00574 PERRIE JONES: An Inventory of Her Family Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Kathryn A. Johnson Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Dennis Meissner 10 December 2002Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Minnesota Historical Society Jones, Perrie, 1886-1968. Perrie Jones and family papers. 1885-1980. Personal, family, and professional correspondence; lecture notes; print and near-print materials; newspaper clippings; a World War I journal; speeches; articles, essays, and poetry; photographs; and other papers documenting the career of Perrie Jones, St. Paul Public Library director (1937-1955). 6.5 cu. ft. (7 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. BIOGRAPHY OF PERRIE JONES

Personal, family, and professional correspondence; lecture notes; print and near-print materials; newspaper clippings; a World War I journal; speeches; articles, essays, and poetry; photographs; and other papers documenting the career of Perrie Jones, St. Paul Public Library director (1937-1955). Prior to 1937, Jones was Wabasha Public Library director (1911-1915), an organizer of hospital library services in St. Paul (1921-1928), and supervisor of Minnesota State institutional libraries (1928-1937). She also conducted classes in hospital librarianship at the University of Minnesota Library School (1937-1948), and was active in many committees of the American Library Association and of institutional library associations.

Personal papers include extensive correspondence with her cousin, Richard Hugh Williams, Nova Scotia (1913-1941); correspondence with other family, friends, and professional associates (1900-1968); letters from several American literary figures, a scrapbook she kept while attending Wabasha (Minn.) High School (1899-1903); a journal of her experiences in France with the American Red Cross (1917-1918); and her own writings including essays, poetry, speeches, and articles (ca.1929-1968). A small body of her parents' correspondence (1885-1938) is also included.

A major portion of the collection is concerned with Jones' leadership in providing library services to hospitals and state institutions. The files, containing correspondence, print and near-print materials, newspaper clippings, and articles, reviews, and speeches by Jones, cover the many aspects of providing books to such institutions. There are also files on the various professional organizations concerned with this project, and notes, correspondence, and other papers relating to Jones' production of a handbook on institutional libraries for the American Library Association. Also included are lecture notes, schedules, reading lists, student papers, correspondence, and pupil records from Jones' course in hospital librarianship at the University of Minnesota.

 SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE PAPERS

Personal, family, and professional correspondence; lecture notes; print and near-print materials; newspaper clippings; a World War I journal; speeches; articles, essays, and poetry; photographs; and other papers documenting the career of Perrie Jones, St. Paul Public Library director, (1937-1955). Prior to 1937, Jones was Wabasha Public Library director (1911-1915), an organizer of hospital library services in St. Paul (1921-1928), and supervisor of Minnesota State institutional libraries (1928-1937). She also conducted classes in hospital librarianship at the University of Minnesota Library School (1937-1948), and was active in many committees of the American Library Association and of institutional library associations. Most of the papers document her work and her interest in hospital library services.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1914-1918 -- War work. Women librarians -- Minnesota. Welsh Americans -- Minnesota. Prison libraries -- Minnesota. Nurses -- Study and teaching -- Minnesota. Military libraries -- United States. Medical libraries -- Minnesota. Library science -- Societies, etc. -- United States. Library education -- Minnesota. International libraries. Libraries and institutions. Institution libraries -- United States. Institution libraries -- Minnesota. Persons: Auslander, Joseph, 1897- . Barclay, Thomas, 1853-1941. Eliot, Frederick M. Hayakawa, S. I. (Samuel Ichiy'e), 1906- . Jones, Robert, 1859-1935. Jones family. Le Sueur, Meridel. Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. Notestein, Wallace, 1878-1969. Struther, Jan, 1901-1953. Walter, Frank K. Williams, Richard Hugh. Organizations: American Library Association. American Red Cross. Guild of Hospital Librarians. Minnesota Association of Hospital, Medical and Institutional Libraries. Saint Paul Public Library. University of Minnesota. Library School. Places: Nova Scotia. England -- Description and travel -- 1901-1945. Document Types: Poems. Speeches. Scrapbooks. Photographs. Lecture notes. Diaries. Essays. Occupations: Librarians. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Perrie Jones and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

 Accession Information:

Accession number: 12,750; 14,161; 14,460

 Processing Information:

Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, May 1991

Catalog ID number: 09-00022248

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION 149.A.5.8F 1 Family Background and Biographical Information. Personal Correspondence: Robert E. and Perrie Jones Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, 1885-1938.

Parents of Perrie Jones.

 Richard Hugh Williams and Family, Nova Scotia, with Perrie Jones, Oct. 1913-April 1941. 5 folders.

