Item #16-4435 Blank Certificate of Recognition for participation in the Florida Book and Author Festival - Council for Florida Libraries. Frederick G. Ruffner Jr.
Ruffner Jr., Frederick G. (1926-2014)

Blank Certificate of Recognition for participation in the Florida Book and Author Festival - Council for Florida Libraries.

Fort Lauderdale: circa 1980s. 9 x 12 inches, printed in 3 colors with facsimile signature.... In 1979
Fred Ruffner invited the Friends groups from 10 major cities in Florida to participate in what would be called the Florida Book & Author Festival, which resulted in 20 programs in 13 cities that year. In 1983, the Festival had 50 authors participating in as many programs throughout the state in 25 cities.....


Ruffner was a strong advocate of
libraries. He served on the board of
directors of the Friends of the libraries
of The Ohio State University from 1976
to 1979 and played a pivotal role in the
establishment of the Friends of the
libraries U.S.A., of which he was
president. He has headed Friends of the
library groups in Detroit and in Fort
Lauderdale, where the Ruffners maintain
a second home. In addition, he is
president and founder of the Council of
Florida libraries and is a leader in the
construction of the new Broward
County /Florida) library. ..
He was founding president of the Michigan Center for the Book, served on the Detroit Public Library’s board of directors, and founded the Council for Florida Libraries, a now-defunct organization devoted to promoting and marketing libraries within the state’s communities. Item #16-4435

Price: $75.00

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