Services Provided:
Reference Desk, Library Instruction, Collection Development for and Liaison to Sociology/Anthropology and International Studies
Research Interests:
I write library history. I view libraries,
and especially public libraries, as "barometers" of
social and cultural thought.They relect and mirror what
is going on in American society. Library history is an "aspect"
of social and cutural history.As such it is best
approached by archival research.I am also interested in
the status concerns of librarians as expressed in faculty
status and other issues related to what may be called "status
anxieties".
Favorite Quotes:
"Clio,the muse of history,is as permeated with lies
as a street-whore with syphllis." Arthur Schopenhauer
"There are no accidents in life" Father Alexandr El 'caninov Diary
of a Russian Priest
"Whereof one cannot speak,thereof one must
remain silent." Wittgenstein
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready
in the night to visit violence on those who would do us
harm.".
George Orwell
Personal Interests:
Reading history and biography, doing historical research.
Publications
Books:
Studies
in Creative Partnership: Federal Aid to Public
Libraries During the New Deal. Scarecrow Press,
1980, 145 pages.
Book Chapters
"Carnegie Libraries" in The American
Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press 2007):
659-660.
Invited
"A Period of Peace and Harmony: The Bunge Years,
1971-1981" in Tradition and Vision: Library and Information Studies
at the University of Wisconsin, A Centennial History (Madison: School
of Library and Information Studies 2006): 110-129.Invited
"Arthur Curley" in Dictionary of American
Library Biography. Second Supplement. (Westport,
Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2003): 60-64.Invited
"Women's
Club Culture and the Failure of Library Development in
Illinois, Michigan and Ohio" in Carnegie Denied
(Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1992): 53-78.Invited
"Ralph Ulveling" in Supplement to
the Dictionary of American Library Biography. Englewood,
Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1990: 138-144.Invited
Articles
"Men
of Energy and Snap: The Origins and
Early Years of the Billings Public Library." Libraries & Culture 36
(Summer 2001): 397-412. Peer
Reviewed
"Outpost
of New England Culture: The Ladies’ Library
Association of Kalamazoo, Michigan.” Libraries & Culture 32
(Winter 1997): 38-56.Peer
Reviwed
“The Librarian as a "Bookman.” Public
Libraries 35 (Jan./Feb. 1996): 60-63.Peer
Rewiwed
"Richard Krug: the Bookman as a Librarian." Libraries & Culture 29
(Summer 1994): 257-281.Peer Reviewed
"Has the American Public Library Lost Its Purpose? Defending
the Intended Mission." Public Libraries 33
(July/Aug. 1994): 191-193.Peer Reviewed
"The Origins of the Butte Public Library: Some
Further Thoughts on Public Library Development in
the State of Montana." Libraries & Culture 28
(Fall 1993): 430-444.Peer Reviewed
"Carnegie Libraries as Symbols for an Age: Montana
as a Test Case." Libraries & Culture 27
(Winter 1992): 1-19.Peer Reviewed
"Ervin Gaines: Synthesizer, Rationalizer,
and Apostle of Cultural Elitism." Libraries & Culture 24
(Fall, 1989): 403-435.Peer Reviewed
"Some Speculations on Why British Libraries
Didn’t Go to War.” Journal of
Library History 22 (Summer 1987): 249-271.Peer
Reviewed
"Notes
Between Two Worlds: The Diary of Roger Lansbury, 2nd
Battalion, 5th Marines." Pennsylvania Magazine
of History and Biography, CIX (Summer 1985), 257-297.
Peer Reviewed
Two Cultures: Libraries, the Unions, and the
'Case' of the Jefferson School," Journal
of Library History (Fall 1985), 287-306.Peer
Reviewed
“Fighting
for Their Hearts and Minds: William Howard Brett,
the Cleveland Public Library and World War I,” Journal
of Library History, XVIII (Winter 1983), 1-20.Peer
Reviewed
"The
Michigan Imprints Inventory of the Historical Records
Survey " Detroit in Perspective
A Journal of Regional History
IV (Winter 1980):111-117. Peer Reviewed
"Professional
Development Leaves as a Stepping Stone to Faculty
Status," Journal of Academic Librarianship,
IV (March 1978), 19-20.Peer Reviewed
"New
Deal Works Projects in the Milwaukee Public Library," Transactions
of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters,
LXV (Fall 1977), 29-40.Peer Reviewed
"The
Cleveland Public Library and the W.P.A.: A
Study in Creative Partnership," Ohio
History, LXXXIV (Summer 1975), 158-64.peer
Reviewed
"The
Temperance Movement in Milwaukee: 1872-1884." Historical
Messenger, Milwaukee County Historical Society,
31 (Winter 1975): 98-105 Peer Reviewed. Reprinted,
in part, in The Badger State: A Documentary
History of Wisconsin. Grand Rapids:Eedrmans,1978.
