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50 Law Libr. J. 88 (1957)
Frederick C. Hicks: Scholar-Librarian

handle is hein.journals/llj50 and id is 98 raw text is: Frederick C. Hicks: Scholar-Librarian by WILLIAM R. ROALPE, Librarian Northwestern University School of Law Ours is a living task, replete with opportunity.' I. Author As most persons interested in law library service today have not had the privilege of knowing Frederick C. Hicks personally, their conception of his character and service will in all probability be derived almost entirely from one or more of his written con- tributions. It may, therefore, be well to begin this biographical sketch by dealing first with him as an author. Had Frederick C. Hicks written but one book, his Materials and Methods of Legal Research, his claim to distinction would have been estab- lished, for this book was not only a landmark in the field of Anglo-Ameri- can legal bibliography but, in its three editions,2 it became an indis- pensable tool in every law library for many years and even today it is a use- ful supplement to other books that have largely supplanted it for con- temporary purposes. However, his great interest in books, his capacity for methodical and sustained research and his scholarly ability, so admirably reflected in this volume, also flowered in a multiplicity of publications large and small that flowed from his pen 1. Hicks, President's Address, American As- sociation of Law Libraries. 13 L. LID. _. 21 at 23 (1920). 2. The original edition was published in 1923. This was followed by a second revised and en- larged edition in 1933 and a third revised edition in 1942. over a span of forty-six years. In terms of sheer quantity the record is impressive, for he must be credited with twenty books3 as author or edi- tor; fifty-two articles and bibliogra- phies appearing in twenty-three dif- ferent periodicals; twelve contribu- tions appearing in leaflet or pamphlet form; sixteen in encyclopedias, collec- tions of essays, etc.; twenty in the form of reports as librarian or com- mittee chairman; and nineteen book reviews.4 3. In two or three instances some persons might not classify the contributions as books. However, most of them are clearly books by any standard. 4. For a complete list, except for tho publications listed below, see Bibliography of Books and Articlcs by Frederick C. Hicks, 37 L. LTD. ;. 19 (1944). REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1914. Colum. bia University, 1914. 21p. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LAW LIBRARIAN FOR ThE ACADEMIC YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1915. Colum- bia University, 1915. 10p. Charles Anderson Boston, in 21 DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN IOGeRAPHY 98-99 (1944). William Stryker Gummerc, in 21 DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY 365-366 (1944). Report of Librarian, in REPORTS OF THE DEAN AND OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1942-1943, pp. 25.43, (Bul- letin of Yale University, Series 39, no. 20, October 15, 1943.) WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, YALE PROFESSOR OF LAW AND NEW HAVEN CITIZEN. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1945. xiv, ISp. Report of Librarian, in REPORTS OF THE DEAN AND OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE SCIHOOL OF LAW FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1943-1944, pp. 23- 35. (Bulletin of Yale University, Series 40, no. 20, October 15, 1944.) Review of: Studyig Law, by Arthur T. Vander- bilt. 20 CONNECTICUT BAR JOURNAL 190.192 (1946).

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