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I miss my library archive#
Now the San Diego Public Library wants to read and archive your letters on your experiences during the COVID pandemic or the current times of deep national reflection. Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library.Ĭoloring page #1 Coloring page #2 Coloring page #3ĭuring World War II, children incarcerated in internment camps wrote letters to their librarian, Clara Breed. Coloring pages #2 and #3 were created by the Los Angeles Public Library's Octavia Lab in celebration of heroes in California. Clara Breed was inducted into the California Library Hall of Fame in 2014.ĭownload and enjoy these pages. Their letters back to her-hundreds of which have been collected and digitized by the Japanese American National Museum-offer a child’s-eye view of the internment experience and are a testament to Breed’s remarkable integrity, public spirit, and devotion to her diverse library community. Breed herself maintained an active correspondence with dozens of Japanese American children, sending them books, personal items, and messages of support and encouragement. Her 1943 articles in The Horn Book and Library Journal were a call to action for library colleagues to lend whatever resources could be spared to improve incarcerated readers’ access to books and basic education.
I miss my library professional#
Miss Breed is perhaps best known, however, for her personal actions and professional advocacy on behalf of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. In 1955, she was named San Diego’s Woman of the Year. She also chaired the Newbery-Caldecott committee in the 1940s, and served as president of the Public Library Association, 1962-63. During that time, she oversaw the construction of a new central library, added multiple new branches, and launched the Serra Cooperative Library System.
After library school, she was immediately hired by the San Diego Public Library (SDPL), where she spent a total of 42 years, including 25 years as city librarian. From the California Library Hall of Fame: Born in Iowa, Clara Breed attended high school and college in Southern California before receiving her MLS from Case Western Reserve.
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