Background
Childs, James Bennett was born on June 2, 1896 in Van Buren, Missouri, United States. Son of Trall B. and Mary C. (Michener) Childs.
(James Bennett Childs, Specialist in Government Document B...)
James Bennett Childs, Specialist in Government Document Bibliography at the Library of Congress, occupied a position of eminence in the library profession and was recognized as the principal authority in the field of government publications, not only in the United States but through out the world. His contributions to the acquisitions and organization of government documents enabled the Library of Congress, where he was continually in residence from 1925 until March of this year 1977, to become one of the world's greatest repositories of official publications.
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Childs, James Bennett was born on June 2, 1896 in Van Buren, Missouri, United States. Son of Trall B. and Mary C. (Michener) Childs.
AB, University of Illinois, 1918; Bachelor of Liberal Studies with final honors, University of Illinois, 1921.
Assistant, University of Illinois Library., 1918-1921; cataloguer, John Crerar Library., Chicago, 1921-1925; chief documents officer, Library. of Congress, 1925-1930; chief documents officer, Library. of Congress, from 1934; chief of catalog division, Library. of Congress, 1930-1934. Official delegate World Congress of Libraries, Rome and Venice, 1929. Delegate 8th American Science Congress, Washington, 1940.
(James Bennett Childs, Specialist in Government Document B...)
Served in infantry, Camp Grant, Illinois, 1918. Member American Library Association, Bibliographical Society American, American Economics Association, American Political Science Association, Inter-American Bibliographical and Library. Association (member county), Sons of the American Revolution, Phi Beta Kappa, Clubs: Cliff Dwellers (Chicago), Cosmos (Washington). M C.
Married Eleanor Atala Pirkner, November 20, 1927. Seven sons.