Elizabeth Howard West Papers 1526-1946

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Elizabeth Howard West Papers 1526-1946

http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/west.htm

Papers of historian and librarian Elizabeth West which contain her personal research and notes on Texas as well as photostats, transcriptions, and translations of documents from foreign archives concerning early Florida history.

3.75 Linear feet; 9 boxes

eng,

Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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West, Elizabeth Howard, 1873-1948

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Born in Pontotoc, Miss., in 1873, Elizabeth Howard West was a teacher, scholar, and librarian. A graduate of the Industrial Institute and College at Columbus, Miss., West taught in Mississippi schools before relocating in 1895 to Texas, where she earned her master's degree from the University of Texas in 1901. She began her library training shortly thereafter and held various posts in libraries in Texas and elsewhere, working as a cataloger at Texas State College, as an assistant at the Library ...