Background
Milam, Carl Hastings was born on October 22, 1884 in Harper County, Kansas, United States. Son of George Lee and Florence Amanda (Burch) Milam.
Milam, Carl Hastings was born on October 22, 1884 in Harper County, Kansas, United States. Son of George Lee and Florence Amanda (Burch) Milam.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Oklahoma, 1907. Postgraduate New York State Library School, Albany, 1907-1908. Doctor of Laws, Southwestern College, 1934, Lawrence College, 1935.
Assistant, U. Oklahoma Library, 1904-1907, John Crerar Library, Chicago, 1907, Purdue University Library, Lafayette, Indiana, 1908-1909. Secretary and state organizer Public Library communications of Indiana, 1909-1913. Director Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama, 1913-1919.
Assistant to director, acting general director, assistant general director, library war service American Library Association, 1917-1920, executive secretary Chicago, 1920-1948, also member of council 1915-1920, public board, 1917-1919, Executive Board, 1919.
Director United Nations Library, 1948-1950. Adviser United States delegation Paris Conference, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
President League of Library Communications, 1912-1913. Delegate International Library Congress, Rome, 1929, Madrid, 1935.
Member Illinois library association, American Association for Adult Education.
Married Nellie Watson Robinson, May 16, 1910. Children: Margery Robinson, Mary Virginia (Mistress William A. Seidler, Junior.