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Edwin Castagna Collection, 1909-1983
10/29/98 T10/23/98 T02/28/91 T02/19/91 T
Collection Overview

Title:

Edwin Castagna Collection, 1909-1983

Creator/Contributor:

Castagna, Edwin, 1909-, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Bryan, James E.

Creator/Contributor:

Carner, Charles R.

Creator/Contributor:

Clift, David H.

Creator/Contributor:

Coplan, Kate

Creator/Contributor:

Eshelman, Wm. R., 1921-

Creator/Contributor:

Foster, Emery M.

Creator/Contributor:

Gaver, Mary Virginia, 1906-1991

Creator/Contributor:

Krug, Judith F., 1940-2009

Creator/Contributor:

Maggeroli, Phyllis

Creator/Contributor:

Schick, Frank Leopold, 1918-1992

Creator/Contributor:

Stevenson, Grace T.

Creator/Contributor:

Wolff, Stewart M.

Abstract:

Clippings, notes, articles, speeches, interviews, correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, periodicals, reprints, genealogy, personal journals, travel journals.

Date:

1909 (issued)

Subject:

Castagna, Edwin -- 1909-
Library science -- United States -- Societies, etc
Censorship
World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare
Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Librarians -- United States

Note:

Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.
Born in Petaluma, California, in 1909, Edwin Castagna graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, Library School and directed libraries in Reno, Nevada; and Ukiah, Glendale, and Long Beach in California. As director of the Enoch Pratt Library in 1960-1977, Castagna began a Baltimore inner-city outreach program, took over the Peabody Library, and made Pratt the state library resource center. He was known as a staunch defender of the right to read as fundamental to human liberty.
Castagna was president of the Nevada and California Library Associations. He served as president of ALA in 1964-1965 and chaired the Committee on Legislation in 1966-1968. He died November 26, 1983, in Baltimore.
CSL Manuscript Summary Sheets

Physical Description:

40

Language:

English

Identifier:

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.