Joseph Penn Breedlove

Joseph Penn Breedlove (1874–1955) was an American librarian and author. In 48 years of service, he oversaw the growth of the Duke University Library (originally Trinity College) from a single room in 1898 to millions of books and documents in modern facilities at his retirement in 1946. He was a founding member and twice president of the North Carolina Library Association. His history of the Duke University libraries was published in 1955.