Cornelia Marvin
| Cornelia Marvin Pierce | |
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| Born |
December 26, 1873 Monticello, IA |
| Died | February 12, 1957 (aged 83) Salem, OR |
| Occupation | Librarian |
| Known for | First Oregon State Librarian |
Cornelia Marvin Pierce (December 26, 1873 - February 12, 1957) was an American librarian, originally from Iowa. She moved to Oregon in 1905 to become the first director of the Oregon Library Commission and, later, the first Oregon State Librarian. She married former governor Walter M. Pierce in 1928, resigning her position to do so.
Cornelia Marvin was born on December 26, 1873 in Monticello, Iowa to Charles Elwell Marvin and Cornelia Marvin (née Moody) as the second of five children. After attending high school in St. Paul, Minnesota, Pierce’s family moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1891 where she finished her secondary education. Shortly after her mother’s death, Pierce decided to set out on her own and moved to Chicago in 1893 to work as a “mother’s helper” for a Mrs. Porter.
When Pierce first arrived in Chicago, she began taking extension courses in areas such as French history and ancient drama from the University of Chicago. By 1894, she had convinced her father to provide the $500 necessary for her to attend the Library School at the Armour Institute of Technology, which later became the University of Illinois in Urbana.
Following her first year in library school, Pierce began working as both an assistant at the Armour Institute and as an instructor for reference and bibliography. Two years later (1897), she accepted a position as Librarian at the Scoville Institute of Oak Park, Illinois. It was during this time that Pierce also filled the position as the Director of the Wisconsin Library Commission Summer School of Library Training. In 1899 Pierce accepted her last position in the Midwest region, working as a full-time instructor at the Wisconsin Library Commission.
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