Historical records matching Ruth Pauline Goldschmidt
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About Ruth Pauline Goldschmidt
In 1948, Rev. M. Elton was designated Librarian of [Jews] College, and a young Miss Ruth P. Lehmann, a prospective student of librarianship, was employed as Assistant Librarian. [Ruth] was born in Altona, near Hamburg, in 1930, and came to London in 1939. She was appointed Acting Librarian in 1954 and Chief Librarian in 1955. In 1973, on her marriage to Josef Goldschmidt, a Member of the Knesset, she moved to Jerusalem. (Source)
Ruth Pauline Lehmann, born in Altona (near Hamburg) in 1930, emigrated to England in 19309, was appointed Assistant Librarian at Jews’ College in 1948 and in 1954 became its first Chartered Librarian and Acting Librarian. She was promoted to Chief Librarian in 1955, received a Special Diploma in Hebrew Palacography and Epigraphy at SOAS in 1956 and in 1964 was elected a Fellow of the Library Association. In 1973, after twenty five years at the College, during which time, according to Ezra Kahn, the present Librarian, she ‘put the Library on a proper footing and introduced scientific methods of librarianship’, she moved to Jerusalem on her marriage to Josef Goldschmidt, a Member of Knesset, and thereafter published under her married name Ruth P. Goldschmidt-Lehmann. She is remembered for exemplifying her own definition of her profession (in an article on ‘Librarianship’, no. A24): ‘Librarianship is the art of knowing where information may be found and the practice of making it available, in one form or another, for the use of those who need it’. She was active in numerous communal and professional organizations, besides this Society (In Memoriam: Ruth P. Goldschmidt-Lehmann, 1930—2002)
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Ruth Pauline Goldschmidt's Timeline
| 1930 |
February 11, 1930
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Altona, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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| 2002 |
January 5, 2002
Age 71
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London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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