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Lisabeth Marie Feind
Born May 5, 1926 Mitchell SD
Died Feb 3, 2011 Durham NC

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SPOUSE	CHILDREN
George Martin Holloway m. June 16, 1951 Philadelphia PA b. Nov 28, 1923 Hickory NC d. May 7, 2022 Durham NC	George Nelson b. Feb 7, 1955 Lower Merion Twp. PA	James Burton b. Nov 7, 1956 Lower Merion Twp. PA
Photo taken in September 1927 of family members representing four Generations: (left to right) Lisabeth Marie Feind, 1926-2011 Leila Marie Seastrand Feind, 1898-1976 Sabra Roundy Granger Bowen Perry, 1831-1931 Jennie Marie Perry Seastrand, 1874-1958.
Birth certificate of Lisabeth showing name given at birth.
Photo of Lisabeth as a child and a Graduation Photo.
In 1930 Ernest, Leila and 4 year old Lisabeth drove east to Princeton NJ so that Ernest could attend Princeton Seminary. When he finished, the family moved to Phialdephia PA. Leila taught Lisabeth at home until she was entered into the ninth grade. Lisabeth graduated from high school about the time she turned 15, after which she entered Bryn Mawr College. After two years there she attended the University of Pennsylvania College of Liberal Arts for Women majoring in English. On Jun 28, 1945 Lisabeth graduated with Major Honors, one of 15 given that highest honor, out of a class of 93 graduates.
Over the next four years, Lisabeth worked at Harcum Junior College and at the Philadelphia headquarters of the American Friends Service Committee.
Lisabeth and George both received the Master of Science Degree in Library Science from the School of Library Science of Drexel Institute of Technology on Jun 17, 1950 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia PA.
Lisabeth Feind Wedding Picture 1951. The dress was made by her mother, but was not finished until the day of the wedding.
Family at Home in Germantown (Northwest Philadelphia).
Home in Germantown Section of Philadephia and Front Yard after a Big Snowfall. The house to the right across the street was used in 1993 as the lawyer's (played by Denzel Washington) in the movie Philadelphia.
Husband George worked for the Free Library of Philadelphia for over 35 years.
Lisabeth volunteered as librarian for the Germantown Historical Society, and as editor of the Society's publication, the Germantowne Crier.
Lisabeth worked as a medical history librarian. She co-founded ALHHS (Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences) and served as the editor of the organization's publication, Watermark. The ALHHS Distinguished Service Award is named for her.
In 1992, Lisabeth and George retired to Boone NC in the Blue Ridge Mountains. There Lisabeth completed published works and researched family history, gathering much of the information on this site.
In a 1995 interview for ALHHS, Lisabeth reflected on the role of Librarians: "Everything also involves everything else. Librarians need to be infinitely adaptable and infinitely respectful."
Works published by Lisabeth include: A Fast Pace Forward: Chronicles of American Podiatry, prepared for the 75th Anniversary of the American Podiatric Medical Association, ...at the Center for the History of Foot Care and Footwear, by Lisabeth M. Holloway, MS in LS, Director, Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia PA, 1987. MEDICAL OBITUARIES: American Physicians' Biographical Notices in Selected Medical Journals Before 1907, Lisabeth M. Holloway with the assistance of Ernest N. Feind and George N. Holloway, Garland Publishing, New York NY, 1981 Philadelphia Resources in the History of the Health Sciences edited by Lisabeth M. Holloway, Philadelphia PA, 1975
Homily by the Rev. Dr. John Nagle at Lisabeth's Memorial Service, Mar 12, 2011.
Sources: Tape Recording of Conversation between Ernest, Alice and Walter Feind, and L. M. Holloway, Philadelphia PA, Jan 1977. Zinn, Nancy, "An Interview with Lisabeth Holloway", for ALHHS, May 19, 1995.