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Helen Elizabeth Haines papers, 1891-1973.
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Title:

Helen Elizabeth Haines papers, 1891-1973

Creator/Contributor:

Haines, Helen E. (Helen Elizabeth), 1872-1961, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Hawthorne, Edith Garrigues.

Creator/Contributor:

Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

Abstract:

Contains correspondence and other papers and printed materials, with a detailed index, concerning Helen Haines' career as a librarian specializing in book selection, a book review columnist, and an instructor at the Los Angeles Public Library, Library School. Includes general information about the school, course notes, and Haines' articles, book reviews, and other writings, as well as clippings and printed materials she collected about librarians and various literary figures.
Haines' correspondence also contains personal letters between Haines and pertaining to her close friends, Edith G. Hawthorne and Julian Hawthorne, including description of Edith's financial struggles at the time of his death. Other personal papers include calendar diaries, an autobiographical sketch, and a few miscellaneous papers and clippings.

Date:

1891 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Librarians -- California -- Los Angeles
Bibliothécaires -- Californie -- Los Angeles
Librarians
California -- Los Angeles
Los Angeles Public Library. -- Library School.
Haines, Helen E. (Helen Elizabeth) -- 1872-1961 -- Archives
Haines, Helen E. (Helen Elizabeth) -- 1872-1961

Note:

"Address book, 1905," (Carton 2, folder 30) RESTRICTED ORIGINAL. USE MICROFILM COPY ONLY WITH CALL NUMBER BANC FILM 2110. Use of original only by permission of the appropriate curator.
CARTONS 1-3 and Box 12 STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2110: 1) "Address book, 1905," (Carton 2, folder 30); 2) "American Library Association, 1876-1903," a miscellany (Box 7, folder 21).
Index to Series 1: correspondence housed in Box 1: folder 1; index to related papers and pamphlets housed in Box 6: folder 1.
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1993.054--PIC), with the exception of photographic portraits of ALA presidents included in notebook "American Library Association, 1876-1903").
Preferred citation: Helen Elizabeth Haines papers, BANC MSS 93/153 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

Archives.

Physical Description:

print
3 cartons, 12 boxes (6.95 linear ft.)
1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2367X) and positive.

Language:

English

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Copyright Note:

"Address book, 1905," (Carton 2, folder 30) RESTRICTED ORIGINAL. USE MICROFILM COPY ONLY WITH CALL NUMBER BANC FILM 2110. Use of original only by permission of the appropriate curator.
CARTONS 1-3 and Box 12 STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.