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Hanna Elsa Krueger Papers, 1949-1975

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Krueger, Hanna Elsa
Title
Hanna Elsa Krueger Papers
Dates
1949-1975 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 containers., (4 linear feet of shelf space.), (2930 items.)
Collection Number
Cage 429
Summary
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, drafts, reports, and other materials relating to her professional activities and administrative duties as Chief, Technical Services, 1950-1953, and Chief, Humanities, 1953-1970. Included are some papers of her successor, Ann Wierum.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Hanna Elsa Krueger was born in Hutchinson, Minnesota on April 20, 1905. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in English Education in 1928. She received a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy the next year and a Bachelor of Science degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois in 1938. Her work experience included: secretary for publishing companies, assistant in the University of Illinois Library School, Assistant Librarian and Instructor in Library Science at Carroll College Library from 1938 to 1940 and Acting Librarian from 1940 to 1943. In that year she received a Master's degree from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago for several successive summers' work. The next two years she was Assistant Librarian and Instructor in Library Science at Western Illinois State Teachers' College. From 1945 to 1948 she was Head of the Cataloging Department at Wayne County Library, Detroit, Michigan. The following year, Miss Krueger served as Head of the Catalog and Order department.

In 1949 Miss Krueger came to Washington State University as Head of the Cataloging Department. The following year she was promoted to Chief of the Technical Services Division. From 1953 to 1970 she was Chief of the Humanities Library. She retired from Washington State University on June 30, 1970.

Her areas of professional interest were administration, reference, catalog, and teaching library science. Professional organizations in which she belonged included the American Library Association, the Pacific Northwest Library Association, and the Washington Library Association. She also was a member of the American Association of University Professors, the American Association of University Women, and the League of Women Voters.

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Content Description

The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, drafts, conference materials, copies of printed material, forms, booklets, and newsletters. The papers date from 1933 to 1975 with the bulk of the material dating from 1950 to 1970. Ann Wierum, Chief of the Humanities Library after Miss Krueger retired, added to the original collection.

Major subjects in the collection are Circulation, Faculty Library Advisory Committee, Humanities Library, Inter-Library Loan, Washington State University Library Administrative Notices, Library Administrative Council, Job Descriptions, and Technical Service Division. The papers concern the development of library practices and were originally arranged as a reference file.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 429, Hanna Elsa Krueger Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Hanna Elsa Krueger Papers consist of a single series arranged alphabetically by subject.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Hanna Elsa Krueger were deposited with the Washington State University Libraries in 1978 (UA 78-44).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Description: Abel Approval Program
    56 items.
    Dates: 1964-1969
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Abstracts
    1 item.
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Accession Numbers
    2 items.
    Dates: 1955; 1963
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Acquisition

    • Description: General
      9 items.
      Dates: 1949-1969
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: Policies
      21 items.
      Dates: 1947-1961
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    • Description: Procedures
      16 items.
      Dates: 1947-1970
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    • Description: Reprint Expediting Service
      1 item.
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: Administration, Principles
    2 items.
    Dates: 1952-1954
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: American Association of University Professors
    26 items.
    Dates: 1953-1968
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
  • Description: American Studies Program
    3 items.
    Dates: 1961; 1966
    Container: Box 1, Folder 10
  • Description: Anthropology
    1 item.
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box 1, Folder 11
  • Description: Archival Administration, Symposium
    7 items.
    Dates: 1969-1970
    Container: Box 1, Folder 12
  • Description: Archives
    3 items.
    Dates: 1955-1967
    Container: Box 1, Folder 13
  • Audio-Visual

    • Description: Aids in Education Course
      4 items.
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 1, Folder 14
    • Description: Catalog Cards
      9 items.
      Dates: 1953-1955
      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
  • Description: Automation
    1 item.
    Dates: 1967
    Container: Box 1, Folder 16
  • Bibliography

    • Description: General
      1 item.
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 1, Folder 17
    • Description: National
      2 items.
      Dates: 1963-1964
      Container: Box 1, Folder 18
  • Description: Binding
    15 items.
    Dates: 1951-1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 19
  • Description: Black Studies
    1 item.
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 20
  • Description: Book Loss
    1 item.
    Dates: 1960
    Container: Box 1, Folder 21
  • Description: Book Numbers (see also Library of Congress--Classification)
    1 item.
    Dates: 1954
    Container: Box 1, Folder 22
  • Book Selection

