Burton Egbert Stevenson

Burton Egbert Stevenson
Born (1872-11-09)November 9, 1872
Died May 13, 1962(1962-05-13) (aged 89)
Resting place Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio
Nationality U.S.A.
Alma mater Princeton University
Occupation Writer and librarian
Known for Anthologies and novels
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Shepard Butler

Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872–1962) was an American author, anthologist, and librarian.[1] He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio on 9 November 1872,[2] and attended Princeton University 1890–1893.[3] He married Elizabeth Shepard Butler (1869–1960) in 1895.[3] He died 13 May 1962 and was buried in Chillicothe, Ohio.[2]

While at Princeton, Stevenson was a correspondent for United Press and for the New York Tribune.[4] He was city editor for the Chillicothe Daily News (1894–1898),[3] and worked for the Daily Advertiser (1898–1899).[5]

Stevenson became director of the Chillicothe public library in 1899 and held that position for 58 years.[4]

Stevenson was well known for his war efforts.[6] At Camp Sherman, located in Chillicothe, Ohio, he established a library of 40,000 volumes and 22 branches.[7] The Camp Sherman library was said to be a model for national efforts to establish such libraries.[4] In 1918 he founded the American Library in Paris, and was its director from 1918–1920, and from 1925–1930. He was then made European director of the American Library Association`s Library War Service, a position he held for seven years.[3]

As well as being a librarian, Stevenson wrote numerous novels, including four young adult's novels, edited others' works, and created numerous anthologies of verse, familiar quotations, and the like. Many of his anthologies are still in print.

Marietta College awarded him the degree of Litt.D. in 1955.[3] Stevenson Center at Ohio University-Chillicothe is named after him.[4]

Works

Young Adult's Novels

Anthologies

References

  1. ↑ "Burton Egbert Stevenson". The Columbia Encyclopedia (Sixth edition). Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Burton Egbert Stevenson". Find-a-Grave. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Burton Egbert Stevenson". Ohio Center for the Book. Cleveland Public Library. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Marker #9-71: Burton Egbert Stevenson". Marking Ohio; Ohio's remarkable history. Ohio Historical Society. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  5. ↑ Beach (ed.), Frederick Converse (1912). Gordon Edwin Rines, ed. The Americana; a universal reference library. New York: Scientific American Compiling Department.
  6. ↑ Kent, Allen; Harold Lancour; Jay Elwood Daily, eds. (1977). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (Vol. 20). New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. p. 351. ISBN 0-8247-2020-2.
  7. ↑ Siebert, Wilbur H. (1938). History of the Ohio State University (Vol. IV). Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press.

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