Hannah Johnson Howell (22 June 1905 – 21 May 1988) was the third Chief Librarian of the

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Education

Howell graduated from Penn College, Oskaloosa,

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in 1925. She received a Bachelor of Philosophy from the University Chicago in 1927 and a graduate degree from the school of Library Service at

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in 1928.

Career

In 1928, the year of her graduation from library school, Howell began her career at the Frick Art Reference Library. She originally worked in the Photoarchive, but later became the reference librarian of the Library's reading room. After serving as an assistant librarian from 1942 to 1947, Howell was appointed the third Chief Librarian of the Library in 1948. She held the position until 1970. During her tenure, the Frick Art Reference Library dramatically increased its collection of materials, including its holdings of study photographs.Knox, Katharine McCook (1979). ''The Story of the Frick Art Reference Library: The Early Years.'' New York: The Library, p. 96. After her retirement from the Library, she worked as a consultant librarian.

Publications

* "The Frick Art Reference Library." ''College Art Journal'' XI, no. 2 (1951): 123–6.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Hannah Johnson 1905 births American librarians 20th-century American librarians Employees of the Frick Art Research Library University of Chicago alumni Art and cultural repatriation 1988 deaths Columbia University School of Library Service alumni William Penn University alumni People from Oskaloosa, Iowa 20th-century American women librarians