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You searched for: Start Over Decade 1930-1939 Remove constraint Decade: 1930-1939 Topic Academic libraries Remove constraint Topic: Academic libraries Local Collection Name President's Office Photographs, 1923-1998 (P 092) Remove constraint Local Collection Name: President's Office Photographs, 1923-1998 (P 092)

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1. Ruth C. Krueger
Ruth C. Krueger
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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.
2. Mary Edith Fry
Mary Edith Fry
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Mary Edith Fry was a library circulation assistant at Oregon State College from 1937 to 1940. She was born in 1910, in Prosser, Washington. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Goucher College in 1934. She also earned her Bachelor of Science in Library Science from the Columbia Library School in 1937. Fry was brought on as science specialist for Oregon State’s Circulation Department in 1937. Her annual salary was $1,500. She resigned in 1940 to pursue graduate studies.
3. Anne Aileen Murdock
Anne Aileen Murdock
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Anne Aileen Murdock was an assistant in the circulation department from 1943 to 1944. She was born in 1905 in Evansville, Indiana. She studied at Oberlin Kindergarten Training School, Evansville College, Peabody College, and the University of Illinois Library School. She received her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, with additional study in English and science, in 1929 or 1930. She worked as a kindergarten teacher for two years, and was employed as a librarian in Evansville Indiana Public Library System at the time of her application to OSC. She had visited OSC campus before, and was interested in coming West enough to accept the sub-optimal conditions that existed during the war. She was hired at $1800 for twelve months of service. She was described as quiet but firm, with much experience in handling difficult disciplinary problems. OSC also felt that, with so many men in uniform on campus, it was important to have “women of maturity and poise at the service desks.” They felt that, provided Murdock’s experience and age of 41, that she would not need as much supervision as some other assistants. However, Murdock had moved West with her mother, with whom she lived, and whose health was adversely affected by the Oregon climate. Murdock resigned in 1944 to return to the Midwest with her mother.
4. Mary E. Binford
Mary E. Binford
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Mary E. Binford was a catalog assistant for the library at Oregon State College from 1937 to 1940. Binford was born in 1904, in Carthage, Indiana. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Briham(?) College in 1926, and her Bachelor of Library Science from Columbia University in 1929. Her major fields of study were English, Spanish, and French. For years, Binford worked in various libraries in Indiana and New York. Before coming to OSC, she was working at the public library in El Paso, Texas. One of the reasons she gave for wanting to move to Oregon State for her job was a change of climate. She was hired by OSC in 1937 at an annual salary of $1,800. In 1940, Binford became a continuations cataloger, with the same salary. She also turned in her resignation, citing illness.
5. Cecile F. Bolin
Cecile F. Bolin
Description
Cecile F. Bolin was a library catalog assistant at OSC from 1941 to 1942. Bolin was born in 1915, in San Rafael, California. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1937, and her certificate in library studies in 1938. As a graduate, she received her teaching credentials in library administration from U.C. Berkeley in 1938. Before working at Oregon State, Bolin worked as a cataloger at the University of Colorado Library. She was hired by OSC at a starting salary of $1,630. Bolin resigned in 1942 to pursue graduate studies.
6. Ethel Eugenia Patten
Ethel Eugenia Patten
Description
Ethel Eugenia Patten was a catalog assistant in charge of reclassification from 1939 to 1949. She was born in 1906 in Los Angeles, California. She received her Bachelor of Arts in French from Vassar College in 1926. She studied at University of Lausanne in Switzerland for a summer in 1924. She received her Bachelor of Science in Librarianship from Western Reserve University in 1930. She began to pursue her Master of Arts in 1936 at University of California, Berkeley. At the time of her hire at OSC, she had completed all the work for her M.A., except for a “special study” which she would complete away from the university. Her special study was on the subject of “the printed catalogs of some important private libraries as bibliographical tools.” By the time she came to OSC, she had spent roughly six years working in libraries as an assistant in different departments. She had served as the secretary of the East Bay Library Council, and the President of the Librarians' Association of the University of California. She was also a member of the American Library Association and the California Library Association. At OSC, she received $1800 per year, and resigned in 1949 to take another position.
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