Alice Isabel Hazeltine

Born in Warren, Pennsylvania, in 1878, Alice Isabel Hazeltine became an influential American librarian, writer, and editor. She studied at Syracuse University and the New York State Library School, building a career centered on bringing books and storytelling to children.

Hazeltine worked in major library systems including Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Providence, and St. Louis, and later taught at Columbia University's School of Library Service from 1927 to 1943. She was especially known for promoting storytelling, fairy tales, and folk traditions as an important part of children's library work.

Alongside her teaching, she edited and wrote books for young readers and for librarians, including collections of legends, poems, and stories for children and teenagers. Her work helped define children's librarianship in the United States, and many of her anthologies continued to circulate long after her lifetime.