    • Description: Principles
      1 item.
      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box 1, Folder 23
    • Description: Procedures
      2 items.
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box 1, Folder 24
    • Description: Weeding
      1 item.
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 1, Folder 25
  • Description: Budget
    22 items.
    Dates: 1949-1970
    Container: Box 1, Folder 26
  • Description: Call-Number Distribution
    11 items.
    Dates: 1950-1956
    Container: Box 1, Folder 27
  • Description: Catalog Duplication
    10 items.
    Dates: 1952-1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 28
  • Cataloging

    • Description: General
      15 items.
      Dates: 1933-1965
      Container: Box 1, Folder 29
    • Description: Procedures
      42 items.
      Dates: 1949-1954
      Container: Box 1, Folder 30
    • Description: Recataloging
      8 items.
      Dates: 1951-1970
      Container: Box 1, Folder 31
  • Description: Center for Research Libraries
    6 items.
    Dates: 1967-1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 32
  • Description: Central Information Desk
    1 item.
    Dates: 1952
    Container: Box 1, Folder 33
  • Description: Chaney, Sue--Sabbatical
    1 item.
    Dates: 1965
    Container: Box 1, Folder 34
  • Description: Chicano Studies
    1 item.
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 1, Folder 35
  • Description: Circulation
    124 items.
    Dates: 1948-1974
    Container: Box 1, Folder 36
  • Description: Citizens' Conference on Libraries
    22 items.
    Dates: 1969
    Container: Box 1, Folder 37
  • Description: Classification
    11 items.
    Dates: 1954-1955
    Container: Box 1, Folder 38
  • Description: Classification Authority File
    1 item.
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box 1, Folder 39
  • Description: Coins
    1 item.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 1, Folder 40
  • Description: College Art Association
    4 items.
    Dates: 1954
    Container: Box 1, Folder 41
  • Description: College Catalogs
    1 item.
    Dates: 1951
    Container: Box 1, Folder 42
  • College Library

    • Description: General
      3 items.
      Dates: 1952-1958
      Container: Box 1, Folder 43
    • Description: Program
      5 items.
      Dates: 1952-1965
      Container: Box 1, Folder 44
    • Description: References
      34 items.
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box 1, Folder 45
  • Description: Compact Storage
    11 items.
    Dates: 1957-1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 46
  • Description: Computing Center News
    2 items.
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Box 1, Folder 47
  • Description: Conference Planning
    4 items.
    Dates: 1953-1957
    Container: Box 1, Folder 48
  • Description: Copyright
    3 items.
    Dates: 1962-1968
    Container: Box 1, Folder 49
  • Description: Current Acquistions List
    11 items.
    Dates: 1953-1963
    Container: Box 1, Folder 50
  • Description: Dedications
    1 item.
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Box 1, Folder 51
  • Description: Departmental Working Libraries
    23 items.
    Dates: 1949-1954
    Container: Box 1, Folder 52
  • Description: Dictionaries
    1 item.
    Dates: 1962
    Container: Box 1, Folder 53
  • Description: Documentation
    1 item.
    Dates: 1953
    Container: Box 1, Folder 54
  • Description: Dormitory Libraries
    1 item.
    Dates: 1962
    Container: Box 1, Folder 55
  • Education

    • Description: General
      1 item.
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 1, Folder 56
    • Description: Higher
      4 items.
      Dates: 1956-1973
      Container: Box 1, Folder 57
  • Description: Ethics, Professional
    5 items.
    Dates: 1952-1958
    Container: Box 1, Folder 58
  • Description: Exchange
    1 item.
    Dates: 1947-1955
    Container: Box 1, Folder 59
  • Description: Exhibits
    2 items.
    Dates: 1954
    Container: Box 1, Folder 60
  • Description: Extension
    20 items.
    Dates: 1951-1963
    Container: Box 1, Folder 61
  • Description: Faculty Committees
    9 items.
    Dates: 1957-1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 62
  • Description: Faculty Committees on Improvement of Instruction
    5 items.
    Dates: 1957-1958
    Container: Box 1, Folder 63
  • Description: Faculty Library Advisory Committee
    176 items.
    Dates: 1945-1967
    Container: Box 1, Folder 64-66
  • Description: Filing
    3 items.
    Dates: 1953-1954
    Container: Box 1, Folder 67
  • Description: Foundation for Integrated Education
    12 items.
    Dates: 1951-1953
    Container: Box 1, Folder 68
  • Friends of the Library

