Hannah Johnson Howell

Hannah Johnson Howell (22 June 1905 – 21 May 1988) was the third Chief Librarian of the Frick Art Reference Library.

Education

Howell graduated from Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1925. She received a Bachelor of Philosophy from the University Chicago in 1927 and a graduate degree from the school of Library Service at Columbia University in 1928.

Career

In 1928, the year of her graduation from library school, Howell began her career at the Frick Art Reference Library. She originally worked in the Photoarchive, but later became the reference librarian of the Library's reading room. After her retirement from the Library, she worked as a consultant librarian.

Publications

"The Frick Art Reference Library." College Art Journal XI, no. 2 (1951): 123–6.