Interview with Frances Lander Spain

Interviewee

Frances Lander Spain

Interviewer

Arnold M. Shankman

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Abstract

In her April 26, 1980 interview with Arnold M. Shankman, the 1925 graduate

of Winthrop University, Frances Lander Spain, discusses her life and accomplishments.

Spain goes into detail about her academic career prior to, during, and after her years at Winthrop, Emory University, and the University of Chicago. She discusses her work in the American Library Association, her library work in Thailand, as well as the contributions she made to the New York Public Library. In addition, Spain recounts more personal aspects of her life pertaining to her mother, husband-who had passed away by the time this interview took place, and the lives of her children.

Publication Date

4-26-1980

Unique Identifier

OH 081

Format

2 Cassettes

Length

01:30:19

Series

Alumni

Disciplines

Oral History

Keywords

Emory, Library Science

Interview with Frances Lander Spain

LC Subject Headings

Winthrop College, the South Carolina College for Women--Alumni and alumnae; Winthrop College, the South Carolina College for Women--Faculty; Emory University. Library School; Librarians--South Carolina; Library science

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