Helen Elizabeth Haines papers, 1891-1960.

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Helen Elizabeth Haines papers, 1891-1960.

Contains correspondence and other papers and printed materials, with a detailed index, concerning Helen Haines' career as a librarian specializing in book selection, a book review columnist, and an instructor at the Los Angeles Public Library, Library School. Includes general information about the school, course notes, and Haines' articles, book reviews, and other writings, as well as clippings and printed materials she collected about librarians and various literary figures. Haines' correspondence also contains personal letters between Haines and pertaining to her close friends, Edith G. Hawthorne and Julian Hawthorne, including description of Edith's financial struggles at the time of his death. Other personal papers include calendar diaries, an autobiographical sketch, and a few miscellaneous papers and clippings.

3 cartons, 12 boxes (6.95 linear ft.)Copies of selected items : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2367X) and positive.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7017535

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Haines, Helen E. (Helen Elizabeth), 1872-

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Los Angeles Public Library. Library School.

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Hawthorne, Edith Garrigues

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Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

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Son of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was also a writer of short stories and novels. From the description of Essays : manuscripts, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612756082 Second child and only son of Nathaniel and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was a writer of reviews, articles, and late 19th century American popular fiction. From the description of ALS, 1886 September 16 : Sag Harbor, N.Y., to J.D. Holmes...