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University of Illinois Library School

Libraries, State Board of Control, Minnesota, appeared in the Library I y Jou tor February 1, 1937. ^ "The bare facts of her library life indicate something of her indco^ pioneer spirit, but not at all her rich but self-effacing personality, her S ^ her quiet, deep sympathy, her salty humor, her kindliness, her wisdom *$$> unyielding independence. "She was one of that nucleus of remarkable women whom the turncf century saw shaping the future of library affairs in these midwestern st _ The apostle for libraries in prisons and hospitals, Miss Carey went un^Sl wi_ downThe country carrying the gospel in her own inimitable, dry, direct effe tive manner to the American Prison Association, the A.L.A., state groups library schools and clubs. . •• • . < "To try to translate the remarkable spirit of this woman into phrases is futile, but there is a duty to the young to pass on the tradition, so far as one is able, of these unique figures in our profession. Some spoke of her as the Quaker aristocrat who never grew old, as one of those a part of whost is the extraordinary ability to laugh at themselves; a wise, kindly woman with strict integrity and deep loyalties. W h a t Miss Carey said and did is already becoming part of the traditions of library experience in this state and fortunate is that one to have such traditions as part of his or her inheritance." Alice P. Bixby, '98-Feb. '00, head cataloger of the Ryerson Library, Art Institute, Chicago since 1921, died of pneumonia December 17, 1936 at St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago. Miss Bixby had had a very liberal education, studying in Berlin and Zurich from 1909-10, and graduating from the University of Michigan in 1913. Her experience had been most varied, as may be seen from the following list of positions: librn., Bur. of Chemistry, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, 1901-04; cataloger, Berkeley (Calif.) Pub. Lib., 1905-07; checklister, Off. of Supt. of Docs., Washington, 1907-09; cataloger, U. of Mich. Lib, . _. 1910-18;, U.S. Ordnance Dept. Lib., Washington, 1918; Gen. staff col., Washington, 1919-20; Asst. Tech. Dept., Carnegie Lib., Pittsburgh, 1921; classifier, Amer. Acad. Lib., Rome, 1914-15. She was a member of A.L.A., Chicago Lib. Club, Archaeol. Inst, of Amer., D.A.R., Presbyterian Church. j Miss Anna L. Chapin, a cousin, is the closest living relative. Delia C. Sanford, B.L.S. '00, resigned her position as classifier at the University of Wisconsin Library, Madison, and has gone to Pasadena, California, to make her home. She is living at 295 Markham Place. The following 1901 notes were taken from the Illinois Alumni News. Minnie Clarke Bridgeman, B.L.S. '01, has lived in Clinton, Illinois, ever since her marriage to Leonard Ward Ingham in 1905. They have four children, all through college, a daughter Alice, married J. Howard Corzine, lives near Taylorville, Illinois, and has a small son. Mrs. Ingham keeps up her library interest by being a trustee for the Clinton Public Library. , . Edna L. Goss, B.L.S. '01, whose address is 2414 Telegraph Avenue, BerkeleyCalifornia, has given up her active library work and is preparing a pamphlet covering pioneer days as recorded in some rare old letters written by her father and grandfather. Frances E. Jones, B.L.S. '01, whose permanent address is Morris, Illinois; after nearly 20 years of "irregular library work," became interested in social work about the time of the World War. She took graduate courses at the University of Chicago and at Smith College, and for the past fifteen years has been with severale rfamily i agencies. In 1929 she entered the field of child welfare, *™ l up v sor n l'A°? C1 y H l r c h l fthe Chicago district of the Illinois Children's Home « ? t n ^ i oo f / ? recreational interest is travel, at home and abroad. * iy^/-Z« she made a trip around the world. j d S for fi£tecn ear in of t h e ^ ~ ^ ^ v J ^ k * S l » / ? _ charge of the science room ago but w w s n e is maKing a "come-back" on a one-man-job" in a Svramse sent" library. She writes ''Like you, I am short and fat, but it is only recently that I have had my hair bobbed. I have been so busy all my life that I never re*!***

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