Williams, Barbara, 1909-1979

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Librarian in Calumet, Mich.

From the description of Barbara Williams interview, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 176629898

Barbara Williams was born in Calumet, Michigan on May 2, 1909. She attended the local schools, graduating in 1926, and followed on to attend Lawrence University in Wisconsin, where she graduated with a degree in English in 1930. Returning to her hometown she worked as an assistant librarian for the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Mining Company, a company which had also employed her father, until 1935 when she returned to college at the University of Wisconsin Library School. After graduation in 1936 she served in various library positions in Black River Falls, Minnesota; Minot, North Dakota; River Forest, Illinois; and Racine, Wisconsin until 1948 when she returned to Calumet as the librarian of the school and public library. In 1966 she moved to Evanston, Illinois where she was a reference librarian until her death in 1979. Barbara Williams was a lifetime professional librarian, whose primary outside interest was the researching of information relating to life and events of Michigan's Copper Country. Ms. Williams was active in the American Association of University Women, her university alumni association, the Episcopalian Church, and many organizations dedicated to the Calumet Theatre, her hometown and the entire Keweenaw area.

From the description of Barbara Williams Collection, 1929-1979. (Michigan Technological University). WorldCat record id: 714122141

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Williams, Barbara, 1909-1979,. Barbara Williams interview, undated. Finnish American Historical Archive and Museum
creatorOf Williams, Barbara 1909-1979. Barbara Williams Collection, 1929-1979. Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Calumet and Hecla Band. corporateBody
associatedWith Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company corporateBody
associatedWith Calumet High School (Calumet, Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Calumet Public Library (Calumet, Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Calumet Theatre (Calumet, Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Episcopal Church corporateBody
associatedWith Fortnightly Club (Calumet, Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Lawrence College (Appleton, Wis.) corporateBody
associatedWith Lawrence University corporateBody
associatedWith Puotinen, Arthur Edwin, person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Michigan--Keweenaw Peninsula Region
Michigan--Keweewaw Peninsula Region
Calumet (Mich.)
Illinois--Evanston
Appleton (Wis.)
Wisconsin--Appleton
Michigan--Calumet
Michigan--Calumet
Subject
Theater
Amusements
Bands (Music)
Commencement ceremonies
Copper mines and mining
Depressions
Students
Ethnic groups
Public libraries
Reference librarians
School librarians
Schools
World War, 1914-1918
Women
Women librarians
Occupation
Activity

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Birth 1909-05-02

Death 1979

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