Medical Library Association | Fellows and Honorary Members : MLA Awards and Honors

MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Helen Crawford, 1906–1994

Fellowship Conferred: 1974

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Past President’s Council, Chair, 1973–1974
Vice President/President Elect, President, Past President 1971–1974
Board of Directors, Member, 1960–1964
Committee on the Central Office, Member, 1971–1974
Medical Libraries Group, Chair, 1958–1959
Exchange Committee, 1962–1965; Chair, 1963–1965

Chapter

Midwest Regional Chapter
- Executive Board, Chair, 1958–1959
- Annual Meeting Program Chair, 1954, l957, 1970

Other Accomplishments and Activities

Acquired large portions of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh’s Library for the University of Wisconsin
Planned and oversaw construction of the William S. Middleton Medical Library, 1966

Honors and Awards

MLA

Fellow 1974
MLA Most Notable, 1998
Certified Librarians, Charter member

Other Awards

Wisconsin State Medical Association, Presidential Citation, 1962
University of Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association, Emeritus Faculty Award, 1981
Phi Beta Kappa

Publications (5 representative)

Articles published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association or Journal of the Medical Library Association are available via PubMed Central.

Crawford H. Presidential address: crossroads. Proceedings, Seventy-second Annual Meeting, Medical Library Association, Kansas City, Missouri, May 27–31, 1973. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1974 Apr;62(2):177–249. [cited 28 May 2012].
Crawford, H. The Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh: sale of its library at Sotheby’s. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1970 Oct;58(4):531–47. [cited 28 May 2012] .

Positions

Consultant, Health Sciences Library, Texas Tech University–Lubbock, 1971–1972
Medical Librarian and Associate Professor, William S. Middleton Health Sciences Library, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1966–1971
Librarian in Charge, School of Medicine Library, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1945–1966

MLA published statements about the fellow

Holtz V. Helen Crawford, 1906–1994 [obituary]. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1995 Apr;83(2):267–9. [cited 28 May 2012].
Overmier J. Transcript of oral interview with Helen Crawford: 21 Nov 1978. (Print copies of the oral history can be found through the Regional Medical Libraries. An oral history summary and photo are available at http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/crawford_h.html. [cited 28 May 2012].)
Awards ceremony. Proceedings, Seventy-third Annual Meeting Medical Library Association, Inc. San Antonio, Texas, June 2–6, 1974. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1975 Jan;63(1):144–7. [cited 28 May 2012] .
Holtz V. Helen Crawford, President, Medical Library Association, 1972–1973. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1972 Jul;60(3):496–8. [cited 28 May 2012].

Education

MLS, Graduate School of Library Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1945
BS, Library Sciences, Simmons College, Atlanta, GA
BA, German, University of North Dakota

Contributed by Charles Sargent, 2012

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