From the Archives ... A Symposium on Librarianship, 1951

With SLA celebrating its centennial in 2009, the Southern California Chapter will periodically feature historical material from its rich archives.

Photo by Kero Antoyan, Los Angeles

Luther Evans, the Librarian of Congress (second from right) and Clarence R. graham, President of the American Library Association (second from left) were guests of the Special Libraries Association, Southern California Chapter, at their meeting, May 26, 1951. S.L.A. Chapter President, Kathleen S. Edwards (center), Librarian of the Farmers Insurance Group, presided. Both Dr. Evans and Mr. Graham addressed the S.L.A. meeting which took place at the Pacific Aeronautical library of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in Los Angeles. They were in L.A. taking part in a symposium on librarianship held at the University of California at Los Angeles. U.C.L.A. Acting Librarian Robert Vosper is first from the left. At the far right is Edwin T. Coman, Jr., Librarian of the University of California at Riverside, who also addressed the meeting.