Cornelia Marvin Pierce

She was Oregon's 1st state librarian - 1905-1929.

Brisley, Melissa Ann Cornelia Marvin Pierce: pioneer in library extension The Library Quarterly April 1968, Pgs. 125- "In her twenty-four years as head of the Oregon State Library, she built almost singlehandedly, one of the finest library systems in the nation. Her character is described as a human dynamo with a mind that works like harnessed lightning."

American Profile - Celebrating The American Spirit March 15-19, 2011, Page 12, Column 3 "Moving from Wisconsin to Oregon, Cornelia Marvin Pierce helped establish and administer the Oregon State Library Commission in 1905. During her more than 20-year tenure, the number of public libraries in the state significantly increased and in 1909 she established the first mail order department in any American library."

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Brisley, Melissa Ann Cornelia Marvin Pierce: pioneer in library extension The Library Quarterly April 1968, Pgs. 125- "In her twenty-four years as head of the Oregon State Library, she built almost singlehandedly, one of the finest library systems in the nation. Her character is described as a human dynamo with a mind that works like harnessed lightning."

American Profile - Celebrating The American Spirit March 15-19, 2011, Page 12, Column 3 "Moving from Wisconsin to Oregon, Cornelia Marvin Pierce helped establish and administer the Oregon State Library Commission in 1905. During her more than 20-year tenure, the number of public libraries in the state significantly increased and in 1909 she established the first mail order department in any American library."

Reed College Library Special Collections & Archives Manuscripts Cornelia Marvin Pierce Papers Size: 4 manuscript boxes, 2 linear feet Date: September 24, 2003

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