Library Hall of Fame

The Library Hall of Fame was a list created in 1951 that recognized leaders of the late 19th- and early 20th-century library movement, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the American Library Association."[http://www.walkingpaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/LJ_March_15_1957.pdf A Library Hall of Fame]" (1951 March 15) Library Journal, 766: 466-72.

A similar list"100 of the Most Important Leaders we had in the 20th century" (1999 December) American Libraries, 30 (11): 38-46, 48. was published in 1999, honoring "100 of the most important people in 20th-century librarianship," limited to "only people who lived and died in [the 20th century].""100 of the Most Important Leaders we had in the 20th century" (1999 December) American Libraries, 30 (11): 39.

Members

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Mary Eileen Ahern

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Alexander P. Allain

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| 1999

Edwin H. Anderson

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| 1951

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May Hill Arbuthnot

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| 1999

Lester E. Asheim

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| 1999

Sarah B. Askew

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| 1951

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Hugh Atkinson

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| 1999

Augusta Baker

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| 1999

William J. Barrow

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| 1999

Mildred Leona Batchelder

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| 1999

John Shaw Billings

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William Warner Bishop

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| 1999

Henry Bliss

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| 1999

Sarah C. N. Bogle

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Richard Rogers Bowker

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| 1999

Arthur E. Bostwick

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| 1951

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William Howard Brett

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Pierce Butler

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| 1999

Andrew Carnegie

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| 1999

Leon Carnovsky

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| 1999

Verner Warren Clapp

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| 1999

David Horace Clift

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| 1999

Fred C. Cole

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| 1999

George Watson Cole

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| 1999

Robert B. Croneberger

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| 1999

Frederick M. Crunden

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| 1951

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Arthur Curley

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| 1999

Charles Ammi Cutter

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| 1951

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John Cotton Dana

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Sadie Peterson Delaney

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| 1999

Melvil Dewey

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William S. Dix

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| 1999

Robert B. Downs

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| 1999

Paul Dunkin

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| 1999

Wilberforce Eames

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| 1951

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Linda Eastman

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| 1999

Margaret A. Edwards

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| 1999

Theresa Elmendorf

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| 1951

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Charles Evans

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Luther Evans

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| 1999

Salome C. Fairchild

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| 1951

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William I. Fletcher

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| 1951

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Jennie Flexner

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| 1951

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Virginia Proctor Powell Florence

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| 1999

Henry Clay Folger

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| 1999

William E. Foster

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| 1951

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Herman H. Fussler

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| 1999

Loleta Fyan

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| 1999

Mary Gaver

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| 1999

James L. Gillis

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| 1951

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Rudolph H. Gjelsness

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| 1999

Fred Glazer

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| 1999

Margaret Hayes Grazier

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| 1999

Samuel Swett Green

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| 1951

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Emerson Greenaway

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| 1999

J. C. M. Hanson

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Adelaide R. Hasse

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| 1999

Mary E. Hazeltine

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| 1951

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Frances E. Henne

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| 1999

Caroline M. Hewins

| Both

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Judson Toll Jennings

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| 1951

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Charles C. Jewett

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| 1951

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Carleton B. Joeckel

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| 1999

Virginia Lacy Jones

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| 1999

Frederick Paul Keppel

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| 1999

Alice B. Kroeger

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| 1951

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William Coolidge Lane

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| 1951

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Josephus Nelson Larned

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| 1951

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George H. Locke

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| 1951

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Harry Miller Lydenberg

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| 1999

Stephen McCarthy

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| 1999

Archibald MacLeish

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| 1999

Margaret Mann

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| 1999

Charles Martel

| Both

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Allie Beth Martin

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| 1999

Frederic G. Melcher

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| 1999

Keyes D. Metcalf

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| 1999

Carl H. Milam

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| 1999

Sydney B. Mitchell

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| 1999

William Andrew Moffett

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| 1999

Foster E. Mohrhardt

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| 1999

Anne Carroll Moore

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| 1999

Bessie Boehm Moore

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| 1999

Everett T. Moore

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| 1999

Isadore Gilbert Mudge

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| 1999

L. Quincy Mumford

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| 1999

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Ralph Munn

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| 1999

Margaret Norton

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| 1999

Paul Evan Peters

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| 1999

Mary Wright Plummer

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| 1951

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William F. Poole

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| 1951

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Effie Louise Power

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| 1999

Herbert Putnam

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| 1999

S.R. Ranganathan

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| 1999

Josephine Rathbone

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| 1951

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Joseph Henry Reason

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| 1999

Ernest C. Richardson

| Both

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Arthur Fremont Rider

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| 1999

Frank Bradway Rogers

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| 1999

Charlemae Rollins

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| 1999

Francis R. St. John

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| 1999

Frances Clarke Sayers

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| 1999

Marvin Scilken

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| 1999

Margaret C. Scoggin

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| 1999

Minnie Earl Sears

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| 1999

Katharine Sharp

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| 1999

Ralph Shaw

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| 1999

Jesse H. Shera

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| 1999

Louis Shores

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| 1999

Frances Lander Spain

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| 1999

Forrest Spaulding

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| 1999

Ainsworth Rand Spofford

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| 1951

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Lutie E. Stearns

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| 1951

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Mortimer Taube

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| 1999

Maurice Tauber

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| 1999

Reuben G. Thwaites

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| 1951

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Alice S. Tyler

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| 1951

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Ralph Ulveling

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| 1999

George B. Utley

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Robert G. Vosper

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| 1999

Douglas Waples

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| 1999

Joseph L. Wheeler

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| 1999

Edward C. Williams

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| 1999

Charles C. Williamson

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| 1999

Halsey William Wilson

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| 1999

Louis Round Wilson

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| 1999

Constance M. Winchell

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| 1999

Donald Goddard Wing

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| 1999

Justin Winsor

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| 1951

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