Background
Williams, Richard Clarence was born on April 9, 1923 in Guide Rock, Nebraska, United States. Son of Lyall Wesley and Elsie Marie (Guy) Williams.
Williams, Richard Clarence was born on April 9, 1923 in Guide Rock, Nebraska, United States. Son of Lyall Wesley and Elsie Marie (Guy) Williams.
Student, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1945. Student, University Texas, Austin, 1946. Bachelor, University Idaho, Moscow, 1948.
Bachelor in Librarianship, University Washington, Seattle, 1949. Master of Library Science, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1952.
Secretary, Schaefer-Hitchcock Company, Sandpoint, Idaho., 1941-1942; assistant librarian, Willamette U. Library, Salem, Oregon, 1949-1951; cataloger, University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor, 1951-1959; serials cataloger, New York City Public Library, 1959-1966; assistant director for cataloging, New York City Public Library, 1967-1988; Astor fellow for library research, New York City Public Library, 1988-1989. Member subcommittee on cataloging standards Research Libraries Group, Palo Alto, California, 1978-1988.
Board of directors Eugene James Dance Company. New York City, since 1978. Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Member American Library Association, Society American Archaeology, American Anthropological Association, Archeological Institute American, American Assn.Bot. Gardens and Arboreta, John Bartram Association, Botanical Society American, Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, Society for Economics Botany, Phi Beta Kappa (U. Idaho chapter).