Margaret Grant Plumb Collection, 1890--1976

Margaret Grant Plumb Collection, 1890--1976

Margaret Grant Plumb graduated from Hunter College in 1916 and subsequently worked at her alma mater as a librarian/administrator for 44 years. Plumb was instrumental in gathering and preserving historical documents of the College and library that eventually served as a basis for the establishment of an archival repository at Hunter College in 1966. The collection primarily documents the establishment and evolution of library service at the Normal/ Hunter College Library from 1890 to 1960. Key components of this collection are the library annual reports (1900 - 1951), records on the Bronx Campus Library (1928 - 1960) and the Park Avenue Library(1890 - 1950), papers pertaining to Margaret Grant Plumb (1911 - 1975), black and white photographs of the original Normal/Hunter College edifice (1873 - 1936) and the Park Avenue building (1940 - 1982), rare books(1932 - 1958), and materials pertaining to Dr. Margaret Barclay Wilson (Class of 1884), Honorary Librarian from 1915 to 1927.