Background
Shaw, Robert Kendall was born on July 18, 1871 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Alden and Eliza Antoinette (Thompson) Shaw.
Shaw, Robert Kendall was born on July 18, 1871 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Alden and Eliza Antoinette (Thompson) Shaw.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1894. Studied New York State Library School, 1897-1899, Bachelor of Library Science, 1901.
Teacher, Highland Military Academy, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1894-1897. On staff New York State Library, 1898-1901, Library of Congress, 1901-1904. Librarian Brockton (Massachusetts) Public Library, 1904-1905.
Assistant librarian, 1905-1909, librarian, 1909-1939, now emeritus Worcester Free Public Library.
Member American library Association, Massachusetts Library. Clubs: Worcester Rotary, Worcester Shakespear, Worcester Harvard, Bohemian.
Married Bertha Mower Brown, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, September 20, 1902.