Anderson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vincent)

Herschel V. Anderson, a native of North Carolina and later South Dakota state librarian and director of the Mesa Public Library in Arizona, served as a cryptographer and then cryptographic security clerk, 93rd Signal Battalion, 7th United States Army, outside Stuttgart, Germany, January 1956-July 1957.

From the description of Herschel V. Anderson papers, 1956-2000. WorldCat record id: 43492160

• 14 March 1932: Born in Charlotte, N.C., in the old St. Peter's Hospital to Lillian Johnson and Paul Kemper Anderson
• 1947: Moved to Raleigh, N.C.
• 1950: Graduated from Needham Broughton High School, Raleigh, N.C.
• 1954: B.A., Political Science, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
• 1954 - 1955 : Pre-professional librarian, Brooklyn, N.Y., Public Library
• 1955 - 1957 : Cryptographer and then cryptographic security clerk, 93rd Signal Battalion, 7th United States Army, outside Stuttgart, Germany
• 1957 - 1959 : Pre-professional Librarian, Brooklyn, N.Y., Public Library
• 1959: M.S. in L.S., Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
• 1959 - 1962 : Bookmobile librarian, King County Public Library, Seattle, Wash.
• 1962 - 1963 : Assistant librarian, Longview Public Library, Longview, Wash.
• 1963 - 1964 : Assistant librarian, then librarian, North Carolina Museum of Art
• 1964 - 1968 : Audio visual and then general consultant, North Carolina State Library
• 1968 - 1970 : Director, Sandhill Regional Library
• 1970 - 1972 : Associate state librarian then acting state librarian and archivist, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.
• 1972 - 1973 : Reference unit director, Colorado State Library, Denver, Colo.
• 1973 - 1980 : State librarian, South Dakota State Library, Pierre, S.Dak.
• 1980 - : Library director, Mesa Public Library, Mesa, Ariz.

From the guide to the Herschel V. Anderson Papers (#4924), 1956-2000, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)