Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- M. Lorraine Mathies Papers,
- Dates:
- 1959-1965
- Creators:
- Mathies, M. Lorraine (Mary Lorraine), 1919-
- Abstract:
- Mary Lorraine Mathies (1919- ) worked as a collections librarian at the Federal Advanced Teachers College in Lagos, Nigeria, while a library consultant for USAID and the Nigerian Ministry of Education (1962-63). In 1964, she became the head of the education and psychology library at UCLA. The collection consists of professional papers, including printed background material on education, of Dr. Mathies while serving as librarian for a USAID/UCLA School of Education project to set up a library at the Federal Advanced Teacher Colleges in Lagos, Nigeria.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], M. Lorraine Mathies Papers (Collection 1263). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of professional papers, including printed background material on education, of Dr. Lorraine Mathies while serving as librarian for a USAID/UCLA School of Education project to set up a library at the Federal Advanced Teacher Colleges in Lagos, Nigeria.
- Biographical / historical:
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Mary Lorraine Mathies was born on October 29, 1919 in Newton, Iowa; AB, University of Denver, 1948; MA (1957) and Ed.D (1967), UCLA; worked as a collections librarian at the Federal Advanced Teachers College in Lagos, Nigeria, while a library consultant for USAID and the Nigerian Ministry of Education, 1962-63; in 1964 she became the head of the education and psychology library at UCLA.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Lorraine Mathies, September 1980.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house card file, November 2003 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: October 1980 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], M. Lorraine Mathies Papers (Collection 1263). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988