Includes typewritten copies of Williams family letters, 1855-1860.

 Other Personal and Family Correspondence, Dec. 1900-April 1942. 14 folders. 149.A.6.1B 2 Professional Correspondence, 1954-1968, 1976, 1980. 3 folders. Other Personal Files: High School Scrapbook Sheets, 1899-1903. Diary-Journal, Oct. 1917-June 1918. 2 folders. Writings, undated and ca.1929-1932. 2 folders. Victory Book Campaign (St. Paul Public Library), 1942. Letters from St. Paul Public Library Staff in Military Service, 1942. Perrie Jones Retirement, 1955-1956. 2 folders. U.S. Overseas Library Project, 1953-1956. Transcripts of Speeches, Reviews, and Similar Professional Writings, 1941-1968. Hospital Libraries Files: Professional Organizations: American Association of Hospital and Institutional Libraries, 1957-1961. American Library Association Committee on Hospital Libraries, 1925-1949. 3 folders. American Prison Association and ALA Library Committee, 1938-1946. International Guild of Hospital Librarians, 1933-1948. International Subcommittee on Hospital Libraries, 1930-1939, 1947. 3 folders. Minnesota Association of Hospital, Medical and Institution Libraries, 1927-1946. 2 folders. 149.A.6.2F 3 Subject Files: American Library Association: Hospital Libraries Roundtable Meetings, 1923-1930. Bibliographies of Books, Articles, and Pamphlets on Hospital Libraries, 1921-1934. Bibliotherapy, undated and 1932-1962. 3 folders. Book Costs (1935-1937) and Book Lists, undated, 1919, 1930-1937. Education Therapy, 1932, 1943-1947. German Hospital and Prison Libraries, 1932-1935. Hospital Book Guide and Hospital Booklist, 1936-1940. Hospital Book List, prepared by the Hospital Library Committee, ALA, 1936-1935. 1 volume, 3 folders. Hospital Librarianship: Short Courses and Institutes, undated and 1930-1946. Hospital Libraries: Exhibits, 1924-1930, 1933. Workshops, 1952-1953. Hospital Library Book Trucks, 1919-1945. Hospital Library Readership: Study I, 1946-1947. Hospital Library Surveys: United States, undated and 1921-1947. 4 folders. 149.A.6.3B 4 Hospital Library Surveys: Foreign, 1929-1948. 2 folders. Institutional Libraries, undated and 1930-1937. 2 folders. Library Associations: Meetings, 1936-1946. Library Positions and Internships Correspondence, 1937-1949, 1951. 5 folders. Nurses' Education, 1939-1946, 1951. Patients' Comments and Evaluation of Books, 1942-1948. Sterilization of Books, 1922-1944. Veterans' Administration/Armed Forces, 1926-1947. 3 folders. Miscellaneous: Correspondence, 1922-1950, 1956-1957, 1967. 5 folders. 149.A.6.4F 5 Manuscripts, Printed Materials, and Newspaper Clippings, undated and 1917-1962. 4 folders. Hospital Libraries Handbook: Correspondence, printed materials, and other papers, [192-]-195-]. 30 folders.

Materials compiled in 1959 by Perrie Jones for a handbook on hospital libraries for the American Library Association.

 149.A.6.5B 6 Hospital Library Courses at University of Minnesota Taught by Perrie Jones: Lecture Materials, 1937-1949. 7 folders. Miscellaneous Lecture Materials, ca.1939-1948. 4 folders. Examination Questions, 1922-1929, 1937-1948. Student Comments on Course, undated and 1937-1948. Student Information Forms, 1937-1948. 2 folders. Student Papers, 1930s and 1940s. 2 folders.

Arranged alphabetically.

 Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, undated and 1922-1955. 4 folders. 149.A.6.6F 7 Typescript and Printed Speeches, Articles, Book Reviews, and Similar Papers by Jones Relating to Hospital Libraries, undated and 1921-1968. 6 folders. Perrie Jones, "The Source," Chapters I-IV, undated. 2 folders. Photographs: Images of Jones, undated, 1905, 1955. 1 folder, containing 19 images. Studio Portraits and Carte de Visites of Members of the Jones and Williams Families, undated. 1 folder, containing 9 images. Unidentified and Undated Photographs and Snapshots. 1 folder, containing 30 items. Graduates of Hospital Librarianship Program, University of Minnesota, 1937, 1940, 1946, 1948. 1 folder, containing 8 images.