History of the book
Subtitle: thirty years at UC Berkeley's School of Librarianship and study of early American printers, 1963-1993
By: Robert D. Harlan ; with an introduction by Fay M. Blake. Interviews conducted by Laura McCreery in 2000. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: McCreery, Laura.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2001
Subjects: University of California, Berkeley. School of Librarianship -- History.; Librarians -- California -- Interviews.; Printers -- United States -- Study and teaching.; Rare books -- Study and teaching.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Library School oral history series.
Description: Early life and education in Nebraska and at the University of Michigan; army service during World War II; dissertation on William Strahan; faculty career at University of Southern California library school (1960-1963) and UC Berkeley's School of Librarianship (1963-1993); teaching of reference and bibliography; serving as associate dean of the School of Librarianship; deanships of Raynard Swank, Patrick Wilson, Michael Buckland; scholarly studies of David Magee, John Henry Nash, and other American fine printers; rare books and The Bancroft Library.