Llerena Friend

Llerena Friend
Friend in 1924
Born	(1903-10-19)October 19, 1903 Dublin, Texas, US
Died	September 8, 1995(1995-09-08) (aged 91) Wichita Falls, Texas, US
Awards	Summerfield Roberts Award H. Bailey Carroll Award Texas Library Association Award Alpha Chi Omega Award of Achievement
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Texas: BA (1924), MA (1928), PhD (1951)
Doctoral advisor	Eugene C. Barker
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Texas history
Institutions	University of Texas Texas State Historical Association
Notable works	Sam Houston: The Great Designer (1954), Handbook of Texas (with many other editors)

Llerena Beaufort Friend (October 19, 1903 – September 8, 1995) was an American teacher, historian, and librarian. She studied at the University of Texas, and taught in public schools for about twenty years, after which she had a second career as a librarian. She was the founding director of the Barker Center for Texas History and held that position for nearly two decades. During the same period she taught history courses at the University of Texas. She published a biography on Sam Houston in 1954.