Repository: UIHistories Project: UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 31 [PAGE 2]

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Uuirt-rsity of Illinois Library School the School during those years. Letters have been sent to ft • and the committee hopes to reach all the alumni through ft ^ 1,s Letter and the state committees. #«*, country 1 areas, each in charge of a member of the general committee (1 ? I dC* l below). A state committer with a chairman for each Mate wil] H° • . 1 1 *: .-,,.*!-, / I ' l t ' i is: w i l l : i r l d rt »< i r t n t h p Viici/.v, 1 .._« .. in collecting such data as will add color to the history, and whic cSt I ich *n ljAJ be used as source material for it. These state and regional groups?! I Pre*** 1 be useful also in planning community or state celebrations, if desirlr I ctf^ on March 2, 1943, or some time later, for those who find it impossible ^ V i c to be in Urbana on that date. ^ I ^ Such data as the following will contribute much to our plan: the I ^ 1 Library School from the student viewpoint; the School curriculum; I ^rcUO" :rbaff the part the School has played in preparing you for your professional I * l career or for the work you are engaged in now; the influence the J f ses > mtc< 1 School has had in the nation-wide professional development and aca- j lit** demic recognition of librarianship; its contribution to librarianship in j 1 ^ foreign fields; your personal reminiscences of school days; and letters. news items, class and individual pictures, snapshots, and biographical sketches of alumni, both foreign and American. The committee would j E n< ui Dora January 1, 1943. If you have group or regional programs, the committee will welcome accounts of them, the alumni in attendance, the group picture «^—.,, any newspaper publicity or reports, the number of alumni in the vari- | llll ous libraries represented, etc. This material may be sent to the state chairman as soon as possible, or to the general chairman, Ida Tod, The 908 West Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois. room The general committee is eager to have personal reminiscences from as many former students as possible in order to (/ire a human interest I s%. nt touch to the historical narrative. I u ? nouchc The committee hereby extends a cordial invitation to all alumni to urer's r attend the celebration in Urbana. N o individual invitations WH * i Paymen issued because of the wartime need for economy. Mi? 1943. I fn f ud IDA TOD, Chairman of the Committee m^

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The geographical areas assigned to the following members are: Crane, Helen—N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky. and Tennessee. Derby, Grace—Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, V* u Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Dunkin, Paul—Washington, l \ irginia, N . Carolina, and S. Carolina Hutching Margaret-New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont New rlatfp n shire, Maine, and- Massachusetts. Krueger Ruth — Washing*° Wy Muclla-Lou.s.ana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama. Georgia and

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