Kapsner, Oliver Leonard, 1902-1991
Oliver Leonard Kapsner (1902-1991) was a Benedictine monk, librarian, scholar, and teacher. After attending Saint John's University, he entered the novitiate at Saint John's Abbey in 1922, a year later professed as a Benedictine monk, and was ordained as a priest in 1928. Kapsner studied philosophy, theology, and library science, and from 1932 to 1950 taught philosophy and served as assistant or chief librarian at Saint John’s University, barring the years from 1943 to 1946, when he was a U.S. Army Chaplain in Europe. He served as a research cataloger at Catholic University of America from 1951, and at Saint Vincent Archabbey and College from 1958. In 1964, he began work on the microfilming project in Europe for Saint John's abbey as the first field director for what would later become the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML). He worked in Austria, Italy, and Germany in that capacity from 1964 to 1971, and later spent over a decade as a cataloger for HMML.
- HMML ID
- 892400533963
- PURL
- LC name
- Kapsner, Oliver Leonard, 1902-1991
- HMML name
- Kapsner, Oliver Leonard, 1902-1991
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Kapsner, Oliver
- Kapsner, Oliver L.
- Kapsner, Oliver L. (Oliver Leonard)
- Oliver Kapsner
- Oliver L. Kapsner
- Oliver Leonard Kapsner
Name elements
- Given names
- Leonard
- Family names
- Kapsner
- Honorific prefixes
- Father ● Fr.
- Honorific suffixes
- O.S.B.
- Religious names
- Oliver
Personal information
- Birth date
- 1902
- Death date
- 1991-08-08
- Centuries
- 20th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place born
- Place died
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
Affiliations
- Graduate of
- Affiliation
- Employer
Personal relationships
- Associates
- United States. Army (Chaplain)
General notes
- Description
- Father Oliver Kapsner, OSB, 1902-1991; born Leonard Kapsner in 1902 in Buckman, MN; from 1912 attended Saint John's Prep School and Saint John's University; 1922 entered novitiate; a year later professed as a Benedictine monk; ordained a priest in 1928; studied philosophy, theology, and library science; from 1932 to 1950 taught philosophy and served as assistant or chief librarian at Saint John’s; 1943-1946 as U.S. Army Chaplain in Europe; 1951 research cataloger at Catholic University of America; 1958 research cataloger at Saint Vincent Archabbey and College; from 1964, worked on microfilming project in Europe for Saint John's Abbey, as first field director for what would later become the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library; in Austria from 1964 to 1971; 1976-1988 as a cataloger for HMML; died on August 8, 1991
- Citations
- Matthew Heintzelman, "Profiles: Father Oliver Kapsner, OSB (1902-1991)—A Life in Libraries," Theological librarianship 5, no. 1 (January 2012): 4-6, https://serials.atla.com/theolib/article/view/2238/2605.
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Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-04-19
- Last edited
- 2021-10-05