Guide to the Hanna Elsa Krueger Papers 1949-1975
Cage 429

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Krueger, Hanna Elsa
Title
Hanna Elsa Krueger Papers
ID
Cage 429
Date [inclusive]
1949-1975
Extent
4 containers., 4 linear feet of shelf space., 2930 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, drafts, reports, and other materials relating to her professional activities and administrative duties as Chief, Technical Services, 1950-1953, and Chief, Humanities, 1953-1970. Included are some papers of her successor, Ann Wierum.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 429, Hanna Elsa Krueger Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Hanna Elsa Krueger was born in Hutchinson, Minnesota on April 20, 1905. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in English Education in 1928. She received a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy the next year and a Bachelor of Science degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois in 1938. Her work experience included: secretary for publishing companies, assistant in the University of Illinois Library School, Assistant Librarian and Instructor in Library Science at Carroll College Library from 1938 to 1940 and Acting Librarian from 1940 to 1943. In that year she received a Master's degree from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago for several successive summers' work. The next two years she was Assistant Librarian and Instructor in Library Science at Western Illinois State Teachers' College. From 1945 to 1948 she was Head of the Cataloging Department at Wayne County Library, Detroit, Michigan. The following year, Miss Krueger served as Head of the Catalog and Order department.

In 1949 Miss Krueger came to Washington State University as Head of the Cataloging Department. The following year she was promoted to Chief of the Technical Services Division. From 1953 to 1970 she was Chief of the Humanities Library. She retired from Washington State University on June 30, 1970.

Her areas of professional interest were administration, reference, catalog, and teaching library science. Professional organizations in which she belonged included the American Library Association, the Pacific Northwest Library Association, and the Washington Library Association. She also was a member of the American Association of University Professors, the American Association of University Women, and the League of Women Voters.

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Scope and Content

The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, drafts, conference materials, copies of printed material, forms, booklets, and newsletters. The papers date from 1933 to 1975 with the bulk of the material dating from 1950 to 1970. Ann Wierum, Chief of the Humanities Library after Miss Krueger retired, added to the original collection.

Major subjects in the collection are Circulation, Faculty Library Advisory Committee, Humanities Library, Inter-Library Loan, Washington State University Library Administrative Notices, Library Administrative Council, Job Descriptions, and Technical Service Division. The papers concern the development of library practices and were originally arranged as a reference file.

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Arrangement

The Hanna Elsa Krueger Papers consist of a single series arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Hanna Elsa Krueger were deposited with the Washington State University Libraries in 1978 (UA 78-44).

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University. Library

Occupation(s)

  • Librarians--Washington (State)--Pullman--Correspondence

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Krueger, Hanna Elsa, 1905- --Archives
Subject(s) :
  • Wierum, Ann

Subject(s)

  • Colleges and Universities
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Abel Approval Program 1964-1969  56 items.

1 1

Abstracts 1963  1 item.

1 2

Accession Numbers 1955 1963  2 items.

1 3

Acquisition 

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General 1949-1969  9 items.

1 4

Policies 1947-1961  21 items.

1 5

Procedures 1947-1970  16 items.

1 6

Reprint Expediting Service 1957  1 item.

1 7

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Administration, Principles 1952-1954  2 items.

1 8

American Association of University Professors 1953-1968  26 items.

1 9

American Studies Program 1961 1966  3 items.

1 10

Anthropology 1964  1 item.

1 11

Archival Administration, Symposium 1969-1970  7 items.

1 12

Archives 1955-1967  3 items.

1 13

Audio-Visual 

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Aids in Education Course 1953  4 items.

1 14

Catalog Cards 1953-1955  9 items.

1 15

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Automation 1967  1 item.

1 16

Bibliography 

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General 1969  1 item.

1 17

National 1963-1964  2 items.

1 18

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Binding 1951-1972  15 items.

1 19

Black Studies 1972  1 item.

1 20

Book Loss 1960  1 item.

1 21

Book Numbers (see also Library of Congress--Classification) 1954  1 item.

1 22

Book Selection 

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Principles 1950  1 item.

1 23

Procedures 1954  2 items.

1 24

Weeding 1957  1 item.

1 25

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Budget 1949-1970  22 items.

1 26

Call-Number Distribution 1950-1956  11 items.

1 27

Catalog Duplication 1952-1972  10 items.

1 28

Cataloging 

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General 1933-1965  15 items.

1 29

Procedures 1949-1954  42 items.

1 30

Recataloging 1951-1970  8 items.

1 31

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Center for Research Libraries 1967-1972  6 items.

1 32

Central Information Desk 1952  1 item.

1 33

Chaney, Sue--Sabbatical 1965  1 item.

