Lillian Baker Griggs papers, 1930-1949.

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Lillian Baker Griggs papers, 1930-1949.

Primarily correspondence, library planning, budget files, and other materials related to the operation of the Woman's College Library of Duke University. The correspondence covers activities of the North Carolina Library, the American Library Association, library legislation and education, as well as the Woman's College Library. Box 3 includes a 60 page typed memoir written by Lillian Baker Griggs, ca. 1940

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American Library Association

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The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. Founded in 1876, it is the oldest and largest library association in the world....

Duke University. Woman's College. Library

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The Woman's College Library dates from the 1927 construction of the Woman's College campus. During the three years required to build the library on West Campus, this was the library for the entire university. In 1930 the Woman's College Library opened officially with a collection of 4,000 books. In 1972 the Board of Trustees approved the merger of the Woman's College and Trinity College. The Woman's College Library became known as the East Campus Library. The library was renamed Lilly Library in...

Griggs, Lillian Baker, 1876-1955.

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Lillian Baker Griggs was Librarian of the Duke University Woman's College Library, 1930 to 1949. From the description of Lillian Baker Griggs papers, 1930-1949. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 164350138 Lillian Baker Griggs was born in Anderson, South Carolina in 1867 to William F. and Cora D. Baker. She graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1895 and married Alfred Flourny Griggs in 1897. After her husband's death in 1908, she entered the Carnegie...

North Carolina Library Association.

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Organized in 1904. From the description of Records, 1904-1985. (North Carolina Division of Archives & Hist). WorldCat record id: 70956021 ...