Elva Bascom, the Glossary
Elvira "Elva" Lucile Bascom (June 20, 1870 – November 5, 1944) was an American librarian, best known for her work editing Booklist from 1909 to 1913 and for her work on book selection.[1]
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20 relations: Allegheny College, American Library Association, Austin, Texas, Booklist, Church of the Covenant (Cleveland), Greene Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, Kappa Alpha Theta, Lake Erie College, Librarian, Madison, Wisconsin, Melvil Dewey, New York State Library, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Texas, Texas Library Association, United States Children's Bureau, University of Texas at Austin, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Library Association.
- Lake Erie College alumni
- Librarians from Ohio
Allegheny College
Allegheny College is a private liberal arts college in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
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American Library Association
The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally.
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Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.
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Booklist
Booklist is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of books and audiovisual materials for all ages.
Church of the Covenant (Cleveland)
The Church of the Covenant (Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church) is a historic church on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio's University Circle.
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Greene Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
Greene Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States.
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Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Alpha Theta (ΚΑΘ), commonly referred to simply as Theta, is an international women’s fraternity (the term "sorority" had not yet been invented) was founded on January 27, 1870, at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.
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Lake Erie College
Lake Erie College is a private liberal arts college in Painesville, Ohio.
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Librarian
A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users.
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County.
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Melvil Dewey
Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an influential American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, a founder of the Lake Placid Club, and a chief librarian at Columbia University. Elva Bascom and Melvil Dewey are American Library Association people.
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New York State Library
The New York State Library is a research library in Albany, New York, United States.
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Ohio
Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
Texas Library Association
The Texas Library Association (TLA) is a charitable non-profit group that promotes libraries in Texas.
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United States Children's Bureau
The United States Children's Bureau is a federal agency organized under the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families.
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University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.
Wisconsin Library Association
The Wisconsin Library Association (WLA), is a Wisconsin, United States non-profit, professional membership organization which has existed since 1891.
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See also
Lake Erie College alumni
- Caroline Ransom Williams
- Craig Moore (baseball)
- Deborah Goodrich
- Elizabeth Terry
- Ellen Spencer Mussey
- Elva Bascom
- Frances Jennings Casement
- Jerry Cirino
- Rose Woodallen Chapman
Librarians from Ohio
- Arlene Mosel
- Azariah Smith Root
- Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Chalmers Hadley
- Charles Burleigh Galbreath
- Courtney Young (librarian)
- Edie Hedlin
- Edna Allyn
- Edward Christopher Williams
- Eleanor Edwards Ledbetter
- Electra Collins Doren
- Elijah Hayward
- Ella Kaiser Carruth
- Elva Bascom
- Ephraim Cutler
- F. Ward Murrey
- Frances Burns Linn
- Frank Bradway Rogers
- Frank Ferko
- Fred Kilgour
- Gertrude Tressel Rider
- Harlan Hoge Ballard
- Helen Hooven Santmyer
- Hugh Craig Atkinson
- Jesse Shera
- Linda Eastman
- Lucy Allen Smart
- Marilla Waite Freeman
- Martha Kinney Cooper
- Mary Elizabeth Downey
- Max Schloessinger
- Nathaniel Dana Carlile Hodges
- Paul North Rice
- Ruth W. Helmuth
- Rutherford P. Hayes
- Sari Feldman
- Sidney Abram Weltmer
- Sigmund Mannheimer
- Sorche Nic Leodhas
- Tessa Kelso
- William Howard Brett
- William Turner Coggeshall