Essays
“On Why Librarianship Isn’t a Profession.” RQ 35
(Fall 1995): 145-146. This essay was published
as a letter
"Some Thoughts on National Character and War
and Human Progress." Journal of Library
History 22 (Fall 1987): 470-475. This
essay was published as a response to Paul Sturges' essay "British Librarianship
and the First World War: A Commentary." Journal
of Libary History 22 (Summer 1987)285-293. .
"Searching for Darlings: The Quest for
Professional Status." College & Research
Libraries News 54 (December 1993): 641-643.
“Bibliographic
Instruction in a Collegial Setting”, LIRT
News, VI (December 1983), 3-5.Invited
Reviews:
Apostles of Culture: The Public Librarian and American Society, 1876-1920.
Libraries & Culture 39, no. 3 (2004): 332-333.
Libraries as Agencies of Culture. Libraries & Culture 39, no.2 (2004): 219-222.
Winsor, Dewey, and Putnam: The Boston Experience. Libraries & Culture 38, no. 4 (2003): 417-419.
The Changing Culture of Libraries. Libraries & Culture 37, no. 4 (Fall 2002): 406-7.
Civic
Space/Cyberspace: The
American Public Library in the Information Age Libraries & Culture 36,
no. 4 (Fall 2001): 529-30.
Libraries, Immigrants, and the American Experience. Libraries & Culture 35, no. 3 (Summer 2000): 468-9.
No silence! Libraries & Culture 34, no. 4 (Fall 1999): 428-30.
Henry Hobson Richardson and
the Small Public Library in America.;Carnegie
Libraries across America. Libraries & Culture 33,
no. 4 (Fall 1998): 464-7.
Encyclopedia of Library History. Libraries & Culture 30 (Spring 1995): 204-5.
The River Ran Red: Homestead 1892 ;The Battle for Homestead,1880-1892: Politics, Culture, and Steel . Libraries & Culture 28 (Fall 1993): 488-492.
Academic Librarianship, Past, Present, and Future. Libraries & Culture 27 (Winter 1992): 97-8.
An Active Instrument for Propaganda: The American Public
Library during World War 1. Libraries & Culture 25
(Spring 1990): 302-3.
Richmond Rejects A Library: The Carnegie Library Movement in Richmond, Virginia in the Early Twentieth Century. Library & Information Science Research 16 (Winter 1994): 78-80.
Investigation and Responsibility:Public Responsibilty
in the United States. Libraries
& Culture 24 (Spring
1989)250-251.
American Education and the European Immigrant:1840-1940
Journal of Library History19(Fall 1984):554-557.
1982);
Materials and Methods for History Research. College and Research Libraries 41 (March 1980): 148-151.
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Other Scholarship:
"Making Faculty
Status Meaningful." Feb. 2002.
Co-editorship: Association for the Bibliography of History Bulletin. 1984-89.
“The Encouragement of the Fine Arts at Oakland University: The Meadow Brook Music Festival, 1964-1972." This research was the result of a four-month Professional Development Leave awarded for April-August 1977.
Theses:
In-House Publications:
I have done over seventy pathfinders on various subjects. See the link
Pathfinders.
Presentations:
“Women’s Club Culture and the Failure
of Library Development.” Library History
Round Table. San Francisco. 1986.
"Carnegie Libraries as Symbols for an Age: Montana
as a Test Case.” Montana Library Association Great
Falls Montana 1991.
Service:
Kresge Library:Sometime member of Merit,
CAP and Executive Committee
University:Sometime member of University Research Committee,
Academic Standing and Honors Committee(Chair 1981-1983),
and Academic Conduct Committee
Awards and Honors: National
and Regional
Who’s
Who in the Midwest 1996-1997,1998-1999 Contemporary Authors, v. 113 University Awards: Sabbatical, Winter Semester, 2005 Honoree at Board of Trustees meeting, April 5 2001 Nominee
for University Research Award 2001 Sabbatical, August 14, 1998-January 3, 1999 Nominee
for University Research Award 1998 Sabbatical, January 3, 1992-April 24, 1991 Sabbatical, August 26, 1985-February 1, 1986 Professional Development Leave, April 23-August 14, 1977 Grants: Research Grant, $660, from Oakland University, 2004 Research Grant, $997, from Oakland University, 1994 Research Grant, $500, from Oakland University, 1993 Research Grant, $1,000, from Oakland University, 1991 Research Grant, $1,000, from Oakland University, 1989 Research Grant, $400, from Kresge Library, 1988 Research Grant, $300, from Kresge Library, 1987 Research Grant, $150, from Kresge Library, 1986 Research Grant, $500, from Oakland University, 1985 Research Grant, $600, from Oakland University, 1979 Research Grant, $500, from Oakland University, 1977
Educational Background:
M.S. Library Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1973
M.S. History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1971
(Specialized in American urban history and modern European history)
B.S. History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1968
(Minor: political science)
Graduate Study, School of Education, 18 Graduate credits, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1971-72
Academic Distinctions:
High Honors in History; Senior Honors; Senior Honors Thesis; Gardiner P. Stickney Scholarship; Wisconsin Leadership Scholarship; Wisconsin State Tuition Grant; Phi Alpha Theta History Fraternity
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