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'''Mary Wright Plummer''' (8 March 1856 in [[Richmond, Indiana]] - 21 September 1916 in [[Dixon, Illinois]]) was a prominent American librarian who became the second female president of the [[American Library Association]] (1915-1916). |
'''Mary Wright Plummer''' (8 March 1856 in [[Richmond, Indiana]] - 21 September 1916 in [[Dixon, Illinois]]) was a prominent American librarian who became the second female president of the [[American Library Association]] (1915-1916). |
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Mary Wright Plummer (8 March 1856 in Richmond, Indiana - 21 September 1916 in Dixon, Illinois) was a prominent American librarian who became the second female president of the American Library Association (1915-1916).
Biography
Mary Wright Plummer was born in Richmond, Indiana to Quaker parents and attended the Friends Academy there[1] . When 17, she moved with her family to Chicago. From 1881-1882 she studied at Wellesley College. At Columbia University she entered the first class taught by Melvil Dewey at the School of Library Economy in January 1887. She completed the program in 1888 and served as a cataloger for two years at the Saint Louis Public Library. In 1890 she came to the Pratt Institute Free Library to help administer the library and begin a course for training new librarians. The course led to the creation of a library school which Plummer headed beginning in 1895 -- the same year she became head of the library. [2] Her publications include a collection of poetry (e.g., Verses), several children's books (e.g., Stories from the Chronicle of the Cid), and books on the profession of librarianship (e.g., Hints to Small Libraries and Training for Librarianship).
Plummer was the second female President of the American Library Association during 1915-1916. She served as Vice President from 1900-1911. She also served as the President of the New York State Library Association, the New York Library Club, and the Long Island Library Club.[3]
Works
- Hints to Small Libraries, Brooklyn, NY: Pratt Institute Free Library, 1894.
- Roy and Ray in Mexico, New York, NY: H.Holt, 1907.
- The Seven Joys of Reading, White Plains, N.Y.: H.W. Wilson, 1916.
- Training for Librarianship, with Frank Keller Walter, Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 1923.
References
- ^ Downs, Robert (1990). A Dictionary of Eminent Librarians. Worland, WY: High Plains Publishing Company, Inc. p. 138. ISBN 0962333352.
- ^ Bohdan S. Wynar, ed. (1978). Dictionary of American Library Biography. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc. p. 399. ISBN 0872871800.
- ^ "Miss Mary Plummer Dies". The New York Times. 22 September 1916.
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