Cage 429 Guide to the Hanna Elsa Krueger Papers 1949-1975 Krueger (Hanna E.) Papers Finding aid prepared by Linda Scott Lilles Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
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Finding aid encoded by Mark O'English 2003 Finding aid written in English. Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
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Cage 429 Krueger, Hanna Elsa Hanna Elsa Krueger Papers 1949-1975 4 containers. 4 linear feet of shelf space. 2930 items. 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. Collection materials are in English

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.

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.

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

This collection is open for research use.

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

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

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Krueger, Hanna Elsa, 1905- --Archives Wierum, Ann Washington State University. Library Librarians--Washington (State)--Pullman--Correspondence Colleges and Universities Washington (State)

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

1 1 Abel Approval Program 1964-1969 56 items. 1 2 Abstracts 1963 1 item. 1 3 Accession Numbers 1955 1963 2 items. Acquisition 1 4 General 1949-1969 9 items. 1 5 Policies 1947-1961 21 items. 1 6 Procedures 1947-1970 16 items. 1 7 Reprint Expediting Service 1957 1 item. 1 8 Administration, Principles 1952-1954 2 items. 1 9 American Association of University Professors 1953-1968 26 items. 1 10 American Studies Program 1961 1966 3 items. 1 11 Anthropology 1964 1 item. 1 12 Archival Administration, Symposium 1969-1970 7 items. 1 13 Archives 1955-1967 3 items. Audio-Visual 1 14 Aids in Education Course 1953 4 items. 1 15 Catalog Cards 1953-1955 9 items. 1 16 Automation 1967 1 item. Bibliography 1 17 General 1969 1 item. 1 18 National 1963-1964 2 items. 1 19 Binding 1951-1972 15 items. 1 20 Black Studies 1972 1 item. 1 21 Book Loss 1960 1 item. 1 22 Book Numbers (see also Library of Congress--Classification) 1954 1 item. Book Selection 1 23 Principles 1950 1 item. 1 24 Procedures 1954 2 items. 1 25 Weeding 1957 1 item. 1 26 Budget 1949-1970 22 items. 1 27 Call-Number Distribution 1950-1956 11 items. 1 28 Catalog Duplication 1952-1972 10 items. Cataloging 1 29 General 1933-1965 15 items. 1 30 Procedures 1949-1954 42 items. 1 31 Recataloging 1951-1970 8 items. 1 32 Center for Research Libraries 1967-1972 6 items. 1 33 Central Information Desk 1952 1 item. 1 34 Chaney, Sue--Sabbatical 1965 1 item. 1 35 Chicano Studies 1970 1 item. 1 36 Circulation 1948-1974 124 items. 1 37 Citizens' Conference on Libraries 1969 22 items. 1 38 Classification 1954-1955 11 items. 1 39 Classification Authority File 1964 1 item. 1 40 Coins undated 1 item. 1 41 College Art Association 1954 4 items. 1 42 College Catalogs 1951 1 item. College Library 1 43 General 1952-1958 3 items. 1 44 Program 1952-1965 5 items. 1 45 References 1952 34 items. 1 46 Compact Storage 1957-1972 11 items. 1 47 Computing Center News 1968 2 items. 1 48 Conference Planning 1953-1957 4 items. 1 49 Copyright 1962-1968 3 items. 1 50 Current Acquistions List 1953-1963 11 items. 1 51 Dedications 1968 1 item. 1 52 Departmental Working Libraries 1949-1954 23 items. 