    • Description: General
      8 items.
      Dates: 1962-1966
      Container: Box 1, Folder 69
    • Description: Washington State University
      20 items.
      Dates: 1939-1962
      Container: Box 1, Folder 70
  • Description: Governor's Conference on Libraries
    54 items.
    Dates: 1967-1969
    Container: Box 1, Folder 71
  • Description: Holland Library
    12 items.
    Dates: 1950
    Container: Box 1, Folder 72
  • Description: Honors
    9 items.
    Dates: 1960-1970
    Container: Box 2, Folder 73
  • Humanities

    • Description: Division
      1 item.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 74
    • Description: Division Newsletter, v. 1-14
      74 items.
      Dates: 1950-1964
      Container: Box 2, Folder 75-77
    • Description: General
      15 items.
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box 2, Folder 78
    • Library

      • Description: Budget Requests
        10 items.
        Dates: 1954-1956
        Container: Box 2, Folder 79
      • Description: Equipment
        27 items.
        Dates: 1958-1969
        Container: Box 2, Folder 80
      • Description: General
        21 items.
        Dates: 1957-1975
        Container: Box 2, Folder 81
      • Description: Inventory
        2 items.
        Dates: 1955
        Container: Box 2, Folder 82
      • Description: Microfilms
        1 item.
        Dates: 1966-1967
        Container: Box 2, Folder 83
      • Description: Plans for a Humanities Divisional Reading Room
        1 item.
        Dates: 1947
        Container: Box 2, Folder 84
      • Description: Reports
        11 items.
        Dates: 1952-1965
        Container: Box 2, Folder 85
      • Description: Staff
        55 items.
        Dates: 1959-1975
        Container: Box 2, Folder 86
      • Description: Staff, Labor Slip
        18 items.
        Dates: 1954-1967
        Container: Box 2, Folder 87
      • Description: Statistics
        43 items.
        Dates: 1955-1968
        Container: Box 2, Folder 88
  • Description: Indexing
    2 items.
    Dates: 1945-1969
    Container: Box 2, Folder 89
  • Description: Information Science
    2 items.
    Dates: 1964-1972
    Container: Box 2, Folder 90
  • Description: Institute of Library Research
    1 item.
    Dates: 1966
    Container: Box 2, Folder 91
  • Description: Institute of World Affairs
    5 items.
    Dates: 1959-1966
    Container: Box 2, Folder 92
  • Description: Instruction--Students
    14 items.
    Dates: 1952-1961
    Container: Box 2, Folder 93
  • Description: Instructions
    2 items.
    Dates: 1950-1956
    Container: Box 2, Folder 94
  • Integrated Courses

    • Description: Biological Sciences
      5 items.
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 2, Folder 95
    • Description: General
      8 items.
      Dates: 1955-1957
      Container: Box 2, Folder 96
    • Description: Humanities
      8 items.
      Dates: 1953-1961
      Container: Box 2, Folder 97
    • Description: Social Science
      4 items.
      Dates: 1950-1951
      Container: Box 2, Folder 98
  • Description: Intellectual Freedom
    1 item.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 99
  • Inter-Library Loan

