University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The items in the Digital Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library contain materials which represent or depict sensitive topics or were written from perspectives using outdated or biased language. The Library condemns discrimination and hatred on any grounds. As a research library that supports the mission and values of this land grant institution, it is incumbent upon the University Library to preserve, describe, and provide access to materials to accurately document our past, support learning about it, and effect change in the present. In accordance with the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read statement, we do not censor our materials or prevent patrons from accessing them.

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American Library in Paris Correspondence (Digital Surrogate)

Digital surrogates of the correspondence of The American Library in Paris contains reports, budgets, organization charts, book lists, and other papers relating to the American Library in Paris and the Paris Library School (Ecole de Bibliothecaires), includes detailed accounts of the founding of the American Library in Paris and the Paris Library School, the American Library and Parisian life after the liberation, and debates on the role of women as librarians. Primary correspondents include Milton E. Lord, Flora Ludington, Carl H. Milam, Edward A. Sumner, H. M. Lydenberg, and Jessie Carson.

This collection is managed by the American Library Association Archives and does not feature precise descriptive information for each item. Discover its contents by browsing the folders and files. For more information, contact an archivist at ala-archives@library.illinois.edu.