Ruth C. Krueger

Title: Ruth C. Krueger
LC Subject: Universities and colleges--Faculty Portraits Library employees Academic libraries
Description: Ruth Caroline Krueger was born in 1901, in Gunnison, Colorado. She was employed at OSC between 1937 to 1947 as Head of the Library Circulation Department, earning a $3,100 yearly salary by the time she retired. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Education, with a minor in English, from Eastern South Dakota State Teachers College in 1925, where she worked as a student assistant for two years. She went back to school to achieve her Bachelor of Science in Library Science in 1927, from the University of Illinois, Urbana. She went on to achieve her Master of Arts in Library Science as well, also from the University of Illinois, Urbana. Here she was student assistant for one year, a cataloger for two years, and spent a year as an assistant in reference and circulation for one year respectively. Before coming to OSC, she was a librarian for seven years at Eastern South Dakota State Teachers College, and was a librarian for Western State College of Colorado for one year. She was offered the position at OSC and took it because she wanted to work in a larger state. In 1943, she considered leaving her position as Circulation Department Head to do farm work at her home, but was convinced by a colleague to ask for sabbatical leave instead--although she was not eligible until 1945. Her application was rejected, as it was against board policy to offer sabbatical leave for remunerative activity, and was granted instead leave of absence without pay. She was granted another leave of absence without pay in 1946 to 1947, to care for her elderly mother. Finally, Professor Krueger resigned in 1947, feeling that she should remain at home longer in the summers.
Work Type: photographic prints photographs black-and-white photographs
Date: 1937/1946 circa
Identifier: P092:0253
Rights: In Copyright
Local Collection Name: President's Office Photographs, 1923-1998 (P 092)
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center Historical Images of Oregon State University
Primary Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Institution: Oregon State University