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.
Loretta G. Fisher was a reference librarian at Oregon State College from 1930 to 1942 and from 1968 to 1972. Fisher was born in 1908, in Albany, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Willamette University in 1930, and her Bachelor of Science in Library Science from Columbia University in 1938. She came to Oregon State in 1930 and held various clerical positions until she received her degree in Library Science. That same year, she became a reference librarian with an annual salary of $1,400. She remained at Oregon State until 1942, when she resigned to work as an assistant state librarian. She returned as a reference librarian at Oregon State in 1968 with an annual salary of $7,737. Fisher also served as a member of the Convocations and Lectures Committee, where she helped with university policy regarding student services. She retired in 1972. She was granted the title “Instructor Emeritus” from Oregon State University before her retirement.