Eugene Paul Sheehy

October 10, 1922 (age 90)

Elbow Lake, Minnesota, United States

As a librarian he served as the head of the reference department at Columbia University in New York City from 1967-1986. He was editor-in-chief for the Guide to Reference, an exhaustive meta-reference book published by the American Library Association that reviewed periodicals and journals of all disciplines. His version of GRB was widely used in the 1970s and 1980s as an educational tool for library students, as a tool for reference librarians to assist them with difficult searches and as a tool for purchasers for libraries to assist them in choosing which materials to obtain for their library. Born in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, Sheehy was the son of a farmer. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942-1946, where he became a sergeant. After finishing his military service Sheehy earned a Bachelor of Arts from Saint John"s University in Collegeville, Minnesota in 1950. An Master of Arts from the University of Minnesota in 1951. And a Bachelor of Surgery in Library Science from the University of Minnesota in 1952. Sheehy then started his career as a librarian. In 1952 Sheehy became an academic librarian at Georgetown University in Washington, District of Columbia After one year, he left there to take a similar position at Columbia University. lieutenant was there under the tutelage of Constance Mabel Winchell that he began writing and editing reviews and indexes for reference materials. In 1967 Winchell retired and Sheehy took over as head of the reference department as well as head editor for the Guide to Reference Books.

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Joseph Conrad at Mid-Century Editions and Studies 1895-1955

Index to Little Magazines: 1956-1957

The Achievement of Marianne Moore: A Bibliography, 1907-1957

Joseph Conrad at Mid-Century: Editions and Studies, 1895-1955 (Minnesota Archive Editions)

( Joseph Conrad at Mid-Century was first published in 195...)

Index To Little Magazines 1953 1955

An Index to The Little Review, 1914-1929

Joseph Conrad at Mid Century

Index To Little Magazines 1953 1955
The achievement of Marianne Moore;: A bibliography, 1907-1957, (Bibliography was created in honor of Moore's seventi...)

Eugene Paul Sheehy

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Background

Sheehy, Eugene Paul was born on October 10, 1922 in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, United States. Son of Thomas Joseph and Roxy Odessa (Vincent) Sheehy.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, St. John's U., Collegeville, Minnesota, 1950; Master of Arts in English, University of Minnesota, 1951; Bachelor of Science in liberal studies, University of Minnesota, 1952.

Career

As a librarian he served as the head of the reference department at Columbia University in New York City from 1967-1986. He was editor-in-chief for the Guide to Reference, an exhaustive meta-reference book published by the American Library Association that reviewed periodicals and journals of all disciplines. His version of GRB was widely used in the 1970s and 1980s as an educational tool for library students, as a tool for reference librarians to assist them with difficult searches and as a tool for purchasers for libraries to assist them in choosing which materials to obtain for their library.

Born in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, Sheehy was the son of a farmer.

He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942-1946, where he became a sergeant. After finishing his military service Sheehy earned a Bachelor of Arts from Saint John"s University in Collegeville, Minnesota in 1950.

An Master of Arts from the University of Minnesota in 1951. And a Bachelor of Surgery in Library Science from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

Sheehy then started his career as a librarian.

In 1952 Sheehy became an academic librarian at Georgetown University in Washington, District of Columbia After one year, he left there to take a similar position at Columbia University. lieutenant was there under the tutelage of Constance Mabel Winchell that he began writing and editing reviews and indexes for reference materials. In 1967 Winchell retired and Sheehy took over as head of the reference department as well as head editor for the Guide to Reference Books.