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Adam Strohm

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Nationality
  
Swedish-American

Occupation
  
Librarian

Born
  
1871
Venersborg, Sweden

Known for
  
President of the American Library Association

Died
  
30 October 1951, Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Adam Julius Strohm (1871 - October 30, 1951) was a Swedish-American librarian. He was born in Venersborg, Sweden and came to the United States in 1892. He was educated at the University of Upsala, Sweden, and the University of Illinois. Strohm served as chief librarian of the Detroit Public Library from 1912 until his retirement in 1941. Prior to moving to Detroit, he served as librarian at the University of Illinois.

He was recognized as a pioneer of introducing branch libraries to public libraries. Strohm served as President of the American Library Association from 1930 to 1931.

Strohm died after a heart attack in Asheville, North Carolina.

Publications

  • Bibliography of Cooperative Cataloguing and the Printing of Catalogue Cards (1903)
  • Efficiency of the Library Staff and Scientific Management Bulletin of the American Library Association, V. 6 (1912)

    • References

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