1 53 Dictionaries 1962 1 item. 1 54 Documentation 1953 1 item. 1 55 Dormitory Libraries 1962 1 item. Education 1 56 General 1955 1 item. 1 57 Higher 1956-1973 4 items. 1 58 Ethics, Professional 1952-1958 5 items. 1 59 Exchange 1947-1955 1 item. 1 60 Exhibits 1954 2 items. 1 61 Extension 1951-1963 20 items. 1 62 Faculty Committees 1957-1972 9 items. 1 63 Faculty Committees on Improvement of Instruction 1957-1958 5 items. 1 64-66 Faculty Library Advisory Committee 1945-1967 176 items. 1 67 Filing 1953-1954 3 items. 1 68 Foundation for Integrated Education 1951-1953 12 items. Friends of the Library 1 69 General 1962-1966 8 items. 1 70 Washington State University 1939-1962 20 items. 1 71 Governor's Conference on Libraries 1967-1969 54 items. 1 72 Holland Library 1950 12 items. 2 73 Honors 1960-1970 9 items. Humanities 2 74 Division undated 1 item. 2 75-77 Division Newsletter, v. 1-14 1950-1964 74 items. 2 78 General 1954-1955 15 items. Library 2 79 Budget Requests 1954-1956 10 items. 2 80 Equipment 1958-1969 27 items. 2 81 General 1957-1975 21 items. 2 82 Inventory 1955 2 items. 2 83 Microfilms 1966-1967 1 item. 2 84 Plans for a Humanities Divisional Reading Room 1947 1 item. 2 85 Reports 1952-1965 11 items. 2 86 Staff 1959-1975 55 items. 2 87 Staff, Labor Slip 1954-1967 18 items. 2 88 Statistics 1955-1968 43 items. 2 89 Indexing 1945-1969 2 items. 2 90 Information Science 1964-1972 2 items. 2 91 Institute of Library Research 1966 1 item. 2 92 Institute of World Affairs 1959-1966 5 items. 2 93 Instruction--Students 1952-1961 14 items. 2 94 Instructions 1950-1956 2 items. Integrated Courses 2 95 Biological Sciences 1955 5 items. 2 96 General 1955-1957 8 items. 2 97 Humanities 1953-1961 8 items. 2 98 Social Science 1950-1951 4 items. 2 99 Intellectual Freedom undated 1 item. Inter-Library Loan 2 100-102 General 1949-1972 145 items. 2 103 Manual 1952-1967 6 items. 2 104 International Affairs Committee 1965 1 item. 2 105 International Education Committee 1957-1966 15 items. 2 106 International Federation for Documentation 1960-1969 3 items. 2 107 International Federation of Library Associations 1959-1967 41 items. 2 108 KWSU 1957 1 item. 2 109 Land Grant Colleges and Universities 1940-1962 4 items. 2 110 Language Laboratory 1958 3 items. 2 111 Latin American Cooperative Acquisitions Project 1961-1972 36 items. 2 112 Lettering undated 2 items. 2 113 Librarian Trainee Program (WLA) 1964 6 items. 3 114 Librarianship 1956-1968 8 items. Libraries 3 115 Administration 1939-1946 4 items. 3 116 Public 1956 2 items. 3 117 State and Regional 1934-1957 9 items. 3 118 Library Cooperation 1956-1972 23 items. Library of Congress 3 119 Classification 1951-1964 4 items. 3 120 General 1947-1968 33 items. 3 121 MARC undated 1 item. 3 122 Library Surveys 1954-1955 6 items. 3 123 Library Technicians 1967 1 item. 3 124 Library, 21 undated 1 item. Library, Washington State University Administration 3 125 Library Literature Collection 1963 1 item. 3 126 Notices 1953-1969 164 items. 3 127-130 Administrative Council 1950-1973 350 items. 3 131 Advisory Board 1954-1956 18 items. Advisory Council 3 132 Committees 1951-1969 29 items. 3 133 Definition 1953 1 item. 3 134 Building and Reorganization Plans 1954-1973 40 items. 3 135 Campus Delivery System 1971-1972 2 items. 3 136 Committees 1954 1970 2 items. 3 137 Handbooks 1952-1962 1 item. 3 138 History 1947-1957 15 items. 