Charles Brown, librarian at the Des Peres Branch since March 1970, whose efforts have made the library somewhat of a neighborhood center, left the Des Peres Branch in mid-April. He is taking a position with the public library system of Newark, New Jersey.
A native of St. Louis he attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and while librarian studied at the Washington University night school. During his term at Des Peres Branch, a teen corner was introduced as well as a large space for the younger children to spread out in, a Black History Club and a Young Writers’ Club began.
Mrs. Patricia Smith, who has been at the Carondelet Branch is replacing Mr. Brown. She lived in Kentucky before coming to St. Louis and reports she is looking forward to working at the Des Peres Branch.
Originally published in The Paper, May 1971.
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