Siegfried Feller

Background

Feller, Siegfried was born on January 15, 1926 in Essen, Germany. Son of Hermann Otto Feller and Rose Marie Vahle Krause. came to the United States 1927.

Education

Bachelor in English Literature, University of Michigan, 1950; Master of Arts in English, German, University of Michigan, 1951; Master of Science in Library. Science, University of Illinois, 1960.

Career

Manager, Bob Marshall's Book Shop, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1951-1955; partner, manager, Creative Bookmen, Riverside, California, 1955-1957; traveling representative, A.A. Lampl Art Books, Costa Mesa, California, 1958-1959; assistant acquisitions library, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1960-1961; chief acquisitions librarian, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1961-1963; chief acquisitions librarian, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1964-1967; chief bibliographer, associate director libraries collection development, U. Massachusetts Library., Amherst, 1967-1991. Consultant and lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Siegfried Feller has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1944-1946. Member American Library Association, Association College and Research Libraries (Western European specialists section International Relations Round Table), Center for Research Libraries (collection development officers advisory panel), Verein Deutsche Bibliothekare.

Interests

• Avocations: map collecting, jazz/blues recordings, cooking, stamp collecting.

Connections

Married Karen Wynell Bartok, April 15, 1961. Children: Geoffrey Alan, Bart Kendall.

Father:

Hermann Otto Feller

Mother:

Rose Marie Vahle Krause

Spouse:

Karen Wynell Bartok

child:

Bart Kendall Feller

child:

Geoffrey Alan Feller