Ruth McBirney Papers 1897-1991

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Ruth McBirney Papers 1897-1991

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Chiefly correspondence back and forth between McBirney and her parents in Boise, Idaho, while she was away from home at Whitman College and the University of Washington (1936-1940), working in New York at the Columbia University Music Library (1942-1946), and serving abroad as librarian at the American Library in Paris (1947-1953), before she returned to Boise, where she became head librarian at Boise State University (then Boise Junior College); together with personal appointment books, scrapbooks, personal and travel memorabilia, family papers, genealogies, and photos.

10.0 linear feet, 21 boxes; 10 linear feet (21 boxes)

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Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives

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McBirney, James F.

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Whitman College

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The 1986 American Philosophical Association's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education in Philosophy gained Whitman national recognition for having received an honor that had been awarded only twice before. When it was discovered that the award had beenfabricated by a disgruntled ex-student,Whitman received national recognition and ridicule. From the guide to the Whitman College Philosophy Department Records, 1987-1989, (Whitman College and Northwest Archives) Whitman...

American Library in Paris

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The American Library in Paris is the largest English-language lending library on the European mainland. The library was established in 1920 under the auspices of the American Library Association's Library War Service with a core collection of books and periodicals donated by American libraries to United States armed forces personnel serving their allies in World War I....

McBirney, Bertha Campbell.

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Fraser, Ian Forbes, 1907-1969

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Marceau, Marcel

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McBirney, Ruth, 1918-1991.

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Librarian, of Boise, Idaho. From the description of Ruth McBirney papers, 1897-1991. (Boise State University). WorldCat record id: 312116295 Ruth Campbell McBirney was born in Boise, Idaho, on January 16, 1918, the daughter of James F. and Bertha Campbell McBirney. She graduated from Boise High School in 1935, attended Boise Junior College for one year, and entered Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, in the fall of 1936. She was awarded an A.B. degree fr...