Theodore Bolton

Background

Bolton, Theodore was born on January 12, 1889 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Son of Benjamin Meade and Henrietta Louise (Liebau) Bolton.

Education

Student Corcoran School of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, 1908-1912. Diploma Pratt Institute, 1915. Library Science diploma, 1924.

Bachelor of Library Science, 1942.

Bachelor of Science in Education, New York University, 1937, Master of Arts, 1940. Harvard, summers, 1937, 39.

Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, 1955.

Career

Public Library, Washington, 1911-1913. Instructor in drawing, high schools, Brooklyn, 1915-1917. With Library of Congress, 1918-1921, Brooklyn Public Library, 1924-1926.

Librarian Century Club since 1926.

Achievements

• Theodore Bolton has been listed as a notable librarian, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Library Association, New York Library.

Connections

Married Helen Stevens, 1930.

Father:

Benjamin Meade Bolton

Mother:

Henrietta Louise (Liebau) Bolton

Spouse:

Helen Stevens