Margaret Cressaty collection of San Quentin Library materials
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of newsletters, printed ephemera, correspondence, programs and miscellaneous other publications created by and for the library and prisoners at San Quentin prison.
Dates
- Creation: 1958-1959
Creator
- Cressaty, Margaret (Person)
- Spector, Herman K., 1906- (Person)
- California State Prison at San Quentin (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection stored off-site. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Historical note
Margaret Cressaty was a medical librarian based on Southern California. At the time this collection was created, she was the Librarian at the College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons in Los Angeles. Her correspondent was Herman K. Spector, at that time the Librarian at San Quentin prison. The two began a correspondence in 1958 when Spector requested a copy of an article on medical librarianship written by Cressaty. It appears that Spector then sent Cressaty a variety of publications and ephemera created by and for the library and prisoners at San Quentin.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of newsletters, printed ephemera, correspondence, programs and miscellaneous other publications created by and for the library and prisoners at San Quentin prison. Margaret Cressaty was a medical librarian based on Southern California. At the time this collection was created, she was the Librarian at the College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons in Los Angeles. Her correspondent was Herman K. Spector, at that time the Librarian at San Quentin prison. The two began a correspondence in 1958 when Spector requested a copy of an article on medical librarianship written by Cressaty. It appears that Spector then sent Cressaty a variety of publications and ephemera created by and for the library and prisoners at San Quentin.
Processing Information
The collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Cressaty, Margaret -- Archives (Person)
- California State Prison at San Quentin -- Archives (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Margaret Cressaty collection of San Quentin Library materials
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Sue Luftschein
- Date
- 2024 May
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu