Kathyrn P. Carr

Received MLS from Atlanta University. Began career with the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) at Malabar Branch (first Black librarian to work in a non-Black community). Served in various branches advancing to Regional Librarian. Employed by UCLA to organize and develop a library for the Federal Advance Teachers College, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Returned to LAPL as a Principal Librarian, Catalog Department, and later as Regional Librarian in Western Region. Served on Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Committee to Study the Feasibility of the Central Library Project and on various committees of the California Library Association and the American Library Association.