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By Cara Bertram
Collection Overview
Title: Agnes M. Griffen Papers, 1953-1957, 1964-1965, 1967-2009
ID: 97/1/93
Primary Creator: Griffen, Agnes M. (1935-2025)
Extent: 16.0 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: Original order. Most materials are arranged by chronological order.
Date Acquired: 02/06/2026
Subjects: Affirmative Action, Arizona, Arizona-Public Libraries, Arizona State Library, Arizona State Library Association, Executive Board, ALA, Friends Groups, Friends of Libraries, Institutional Libraries, King County Library System, Legislation Committee, Libraries and people with disabilities, Library Administration, Library Budgets, Library Outreach Programs, Library Reports, Library services to prisons, Maryland, Maryland-Public Libraries, Montgomery County (Md.). Department of Public Libraries, Program Evaluation and Support Committee (COPES), Public Libraries, Public Library Association (PLA), Tucson-Pima Public Library, Washington
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Papers of Agnes M. Griffen, documenting her education in librarianship and career at the King County Library System (1965-1974), the Tucson Public Library (1974-1980), the Director of the Montgomery County, Maryland, Department of Public Libraries (1980-1996), and as Director of the Tucson-Pima Public Library (1997-2003), along with her publications, speeches, conference materials, activities in the American Library Association, and her work in library education at University of Washington, University of Arizona, and the Tucson-Pima Public Library. The papers contain materials on public libraries, library administration, budgets, library education, library fees, library services to people with disabilities, library services to youth and adults, library services to incarcerated people, hiring practices and affirmative action in libraries, outreach programs, intellectual freedom and censorship, library technology, state libraries, library legislation, and friends of the library groups.
Biographical Note
Agnes Marthe Hallanger Griffen was born in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar, to Lutheran missionary parents in 1935. The family’s regularly scheduled furlough back to the United States was delayed until 1947 due to World War II. After touring Europe, the family lived in St. Paul for several years. Agnes graduated from high school in Butte, Montana. She attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, earning her Bachelor of Arts in English, cum laude, in 1957. There she worked in the school library and met and married her first husband. They moved to Whatcom County and lived on his family’s homestead. She continued her path of library work and organized the small library at Immanuel Lutheran Church in nearby Everson and volunteered at Wilson Library at Western Washington University in Bellingham. After the family moved to Seattle, Agnes earned her Master of Library Science degree from the University of Washington in 1965. She immediately began working for the King County Library System, first as area children’s librarian, then Institutional Libraries coordinator, and finally Deputy Librarian for staff and program development. She also began to contribute to the development of public libraries and librarians through writing, speaking, teaching and consulting. Her article in the Library Journal, “Social Indicators and Library Change,” (October 1, 1972), gained national attention. She would later marry her co-author. Griffen became deputy library director of the Tucson Public Library (1974 -1980), then became Director of the Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Public Libraries (1980-1996). She returned to Tucson as Director of the Tucson-Pima Public Library in 1997 and retired in 2003. She earned an Urban Executive Certificate in 1976 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a second from Harvard in 1993. These credentials helped her when she was appointed by and worked for elected county officials in Maryland and Arizona. She participated in civic and local government activities as well as working with Friends of