Background
McCorkle, Barbara Backus was born on September 9, 1920 in New York City. Daughter of Northup Richard and Helen M. (Stoddard) Swanton.
McCorkle, Barbara Backus was born on September 9, 1920 in New York City. Daughter of Northup Richard and Helen M. (Stoddard) Swanton.
Bachelor, Hunter College, 1942. Master of Library Science, Emporia State University, Kansas, 1968.
With Macy's, New York City, 1942—1947. Instructor, English University Kansas, Lawrence, 1961—1966, associate library, rare books, 1968—1974. Senior reference library Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1976—1979, Yale University, New Haven, 1974—1975, curator, maps & senior reference library, 1979—1987, curator maps, 1988—1992, retired, 1992, lecturer, history of cartography.
Consultant Menil Foundation, 1981.
Member of American Library Association, International Society History of Cartography, American Printing History Association, Special Library. Association, Society History of Discoveries (secretary & treasurer 1979-1991), Grolier Club.
Married Oswald Prentiss Backus, April 9, 1944 (deceased July 8, 1972). Children: Mary Elizabeth, Frances Dudley, Robert Henry, Oswald Prentiss IV, Anthony Stoddard, Richard Swanton. Married George Maston McCorkle, April 13, 1974.