Mary Frances Isom collection [manuscript]

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Mary Frances Isom collection [manuscript]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670239568

Collection includes: Typescript carbon copy "An Interview with Cornelia Marvin Pierce... as Transcribed by Hazel E. Mills," 5 pp, January 2, 1956, about her recollections of Mary Frances Isom; "Mary Frances Isom: Creative Pioneer in Library Work in the Northwest," by Bernard Van Horne, 9 pp.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7963870

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Multnomah County Library

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Pierce, Cornelia Marvin.

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Isom, Mary Frances, 1865-1920.

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Mary Frances Isom (February 27, 1865-April 15, 1920) directed Portland's largest library for almost twenty years, beginning in 1901. Shortly after completing her library training at Pratt Library School in New York, she moved to Portland to catalog a collection of over 8,000 volumes bequeathed by John Wilson to the private, subscription-based Library Association of Portland. Wilson was a local resident whose donation served as the foundation for special collections that are still available at th...

Van Horne, Bernard

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Mills, Hazel E.

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Library Association (Portland, Or.)

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Multnomah County (Or.). Library

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