Howard Bernard Gotlieb
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Born | Oxford University | October 24, 1926
Howard Bernard Gotlieb, Ph.D. (October 24, 1926 – December 1, 2005) was an American archivist, and the founding director of Special Collections at
Gotlieb worked at
Early life and education
Gotlieb was born October 24, 1926, in a small Jewish community in
Gotlieb earned a
Career
After working for several years as a foreign correspondent for a small press agency in
He then worked as a curator of historical manuscripts at
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
Boston University's rare book and manuscript collections are held in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, formerly called the Twentieth Century Archives. The Research Center was renamed in his honor on the 40th anniversary of his appointment.[3] It is housed in the Mugar Library and is open to the public for research and viewing. Gotlieb's extensive correspondence, said to fill 100 filing cabinets, is being catalogued for availability by researchers.
Death
Gotlieb died December 1, 2005, at a Boston hospital at the age of 79. According to the university, the cause of death was complications from surgery. Private funeral services were held where he was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
References
- ^ Eric Homberger, [1], “Howard Gotlieb -He schmoozed the stars to build an archive of American life as it actually was.”, December 13, 2005.
- ^ The Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection at Boston University
- ^ "About - Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center". archives.bu.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-30.