Английская Википедия:Etta Josselyn Giffin
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Esther "Etta" Josselyn Giffin (July 31, 1863 – July 29, 1932), sometimes seen as Etta Josselyn Giffen, was an American librarian. She was the first director of the National Library for the Blind in Washington, D.C., and a delegate to several international conferences on libraries and services for blind people.
Early life and education
Giffin was born in Newark, Ohio, and raised in Ottawa, Kansas.[1][2]
Career
Giffin was the first director of the National Library for the Blind in Washington, D.C. Beginning in 1897 with basic braille texts and a reading room at the Library of Congress,[3] she built a large and diverse collection of materials and established an entertainment schedule, including public readings, game tables with adapted cards and boards,[4] and musical concerts, including works and performances by blind musicians and composers. She raised funds,[5] and hired blind braille copyists to transcribe audio materials.[6][7] The reading room was closed in 1911,[8] and the library was incorporated as an independent organization in 1912, with Giffin as its director.[9][10][11]
Giffin gave a lecture about her work at the American Association of Workers for the Blind, held in Boston in 1907.[12] She was a delegate to at least five International Conferences on the Blind, in Brussels (1902),[13] Edinburgh (1905), Manchester (1908),[1] Vienna (1910),[14] Cairo (1911),[15][16] and London (1914).[17][18] "I am happy to state that practical aid for the blind is finding its way rapidly into all parts of the world," she told a newspaper in 1911 on her return from Cairo.[19] During and after World War I, she arranged for recreational and rehabilitation materials to be provided to military hospitals for American soldiers blinded in battle.[6]
Publications
- "Reading Room for the Blind, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C." (1907)[12]
- "National Library for the Blind" (1925)[20]
Personal life
Giffin died in 1932, two days before her 69th birthday.[21] She was the subject of a posthumous biography, Etta Josselyn Giffin: Pioneer Librarian for the Blind (1959) by Victoria Faber Stevenson, with an introduction by Helen Keller.[22]
References
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