1 34

Chicano Studies 1970  1 item.

1 35

Circulation 1948-1974  124 items.

1 36

Citizens' Conference on Libraries 1969  22 items.

1 37

Classification 1954-1955  11 items.

1 38

Classification Authority File 1964  1 item.

1 39

Coins undated  1 item.

1 40

College Art Association 1954  4 items.

1 41

College Catalogs 1951  1 item.

1 42

College Library 

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General 1952-1958  3 items.

1 43

Program 1952-1965  5 items.

1 44

References 1952  34 items.

1 45

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Compact Storage 1957-1972  11 items.

1 46

Computing Center News 1968  2 items.

1 47

Conference Planning 1953-1957  4 items.

1 48

Copyright 1962-1968  3 items.

1 49

Current Acquistions List 1953-1963  11 items.

1 50

Dedications 1968  1 item.

1 51

Departmental Working Libraries 1949-1954  23 items.

1 52

Dictionaries 1962  1 item.

1 53

Documentation 1953  1 item.

1 54

Dormitory Libraries 1962  1 item.

1 55

Education 

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General 1955  1 item.

1 56

Higher 1956-1973  4 items.

1 57

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Ethics, Professional 1952-1958  5 items.

1 58

Exchange 1947-1955  1 item.

1 59

Exhibits 1954  2 items.

1 60

Extension 1951-1963  20 items.

1 61

Faculty Committees 1957-1972  9 items.

1 62

Faculty Committees on Improvement of Instruction 1957-1958  5 items.

1 63

Faculty Library Advisory Committee 1945-1967  176 items.

1 64-66

Filing 1953-1954  3 items.

1 67

Foundation for Integrated Education 1951-1953  12 items.

1 68

Friends of the Library 

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General 1962-1966  8 items.

1 69

Washington State University 1939-1962  20 items.

1 70

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Governor's Conference on Libraries 1967-1969  54 items.

1 71

Holland Library 1950  12 items.

1 72

Honors 1960-1970  9 items.

2 73

Humanities 

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Division undated  1 item.

2 74

Division Newsletter, v. 1-14 1950-1964  74 items.

2 75-77

General 1954-1955  15 items.

2 78

Library 

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Budget Requests 1954-1956  10 items.

2 79

Equipment 1958-1969  27 items.

2 80

General 1957-1975  21 items.

2 81

Inventory 1955  2 items.

2 82

Microfilms 1966-1967  1 item.

2 83

Plans for a Humanities Divisional Reading Room 1947  1 item.

2 84

Reports 1952-1965  11 items.

2 85

Staff 1959-1975  55 items.

2 86

Staff, Labor Slip 1954-1967  18 items.

2 87

Statistics 1955-1968  43 items.

2 88

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Indexing 1945-1969  2 items.

2 89

Information Science 1964-1972  2 items.

2 90

Institute of Library Research 1966  1 item.

2 91

Institute of World Affairs 1959-1966  5 items.

2 92

Instruction--Students 1952-1961  14 items.

2 93

Instructions 1950-1956  2 items.

2 94

Integrated Courses 

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Biological Sciences 1955  5 items.

2 95

General 1955-1957  8 items.

2 96

Humanities 1953-1961  8 items.

2 97

Social Science 1950-1951  4 items.

2 98

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Intellectual Freedom undated  1 item.

2 99

Inter-Library Loan 

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General 1949-1972  145 items.

2 100-102

Manual 1952-1967  6 items.

2 103

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International Affairs Committee 1965  1 item.

2 104

International Education Committee 1957-1966  15 items.

2 105

International Federation for Documentation 1960-1969  3 items.

2 106

International Federation of Library Associations 1959-1967  41 items.

2 107

KWSU 1957  1 item.

2 108

Land Grant Colleges and Universities 1940-1962  4 items.

2 109

Language Laboratory 1958  3 items.

2 110

Latin American Cooperative Acquisitions Project 1961-1972  36 items.

2 111

Lettering undated  2 items.

2 112

Librarian Trainee Program (WLA) 1964  6 items.

2 113

Librarianship 1956-1968  8 items.

3 114

Libraries 

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Administration 1939-1946  4 items.

3 115

Public 1956  2 items.

3 116

State and Regional 1934-1957  9 items.

3 117

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Library Cooperation 1956-1972  23 items.

3 118

Library of Congress 

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Classification 1951-1964  4 items.

3 119

General 1947-1968  33 items.

3 120

MARC undated  1 item.

3 121

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Library Surveys 1954-1955  6 items.

3 122

Library Technicians 1967  1 item.

3 123

Library, 21 undated  1 item.

3 124

Library, Washington State University 

Administration 

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Library Literature Collection 1963  1 item.

