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Kenneth A. Lohf
1925–2002
A gifted rare-book librarian and literary scholar, he spent four decades at Columbia University helping turn its Rare Book and Manuscript Library into one of the country’s great research collections. He was also a poet, bibliographer, and collector whose love of books reached far beyond the library walls.
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Sherwood Anderson : $b a bibliography
by Eugene P. (Eugene Paul) Sheehy, Kenneth A. Lohf
About the author
Born in Milwaukee in 1925, Kenneth A. Lohf built a long career around rare books, archives, and literary scholarship. He studied at Northwestern University and later at Columbia, where he earned graduate degrees and went on to spend about 40 years working in the university’s libraries.
Lohf is best remembered for his work at Columbia’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library, which he led for many years before retiring in 1993. Accounts from Columbia describe him as a central figure in expanding the library’s holdings and shaping its special collections, while also noting his work as a poet, bibliographer, collector, and literary scholar.
Beyond his library career, he wrote and compiled bibliographies and was active in the world of book collecting and literary institutions. He died in New York City in 2002, leaving behind a reputation for deep learning, generosity, and a lifelong devotion to books.