Helen Rex Keller
Born1877 Edit this on Wikidata
Died21 January 1967 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 89–90)
New Paltz Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationLibrarian, writer Edit this on Wikidata
Employer

Helen Rex Keller (August 13, 1876 – January 21, 1967) was an American librarian and author of reference books.[1][2] Her works included a two volume dictionary of dates.[3]

Keller edited and wrote the preface for the Library of the World's Best Literature, a 30-volume reference work with synopses of works of literature.[4] It was a continuation and expanded version of the Warner Library first published in 1897 with various editions up to 1917 edited by Charles Dudley Warner. She also authored a Dictionary of Dates divided into two volumes for the "old world" and "new world",[5][6] and also authored the Readers's Digest of Books which provides summaries of about 1,500 books.[1][7]

Keller taught classes in library economy at Columbia University[8] and was the librarian for its journalism school.

She died in New Paltz, New York, in 1967.[1]

Bibliography

  • The dictionary of dates (1934) by Helen Rex Keller, Macmillan Company, New York[9]
  • Library of the World's Best Literature, editor

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Helen Rex Keller, 90, Dies; Was Librarian and author". The New York Times. January 24, 1967. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Helen Rex Keller". bartleby.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ (November 20, 1934). Kirkus Reviews (Dictionary of Dates), Kirkus Reviews
  4. ↑ "Helen Rex Keller (1877–1967)". bartleby.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Dictionary of Dates by Keller, Helen Rex". biblio.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ (December 9, 1934). Dictionary of Dates (review), The New York Times
  7. ↑ Khan, Masood Ali. The Principles and Practice of Library Science, pp. 348–49 (1996)
  8. ↑ Cutter, Charles Ammi (1920). "Library Journal".
  9. ↑ Copyright Office, Library of Congress (1935). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1934".
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