Mary Eva Birchfield

Background

Birchfield, Mary Eva was born on March 8, 1909 in Sarasota, Florida, United States. Daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Mary Charlotte (Farnbach) McCall.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Florida State College for Women, 1929. Master of Science, Florida State University, 1961, M.S.in Library Science, 1963. Certified teacher.

Career

Teacher, Lafayette County, Mayo, Florida, 1930-1961. Librarian Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1963-1977, London, 1973. Bibliographer Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 1977-1978.

Compiler bibliographies: Consolidated Catalog of League of Nations Publications Offered for Sale, 1976, Complete Reference Guide to United Nations SalesPublications, 1946-1978, 1982.

President Parent-Teachers Association, Mayo, 1940-1942. National Science Foundation study awardee, 1958-1960.

Achievements

• Mary Eva Birchfield has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

The bread and cup during Holy Communion symbolizes the broken body and shed blood of Christ that he offered for people the same way as he did for the disciples on the eve of his crucifixion.

Membership

Member Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi, Delta Kappa Gamma, Beta Phi Museum.

Connections

Married William Otto Birchfield, December 5, 1933. Children: William, Benjamin, Hal, James.

Father:

Benjamin Franklin McCall

Mother:

Mary Charlotte (Farnbach) McCall

Spouse:

William Otto Birchfield

child:

William Birchfield

child:

James Birchfield

child:

Hal Birchfield

child:

Benjamin Birchfield