Alice Isabel Hazeltine Explained

Alice Isabel Hazeltine
Birth Date:April 15, 1878
Birth Place:Warren County, Pennsylvania
Death Place:New York City
Occupation:Librarian, writer, editor

Alice Isabel Hazeltine (April 15, 1878 – May 30, 1959) was an American librarian, writer, and editor. She was on the faculty of the School of Library Service at Columbia University, and edited several collections of stories for children and teenagers, published in multiple editions through the twentieth century.

Early life and education

Hazeltine was born in Warren, Pennsylvania, the daughter of William Vincent Hazeltine and Isabella McIntosh Hazeltine. Her father was a medical doctor.[1] Having received her early education at Warren High School, she graduated from Syracuse University in 1901 and continued her studies at the New York State Library School from 1901 to 1902.[2] She completed doctoral studies in 1929, with a dissertation titled A children's librarian in Europe (1929).[3]

Career

Hazeltine worked at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, as first assistant in the children's department. She also worked at libraries in Buffalo,[4] Providence[5] and St. Louis.[6] [7] She taught summer library courses at Simmons College, and was assistant professor in the School of Library Service at Columbia University from 1927 to 1943, teaching courses on library work with children.[8] A proponent of fairy tales,[9] folk tales and storytelling events for children, she recommended books for home libraries[10] and edited and co-edited several collections of traditional tales for children and teens, around holiday and other themes.

Publications

Personal life

Hazeltine was well travelled, enjoying many associations in Europe and spent many holidays in Kennebunkport, Maine.[29] She died in 1959, aged 81 years, in New York City.[30] Her papers are the Butler Library at Columbia University.[31]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Raymond, Joseph Howard . History of the Long Island College Hospital and Its Graduates: Together with the Hoagland Laboratory and the Polhemus Memorial Clinic . 1899 . Assn. of the Alumni . 252–253 . en.
  2. Book: Syracuse University . Alumni Record and General Catalogue of Syracuse University...: 1872-1910, including Genesee college, 1852-1871 and Geneva medical college, 1835-1872. 1911. 1 v. in 2 . 1911 . 987 . en.
  3. A children's librarian in Europe. . 1929 . English . Alice Isabel . Hazeltine. 48779473 .
  4. News: 1913-09-17 . Change in Library . 8 . The Buffalo Commercial . 2022-07-08 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: King . Anna M. . 1953-05-17 . Review of 'Selected Stories for Teen-Agers' . 35 . The Morning Call . 2022-07-07 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1916-06-16 . Tells the Benefits of Old Folk Stories . 3 . The Evening Missourian . 2022-07-07 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: 1921-07-13 . Latter Day Children Read Good Literature . 5 . Boston Post . 2022-07-08 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: 1927-06-20 . Miss Hazeltine Visits Here . 2 . The Warren Tribune . 2022-07-07 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: 1911-10-18 . Fairy Tales are Good for Childish Mind . 16 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 2022-07-08 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1928-11-22 . Society . 9 . Hartford Courant . 2022-07-07 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Hazeltine, Alice I. "Story-Telling in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh." ALA Bulletin 3 (1909): 413-5.
  12. Book: Smith . Elva Sophronia . Christmas in legend and story: a book for boys and girls . Hazeltine . Alice Isabel . 2015 . FB&C Limited . 978-1-330-98348-5 . English . 1001467286.
  13. Hazeltine, Alice I. "Methods of training children to use the library intelligently." Public Libraries 21, no. 4 (1916): 160-162.
  14. Book: Hazeltine, Alice Isabel . Library work with children reprints of papers and addresses selected and annotated . 1917 . H.W. Wilson Co. . White Plains, N.Y. . English . 68424371.
  15. Book: Hazeltine . Alice Isabel . Plays for children, an annotated index . Patten . Cora Mel . American Library Association . 1921 . American Library Association Publishing Board . Chicago . English . 1320966357.
  16. Book: Hazeltine, Alice Isabel . What is a children's librarian? . 1921 . English . 1100475978.
  17. Book: Hazeltine . Alice Isabel . How to become a children's librarian: with illustrations from St. Louis and the St. Louis Public Library . St. Louis Public Library . Library School . 1927 . Library School, Public Library . St. Louis . English . 575208507.
  18. Book: Hazeltine, Alice Isabel . Development of traits of personality in children's librarians. . 1927 . Place of publication not identified . English . 50234430.
  19. Book: Hazeltine, Alice Isabel . Syllabus for the study of reading interests of children, for use in connection with Library service 276 . 1941 . School of Library Service, Columbia University . New York . English . 5906026.
  20. Book: Hazeltine . Alice Isabel . The Easter book of legends and stories . Smith . Elva Sophronia . 1992 . Omnigraphics . 978-1-55888-857-9 . Detroit . English . 925178180.
  21. Book: Hazeltine, Alice Isabel . Children's stories to read or tell for pleasure and understanding . 1949 . Abingdon-Cokesbury Press . New York . English . 39359543.
  22. Book: Hazeltine . Alice Isabel . Stories of love . Smith . Elva Sophronia . 1951 . Lothrop, Lee & Shepard . New York . English . 1411961.
  23. Book: Hazeltine, Alice Isabel . Selected stories for teen-agers: for pleasure and understanding . 1952 . English . 1571470.
  24. Book: Hazeltine, Alice Isabel . We grew up in America. . 1954 . Abingdon . N.Y . English . 762062039.
  25. Book: Hazeltine . Alice Isabel . The year around; poems for children. . Smith . Elva Sophronia . 1973 . Book for Libraries Press . 978-0-8369-6403-5 . Freeport, N.Y. . English . 516257.
  26. Book: Hazeltine, Alice Isabel . Red man, white man; legends, tales, and true accounts of the American Indians. . 1957 . Lothrop, Lee & Shepard . New York . English . 1685297.
  27. Book: Hazeltine, Alice Isabel . Below the surface. . 1958 . Abingdon Press . New York . English . 1028666136.
  28. Book: Hazeltine, Alice Isabel . Hero tales from many lands . 1961 . Abingdon Press . New York . 9780687169436 . English . 575189647.
  29. News: Obituaries: Miss Alice Hazeltine . Warren Times Mirror . June 1, 1959 . 6.
  30. News: 1959-06-04 . Deaths . 6 . The Warren County Observer . 2022-07-07 . Newspapers.com.
  31. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_4078877/index.html Alice Isabel Hazeltine Papers

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