Phyllis Freeman CALESE
Phyllis Freeman Calese died April 7, 2013, at the age of 89 in the Bronx, New York, following a short illness. A native of Boston, she graduated from Girls’ Latin School there before beginning her studies at Radcliffe. During a pause in her studies, she trained as a technician in the Women’s Army Corps at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah before completing her bachelor’s degree. She then received a master’s degree in library science from Simmons College. She began her career as a librarian in the Boston Public Library before moving on to The New York Public Library, managing several branch libraries, including High Bridge, and then working in the Picture Collection at Mid-Manhattan before her retirement in the 1980s. A world traveler and passionate reader, she was also politically active, first in the American Communist Party and then in the American anarchism movement, and was an avid supporter of many charities. In addition, she read the entire New York Times every day, completing the crossword puzzle in ink without mistakes, and listened faithfully every day to the BBC World Service. Survivors include two nephews and a niece.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 35, page 7.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 34, page 20.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 19, page 8.
Phyllis Freeman Calese died April 7, 2013, at the age of 89 in the Bronx, New York, following a short illness. A native of Boston, she graduated from Girls’ Latin School there before beginning her studies at Radcliffe. During a pause in her studies, she trained as a technician in the Women’s Army Corps at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah before completing her bachelor’s degree. She then received a master’s degree in library science from Simmons College. She began her career as a librarian in the Boston Public Library before moving on to The New York Public Library, managing several branch libraries, including High Bridge, and then working in the Picture Collection at Mid-Manhattan before her retirement in the 1980s. A world traveler and passionate reader, she was also politically active, first in the American Communist Party and then in the American anarchism movement, and was an avid supporter of many charities. In addition, she read the entire New York Times every day, completing the crossword puzzle in ink without mistakes, and listened faithfully every day to the BBC World Service. Survivors include two nephews and a niece.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 35, page 7.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 34, page 20.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 19, page 8.