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Caption: UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 27
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10 University of Illinois Library School Pre-profc.vsional background of students school. The 1 il.iary Quarterly, 8:157-188. April, 1938. Ph.D. thesis.) ALUMNI NEWS WILSON, EUCI KE H. y Ellen G. Smith, ll.L.S. '02, formerly librarian of the Walla Walla W*.i ington Public Library but retired last spring, died after an extended ilinZ" on August 15, 1938. The following appreciation written by a colleague u ] Covington, appeared in the Library Journal of December ISth. * On October 23, memorial services were held honoring the memory < n Ellen Garfield Smith,, late librarian of the Walla tWalla, Washington pi, _ . Library. Serving in that office for more than thirty years, she began her work with a collection of 5,000 volumes which increased to 27,000. J% Smith's devotion to her Library, her staff, and her community while una* sumingly quiet was purposeful. On occasions when her viewpoint was sought, one might gather her belief not so much in precept, but in unostenL tatious diligence and sometimes sacrifice. H e r efforts were not confined to library pursuits but were extended where there was need in charitable, cultural, and community endeavors. She served on various boards and committees; her activities including the Red Cross, the Archaeological Society, the Art Club, the Symphony Society, Camp Fire Girls, and tht Y.W.C.A. T Her professional interests were strong. She w as graduated from the University of Illinois Library School in 1902. She had been a member c the American Library Association since 1906 and since 1930 held Life and Contribution memberships. She was active in the Pacific Northwest Librar Association and its president from 1929-1931. Miss Smith made herself, through her will, truly one of the "Friends of the Library group" by providing for a trust fund of $25,000 which, upon the deaths of the beneficiaries who share income from it, is to be paid to the city of Walla Walla to be used for library building. In the meanwhile, at the death of each ben. ficiary that particular income falls to the Library for book purchases. Misa Smith also remembered the Library of the Whitman College of Walla Walla. Her career, marked by personal industry and resulting benefaction, is very significant of an era in professional development. When she came from library school there were possibly six such schools in this count ry-the oldest about fifteen years of age. They were not only professional schools, but also experiment stations evolving library policies, directing & * s „ . „ , i stimulating • ... .. - *:„_i_...... initiative. -r ... ... _..y. *, r-i,_- Garfield practices, and In a life like that of Ellen Smith one sees the harvest. Ida Brown Almy (Mrs. Edward John Dobbins), 1893-94, died on January 2/, 1939. She was formerly on the Cleveland Public Library staff a n d j She was a librarian in Philadelphia three years. Surviving are two sons, Kemper A., an attorney for the Nickel Plate Road, ana bdward J., two sisters and a brother. phs and sh< \ article on the subject. Her address is 4641 Woodlawn Ave Chic Elizabeth Greene, B.L.S. '05, is working in the private library ot Morri9t Morris^own' ° w n , N. J. Her address is 63 w S l OvkntoJ^ ^** 0 9 BL S ' - U iS n W l0CatCd at thl ° U*« ' !
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