Brief Description:

Papers of Lester Asheim (1914-1997), Director of the International Relations Office (1961-66), contains travel diaries from trips to Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East taken in Asheim's capacity as Director of the International Relations Office, includes a diary form an excursion to Brazil (1979) taken while he served as a professor of Library Science at the University North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as general biographical information about his career as a librarian.

Also see Record Series 8/1/20.

Record Series Number: 7/2/20

Created by: Asheim, Lester (1914-1997)

Volume: 0.3 Cubic Feet

Acquired: 05/02/1996.

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date

Biographical Note for Asheim, Lester (1914-1997) : Lester Asheim was born in 1914 in Spokane, Washington. He was employed as a professor of Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1975-1984, previously served as assistant professor, 1948-1952; dean of students, 1951-1952; dean, 1952-1961; and professor, 1971-1974, at the Graduate Library School (GLS) of the University of Chicago. He was employed by the American Library Association (ALA) as director of its International Relations Office (IRO), 1961-1966, and director of its Office for Library Education (OLE), 1966-1971. (1)

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Finding Aid Revisions: 11/15/2022 (fixed formatting)