Helen Rex Keller Explained

Helen Rex Keller should not be confused with Helen Keller.

Helen Rex Keller (August 13, 1876 – January 21, 1967) was an American librarian and author of reference books.^[1] Her works included a two volume dictionary of dates.^[2]

Keller edited and wrote the preface for the Library of the World's Best Literature, a 30-volume reference work with synopses of works of literature.^[3] It was a continuation and expanded version of the Warner Library first published in 1897 with various editions up to 1917 edited by Charles Dudley Warner. She also authored a Dictionary of Dates divided into two volumes for the "old world" and "new world",^{[4] [5]} and also authored the Readers's Digest of Books which provides summaries of about 1,500 books.^[6]

Keller taught classes in library economy at Columbia University^[7] and was the librarian for its journalism school.

She died in New Paltz, New York, in 1967.^[8]

Bibliography

• The dictionary of dates (1934) by Helen Rex Keller, Macmillan Company, New York^[9]
• Library of the World's Best Literature, editor

External links

• The Reader's Digest of Books (1924 edition) (archive.org)
• A Dictionary of Dates (Volume II – The New World (1923, Third Printing 1958) (archive.org)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Helen Rex Keller. bartleby.com. November 28, 2018.
2. (November 20, 1934). Kirkus Reviews (Dictionary of Dates), Kirkus Reviews
3. Web site: Helen Rex Keller (1877–1967). bartleby.com. November 28, 2018.
4. Web site: Dictionary of Dates by Keller, Helen Rex. biblio.com. November 28, 2018.
5. (December 9, 1934). Dictionary of Dates (review), The New York Times
6. Khan, Masood Ali. The Principles and Practice of Library Science, pp. 348–49 (1996)
7. Web site: Library Journal. Cutter. Charles Ammi. 1920.
8. News: Helen Rex Keller, 90, Dies; Was Librarian and author. The New York Times. November 28, 2018. January 24, 1967.
9. Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1934. Copyright Office. Library of Congress. 1935.