Who Was Wilmer Baatz?

1965, Wilmer Baatz hired as Assistant Director of IU Library

This photo of Baatz has been captioned with career highlights and was discovered in the librarian's vertical files at NMBCC Library.

a tribute to Baatz on the occasion of his 1986 retirement; written by library colleague Cecil Byrd [Byrd is mentioned in 1965 article on Baatz hiring]

IU news release announcing the death of Wilmer Baatz, February 1991 [page 1 of 2]

IU news release announcing the death of Wilmer Baatz, February 1991 [page 2 of 2]

online finding aid, Baatz manuscripts

link to online finding aid for "Baatz mss."

[in 1987, Baatz donated his papers to Lilly Library, Indiana University Bloomington]

University of Minnesota, University Libraries lists The Black Family and the Black Woman: A Bibliography. by Baatz as a selected resource for research

link to 1995 webpage

Afro-American Research Material in Microform: A Selected Sampling Wilmer H. Baatz

link to full-text of Baatz article