When Librarian of Congress Luther Evans resigned his office to become director general of UNESCO on 2 July 1953, the Eisenhower administration began an immediate search for his successor. Among the leading candidates were Verner Clapp, the acting head; L. Quincy Mumford, head of Cleveland Public Library; and two political scientists, Franklin Burdette of the University of Maryland, and Warren Reed West of George Washington University. After a series of problems impaired the candidacy of Clapp, the early favorite, interest shifted, first to Burdette, and then to West. After a vigorous last-minute campaign by the ALA for the appointment of "a qualified librarian," however, Mumford received the nomination and was finally confirmed on 29 July 1954.
BT - Libraries & Culture IS - 1 LA - English N2 -When Librarian of Congress Luther Evans resigned his office to become director general of UNESCO on 2 July 1953, the Eisenhower administration began an immediate search for his successor. Among the leading candidates were Verner Clapp, the acting head; L. Quincy Mumford, head of Cleveland Public Library; and two political scientists, Franklin Burdette of the University of Maryland, and Warren Reed West of George Washington University. After a series of problems impaired the candidacy of Clapp, the early favorite, interest shifted, first to Burdette, and then to West. After a vigorous last-minute campaign by the ALA for the appointment of "a qualified librarian," however, Mumford received the nomination and was finally confirmed on 29 July 1954.
PY - 1995 SP - 26 EP - 56 T2 - Libraries & Culture TI - Eisenhower, ALA, and the Selection of L. Quincy Mumford as Librarian of Congress VL - 30 ER -