{"id":1895,"date":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1895"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"schenk, gretchen knief, 1901-  ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1895","title":{"rendered":"SCHENK, GRETCHEN KNIEF, 1901-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Librarian.  Born&#8211;  Oct. 1, 1901, in Milwaukee, Wis.  Parents&#8211;  Frederick Constantine  and Dora (Mueller) Knief.  Married&#8211;  Franz Shenk, June 15, 1942.  Education&#8211;  University of California in Los Angeles, B.A.; University of Illinois, B.S. (library science).  Librarian in Milwaukee, Los Angeles (city and county libraries), Santa Monica, Sisjkiyou Co. Library (Calif.), Kern Co. (Calif.), and Washington State Library; after 1945 library consultant, Summerdale, Ala.; directed several library surveys. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s Who of American Women, 1964; Who&#8217;s Who in Library Science, 1955.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Amarillo Public Library;  Present Needs and Future Projections&#8211;A Survey.                       Amarillo, Tex.;  Friends of Amarillo Public Library, 1967. <\/p>\n<p>     &#8220;Choose Ye Excellence&#8221;;  Report on a Survey of Public Library Services in the City and County      of Lubboc, Texas.  Summerdale, Ala.;  s.n., 1965. <\/p>\n<p>     Corsicana&#8217;s Public Library Service;  Steps toward Meeting Standards of Excellence in the      1970&#8217;s.  Corsicana, Tex.;  s.n., 1968. <\/p>\n<p>     County and Regional Library Development.  Chicago;  American Library Association, 1954. <\/p>\n<p>     A Development Program for the Brazoria County Library.  Angleton, Tex.;  s.n., 1963. <\/p>\n<p>     Public Library Service for Victoria, Texas;  Present Needs, Future Developments.  Victoria,      Tex.;  s.n., 1968. <\/p>\n<p>     Public Library Service in Birmingham and Jefferson County, Alabama;  a Report.  S.l.;  s.n.,      1962. <\/p>\n<p>     Public Library Service in Missouri;  a Survey, Summary Report.  Jefferson City, Mo.;  s.n.,      1962. <\/p>\n<p>     Public Library Service in Nevada;  a Survey with Recommendations.   Carson City, Nev.;  s.n.,      1958. <\/p>\n<p>     Public Library Services in Pierce County, Washington;  Report on a Survey of Tacoma, Wash.       Tacoma, Wash.;  s.n., 1965. <\/p>\n<p>     A Regional Public Library System for the Lower Rio Grande Valley;  a Proposal with      Recommendations.  S.l.;  s.n., 1966. <\/p>\n<p>     Report of a Survey of Carnegie Library, Abilene, Texas.  Abilene, Tex.;  s.n., 1955. <\/p>\n<p>     Rockingham County Library, Past-Present-Future;  a Survey.  Rockingham County, N.C.;  The      Library, 1958. <\/p>\n<p>     Survey of Extension Activities of the Illinois State Library, May 16-31, 1956.  Urbana, Ill.;       University of Illinois, Graduate Library School, 1956. <\/p>\n<p>     Survey of the Arkansas Library Commission and the Public Libraries of Arkansas.  Summerdale,      Ala.;  s.n., 1964. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography: Librarian. Born&#8211; Oct. 1, 1901, in Milwaukee, Wis. Parents&#8211; Frederick Constantine and Dora (Mueller) Knief. Married&#8211; Franz Shenk, June 15, 1942. Education&#8211; University of California in Los Angeles, B.A.; University of Illinois, B.S. (library science). Librarian in Milwaukee, Los Angeles (city and county libraries), Santa Monica, Sisjkiyou Co. Library (Calif.), Kern Co. 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