Background
Burkhead, Margaret Bristow was born on November 5, 1905 in Saint Louis. Daughter of Harry L. and Mary V. (Safford) Bristow.
Burkhead, Margaret Bristow was born on November 5, 1905 in Saint Louis. Daughter of Harry L. and Mary V. (Safford) Bristow.
Student Harris Teachers College, Saint Louis, Mount Holyoke College, Illinois U. Library School. Graduate Strassburger Conservatory Music.
Executive secretary legal firm Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Young, Saint Louis, 1930-1937. Teacher Mission Hickey’s School for Sections, Saint Louis, 1937-1939. Private tutor, Little Rock, 1939-1942.
Executive secretary Little Rock Public Library, 1942-1956, administrator, 1956-1957, director, 1957-1970.
Member Arkansas library association, National Society Arts and Letters, Daughters of American Revolution (past regent Little Rock chapter), Philanthropic Educational Organization (Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.)) (past president), Order of Bookfellows (past president).
Married Lingurn South. Burkhead, June 24, 1925.