Frances Neel Cheney
Frances Neel Cheney | |
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| Born | Frances Neel August 19, 1906 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Died | May 6, 1996 (aged 89) |
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| Spouse | Brainard Cheney |
Frances Neel Cheney (August 19, 1906 – May 6, 1996)
Early life and education
Frances Neel Cheney was born on August 19, 1906 in Washington, D.C. to Thomas Meeks Neel, a mechanical engineer, and Carrier Tucker Neel, the niece of the confederate soldier, Sam Davis.[1] The family moved frequently: first to Fitzgerald, Georgia from 1911 to 1913, then to Pittsburgh for the next six years where Cheney attended Wilkinsburg Public Schools, and finally to Newberry, South Carolina, her father's birthplace, where she attended high school.[2] Cheney's father had an unsuccessful career in agriculture and died of pneumonia in February 1927.[3]
Cheney enrolled in Vanderbilt University, her father's alma mater, in the fall of 1924, with the intention to study social work. She managed the Tri-Delt sorority house.[4] At Vanderbilt, Cheney took courses in history, Latin paleography, and English literature.[5] She studied under John Crowe Ransom. Ultimately, she graduated with her BA in sociology in 1928.[3]
During her junior year, she met her future husband, Brainard Cheney, who was then a young reporter for the Nashville Banner. The two married on June 21, 1928, one week after graduation.[4]
She received a Bachelor of Science degree in library science from Peabody Library School in 1934. After briefly studying college and university library administration at the University of Chicago in 1936, she earned her M.S. in library science from Columbia University in 1940.[1]
References
- ^ a b Dodge, Robin; Richardson Jr., John V. (2003). "Cheney, Frances Neel (1906-1996)". In Davis Jr., Donald G. (ed.). Dictionary of American Library Biography, Second Supplement. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 47–49. ISBN 1563088681.
- ^ Gleaves, Edwin S. (1983). "A Frances Neel Cheney Chronology". In Gleaves, Edwin S.; Tucker, John Mark (eds.). Reference Services and Library Education: Essays in Honor of Frances Neel Cheney. Lexington Books. pp. 19–22. ISBN 0669053201.
- ^ a b Gleaves, Edwin S. (1983). "Pleased to Teach and Yet Not Proud to Know: A Profile of the Life and Career of Frances Neel Cheney". In Gleaves, Edwin S.; Tucker, John Mark (eds.). Reference Services and Library Education: Essays in Honor of Frances Neel Cheney. Lexington Books. pp. 5–18. ISBN 0669053201.
- ^ a b Green, Etha (May–August 1963). "Our Frontispiece: Frances Neel Cheney". Bulletin of Bibliography. 24 (1): 1–3.
- ^ Parks, Martha (October 1956). "Designer of the New Look: Frances Neel Cheney". Tennessee Librarian: Quarterly Journal of the Tennessee Library Association. 9: 3–4. ISSN 0162-1564.