Library Hall of Fame
The United States-based 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. A similar list was published in 1999, honoring "100 of the most important people in 20th-century librarianship," limited to "only people who lived and died in [the 20th century]."
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The United States-based 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. A similar list was published in 1999, honoring "100 of the most important people in 20th-century librarianship," limited to "only people who lived and died in [the 20th century]."
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• Name — Both lists — 1951 list — 1999 list • Mary Eileen Ahern — Both • Alexander P. Allain — 1999 • Edwin H. Anderson — 1951 • May Hill Arbuthnot — 1999 • Lester E. Asheim — 1999 • Sarah B. Askew — 1951 • Hugh Atkinson — 1999 • Augusta Baker — 1999 • William J. Barrow — 1999 • Mildred Leona Batchelder — 1999 • John Shaw Billings — Both • William Warner Bishop — 1999 • Henry Bliss — 1999 • Sarah C. N. Bogle — Both • Richard Rogers Bowker — 1999 • Arthur E. Bostwick — 1951 • William Howard Brett — Both • Pierce Butler — 1999 • Andrew Carnegie — 1999 • Leon Carnovsky — 1999 • Verner Warren Clapp — 1999 • David Horace Clift — 1999 • Fred C. Cole — 1999 • George Watson Cole — 1999 • Robert B. Croneberger — 1999 • Frederick M. Crunden — 1951 • Arthur Curley — 1999 • Charles Ammi Cutter — 1951 • John Cotton Dana — Both • Sadie Peterson Delaney — 1999 • Melvil Dewey — Both • William S. Dix — 1999 • Robert B. Downs — 1999 • Paul Dunkin — 1999 • Wilberforce Eames — 1951 • Linda Eastman — 1999 • Margaret A. Edwards — 1999 • Theresa Elmendorf — 1951 • Charles Evans — Both • Luther Evans — 1999 • Salome C. Fairchild — 1951 • William I. Fletcher — 1951 • Jennie Flexner — 1951 • Name — Both lists — 1951 list — 1999 list • Virginia Proctor Powell Florence — 1999 • Henry Clay Folger — 1999 • William E. Foster — 1951 • Herman H. Fussler — 1999 • Loleta Fyan — 1999 • Mary Gaver — 1999 • James L. Gillis — 1951 • Rudolph H. Gjelsness — 1999 • Fred Glazer — 1999 • Margaret Hayes Grazier — 1999 • Samuel Swett Green — 1951 • Emerson Greenaway — 1999 • J. C. M. Hanson — Both • Adelaide R. Hasse — 1999 • Mary E. Hazeltine — 1951 • Frances E. Henne — 1999 • Caroline M. Hewins — Both • Judson Toll Jennings — 1951 • Charles C. Jewett — 1951 • Carleton B. Joeckel — 1999 • Virginia Lacy Jones — 1999 • Frederick Paul Keppel — 1999 • Alice B. Kroeger — 1951 • William Coolidge Lane — 1951 • Josephus Nelson Larned — 1951 • George H. Locke — 1951 • Harry Miller Lydenberg — 1999 • Stephen McCarthy — 1999 • Archibald MacLeish — 1999 • Margaret Mann — 1999 • Charles Martel — Both • Allie Beth Martin — 1999 • Frederic G. Melcher — 1999 • Keyes D. Metcalf — 1999 • Carl H. Milam — 1999 • Sydney B. Mitchell — 1999 • William Andrew Moffett — 1999 • Foster E. Mohrhardt — 1999 • Anne Carroll Moore — 1999 • Bessie Boehm Moore — 1999 • Everett T. Moore — 1999 • Isadore Gilbert Mudge — 1999 • L. Quincy Mumford — 1999 • Name — Both lists — 1951 list — 1999 list • Ralph Munn — 1999 • Margaret Norton — 1999 • Paul Evan Peters — 1999 • Mary Wright Plummer — 1951 • William F. Poole — 1951 • Effie Louise Power — 1999 • Herbert Putnam — 1999 • S.R. Ranganathan — 1999 • Josephine Rathbone — 1951 • Joseph Henry Reason — 1999 • Ernest C. Richardson — Both • Arthur Fremont Rider — 1999 • Frank Bradway Rogers — 1999 • Charlemae Rollins — 1999 • Francis R. St. John — 1999 • Frances Clarke Sayers — 1999 • Marvin Scilken — 1999 • Margaret C. Scoggin — 1999 • Minnie Earl Sears — 1999 • Katharine Sharp — 1999 • Ralph Shaw — 1999 • Jesse H. Shera — 1999 • Louis Shores — 1999 • Frances Lander Spain — 1999 • Forrest Spaulding — 1999 • Ainsworth Rand Spofford — 1951 • Lutie E. Stearns — 1951 • Mortimer Taube — 1999 • Maurice Tauber — 1999 • Reuben G. Thwaites — 1951 • Alice S. Tyler — 1951 • Ralph Ulveling — 1999 • George B. Utley — Both • Robert G. Vosper — 1999 • Douglas Waples — 1999 • Joseph L. Wheeler — 1999 • Edward C. Williams — 1999 • Charles C. Williamson — 1999 • Halsey William Wilson — 1999 • Louis Round Wilson — 1999 • Constance M. Winchell — 1999 • Donald Goddard Wing — 1999 • Justin Winsor — 1951
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