    • Description: General
      145 items.
      Dates: 1949-1972
      Container: Box 2, Folder 100-102
    • Description: Manual
      6 items.
      Dates: 1952-1967
      Container: Box 2, Folder 103
  • Description: International Affairs Committee
    1 item.
    Dates: 1965
    Container: Box 2, Folder 104
  • Description: International Education Committee
    15 items.
    Dates: 1957-1966
    Container: Box 2, Folder 105
  • Description: International Federation for Documentation
    3 items.
    Dates: 1960-1969
    Container: Box 2, Folder 106
  • Description: International Federation of Library Associations
    41 items.
    Dates: 1959-1967
    Container: Box 2, Folder 107
  • Description: KWSU
    1 item.
    Dates: 1957
    Container: Box 2, Folder 108
  • Description: Land Grant Colleges and Universities
    4 items.
    Dates: 1940-1962
    Container: Box 2, Folder 109
  • Description: Language Laboratory
    3 items.
    Dates: 1958
    Container: Box 2, Folder 110
  • Description: Latin American Cooperative Acquisitions Project
    36 items.
    Dates: 1961-1972
    Container: Box 2, Folder 111
  • Description: Lettering
    2 items.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 112
  • Description: Librarian Trainee Program (WLA)
    6 items.
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box 2, Folder 113
  • Description: Librarianship
    8 items.
    Dates: 1956-1968
    Container: Box 3, Folder 114
  • Libraries

    • Description: Administration
      4 items.
      Dates: 1939-1946
      Container: Box 3, Folder 115
    • Description: Public
      2 items.
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box 3, Folder 116
    • Description: State and Regional
      9 items.
      Dates: 1934-1957
      Container: Box 3, Folder 117
  • Description: Library Cooperation
    23 items.
    Dates: 1956-1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 118
  • Library of Congress

    • Description: Classification
      4 items.
      Dates: 1951-1964
      Container: Box 3, Folder 119
    • Description: General
      33 items.
      Dates: 1947-1968
      Container: Box 3, Folder 120
    • Description: MARC
      1 item.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 121
  • Description: Library Surveys
    6 items.
    Dates: 1954-1955
    Container: Box 3, Folder 122
  • Description: Library Technicians
    1 item.
    Dates: 1967
    Container: Box 3, Folder 123
  • Description: Library, 21
    1 item.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3, Folder 124
  • Library, Washington State University

  • Description: Linguistics
    2 items.
    Dates: 1973-1975
    Container: Box 3, Folder 145
  • Description: Literary Studies
    1 item.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3, Folder 146
  • Description: Mail
    17 items.
    Dates: 1951; 1970
    Container: Box 3, Folder 147
  • Description: Manuscripts
    2 items.
    Dates: 1963-1967
    Container: Box 3, Folder 148
  • Description: Maps
    4 items.
    Dates: 1966-1969
    Container: Box 4, Folder 149
  • Description: Microforms
    18 items.
    Dates: 1951-1963
    Container: Box 4, Folder 150
  • Description: Moral Rearmament Movement
    2 items.
    Dates: 1954
    Container: Box 4, Folder 151
  • Description: National Advisory Committee on Libraries
    4 items.
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Box 4, Folder 152
  • Description: National Library Week
    6 items.
    Dates: 1962-1970
    Container: Box 4, Folder 153
  • Description: Newspapers
    3 items.
    Dates: 1956-1970
    Container: Box 4, Folder 154
  • Description: Northwest Association for Secondary and Higher Schools Accreditation Survey
    16 items.
    Dates: 1956-1960
    Container: Box 4, Folder 155
  • Description: Orton Collection
    8 items.
    Dates: 1946-1956
    Container: Box 4, Folder 156
  • Description: Orton Room--Reservations
    Dates: 1953
    Container: Box 4, Folder 157
  • Description: Pacific Northwest Bibliographic Center
    2 items.
    Dates: 1962-1963
    Container: Box 4, Folder 158
  • Pacific Northwest Library Association

  • Personnel Administration

    • Description: Annual Review
      26 items.
      Dates: 1957-1969
      Container: Box 4, Folder 161
    • Description: Compensation
      3 items.
      Dates: 1951-1955
      Container: Box 4, Folder 162
    • Description: Employee Evaluation
      6 items.
      Dates: 1954-1964
      Container: Box 4, Folder 163
    • Description: Job Descriptions
      140 items.
      Dates: 1949-1966
      Container: Box 4, Folder 164
    • Description: Non-Faculty
      11 items.
      Dates: 1949-1961
      Container: Box 4, Folder 165
    • Description: Personnel Practices in State Libraries and State Library Extension Agencies
      1 item.
      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box 4, Folder 166
  • Personnel Policies

