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Eminent People of The New York Public Library

In addition to the listings under History and Collections of The New York Public Library, please examine the following for information about those individuals who shaped and formed the Library's distinctive purpose and singular mission.

Balliett, Whitney. "City Voices: Lola Szladits," in The New Yorker, December 31, 1984, pp. 32-37. Call number for The New Yorker is *R- *ZAN- 3174.

Ganly, John. "Profiles from the Past: Adelaide Hasse," in Public Service News, Winter, 1989, p. 10. Adelaide Hasse founded the Documents Department at the Astor Library and later directed the Economics and Public Documents Division of The New York Public Library. Her determination to collect public documents provided a model for other research librarians; to gain access to her works in this area, consult the listings under her name in CATNYP and the Dictionary Catalog and the Index to The New York Public Library Bulletin. Call number for Public Service News is *HND (N.Y.P.L.) 99- 5533.

Grimes, William. "At Work with Paul LeClerc: A Quiet Power at the Library," in The New York Times, Wednesday, May 10, 1995, Section C, p. 1. An interview with Dr. Paul LeClerc, current President of The New York Public Library, who is described as projecting "intellectual rigor, a love of books and a technocrat's fascination with the mastery of complex organizational systems." Request in Room 100. For more on Dr. LeClerc, see "A Patriot in the Data Revolution: Paul LeClerc, Dedicated to Information Access, Takes Over the New York Public Library," by Lucia Mouat in Christian Science Monitor, September 23, 1993, section 1, p. 14. Request this newspaper also in Room 100.

Hamburger, Philip. "Searching for Gregorian," in The New Yorker, April 14, 1986, pp. 45-61, and April 21, 1986, pp. 53-68. A two-part interview with Vartan Gregorian, President of The New York Public Library from 1981 to 1988. Call number for The New Yorker is *R- *ZAN- 3174. See also "Gregorian, Vartan," in Current Biography Yearbook (1985): 158-161. Call number for Current Biography Yearbook is *R –AA 98-1105.

"Healy, Timothy Stafford," in Current Biography Yearbook (1993): 232-236. A profile of the Rev. Timothy Healy, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar who served as President of the Library from 1988 to his death in late 1992. Call number for Current Biography Yearbook is *R- AA 98-1105.

Kennedy, Randy. "This Librarian is Retiring, but Hardly Shy," in The New York Times, January 5, 2000, Sec. B., p. 2. An interview with Jean Bowen, the first Director of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (1996-2000); for information on her successor, Rodney Phillips, see Kifner, John, "Archiving the Past, but Embracing the Future," in The New York Times, Sept. 5, 2001, Sec. B., p. 2. Request the newspaper in Room 100.

Lydenberg, Harry M. "Avrahm Yarmolinsky," in The New York Public Library Bulletin, March 1955, pp. 107-132. This article discusses the achievements of Yarmolinsky, philologist and Chief of the Slavonic Division from 1917 to 1955, and provides a bibliography of his works. For more on him, see: Scaruffi, Ellen, "Avrahm Yarmolinsky: The Early Years," Public Service News, Winter, 1990, pp. 18-20. The call number for Public Service News is *HND (N.Y.P.L.) 99- 5533.

"Nine Million Cards," in The New Yorker, June 22, 1968, pp. 21-22. This interview with James W. Henderson, Director of the Research Libraries from 1972 to 1978, discusses the metamorphosis of the card catalog of the Library into an 800-volume book catalog. The call number for The New Yorker is *R- *ZAN- 3174.

"Richard James Horatio Gottheil," in The New York Public Library Bulletin, June 1936, p. 502. Gottheil, a professor of Semitic languages at Columbia University, also served as Chief of the Oriental Division from its organization in 1896 to his death in 1936. To examine his writings, check the entries under his name in CATNYP, the Dictionary Catalog, and the Index to The New York Public Library Bulletin.

Winship, George. "Wilberforce Eames: Bookman," in The New York Public Library Bulletin, January 1938, pp. 3-9. Upon the establishment of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Eames, who had been the librarian of the Lenox Library, assumed responsibilities for collecting in American history, genealogy, and manuscripts; he later received the title of bibliographer and developed the rare book collection of the Library. For more on him, see Paltsits, Victor H., "Wilberforce Eames, American Bibliographer," in The New York Public Library Bulletin, October, 1955, pp. 505-514; this article is immediately followed (pp. 515-519) by a listing of Eames' writings compiled by Lewis M. Stark.