Dictionary of Art HistoriansFull Name
Boothe, Louise Worthington
Other Names
Louise W Boothe
Louise W. Boothe
Louise Worthington
Louise Boothe
Gender
Date Died
April 1974
Place Died
Home Country
Subject Area
Overview
Scholar of Moorish and Moroccan art; librarian at the public library of Toronto. Boothe was also a member of the ALA (American Library Association) and served on its Adult Education Roundtable in the 1940s. During her life, she lived in Canada and Geneva, Switzerland.
Selected Bibliography
- "Madame Rossignol." The North American Review 228, no. 3 (1929): 367-75.;
- "The evolution of Moorisch Art". Gazette Des Beaux-Arts / Fondée Par Charles Blanc. 6: 113-122, 1945;
- Luce, Stephen B., and Alexei Okladnikov. "Archaeological Digest." American Journal of Archaeology 50, no. 3 (1946): 405-20. doi:10.2307/499462, 1946;
- "The Medersas of Morocco". Gazette Des Beaux-Arts / Fondée Par Charles Blanc. 5-36, 1950;
- Venetian night. New York: Vantage Press, 1966;
Sources
- "[Handbook]." ALA Bulletin 36, no. 15 (1942): H2-H418. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25691571, 1942;
- "[Handbook]." ALA Bulletin 37, no. 13 (1943): H2-H420. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25691749, 1943;
- Special to The New York Times. "DULLES' DEPARTURE SET FOR TOMORROW." New York Times (1923-Current File). https://login.proxy.lib.duke.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/dulles-departure-set-tomorrow/docview/113413426/se-2?accountid=10598, Jul 12, 1955;
- WikiLeaks, Death of Louise Worthington Boothe § (n.d.).
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