Dean Galloway Letters
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Title: Dean Galloway Letters
Dates: 1956-1968
Collection Number: 1999.27
Creator/Collector:
Dean Galloway
Extent: 0.5 cubic feet
Repository:
Humboldt State University Library
Arcata, California 95521-8299
Abstract: Between 1956-1958 librarian Dean Galloway and his family traveled to Tehran, Iran for a two-year librarianship position in
the Institute for Administrative Affairs Library, within the Faculty of Law Department, at the University of Tehran. During
his stay he wrote to his friends and coworkers at Humboldt State University Library about his experiences living and working
in Iran.
Language of Material: English
Open for research by appointment.
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Dean Galloway Letters. Humboldt State University Library
The letters were in the possession of the Humboldt State University Library Special Collections prior to 1997.
Biography/Administrative History
Richard Dean Galloway (1922-2014) was a librarian at Humboldt State College (HSC) for 13 years before he became the Library
Director at Stanislaus State College where he served for 23 years. Dean attended HSC and received his Bachelors of Arts in
Social Science in 1947 and by 1950 he had received his Masters in Library Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
During his career, Dean had the opportunity to travel to Tehran, Iran from 1956-1958 for a librarianship position. The program
that brought him to Tehran was the Institute of Administrative Affairs at the University of Tehran. The Institute of Administrative
Affairs was created by the United States International Cooperation Administration and the Iranian government, and its purpose
was to have American educators instruct Iranian students at the graduate level, on how to operate public administration programs.
It was during this time, that Dean's main focus for the institute's library was to improve regular operations and work on
special projects. This experience eventually led him to become the Library Director at Stanislaus State College shortly after
his return to the United States.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of letters from Dean to HSC staff with the exception of a few that were written to him by unknown
authors. His letters start from the beginning of his two-year librarianship in Iran and continue through his return to the
United States.
Throughout Dean's letters he gives the HSC staff a glimpse of what it's like to work at the University of Tehran and live
in Tehran. He often educates the staff about Iranian culture, regarding history, ceremonies, and holidays.
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Tehran (Iran)
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