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Mabel Gillis correspondence, 1917-1948.
MANUSCRIPT 2841
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Title:

Mabel Gillis correspondence, 1917-1948
Gillis, Mabel

Creator/Contributor:

Gillis, Mabel Ray., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Adams, Lila G.

Creator/Contributor:

Bailey, Anne Belle.

Creator/Contributor:

Bengard, Hazel R.

Creator/Contributor:

Collar, Ida R.

Creator/Contributor:

Collins, Ida M.

Creator/Contributor:

Danielson, Ella T.

Creator/Contributor:

Davis, William, Mrs

Creator/Contributor:

Ferguson, Milton J. (Milton James), 1879-1954

Creator/Contributor:

Flower, Gretchen.

Creator/Contributor:

Given, H. R.

Creator/Contributor:

Heigho, Edna F.

Creator/Contributor:

Henshall, May Dexter.

Creator/Contributor:

Hitt, Eleanor.

Creator/Contributor:

Kobler, Marjorie H.

Creator/Contributor:

Laugenour, Nancy C.

Creator/Contributor:

Margo, Dorothy D.

Creator/Contributor:

Merrill, Rosa M.

Creator/Contributor:

Robinson, Elizabeth.

Creator/Contributor:

Sabin, Lillian.

Creator/Contributor:

Swartzlow, Carl R.

Creator/Contributor:

Topping, Elizabeth R.

Creator/Contributor:

Waters, Caroline S.

Creator/Contributor:

Woods, Charles F.

Creator/Contributor:

Woods, Katherine R.

Abstract:

Correspondence to and from Mabel Gillis, primarily to local and county librarians during the Great Depression. These letters reveal many of the problems facing libraries during hard financial times, among them the common reluctance of elected officials to provide funding.

Date:

1917 (issued)

Subject:

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California State Library.
Great Depression
Placer County (Calif.)
Plumas County (Calif.)
Riverside County (Calif.)
San Benito County (Calif.)
San Bernardino County (Calif.)
San Diego County (Calif.)
San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)
Sierra County (Calif.)
Solano County (Calif.)
Tehama County (Calif.)
Trinity County (Calif.)
Tulare County (Calif.)
Tuolumne County (Calif.)
Ventura County (Calif.)
Yolo County (Calif.)
Yuba County (Calif.)

Note:

Mabel R. Gillis was born in Sacramento, California on September 24, 1882, and graduated from U. C. Berkeley in 1902. Two years later her father, State Librarian James L. Gillis, asked her to join the staff of the California State Library as an assistant in the Extension Department. In this capacity she greatly expanded the library's services to the visually impaired. Upon the death of her father in 1917, Mabel was promoted to Assistant State Librarian; under this position one of her responsibilities was planning for the new Library and Courts building. In 1930 State Librarian Milton J. Ferguson resigned, and Mabel Gillis was appointed State Librarian by Governor C. C. Young. During her 21-year tenure as State Librarian she presided over a dramatic increase in the library's collection, staffing, and funding. Mabel Gillis died in Sacramento on September 6, 1961.
Gillis, Mabel.
Inventory available in library; folder level control.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.

Physical Description:

print
1 manuscript box; 15 1/2 x 12 x 3 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

MANUSCRIPT 2841

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.