Librarians of the Past

I've recently been doing some work for the UIUC University Archives, digitizing a selection of photographs that detail the history of what eventually evolved into the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. So far I've made it up to about the mid 1920s. It's fascinating to see the people who have made the profession what it is today. And it's even more fascinating to imagine some of the stories behind the photographs. More of the collection can be seen in the University of Illinois Archives.