Elizabeth Nesbitt

[4] Elizabeth Nesbitt was born on April 15, 1897, in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, north of Harrisburg on the Susquehanna River, United States.

[3] In 1948 she was appointed as associate dean of the Carnegie Library School, and she held this position until her retirement in 1962.

[9] Elizabeth Nesbitt co-authored A Critical History of Children's Literature, which remains “a landmark publication” in the field.

[10] Elizabeth Nesbitt received numerous awards and honors for her contributions in the field of library sciences and children's literature.

[11][8] These include In her honor, in 1976, the University of Pittsburgh named a room at the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences, as the Elizabeth Nesbitt Room, which houses an important historical collection of children's books.