Carpenter, Kenneth E(dward)

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CARPENTER, Kenneth E(dward)

CARPENTER, Kenneth E(dward). American, b. 1936. Genres: Librarianship. Career: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, assistant in reading room at Houghton Library, 1959-61, assistant to the librarian, 1961-62; Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, reference librarian, 1962-63; Harvard University, assistant to the editor of Bibliography of American Literature at Houghton Library, 1963-67, associate of Kress Library, 1967-68, curator, 1968-80, research and publications librarian, 1980-84, assistant director for research resources, 1984-. Publications: (with P. Barucci and others) Italian Economic Literature in the Kress Library, 1985; The First 350 Years of the Harvard University Library, 1986. EDITOR: British Labour Struggles: Contemporary Pamphlets, 1727-1850, 32 vols, 1975; Books and Society in History: Papers of the Association of College and Research Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts Preconference, 24-28 June, 1980, Boston, Massachusetts, 1983. Address: Library, Wadsworth House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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