    • Description: Library--Faculty
      34 items.
      Dates: 1946-1969
      Container: Box 4, Folder 167
    • Description: Library--Washington State Universtiy
      33 items.
      Dates: 1949-1970
      Container: Box 4, Folder 168
  • Description: Photoduplication
    9 items.
    Dates: 1954-1969
    Container: Box 4, Folder 169
  • Description: Public Relations
    5 items.
    Dates: 1952
    Container: Box 4, Folder 170
  • Description: Pulisher Files--Humanities Library
    2 items.
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box 4, Folder 171
  • Description: Purchase Requests
    9 items.
    Dates: 1958-1965
    Container: Box 4, Folder 172
  • Description: Quarter System
    1 item.
    Dates: 1965
    Container: Box 4, Folder 173
  • Description: Reference
    1 item.
    Dates: 1959
    Container: Box 4, Folder 174
  • Description: Rental Collection
    2 items.
    Dates: 1947-1951
    Container: Box 4, Folder 175
  • Reports

    • Description: Hannah Krueger
      5 items.
      Dates: 1949-1957
      Container: Box 4, Folder 176
    • Description: Library
      8 items.
      Dates: 1947-1966
      Container: Box 4, Folder 177
    • Description: Techniques
      3 items.
      Dates: 1947-1952
      Container: Box 4, Folder 178
  • Description: Research Studies of Washington State University
    1 item.
    Dates: 1951-1953
    Container: Box 4, Folder 179
  • Description: Reserve Books
    2 items.
    Dates: 1959-1968
    Container: Box 4, Folder 180
  • Description: Scheduling
    2 items.
    Dates: 1958-1964
    Container: Box 4, Folder 181
  • Description: Science Library
    5 items.
    Dates: 1952-1961
    Container: Box 4, Folder 182
  • Description: Searching--Procedures
    4 items.
    Dates: 1955
    Container: Box 4, Folder 183
  • Description: Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials
    6 items.
    Dates: 1960-1966
    Container: Box 4, Folder 184
  • Serials

    • Description: General
      5 items.
      Dates: 1956-1970
      Container: Box 4, Folder 185
    • Description: Procedures
      9 items.
      Dates: 1949-1964
      Container: Box 4, Folder 186
  • Description: Shelving
    3 items.
    Dates: 1966-1968
    Container: Box 4, Folder 187
  • Description: Short Title Catalog
    3 items.
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box 4, Folder 188
  • Description: Smoking Policy in Library
    1 item.
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box 4, Folder 189
  • Description: Society for Theatre Research
    14 items.
    Dates: 1956-1965
    Container: Box 4, Folder 190
  • Description: Special Libraries Association
    8 items.
    Dates: 1950-1962
    Container: Box 4, Folder 191
  • Description: Statistics--Library
    17 items.
    Dates: 1954-1969
    Container: Box 4, Folder 192
  • Description: Superscriptions
    2 items.
    Dates: 1953-1954
    Container: Box 4, Folder 193
  • Description: Technical Service Division
    91 items.
    Dates: 1946-1969
    Container: Box 4, Folder 194
  • Description: Textbooks
    1 item.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4, Folder 195
  • Description: Theses, Washington State University
    3 items.
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box 4, Folder 196
  • Description: Translating
    2 items.
    Dates: 1963-1964
    Container: Box 4, Folder 197
  • Description: Union Catalog
    25 items.
    Dates: 1936-1947
    Container: Box 4, Folder 198
  • Description: United States Book Exchange
    5 items.
    Dates: 1950-1965
    Container: Box 4, Folder 199
  • Description: Vocational Library
    1 item.
    Dates: 1947
    Container: Box 4, Folder 200
  • Description: Washington Library Association
    3 items.
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 4, Folder 201
  • Description: Washington (State). Washington State Advisory Council on Libraries
    1 item.
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 4, Folder 202
  • Washington State University

  • Description: Washington State University Press
    1 item.
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 4, Folder 207
  • Description: Washington State University Women's Club
    2 items.
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 4, Folder 208
  • Description: Whitman County Library
    1 item.
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box 4, Folder 209

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Personal Names

  • Krueger, Hanna Elsa, 1905- --Archives (creator)
  • Wierum, Ann

Corporate Names

  • Washington State University. Library

Occupations

  • Librarians--Washington (State)--Pullman--Correspondence
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