Robert Bigney Slocum

Background

Slocum, Robert Bigney was born on April 6, 1922 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Wheaton and Florence Alice (Heustis) Slocum.

Education

Bachelor, Boston University, 1946; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1947; British Society for Literature and Science, Simmons College, 1949.

Career

Library. intern Library. of Congress, Washington, 1949-1950. Assistant to director libraries Simmons College, Boston, 1950-1951. Library cataloger, instructor University Illinois Library., Urbana, 1951-1954.

Associate catalog library Cornell University Library., Ithaca, New York, 1954-1988. With United States Army, 1942-1945.

Achievements

• Robert Bigney Slocum has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • New York State in Fiction (1751-1999) & New York City in Fiction(1751-1930): An Annotated Bibliography

    (This annotated bibliography of fictional books is an inva...)

  • Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works (first supplement)

    (Book by Slocum, Robert Boak)

  • Biographical dictionaries and related works: 1st supplement
  • Sample Cataloging Forms
  • Biographical dictionaries and related works; an international bibliography of collective biographies... by Slocum, Robert B.
  • Biographical dictionaries and related works;: An international bibliography of collective biographies
  • New England in Fiction 1787-1990: An Annotated Bibliography

Membership

Active American for Democratic Action, Public Citizen, American Farmland Trust, steering board Cornell University Retirees Volunteers in Service. Co-chairman Dryden Bicentennial Committee With United States Army, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member of AARP, American Library Association, American Association of University Professors, Mount Vernon ladies Association, Cornell University Library.

Associate, Newark Valley History Society, New York State History Association, Library. Congress Associate, Dryden History Society, American History Association (founder National History Center), Peace Action, Montpeier Foundation (associate), Common Cause, Wilson Center Associate, Drake Group, Cornell Association Professors Emeriti, Smithsonian Associate.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, movie research, Victorian literature, early Americana.

Connections

Married Christine Stanfield, August 23, 1953. Children: Robert Stanfield, Kathryn Slocum Goodwin.

Father:

George Wheaton Slocum

Mother:

Florence Alice (Heustis) Slocum

Spouse:

Christine Stanfield

child:

Robert Stanfield Slocum

child:

Kathryn Slocum Goodwin Slocum