3 139 Library News 1965-1971 18 items. Library Staff Association 3 140 General 1950-1967 15 items. 3 141 News Notes 1949-1951 14 items. 3 142 Long-Range Automation Projects 1970-1972 13 items. 3 143 Manuscripts, Archives 1949-1958 12 items. 3 144 Resources Guides 1956 1966 2 items. 3 145 Linguistics 1973-1975 2 items. 3 146 Literary Studies undated 1 item. 3 147 Mail 1951 1970 17 items. 3 148 Manuscripts 1963-1967 2 items. 4 149 Maps 1966-1969 4 items. 4 150 Microforms 1951-1963 18 items. 4 151 Moral Rearmament Movement 1954 2 items. 4 152 National Advisory Committee on Libraries 1968 4 items. 4 153 National Library Week 1962-1970 6 items. 4 154 Newspapers 1956-1970 3 items. 4 155 Northwest Association for Secondary and Higher Schools Accreditation Survey 1956-1960 16 items. 4 156 Orton Collection 1946-1956 8 items. 4 157 Orton Room--Reservations 1953 4 158 Pacific Northwest Bibliographic Center 1962-1963 2 items. Pacific Northwest Library Association 4 159 General 1958-1970 11 items. 4 160 Library Development Project 1956-1957 6 items. Personnel Administration 4 161 Annual Review 1957-1969 26 items. 4 162 Compensation 1951-1955 3 items. 4 163 Employee Evaluation 1954-1964 6 items. 4 164 Job Descriptions 1949-1966 140 items. 4 165 Non-Faculty 1949-1961 11 items. 4 166 Personnel Practices in State Libraries and State Library Extension Agencies 1960 1 item. Personnel Policies 4 167 Library--Faculty 1946-1969 34 items. 4 168 Library--Washington State Universtiy 1949-1970 33 items. 4 169 Photoduplication 1954-1969 9 items. 4 170 Public Relations 1952 5 items. 4 171 Pulisher Files--Humanities Library 1963 2 items. 4 172 Purchase Requests 1958-1965 9 items. 4 173 Quarter System 1965 1 item. 4 174 Reference 1959 1 item. 4 175 Rental Collection 1947-1951 2 items. Reports 4 176 Hannah Krueger 1949-1957 5 items. 4 177 Library 1947-1966 8 items. 4 178 Techniques 1947-1952 3 items. 4 179 Research Studies of Washington State University 1951-1953 1 item. 4 180 Reserve Books 1959-1968 2 items. 4 181 Scheduling 1958-1964 2 items. 4 182 Science Library 1952-1961 5 items. 4 183 Searching--Procedures 1955 4 items. 4 184 Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials 1960-1966 6 items. Serials 4 185 General 1956-1970 5 items. 4 186 Procedures 1949-1964 9 items. 4 187 Shelving 1966-1968 3 items. 4 188 Short Title Catalog 1963 3 items. 4 189 Smoking Policy in Library 1964 1 item. 4 190 Society for Theatre Research 1956-1965 14 items. 4 191 Special Libraries Association 1950-1962 8 items. 4 192 Statistics--Library 1954-1969 17 items. 4 193 Superscriptions 1953-1954 2 items. 4 194 Technical Service Division 1946-1969 91 items. 4 195 Textbooks undated 1 item. 4 196 Theses, Washington State University 1964 3 items. 4 197 Translating 1963-1964 2 items. 4 198 Union Catalog 1936-1947 25 items. 4 199 United States Book Exchange 1950-1965 5 items. 4 200 Vocational Library 1947 1 item. 4 201 Washington Library Association 1970 3 items. 4 202 Washington (State). Washington State Advisory Council on Libraries 1972 1 item. Washington State University 4 203 Administrative Notices 1952-1970 11 items. 4 204 Computing Center undated 4 items. 4 205 General 1954-1975 23 items. 4 206 Planning Council 1968 1 item. 4 207 Washington State University Press 1972 1 item. 4 208 Washington State University Women's Club 1970 2 items. 4 209 Whitman County Library 1963 1 item.