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THE PROFESSIONAL
K.C. HARRISONAlthough this profile will attempt to look at various of the activities of this many‐sided man, our first concern will be with his years at Westminster. McColvin was appointed…
THE COLLECTION BUILDER
P.M. de PARISIn August 1947 I had the good fortune to be offered a post at Westminster Public Libraries. No doubt I flatter myself, but I regard it as an example of Lionel McColvin's…
THE INFORMATION PROVIDER
R.L. COLLISONThe annual Drama Festival at Welwyn Garden City provided me with my first sighting of Lionel McColvin. In the spring of 1931 I walked over from Knebworth to see McColvin stage his…
THE CHIEF
W.R. MAIDMENTWhen I joined the Library Association in 1935 Lionel Roy McColvin was its Honorary Secretary. He was also Chief Librarian of Hampstead, a post I was myself to occupy some…
THE CASE‐MAKER
In arguing the case for libraries in general terms, McColvin was clearly eloquent and forceful. How well did the libraries he controlled fare in the annual contest for funds…