[Opal Whiteley : letters from Opal Whiteley, and letters from various people about her, and Oregon State Library Correspondence with her and others]. [1913-1951]
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Pierce, Cornelia Marvin, 1873-1957.
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Cornelia Marvin Pierce (1873-1957) earned her library degree from the Armour Institute in Chicago in 1896. After serving as the secretary of the Oregon Library Commission in 1905, she became the first Oregon State Librarian and greatly expanded the book program by her retirement in 1928, when she married Oregon Governor Walter M. Pierce. When he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, she wrote many of his speeches and helped advance New Deal programs. From the description ...
Whiteley, Opal Stanley
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Opal Stanley Whiteley was born on December 11, 1897 in Colton, Washington and later moved with her family to Walden, Oregon, near the town of Cottage Grove. It was in Walden that Whiteley wrote a diary, later published in 1920 by the Atlantic Monthly, which was to become both celebrated and controversial. Whiteley was keenly interested in nature and botany; she became an amateur naturalist and utilized her interests in both nature and religion for her work in the Oregon Christian Endeavor Union....
