Norton, Margaret Cross, 1891-1984

Margaret Cross Norton, the first archivist for the state of Illinois, was born in Rockford, Illinois, July 7, 1891, the daughter of Samuel and Jennie (Adams) Norton.

She attended Rockford College, and received bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Chicago. In 1915 she graduated from the New York State Library School as a librarian. She held posts at the Vassar College Library, the Indiana State Library, and the State Historical Society of Missouri before returning to Illinois to become the first head of the Illinois State Library's Archives Division in 1922.

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