Andover Author - Edna Adelaide Brown
Edna Adelaide Brown, born in 1875 in Providence Rhode Island, was author of more than one dozen children's books. She graduated from the Girls High School at Brown University in 1898. She graduated from New York State Library School with a Bachelor's degree in Library Science the same year. [1] She worked as a librarian in the public libraries of Providence, RI and Galveston, TX before she moved to Andover. She was appointed head librarian of Memorial Hall Library in 1906. She began to campaign for the addition of a room for children in her 1907 annual report. By 1913, she said, "In this age of society-forming, there should be a society for the prevention of cruelty to libraries." Her annual appeals for a separate space for children were finally successful when the Children's Room was added in 1926. She also extended library hours, initiated an open shelf system, and started the Ballardvale Branch of Memorial Hall Library. She retired in 1939 and died on June 23, 1944. [2]
- Four Gordons by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room R Fic (Andover Author's Collection)
- How Many Miles To Babylon by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room Fic J (Andover Author's Collection).
- Notes for Miss Putnam by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room R 974.45 Bro (pamphlet box 3)
- Uncle David's Boys. by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room Fic J (Andover Authors Collection)
- Whistling Rock by Edna A. Brown. Andover Room Fic J (Andover Authors Collection)
See
- "Andover's First Woman Librarian Was Children's Author". Andover Historical Society Newsletter Vol.29, No. 4, Fall 2004. Andover Room R Fic (Andover Authors collection)
- Book of Authors, page 53+ (JR 920 Kun)
- A Brief Sketch of the History of Andover by Edna A. Brown. Andover Room R 974.45 Bro (pamphlet Box 6)