Authors and Illustrators Database

Henry Ormal Severance

Born: 02/19/1867  St. Johns, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Died: 1942
Parents: Charles L. Severance, Louisa Severance
Children: Philip, Esther

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Palmer Hartsough: Singing School Teacher, Michigan Song Writer, and Minister private printing 1937
William Benjamin Smith : a friend of the University of Missouri Library Non Fiction Adult Columbia, Mo. : 1936
Missouri libraries, 1915-1935.
- Joint authors: Ada McDaniel Elliott [and] Ann Todd.
Non Fiction Adult Columbia, Mo., Missouri Library Association 1936
The Story of a Village Community
- Republished in 1976 by Commerce Township Area Historical Society.
Non Fiction Adult G.E. Stechert 1931
Michigan Trailmakers Michigan History Adult George Wahr 1930
History of the library, University of Missouri Non Fiction Adult Columbia, University of Missouri 1928
The Severance genealogy; the Benjamin, Charles, and Lewis lines of the seventh generation Non Fiction Adult Columbia, Mo., Lucas Brothers 1927
A library primer for high schools Non Fiction Adult Lucas brothers 1927
Books for Journalism Students Non Fiction Adult University of Missouri 1914
A guide to the current periodicals and serials of the United States and Canada, 1907
- Updates published 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1914.
Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor, Mich., G. Wahr 1907
Other writings:
- Articles inThe Huron County Tribune, Michigan Normal College News, Library Journal, University of Michigan Monthly Bulletin, American Library Association Bulletin, The Grail, others
Non Fiction Adult

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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Honorary Degree, Master of Pedagogy, Michigan Normal School, 1911 1911
Honorary President of Columbia Library Club.
Honorary consultant, Library of Congress.

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd ed. 1993
Who Was Who among North American Authors
Who Was Who in America.

Memberships:

Name Date
American Literary Yearbook
Honorary member of the Eugene Field Society, the Kiwanis Club of Columbia, Missouri.

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Letters (Litt. D.) Central College Fayette, MO 1929
Master of Arts (A.M.) 1899
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 1897
B. Pd. 1894
Michigan Normal School 1891
Michigan Agricultural College East Lansing, MI

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Founder, president
- Book Review Club, 1931.
Columbia (Missouri) Library Club Columbia, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1907
Librarian
- retired
University of Missouri Columbia, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1907-1937
Student Assistant, Librarian
- senior year (1899)-1906.
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1906
Organized, first president Ann Arbor (Michigan) Library Club 1903
Superintendent Lakeview Schools Lakeview, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1891-1893
- Leadership positions in many associations like American Library Association

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