SARAH MARY MILLER GALVAN (1911-1996)

Sarah M. Miller graduated from Elmira College in 1932 and got her BS in library science from Columbia University in 1933.  In 1940, Galvan married Fernando F. Galvan (ca. 1915-1983), who was a journalist.

Sarah Miller started at NYPL in 1934 and worked as a substitute until 1936.  At NYPL she worked primarily as a School & Reference Librarian with a specialty in Latin American literature.  Drawing upon these two specialties, she authored a 1942 bibliography, Background Readings on Latin America: A Reading List for High School Students.  Sarah M. Galvan served as head of the Kingsbridge Branch, 1944-1947.  She resigned in 1947 when her husband became a Latin American correspondent for the Voice of America. 

Sarah M. Galvan died in Alexandria VA in 1996.