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Perrie Jones and Mildred L. Methven Papers

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Digital copies of the papers of Perrie Jones, Supervisor of Institution Libraries, Minnesota (1928-37) and Chair of ALA Hospital Libraries Committee (1928) and successor, Mildred L. Methven, Supervisor (1937-47) and Chair (1938), contains correspondence, articles, reports, material on meetings and conferences, exhibits material, bibliographies and studies relating to the purposes, organization, book selection and patrons of institutional libraries, includes the American Brotherhood for the Blind (1934), ALA Institutional Libraries Committee (1928-38), institutional library statistics in Minnesota (1930-38), and the University of Minnesota Library Institute (1937).

This collection is managed by the American Library Association Archives and does not feature precise descriptive information for each item. Discover its contents by browsing the folders and files. For more information, contact an archivist at ala-archives@library.illinois.edu.
Box 001 — Prison Libraries, 1928-1939