Herman H. Henkle

Herman H. Henkle (1900-1987) was a US librarian.

Herman Henkle
Credit: University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf1-02750

Life

Herman Henry Henkle was born on March 26, 1900 in Colorado Springs, CO. He graduated in zoology and chemistry from Whittier College, California, then at the University of California, Berkeley where he received a Certificate (1931) and an MA with a thesis on "Bibliographic descriptions of some classical contributions to the literature of anatomy" (1933) in library science.

Henkle worked in the Biology Library at Berkeley, 1930-1935; the as Associate at the University of Illinois library school, 1936-1937. From 1937 to 1942 Henkle was Professpr and Dorector of the Simmons College library school. He became Director of the Processing department of the the Library of Congress 1942-1947, then in 1947 librarian, later Executive Director, of the John Crerar Library, then an autonomous science library in Chicago until 1969.

He was also active as a library consultant and lectured at the University of Chicago Graduate School from 1950. He died on October 3, 1987 in Chicago.

Contributions

Herman Henkle contributed as a library administrator, educator, and consultant. He was associate editor of American Documentation and of the Library Quarterly.

Publications

Numeroous publications are listed in Google Scholar. [1]

• Bibliographic descriptions of some classical contributions to the literature of anatomy. MA thesis,
• In 1938, he wrote a book on chemical literature.
• "The Liberal Arts Function of the University Library." College & Research Libraries 2, no 1 (Dec 1940): 5-13. [2]
• Studies of descriptive cataloging: A report to the librarian of Congress by the director of the Processing Department ... Washington, DC: US Govt. Print Off., 1946.
• "The Classified Catalogue as an Aid to Research." Allerton Park Institute (6th: 1959). Champaign, IL: Illinois Union Bookstore, 1959, pp 42-52.

Offices

• American Association of Library Schools. President, 1941-42.
• Special Libraries Association. Executive Board, 1941-1947; President, 1945-46.
• American Documentation Institute. President, 1958.

Awards

• Whittier College. Hon. D. Litt., 1961.
• Special Libraries Association. Hall of Fame, 1971.

Papers

Location #1 University of Chicago Library, Special Collections

• Papers dates: 1947-1968
• Includes:
  • Archival records of the John Crerar Library, University of Chicago.
  • Includes Henkle's personal and professional papers, administrative correspondence, and articles and addresses for the period 1947-1968 (while he was director of the library)
• Finding aid: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.JCL&q=herman%20henkle#idp24653384
• Source: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.JCL&q=herman%20henkle#idp24653384