Introduction

Biography

Studwell was the son of Al­fred Theo­dore and Al­ice B. Stud­well, and hus­band of Ann Marie Stroia.

He earned ba­che­lor’s and mas­ter’s de­grees in his­to­ry from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­nec­ti­cut, and a mas­ter’s in lib­ra­ry sci­ence from the Cath­ol­ic Uni­ver­si­ty of Am­eri­ca.

An aca­dem­ic lib­rar­ian by pro­fes­sion, he was a pro­li­fic au­thor, pro­duc­ing about 400 ar­ti­cles and doz­ens of books.

He was known for his ex­per­tise on U. S. Lib­ra­ry of Con­gress sub­ject head­ings, Christ­mas car­ols, and col­lege fight songs.

He re­tired in 2001 from North­ern Il­li­nois Uni­ver­si­ty, where he was the Prin­ci­pal Ca­ta­log­uer at Found­ers Me­mo­ri­al Lib­ra­ry.

Works

From 1986–2010, he pro­duced an an­nu­al stu­dy on a Car­ol of the Year.

His oth­er works in­clude:

• Christmas Car­ols: A Ref­er­ence Guide (New York: Gar­land Pub­lish­ing, 1985)
• An Ea­sy Guide to Christ­mas Car­ols: Their Past, Pres­ent and Fu­ture, 2006
• The Christ­mas Car­ol Read­er (New York: Har­ring­ton Park Press/Ha­worth Press, 1995)
• Publishing Glad Tid­ings: Es­says on Christ­mas Mu­sic, with Do­ro­thy E. Jones (New York: Ha­worth Press, 1998)
• The End of the Year: Twelve Orig­in­al Ho­li­day Songs (King­ville, Tex­as: Lyre of Or­phe­us Press, 1999)