Background
Mason, Ellsworth Goodwin was born on August 25, 1917 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Frederick William and Kathryn Loretta (Watkins) Mason.
(Written by a former director of the library, this history...)
Written by a former director of the library, this history is enlivened by its remarkable props and cast of characters: · A university seventeen years old, rated among the top eleven in the U.S. · Three library buildings with a blown-down tower, shattering windows, floors near collapse, a roof near cave-in, and one with a rivulet running through it. · A treasurer of the University who invented two standard basic elements in library construction and installed the first fluorescent lighting in libraries. · A professor of English with greater knowledge of library methods than most librarians of his time. · A librarian who literally worked himself to death. · A librarian who was a remittance man from the East, and a famous football referee. · A director, appointed at the recommendation of the football coach, who became President of the University. · A director who left for greener pastures, then returned to over-top them all. The story of the University of Colorado Library unfolds within the societal forces that shaped universities over a century, and within the special conditions in the University to which it had to respond. By describing librarians working at real library tasks, Mason presents a thumbnail sketch of the way librarians performed during a century of enormous change.
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Mason, Ellsworth Goodwin was born on August 25, 1917 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Frederick William and Kathryn Loretta (Watkins) Mason.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1938. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1948.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Hofstra University, 1973. Diploma, Institute Children's Literature, 1996.
Reference assistant Yale Library, 1938-1942. Export license officer Board Economic Warfare, 1942-1943. Instructor English Williams College, 1948-1950.
Instructor humanities Marlboro (Vermont) College, 1951-1952. Serials library University Wyoming Library., 1952-1954. Reference library Colorado College Library., Colorado Springs, 1954-1958.
Lecturer, library Colorado College, 1958-1963. Professor, director library services Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1963-1972. Professor, director University Colorado Libraries, Boulder, 1972-1976.
Freelance writer children's literature, since 1995. Library. consultant, since 1958. Visiting lecturer Northwestern University, 1961, Colorado College, 1965, Syracuse University, 1965—1968, Elmira College, 1966, Columbia University, 1966—1968, Lincoln University, 1969, University British Columbia, Canada, 1969, University Toronto, 1970, University Tulsa, 1971, 76, University Rutgers, 1971, University Illinois, 1972, Colgate University, 1972, Simmons College, 1972, University Oregon, 1973, Hofstra University, 1974, University North Carolina, 1976, University Alabama, 1976, Ball State University, 1977, University Lethbridge, Canada, 1977, University Arizona, 1981, Arizona State University, 1981, Victoria University, New Zealand, 1983, University Canterbury, New Zealand, 1983, University Nevada, Las Vegas, 1992, Remember Pearl Harbor Association, 1993, 94.
Research associate University California, Berkeley, 1965. Adjunct professor University Illinois, Urbana, 1968. President Mason Associates, Ltd., since 1977.
Library value engineer, since 1992. With United States Navy, 1943-1946.
(Written by a former director of the library, this history...)
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Member chancellor's council University Texas, Austin, since 1982. Executive board University Kentucky Library. Associates, 1991—1994, Concerned Christians in Kentucky, 1993—1998, Littlefield Society University Texas, Austin, since 2004.
Member of American Library Association (councilor-at-large 1961-1965), American Christian Writers, National Association Scholars, James Joyce Foundation (chairman section translation from Joyce 2d International James Joyce Symposium 1969), Institute Vico Studies, New Zealand Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, Conference Editors Learned Journals, Alcuin Society Vancouver, Private Libraries Association, New Zealand Library. Association, Library. Association (London), Bibliographical Society of America, Colorado Library.
Association (president southern district 1960-1961), Black American's PAC, Colorado Book Collectors (founder, president 1975-1986), Ghost Town Club, Caxton Club, Archons of Colophon, Sigma Kappa Alpha (president 1969-1970), Alpha Sigma Lambda.
Married Rose Ellen Maloy, May 13, 1951 (divorced October 1961). Children: Kay Iris Morice, Joyce Iris Lande. Married Joan Lou Shinew, August 16, 1964.
1 child Sean David.