Charles Everett Rush

Background

Rush, Charles Everett was born on March 23, 1885 in Fairmount, Indiana, United States. Son of Review Nixon and Louisa (Winslow) Rush.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1905. University of Wisconsin, 1905-1906. Bachelor of Library Science, New York State Library School, Albany, 1908.

Master of Arts, Yale, 1931.

Career

Joseph, Missouri, 1910-1916, Des Moines, Iowa, 1916-1917, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1917-1928, Teachers College Library, Columbia, 1928-1931. Associate librarian Yale University Library, 1931-1938. Librarian Cleveland Public Library, 1938-1941.

Director libraries University of N. Carolina Library, and Professor of Library Science, since April 1941. Adviser on reading National Council of Boy Scouts.

Membership

Member American library association, Bibliographical Society of America, Yale Library Associates, American Association for Adult Education, American Library Institute, Theatre Library Associate, Society American Archivists, Associate of Research Libraries. Member Friends Church. Clubs: Elizabethan, Grolier, Rotary, Rowfant.

Connections

Married R. Lionne Adsit, September 7, 1910. Children: Alison Adsit, Frances Marie, Myra Lionne.

Father:

Review Nixon Rush

Mother:

Louisa (Winslow) Rush

Spouse:

R. Lionne Adsit

child:

Myra Lionne Rush

child:

Alison Adsit Rush

child:

Frances Marie Rush