Inez Shannon Bishop

Background

Bishop, Inez Shannon was born on November 12, 1892 in Parsons, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Rolf and Lenora Katherine (Eistertz) Shannon.

Education

Library Science, Louisiana University, 1939. Library Science Sp., Columbia, 1942. Certificate special study, University of Chicago.

Career

Head librarian Pine Bluff and Jefferson County (Arkansas) Library, 1919-1939. Executive-secretary, librarian Arkansas Library Commission, 1939-1942. Acting librarian Arkansas Teachers College, 1943-1944.

Assistant librarian, Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Assistant cataloguer, public relations director Oklahoma City Public Library, 1945-1946. Librarian Arkansas College, 1946-1952, Searcy and White County (Arkansas) Public Library, 1952-1974.

Achievements

• Inez Shannon Bishop has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American, Southwestern, Arkansas (president 1927) library associations, Business and Professional Women'son

Connections

Married Carroll Wood Bishop, April.

Father:

Rolf Shannon

Mother:

Lenora Katherine (Eistertz) Shannon

Spouse:

Carroll Wood Bishop