Kathryn Harris Inducted as an Illinois Library Luminary

October 8, 2021

Kathryn Harris is a tremendous force for good in Springfield, Illinois, her hometown for five decades. Her commitment to scholarship, especially the sharing of her remarkable research of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, is a continuation of her life’s work around history and exploration.

A native of Carbondale, Harris earned a degree in French, with a concentration in education, from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and a master’s in library science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Harris served as the director of library services at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield from 1990-2015.

Kathryn Harris was inducted on September 23, 2021. Read Kathryn's full bio here. 

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