Background
Greenaway, Emerson was born on May 25, 1906 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James and Sara Elizabeth (Lilley) Greenaway.
Greenaway, Emerson was born on May 25, 1906 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James and Sara Elizabeth (Lilley) Greenaway.
Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies, University North Carolina, 1935. Bachelor of Science, University Massachusetts, 1927. Doctor of Humane Letters, University Massachusetts, 1952.
Doctor of Letters, Western Maryland College, 1950. Doctor of Letters, Drexel Institute of Technology, 1959. Doctor of Letters, Wheaton College, 1973.
Doctor of Laws, Temple University, 1958.
Reference assistant, City library association, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1928-1930; supervisor branches and assistant librarian, Public Library, Hartford, Connecticut, 1930-1934, 36; special assistant, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, 1935; librarian, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1945-1951; librarian, Public Library, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1937-1940; librarian, Free Public Library, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1940-1945; lecturer library administration, Simmons College School Library Science, Boston, 1942-1945; lecturer library administration, Columbia University Graduate School Library Service, 1963-1964; lecturer library administration, Drexel Institute Library School, 1965; lecturer library administration, Library School, Kent State University, 1977; director, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1951-1969; former director, Forest Press, Inc. Consultant in public libraries for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1947-1949. N.H. State Library Council, from 1985.
Member Adult Educational Council, Museum Council, Special Library Council, all Philadelphia, National Advisory Commission Libraries, 1967. Advisory committee United States International Book and Library Programs, Pennsylvania Advisory Council Library Development, 1957-1968. Former member books across the sea committee English Speaking Union.
Chairman library visiting committee Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, 1967-1985. Trustee, honorary chairman Schuylkill Valley Nature Center, from 1970. Former trustee Harcum Junior College.
Trustee Union Library Catalog, Philadelphia, 1952-1969, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Tracy Memorial Library, New London, New Hampshire, 1979-1985. Member New Hampshire State Library Council, from 1985. Member American Library Association (council 1954-1970, executive board 1954-1960, president 1958-1959, Lippincott award 1955, Centennial citation 1976), Massachusetts Library.
Association (life member), New Hampshire Library. Trustees Association (former board directors), Pennsylvania Library. Association, Maryland Library.
Association (life member), Friends New Hampshire Library. Association (director 1982-1986), American Philosophical Society (councilor, library committee), International Federation Library. Associations Clubs: Franklin Inn, Philobiblon.
Science and Arts (Germantown). Boy's (New London, New Hampshire). Baltimore Bibliophiles, Appalachian Mountain.
Married Helen Kidder, June 18, 1938 (deceased 1986). Children: Ann (Mistress Robert C. Pugh), Jane (Mistress John G. Sampson).