Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1922-01-31
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MISS CAMPBELL RETURNS TO
VIRGINIA.

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MISS CAMPBELL RETURNS TO
VIRGINIA.
"Lynchburg has ground work for
just as good library as is in the
country" said Miss j. Maude Camp
bell, who has arrived from Massa-
chusetts to take charge as librarian
of Jones Memorial Library.
Miss Campbell, whose mother was
Ia Miss Cameron, sister of the late
George Cameron, of Petersburg, was
born in England of Scotch parent
age, her parents having met and
married in Petersburg and later
carried an invalid son to England for
his health. Here Miss Campbell was
born, and was educated in Scotland
at the Ladies' college, connected
with the University of Edinburgh,
Scotland. She had also attended the
Powell school, in Richmond. The
family lived in Richmond, Peters
burg and other places in Virginia.
'It was only after long considera-
ton on the part of the board of free
pubic library commissioners, and
with deep and sincere regret, were
they wiling to release Miss J. Maude
Campbell from her duties as agent
for work with aliens in the libraries
of the commonwealth. For over
seven years Miss Campbell has been
doing pioneer work in the state with
marked success, a success all the
more pronounced because so much of
her work has been done under con-
ditions that were not satisfactory,
with small appropriations, and some
times contending against hostilitles
open or concealed. She has won the
esteem and good will of library
trustees and friends of Libraries
throughout Massachusetts. Libra
rians and library assistants hold her
in affection and feel that it will be
lopg before her place can be salts
factorily filled in the commonwealth.
81 wish to express to you, on be-
/ half of the board of commissioners,
their ppleasure in the fact that Miss
! Campbell is to be at the head of the
Jones Memorial Library and that she
is to be given a free hand. The
/ board rejoices in the opportunity for
the fine constructive work that
awaits her in Virginia, and bespeaks
for her your cooperation and consid-
Grafton. You have secured one of
/ the eading women executives and
librarians in the country and her
/ host of friends know that she will
make a success of which you will
have Just reason to be proud.
/ ''In closing / can say that some
time in the future Massachusetts,
hopes hat it may be able again to in
due eMiss Campbell to return within
ts borders Lynchburg News.
| cit was with feeling akin to con-
Sternation that the librarian of Mass
nchusetts learned that the Board OF
Free Library Commissioners had &C
cepted the resignation of Miss j.
Maude Campbell, who has so accept
ABLY served as Agent to direct edu-
cational work for the benefit of the
alien population in the public librar-
les of he Commonwealth. For more
than seven years-Seven years and
four months to be exact--Mlss
4 Campbell has been making a study
of the many problems involved IN
This important field of Americaniza-
ton and citizenship. She has be
come ldUlllldt anu WCASOIhN 70 -
in the many libraries of Massachu
sets, where she has been Of the
greatest value in suggesting and Sc
llecting books in many languages fol
the alien residents, where she has
cooperated with existing association.
has visited the foreign societies II
the various towns and cities and en-
couraged the use fthe local library
and has interested librarians, as wei
las trustees, teachers and others II
the furthermore of their activities
with thew Americans" Not onl.
has the success of Miss Campbell
been marked at home. but she ha
gained an enviable reputation
throughout the United States ant
Canada, for many problems hay'
been presented to her for solution
from beyond the borders of tn
Commonwealth The fact that sh
stands in the forefront of hbrar.
work with aliens, and that the Mas
sachusetts Commission was the pic
neer in undertaking work in thi
particular field, makes her withdraw
al all the more to be regretted. p
Massachusetts Library Bulletin.
Under the wills of the late Dir. an
3 Mrs. George M. Jones, the Lynch
burg Library has recently receive
an endowment of about tire
quarters of a million dollars. 1t
planned to make it the model librar
Of the South. Miss Campbell, VIII
l. sister of Hon. VIM. Campbell