the Library supporters. In 1998, Griffen testified before the US Congress at the Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Project. Griffen was a member of the American Library Association where she served on numerous boards and committees. She was also a member of the Arizona State Library Association and the Maryland Library Association. She was affiliated with the Maryland Humanities Council, the Arizona Humanities Council, the Executive Women's Council of Southern Arizona, the National Capital Area Public Access Network, and the Arizona Statewide Library Development Committee. She was the recipient of the Helping Hand Award, Maryland Association of the Deaf (1985), the Certificate of Recognition, Montgomery County Hispanic Employees Association (1985), and the Chinese American Librarians Association President’s Recognition Award (1991). She was also a personal member of REFORMA. Following her retirement, Griffen continued to live in Tucson until 2015, when she returned to the Pacific Northwest to be near family, and lived in Bellingham until her death in 2025.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The American Library Association Archives
Related Materials:
Additional materials on Agnes Griffen's career can be found in:
Department of Public Libraries, 1869-1876; 1908, 1931-2005, Series 2: Director's Files, Subseries 2: Agnes Griffen, Montgomery County Archives: https://montgomeryhistory.org/montgomery-county-archives/mca-finding-aids/
Processing Information:
Records primarily kept in their original order as Griffen dilberately organized them in preparation of their transfer to the ALA Archives. Secondary literature not relating to Griffen was removed.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Education, 1953-1957, 1964-1965, 1967],
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Series 2: King County Library System, 1965, 1967-1978],
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Series 3: Tucson Public Library, 1969-1980],
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Series 4: Montgomery County Public Library, 1977-1996, 1998, 2007],
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Series 5: Tucson-Pima Public Library, 1996-2009],
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Series 6: Teaching Materials, 1974-1979, 1983, 1997-2003, 2006],
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Series 7: American Library Association, 1970-1972, 1976-2002],
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- Series 1: Education, 1953-1957, 1964-1965, 1967
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Transcripts, 1953-1957, 1964-1965, 1967
- Folder 2: Pacific Lutheran University - Essays and Notes, circa 1957
- Folder 3: Graduate School Papers - Libraries in Two Former Colonies: Kenya and the Malagasy Republic, 1964
- Paper for Social funtions of Libraries, Rutgers University
- Folder 4: Graduate School Papers - University of Washington, 1964-1965, 1967
- Series 2: King County Library System, 1965, 1967-1978
- Sub-Series 1: Personal Materials, 1965, 1971-1974
- Box 1
- Folder 5: Children's Librarian, 1965
- Folder 6: Bibliographic Notes for Children's Services, circa 1965
- Folder 7: Correspondence - Fred Hallanger, 1971, 1973
- Folder 8: Organization Jokes, 1971-1974
- Folder 9: Council of Planning Affiliates (COPA), 1973
- Folder 10: Resume, 1973
- Folder 11: Resignation from King County Library System, 1974
- Sub-Series 2: Publications, Speeches, and Presentations, 1968-1969, 1971-1973
- Box 1
- Folder 12: "Library Approaches and Materials for Handicapped and Disadvantaged Children," Idaho State Instructional Conference, October 11, 1968
- Folder 13: "KCLS Goes 'Far Out' to Provide Services to Institutions," Library News Bulletin, 1969
- Folder 14: "On the Need for Leadership in Advocacy of Library Service to the Forgotten", 1969
- Folder 15: Speech - "Hungry Mind", 1971
- Box 2
- Folder 1: "Libraries and Hunger," Library Journal, 1971
- Folder 2: "Methods and Techniques for Effective Library Service in State Institutions; The Development of an Alternative Pattern in Washington State," LSCA Title IV Workshop, 1971
