BIOGHIST REQUIRED Leo R. Etzkorn (1897-1979) was the treasurer of the New York State Library School Association from 1949 until his death. Etzkorn graduated from Whitman College in 1921, and went on to study Library Science at the New York State Library School, from which he graduated in 1924. His wife, Helen Hinman Martin, also attended the school and graduated with the class of 1926. Etzkorn was the chief librarian of the Fall River Public Library in Fall River, Massachusetts from 1929 until 1931; in 1931, he left Massachusetts to become a librarian at the public library in Paterson, New Jersey. He was president of the New Jersey Library Association from 1937 until 1938.
BIOGHIST REQUIRED Etzkorn's alma mater, The New York State Library School, was founded at Columbia College by Melvil Dewey as The School of Library Economy in 1887. The school was renamed in 1889, when it was transferred to the State University at Albany. In 1926 the school was transferred back to Columbia, merging with the New York Public Library School to become the Columbia School of Library Service.
BIOGHIST REQUIRED The New York State Library School Association, Inc. represented the alumni of that school. The Association was officially dissolved in 1966, and its assets turned over to Columbia University School of Library Service, though it continued "unincorporated" and informally for some time after.
From the guide to the Leo Rudolph Etzkorn papers, 1881-1976, [Bulk dates: 1937-1976], (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
