Background
Esterquest, Ralph Theodore was born on May 6, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank A. and Julia (Sandberg) Esterquest.
Esterquest, Ralph Theodore was born on May 6, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank A. and Julia (Sandberg) Esterquest.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern, 1933. Graduate study Columbia, 1933-1934. Bachelor of Science in library science, University of Illinois, 1936, Master of Arts, 1940.
Field fellowship Laboratory Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico, summer 1934. Reference librarian Northwestern, 1936-1937. Order librarian University of Illinois, 1937-1940.
Assistant librarian Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1940-1942. Sales manager American Library Association, 1942-1943. Director Pacific N.W. Bibliographic Center, Seattle, 1943-1946.
Chief preparations division, professor of University Denver Libraries, 1947-1948, assistant director, 1948-1949. Director Midwest Inter-Library Center, 1949-1958, secretary, 1954-1958. Librarian Harvard Medical Library, 1958-1965, Francis A. Courtway Library of Medicine (Harvard and Boston Medical Libraries), 1965-1967.
Director international relations office American Library Association, 1967-1968. Fulbright research fellow, England, 1953-1954. Cons. University of IFE, Nigeria.
Member jury of award International Archit. Competition for Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland, 1961. Member American (council 1947-1951), Mountain-Plains (president 1948-1949), Illinois (director), medical library associations, Special Libraries Association.
Club: Harvard (Boston).
Married Dorothy Elizabeth Watson, August 15, 1936. Children: Shelley, Peter.