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Harriet Gertrude Eddy

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31: 121:, from 1906 to 1909. She began a library at the school to support its claim for accreditation. The Elk Grove Library became part of the Sacramento County Library system in 1908, "the first county branch of a library in the state of California". Eddy went to work on creating more rural libraries with the 136:
Agricultural Extension, touring the state speaking to community groups and local government bodies as state leader of home demonstration agents. During sabbaticals, she traveled to the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Cuba, to study schools and libraries, in the 1920s and 1930s. She met with Lenin's
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Hannah J. Kunkle, “A Historical Study of the Extension Activities of the California State Library with Particular Emphasis on Its Role in Rural Library Development, 1850–1966” (Doctoral dissertation, Florida State University
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Richardson, John V. (2000). "The Origin of Soviet Education for Librarianship: The Role of Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya Lyubov' Borisovna Khavkina-Hamburger, and Genrietta K. Abele-Derman".
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Eddy lived for many years with her older sister, Myrta Newman, who joined in her travels. She wrote an unpublished memoir of their times together, titled
690: 267: 152:. She retired from the University Extension work in 1941. In retirement, she was active in the Peninsula Council of the American-Soviet Friendship, the 502: 340: 700: 366: 695: 156:, and the National Peace Conference. In 1952, her passport application was denied, from concern about her Soviet contacts and activities abroad. 145:(1882–1954), first director of the Moscow Library Institute. She also hosted scholars from the Soviet Union on their visits to California. 97:, the daughter of George Washington Eddy and Louise Mackenzie Eddy. She earned a bachelor's degree and a teaching certificate in 1896 at 680: 710: 675: 412: 176: 85:. She was inducted into the California Library Hall of Fame in 2014, for her work on organizing forty Californian library systems. 196: 125:, from 1909 to 1918, traveling the state to establish county libraries in forty counties. She described her work in a memoir, 705: 213: 685: 254: 309:
Lawrence Clark Powell, “One Book in a Million: Harriet Eddy’s County Library Organizing in California, 1909–1918,”
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In 2014, Eddy was posthumously inducted into the California Library Hall of Fame.
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County Free Library Organizing in California, 1909-1918: Personal Recollections
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Biennial Report of the State Board of Education of the State of Michigan
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Harriet G. Eddy as a young woman, from the California State Library.
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Eddy was active in the California Library Association, and the
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Journal of Education for Library and Information Science
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County Free Library Organizing in California, 1909–1918
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Eddy papers, 1918-1967" 581:"Lifetime of Help to Others Closes" 399:Vladimir and Nadya: The Lenin Story 179:in Elk Grove, named in her memory. 101:and pursued further studies at the 647:Harriet G. Eddy papers, 1918-1967. 132:In 1918 she began teaching in the 93:Harriet Gertrude Eddy was born in 14: 691:People from Elk Grove, California 446:10.25281/0869-608x-2012-0-6-62-65 701:University of California faculty 235:Richardson, John V. Jr. (2009). 696:People from Lexington, Michigan 367:"Women to Hear Harriet G. Eddy" 16:American educator and librarian 561:. December 9, 1966. p. 51 274:. February 11, 1917. p. 9 1: 631:Harriet G. Eddy Middle School 587:. December 9, 1966. p. 2 535:. December 9, 1966. p. 2 509:. October 20, 1909. p. 1 257:Elk Grove Historical Society. 177:Harriet G. Eddy Middle School 611:Online Archive of California 555:"Miss Eddy, Library Founder" 395:Hamilton-Dann, Mary (1998). 198:Michigan Teachers' Directory 595:– via Newspapers.com. 569:– via Newspapers.com. 543:– via Newspapers.com. 373:. April 17, 1922. p. 1 298:Harriet G. Eddy (1876-1966) 282:– via Newspapers.com. 727: 559:The San Francisco Examiner 347:. April 5, 1935. p. 3 123:California State Librarian 681:American women librarians 439:(in Russian) (6): 62–65. 323:Eddy, Harriet G. (1955). 143:Genrietta K. Abele-Derman 141:, in this work, and with 28: 711:American women academics 676:Librarians from Michigan 533:The Napa Valley Register 134:University of California 313:, no. 86 (2007): 18-20. 419:Harriet Gertrude Eddy. 113:Eddy taught school in 706:Albion College alumni 119:Elk Grove, California 103:University of Chicago 75:Harriet Gertrude Eddy 23:Harriet Gertrude Eddy 154:World Peace Congress 95:Lexington, Michigan 68:educator, librarian 47:Lexington, Michigan 686:American educators 345:Calexico Chronicle 139:Nadezhda Krupskaya 529:"Harriet G. 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Young white woman in 1902, wearing a lacy high-necked white blouse and pince-nez eyeglasses.
librarian
Soviet Union
Lexington, Michigan
Albion College
University of Chicago
Helena, Montana
Elk Grove, California
California State Librarian
University of California
Nadezhda Krupskaya
Genrietta K. Abele-Derman
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
World Peace Congress
Napa, California
Harriet G. Eddy Middle School
Michigan Teachers' Directory
Biennial Report of the State Board of Education of the State of Michigan




“Harriet G. Eddy (1876-1966): California’s First County Library Organizer and Her Influence on USSR Libraries”
"First County Free Branch Library in State – The Harriet G. Eddy Story"
"Anderson Citizens Favor County Library"



Harriet G. Eddy (1876-1966)
County Free Library Organizing in California, 1909-1918: Personal Recollections

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