Brief Description: 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.

Record Series Number: 90/21/6

Created by: Library Work as a Career, Joint Committees

Volume: 1.0 Cubic Feet

Acquired: 4/26/1974

Arrangement: Chronological (month reports)

Biographical Note for Library Work as a Career : 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).

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