Freda Farrell Waldon

Freda Farrell Waldon (1898-1973) was the first president of the Canadian Library Association; she held that position in the year 1947.[1][2] She also contributed to the writing of the brief which led to the establishment of the National Library of Canada.[3]

In 1919 she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto.[1] In 1931 she earned a Master of Arts degree in English from Columbia University, and in 1931-32 she pursued a Carnegie Fellowship.[1] She also earned a diploma from the School of Librarianship at the University of London.[1]

In 1926 she began working as a substitute in the Circulation Department of the Hamilton Public Library, and in 1927 she was appointed as head of their Cataloging Department.[3] In June 1940 she became the acting chief librarian of the Hamilton Public Library and later that year her position as such was made permanent.[3] In 1942 she organized the first adult education conference in Hamilton.[3] In 1950 she began the first Programme Planners Institute in Canada.[1] In 1954 she received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from McMaster University for her contribution to Canadian librarianship.[3] She also received the United Nations Award for Meritorious Service.[1]

She was one of the founding members of the Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society and the Women's Committee of the Art Gallery of Hamilton.[1]

She wrote Bibliography of Canadiana Published in Great Britain, 1519-1763, which was published in 1990 after being revised and expanded by another.[4]

She was inducted into the Hamilton Gallery of Distinction in 1992.[3][5]

Further reading

Greenfield, J. Katherine. Hamilton Public Library 1889-1963 : a celebration of vision and leadership., Hamilton, Ont.:Hamilton Public Library, 1989. 139 p.
Mathews, Kathleen R. "Freda Farrell Waldon,1898-1973". Ex libris news. No.10 (Fall 1991). Pgs. 5-11
Skelly, Isabelle J. "Freda F Waldon". Feliciter. Vol. 19, no.8 (Dec. 1973). Pgs. 19-20

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Waldon, Freda Farrell | HPL". Hpl.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  2. ↑ "CLA AT WORK". cla.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "History of LH&A: Freda Farrell Waldon | HPL". Hpl.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  4. ↑ Gabriella Reznowski (7 February 2011). Literary Research and Canadian Literature: Strategies and Sources. Scarecrow Press. pp. 76–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7769-6.
  5. ↑ "Gallery of Distinction | HPL". Hpl.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
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