 Klas August Linderfelt ( 1847 – March 18 , 1900 ) was an American librarian . A native of Sweden , he emigrated to Milwaukee , Wisconsin and became a teacher and a librarian . As the first librarian of the Milwaukee Public Library , he became a significant figure in the city and in the library profession , becoming the seventh President of the American Library Association . He left both the city and the profession permanently following his arrest for embezzlement . 
