Stieg (1950-51), Helen Focke (1952- 53), Sarah K. Vann (1954-55) and John F. Harvey (1956-57).

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 4/26/1974

Other Note: 1 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/9021006a.pdf

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