3 125

Notices 1953-1969  164 items.

3 126
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Administrative Council 1950-1973  350 items.

3 127-130

Advisory Board 1954-1956  18 items.

3 131

Advisory Council 

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Committees 1951-1969  29 items.

3 132

Definition 1953  1 item.

3 133
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Building and Reorganization Plans 1954-1973  40 items.

3 134

Campus Delivery System 1971-1972  2 items.

3 135

Committees 1954 1970  2 items.

3 136

Handbooks 1952-1962  1 item.

3 137

History 1947-1957  15 items.

3 138

Library News 1965-1971  18 items.

3 139

Library Staff Association 

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General 1950-1967  15 items.

3 140

News Notes 1949-1951  14 items.

3 141
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Long-Range Automation Projects 1970-1972  13 items.

3 142

Manuscripts, Archives 1949-1958  12 items.

3 143

Resources Guides 1956 1966  2 items.

3 144

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Linguistics 1973-1975  2 items.

3 145

Literary Studies undated  1 item.

3 146

Mail 1951 1970  17 items.

3 147

Manuscripts 1963-1967  2 items.

3 148

Maps 1966-1969  4 items.

4 149

Microforms 1951-1963  18 items.

4 150

Moral Rearmament Movement 1954  2 items.

4 151

National Advisory Committee on Libraries 1968  4 items.

4 152

National Library Week 1962-1970  6 items.

4 153

Newspapers 1956-1970  3 items.

4 154

Northwest Association for Secondary and Higher Schools Accreditation Survey 1956-1960  16 items.

4 155

Orton Collection 1946-1956  8 items.

4 156

Orton Room--Reservations 1953  

4 157

Pacific Northwest Bibliographic Center 1962-1963  2 items.

4 158

Pacific Northwest Library Association 

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General 1958-1970  11 items.

4 159

Library Development Project 1956-1957  6 items.

4 160

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Personnel Administration 

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Annual Review 1957-1969  26 items.

4 161

Compensation 1951-1955  3 items.

4 162

Employee Evaluation 1954-1964  6 items.

4 163

Job Descriptions 1949-1966  140 items.

4 164

Non-Faculty 1949-1961  11 items.

4 165

Personnel Practices in State Libraries and State Library Extension Agencies 1960  1 item.

4 166

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Personnel Policies 

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Library--Faculty 1946-1969  34 items.

4 167

Library--Washington State Universtiy 1949-1970  33 items.

4 168

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Photoduplication 1954-1969  9 items.

4 169

Public Relations 1952  5 items.

4 170

Pulisher Files--Humanities Library 1963  2 items.

4 171

Purchase Requests 1958-1965  9 items.

4 172

Quarter System 1965  1 item.

4 173

Reference 1959  1 item.

4 174

Rental Collection 1947-1951  2 items.

4 175

Reports 

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Hannah Krueger 1949-1957  5 items.

4 176

Library 1947-1966  8 items.

4 177

Techniques 1947-1952  3 items.

4 178

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Research Studies of Washington State University 1951-1953  1 item.

4 179

Reserve Books 1959-1968  2 items.

4 180

Scheduling 1958-1964  2 items.

4 181

Science Library 1952-1961  5 items.

4 182

Searching--Procedures 1955  4 items.

4 183

Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials 1960-1966  6 items.

4 184

Serials 

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General 1956-1970  5 items.

4 185

Procedures 1949-1964  9 items.

4 186

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Shelving 1966-1968  3 items.

4 187

Short Title Catalog 1963  3 items.

4 188

Smoking Policy in Library 1964  1 item.

4 189

Society for Theatre Research 1956-1965  14 items.

4 190

Special Libraries Association 1950-1962  8 items.

4 191

Statistics--Library 1954-1969  17 items.

4 192

Superscriptions 1953-1954  2 items.

4 193

Technical Service Division 1946-1969  91 items.

4 194

Textbooks undated  1 item.

4 195

Theses, Washington State University 1964  3 items.

4 196

Translating 1963-1964  2 items.

4 197

Union Catalog 1936-1947  25 items.

4 198

United States Book Exchange 1950-1965  5 items.

4 199

Vocational Library 1947  1 item.

4 200

Washington Library Association 1970  3 items.

4 201

Washington (State). Washington State Advisory Council on Libraries 1972  1 item.

4 202

Washington State University 

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Administrative Notices 1952-1970  11 items.

4 203

Computing Center undated  4 items.

4 204

General 1954-1975  23 items.

4 205

Planning Council 1968  1 item.

4 206

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Washington State University Press 1972  1 item.

4 207

Washington State University Women's Club 1970  2 items.

4 208

Whitman County Library 1963  1 item.

4 209