- Folder 3: KRAB-FM Radio Program "Commentary" - Talk on King County Jail Library, 1972
- Folder 4: "Social Indicators and Library Change," Library Journal, 1972
- Co-author John Hall
- Folder 5: "Learning Web", 1972-1973
- Folder 6: Library and Information Services for Prison Populations: A Workshop - University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, 1973
- Folder 7: Review of "Library Planning and Decision-Making Systems", 1973
- Folder 8: "Some Insights into Access: The Problem of Prison Libraries", 1973
- Sub-Series 3: Outreach, 1965, 1967-1978
- Box 2
- Folder 9: A Study Recommending Establishment of a Cooperative Library Program Between Washington State Department of Institutions and the Washington State Library, July 1965
- Folder 10: Seattle Handicapped Center Project Proposal, 1967
- Folder 11: Institutional Librarianship, 1967, 1969
- Folder 12: KCLS Institutional Libraries Program, 1968-1975
- Folder 13: Sky River Rock Festival Proposal, 1969
- Folder 14: Community Center Libraries, 1969-1970
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Social Responsibilities Round Table, ALA and Washington Chapter, 1969-1970
- Folder 2: Evergreen College Library Tribal Process, 1970
- Folder 3: Library Service to the Institutionalized Proposal for KCLS, 1970
- Folder 4: King County Youth Services Center Library, 1970-1972
- Folder 5: Transitional Education Project Grant, 1971
- Folder 6: Community Learning Center, 1971-1972
- Folder 7: King County Instructional Libraries, 1971-1973
- Folder 8: Pierce County Library Outreach, 1972-1978
- Folder 9: King County and State Institutions - Request for Library Outreach Services, 1973
- Folder 10: Everett Public Library "People Index", 1974
- Folder 11: King County and State Libraries Outreach, 1974-1975
- Sub-Series 4: Articles About KCLS, Seattle, and Washington, 1969, 1972, 1974
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Seattle Public Library - Letter to the Editor, 1969
- Folder 2: Information System Proposals, 1972, 1974
- Sub-Series 5: Library Administration, 1971-1975
- Box 4
- Folder 3: Policies and Procedures, 1971-1972
- Folder 4: Selection Policies and Censorship, 1971-1974
- Folder 5: Staff Development, 1972-1974
- Folder 6: Proposed Job Description for Staff and Program Development Position, 1973
- Folder 7: KCLS Newsletter - Etcetera, 1973-1975
- Folder 8: KCLS - Seattle Public Library Joint Efforts, 1974
- Sub-Series 6: Workshops, Projects, and Courses, 1970-1973
- Box 4
- Folder 9: KCLS Participatory Management Experiment, 1970-1973
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Library Indicators Project [Folder 1], 1972
- Folder 2: Library Indicators Project [Folder 2], 1972
- Folder 3: Statewide Library Planning and Evaluation Workshop, 1972
- Folder 4: KCLS and Richard Spady, Project Zeitgeist, 1972-1973
- Folder 5: KCLS Managerial Leadership Course, 1973
- Series 3: Tucson Public Library, 1969-1980
- Sub-Series 1: Publications, Speeches, and Presentations, 1974-1981
- Box 5
- Folder 6: Summary Issues Paper on the Martin Report - Staff Input and Management Response, July 1974
- Folder 7: "Why People Don't Use Libraries," Arizona State Library Extension Service, 1975
- Folder 8: "Year 2000 Here We Come," Friends of the Tucson Public Library, 1976
- Box 6
- Folder 1: "The Future is Yours, the Future is Ours, an Introduction to Library/Information Futures", 1977
- Folder 2: Managing Professionals - A Seminar for the Policy Department, 1977
- Folder 3: Career Exploration Workshop Proposal, 1978
- Folder 4: Development and Delivery of Library Services to the Institutionalized in Arizona Workshop, 1978
- Folder 5: Research Review Team Reader - US Office of Education, 1978
- Folder 6: "Social Indicators and Library Change," Republishing, 1978
- Folder 7: "Equal Employment Opportunity Principles and Affirmative Action Practices in Library Supervision", 1978-1979
- Folder 8: "Personnel and Employment: Affirmative Action", 1978-1979
- Folder 9: "Social Issues that Challenge Librarianship," Arizona State Library Association Panel, 1979
- Folder 10: "Library Services for Hispanics: An Imperative for Public Libraries", 1980-1981
