Library Hall of Fame

The Library Hall of Fame was a list created in 1951 that recognized leaders of the late 19th- and early 20th-century library movement, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the American Library Association.^[1]

Members

Mary Eileen Ahern Edwin H. Anderson Sarah B. Askew John Shaw Billings Sarah C. N. Bogle Arthur E. Bostwick William Howard Brett Frederick M. Crunden Charles Ammi Cutter John Cotton Dana Melvil Dewey Wilberforce Eames Theresa Elmendorf Charles Evans

Salome C. Fairchild William I. Fletcher Jennie Flexner William E. Foster James L. Gillis Samuel Swett Green J. C. M. Hanson Mary E. Hazeltine Caroline M. Hewins Judson Toll Jennings Charles C. Jewett Alice B. Kroeger William Coolidge Lane

Josephus Nelson Larned George H. Locke Charles Martel Mary Wright Plummer William F. Poole Josephine Rathbone Ernest C. Richardson Ainsworth Rand Spofford Lutie E. Stearns Reuben G. Thwaites Alice S. Tyler George B. Utley Justin Winsor

Expanded list

At the end of the 20th century (in 1999) a similar list expanded to 100 American librarians who made a lasting impact on library service and the nation.^[2]

Mary Eileen Ahern Alexander P. Allain May Hill Arbuthnot Lester E. Asheim Hugh Atkinson Augusta Baker William J. Barrow Mildred Leona Batchelder John Shaw Billings William Warner Bishop Henry Bliss Sarah Bogle Richard Rogers Bowker William Howard Brett Pierce Butler Andrew Carnegie Leon Carnovsky Verner Warren Clapp David Horace Clift Fred C. Cole George Watson Cole Robert B. Croneberger Arthur Curley John Cotton Dana Sadie Peterson Delaney

Melvil Dewey William S. Dix Robert B. Downs Paul Dunkin Linda Eastman Margaret A. Edwards Charles Evans Luther Evans Virginia Proctor Powell Florence Henry Clay Folger Herman H. Fussler Loleta Fyan Mary Gaver Rudolph H. Gjelsness Fred Glazer Margaret Hayes Grazier Emerson Greenaway James Christian Meinich Hanson Adelaide R. Hasse Frances E. Henne Caroline M. Hewins Carleton B. Joeckel Virginia Lacy Jones Frederick Paul Keppel Harry Miller Lydenberg

Stephen McCarthy Archibald MacLeish Margaret Mann Charles Martel Allie Beth Martin Frederic G. Melcher Keyes D. Metcalf Carl H. Milam Sydney B. Mitchell William Andrew Moffett Foster E. Mohrhardt Anne Carroll Moore Bessie Boehm Moore Everett T. Moore Isadore Gilbert Mudge L. Quincy Mumford Ralph Munn Margaret Norton Paul Evan Peters Effie Louise Power Herbert Putnam Joseph Henry Reason Ernest C. Richardson Arthur Fremont Rider Frank Bradway Rogers

Charlemae Rollins Francis R. St. John Frances Clarke Sayers Marvin Scilken Margaret C. Scoggin Minnie Earl Sears Katharine Sharp Ralph Shaw Jesse H. Shera Louis Shores Frances Lander Spain Forrest Spaulding Mortimer Taube Maurice Tauber Ralph Ulveling George Burwell Utley Robert G. Vosper Douglas Waples Joseph L. Wheeler Edward C. Williams Charles C. Williamson Halsey William Wilson Louis Round Wilson Constance M. Winchell Donald Goddard Wing S.R. Ranganathan

External links

• 100 of the Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century: A guide to archival holdings

References

1. "A Library Hall of Fame" (1951 March 15) Library Journal, 766: 466-72.
2. "100 of the Most Important Leaders we had in the 20th century" (1999 December) American Libraries, 30 (11): 38-46, 48.