Thank God for the New York Times making their archives available on the web. While doing some research I ran across this little gem from 1912:
“THERE is a certain type of girl who seems born to be a librarian. She is ambitious, but not specially creative; fond of books, but with no marked aptitude for writing; intelligent and well educated, but not inclined to take up the work of a teacher, with its heavy demands and its cramping limitations, or to go into an office where literary tastes are usually at a discount.”
A worthwhile read:
Thanks Dave! This is great, and I’m sharing it with all my librarian friends. I liked the last lines too, about librarians dying poor – some things never change!