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Kenneth A. Lohf
1925–2002
A lifelong champion of rare books and literary archives, this Columbia librarian helped turn one of the university’s special collections into a major research destination. He was also a poet, bibliographer, and collector whose love of books shaped both scholarship and library history.
1 Audiobook
Sherwood Anderson : a bibliography
by Eugene P. (Eugene Paul) Sheehy, Kenneth A. Lohf
About the author
After serving in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, Kenneth A. Lohf built a long career at Columbia University Libraries, where he worked for about 40 years and eventually led the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. He retired in 1993, having played a major role in expanding and strengthening Columbia’s rare books and special collections.
Beyond library work, he was known as a poet, literary scholar, bibliographer, and collector. His professional papers show deep interests in writers including Hart Crane, Marianne Moore, Joseph Conrad, Frank Norris, and Sherwood Anderson, and he also taught a seminar in rare books at Columbia’s School of Library Service.
Lohf was widely respected in the world of books and manuscripts, including through leadership in the Grolier Club, a prominent society for book collectors and bibliophiles. He died in New York City on May 9, 2002, at age 77.