Records of the Acting Librarian Effie Keith (1882-1969) 1933-2004

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Records of the Acting Librarian Effie Keith (1882-1969) 1933-2004

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Effie Keith's records fill one half-size box and span the years 1933-2004. The majority of the materials come from 1941-1944, during her tenure as Acting University Librarian. The materials include correspondence, personnel files, periodical clippings, and some inventories and reports.

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Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Library

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Northwestern University was founded in 1850; classes began in the building known as Old College, at Hinman and Davis Streets in Evanston, in 1855, with an enrollment of ten young men. During the summer of 1856, Northwestern's board of trustees allocated $1000 to create a library. Initially the library was directed by faculty members, and borrowing privileges were restricted to faculty. Professor William Godman, one of the two original faculty members (teaching Greek language and lit...

Keith, Effie, 1882-1969

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Born April 1, 1882 in West Bainbridge, New York, Effie Almira Keith held various positions in the Northwestern University Library from 1916 through 1949. During the course of her tenure, she most notably held the position of Acting University Librarian between the terms of Theodore Koch and Jens Nyholm (1941-1944), but she also held the position of head cataloguer (1916-1921), Assistant University Librarian (1921-1941, 1944-1947), and Special Consultant in Cataloguing (1947-1949). ...