Miriam Hornback Papers, 1930-1993
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Brief Description: Papers of Miriam Hornback, secretary to the ALA Council and Executive Board, includes minutes, notes, agendas, dockets and transcripts, committee and subcommittee reports, resolutions, division reports, roll call votes, resolution action reports, news releases and memoranda. Files also include correspondence of Executive Director David H. Clift and documents dealing with the organization and reorganization of the ALA.
Held at:
The American Library Association Archives
19 Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61802
Phone: 217 333 0798
Fax: 217 244 2868
Email: ala-archives [at] library.illinois.edu
Record Series Number: 2/4/34
Created by: Hornback, Miriam (1926-1991)
Volume: 1.5 Cubic Feet
Acquired: 4/25/91; 4/17/04; 3/29/2014
More information is available at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/0204034a.pdf
Arrangement: Chronological
Biographical Note for Hornback, Miriam (1926-1991) : 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].
Subject Index
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)
Languages of Materials
English [eng]