Background
Reid, Delafayette was born on April 18, 1915 in Alton, Illinois, United States. Son of deLafayette and Florence (Miller) R.
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Education
Student Shurtleff College, 1932-1935. Bachelor of Journalism, U. Missouri, 1938. Bachelor of Science in Library Science, University of Illinois, 1940, Master of Science, 1948.
Career
Assistant circulation department University of Illinois Library, Urbana, 1940-1941, assistant acquisition department, 1941-1942, bibliographer, acquisition department, 1945-1946, librarian, undergraduate division Galesburg, 1946-1949. Assistant director U. Kansas Libraries, Lawrence, Kansas, 1949-1951. Chief of public services Illinois State Library, Springfield, 1951-1954, assistant state librarian, 1954-1965, deputy state librarian, 1965-1970.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member American, Illinois library associations, American Association State Librarians, Adult Education Association United States, Illinois Adult Education Association (past president), National Education Association (department audio visual instruction), Illinois Audio Visual Association Baptist Rotary. Company-produced, editor University of Illinois Library Orientation film Contact with Books, 1942.
Connections
Married Mildred Joyce Weaks, April. Children: Sherrill Jean, deLafayette III. Reporter, Democrat-Argus, Caruthersville, Missouri.
