 He was buried in the family plot in the Oak Hill Cemetery, in the city of his birth, Newburyport.Norman D. Stevens has been active in keeping alive the writings of Edmond Pearson by collecting a portion of the Librarian column in a book of the same name.Stevens is the director of the Molesworth Institute which presents the "Edmund Lester Pearson Library Humor Award" which has rewarded and encouraged a new generation of library humorists.