Nettie Barcroft Taylor (1914–2016) was the Maryland State Librarian for several decades (1960–1988).
Taylor was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, where she was the 1932 valedictorian of Haywood High School.
[1] In 1942, Taylor earned a master's degree in library science from the University of North Carolina, and she joined the Women's Army Corps, becoming the Command Librarian for the U.S. Army in Heidelberg, Germany.
[1] In 1948, Taylor was hired by the Maryland State Department of Education as supervisor for county and institutional libraries.
[3] In October 2016, Taylor died of respiratory failure at her home in Gwynn Oak, Maryland.