Ellen Kate Shaffer

Background

Shaffer, Ellen Kate was born on April 24, 1904 in Leadville, Colorado, United States. Daughter of Frank Howard and Nellie (Maguire) Shaffer.

Education

AB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1929. Postgraduate, Mexico City College, 1951. Master of Arts, University Southern California, 1954.

Career

Library. & organizer Anaheim Elementary School Systems, 1925—1927. 1st edition specialist Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1929—1944, 1946—1954. Rare book library Free Library.

Philadelphia, 1954—1970. Lecturer Columbia University, 1960—1970. Curator Silverado Museum, St. Helena, California, since 1970.

Served with Air Corps United States Army, 1944-1945.

Achievements

• Ellen Kate Shaffer has been listed as a noteworthy curator, rare book specialist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE. A Pictorial World History from the Creation to 1493. With a Leaf from the Pirated Augsburg Latin Edition of 1497.
  • THE GARDEN OF HEALTH. An Account of Two Herbals: The Gart Der Gesundheit and The Hortus Sanitatis.

Membership

Served with A.C. (before Christ), Army of the United States, 1944-1945. Fellow Gleeson Library Associations. Member Friends Bancroft Library, Manuscript Society (president 1966-1968), National Trust History Preservation, Society American Penwomen, Sierra.

Connections

Father:

Frank Howard Shaffer

Mother:

Nellie (Maguire) Shaffer