- Sub-Series 2: Personal Letters and Articles about Agnes Griffen, 1974-1980
- Box 6
- Folder 11: Correspondence - Position at Tucson Public Library, 1974
- Folder 12: Articles about Agnes Griffen, 1974-1980
- Folder 13: Correspondence, 1975-1980
- Folder 14: Report on the MIT Program for Urban Executives, 1976
- Folder 15: Confidentiality of Library Records, 1977
- Folder 16: Resignation from Tucson Public Library, 1980
- Sub-Series 3: Reference Articles, 1969-1980
- Box 7
- Folder 1: Management Style Articles, 1969-1978
- Folder 2: Library Records Confidentiality Articles, 1975-1980
- Folder 3: Alternative Careers for Librarians Articles, 1976-1977
- Folder 4: Libraries of the Future Articles, 1976-1979
- Sub-Series 4: Workshops, Conferences, and Grants, 1975, 1977-1980
- Box 7
- Folder 5: Management by Objectives Workshop, 1975
- Folder 6: Women at the Pontier Project, 1975
- Folder 7: NEH Learning Library Program Grant, 1977-1980
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Consulting Skills Workshop, 1978
- Folder 2: Communication Skills Workshop, circa 1978
- Folder 3: Arizona Futures Institute, 1979-1980
- Folder 4: Computer Teleconferencing in Arizona - Arizona State Office of Economic Planning and Development, 1980
- Folder 5: "Creating Arizona's Future" Conference, 1980
- Folder 6: Sonoran Heritage Program, 1980
- Folder 7: University of Arizona Computer Conference, 1980
- Sub-Series 5: City and County Reports, 1979-1980
- Box 8
- Folder 8: Equality and Urban Policy and the Tucson-Prima Library: A Study in Patterned Inequality, 1979
- Folder 9: Study of the Tucson Public Library, 1979-1980
- Folder 10: Tucson Citizen Participation Reports, 1980
- Sub-Series 6: Outreach, 1975-1977, 1980-1981
- Box 9
- Folder 1: Community Outreach Examples from Library Systems, 1975
- Folder 2: Deaf Outreach, 1975-1976
- Folder 3: People with Disabilities Services, 1976-1977
- Folder 4: Latin American Studies Internship, 1980
- Folder 5: Development Disabilities Program, 1980-1981
- Sub-Series 7: Affirmative Action, 1975-1976, 1979-1980
- Box 9
- Folder 6: Arizona State Library Association Affirmative Action Program, 1975
- Folder 7: Recruitment and Selection of Employees at TPL - Affirmative Action, 1975
- Folder 8: Report on Women in the City of Tucson, 1976
- Folder 9: TPL Affirmative Action for People with Disabilities, 1979-1980
- Sub-Series 8: Memberships, 1977, 1979-1980
- Box 9
- Folder 10: Arizona Council on the Humanities and Public Policy, 1977
- Folder 11: International City Management Association, 1979-1980
- Sub-Series 9: Administration Management Budgets, Policies, and Procedures, 1974-1980
- Box 9
- Folder 12: Monthly Reports to Director, 1974-1976
- Box 10
- Folder 1: Administrative Council, 1974-1980
- Folder 2: TPL Newsletter, 1974-1980
- Inside Out Newsletter of the Tucson Public Library
- Folder 3: TPL Organization Structure Notes, 1975-1978
- Folder 4: Library Meeting Room Controversy, 1976
- Folder 5: Legal and Financial Concerns, 1976-1980
- Folder 6: Reserve System Analysis, 1976-1980
- Folder 7: Catalog Automation Project, 1977-1979
- Folder 8: Monthly Reports to Director, 1977-1980
- Box 11
- Folder 1: Branch Libraries Survey Budget, 1978-1980
- Folder 2: Budget Planning, 1978-1980
- Folder 3: Collection - Loss Rate, 1979
- Folder 4: Recruitment and Selection of Employees at TPL, 1979
- Folder 5: Internship Policy and Procedure Manual, 1980
- Series 4: Montgomery County Public Library, 1977-1996, 1998, 2007
- Sub-Series 1: Personal Letters and Articles about Agnes Griffen, 1980-1996
- Box 11
- Folder 6: Newspaper Articles about Agnes Griffen, 1980-1992
- Folder 7: Cartoons and Organization Jokes, circa 1980
- Folder 8: Thank You Cards and Letters, 1981-1995
- Folder 9: Correspondence, 1987-1996
- Sub-Series 2: Visiting Librarian Programs, 1988-1996
- Box 11
- Folder 10: Foreign Librarians and Scholars Visit, 1988-1996
- Folder 11: Soros Foundation - Library of Congress Librarian Interns and Foreign Librarians, 1990-1996
- Sub-Series 3: University of Maryland - Lectures and Presentations, 1987-1993, 1996
- Box 12
- Folder 1: Guest Lecturer and Presentation, 1987-1988
- Folder 2: "Personal Management Philosophies" speech, 1987-1991
- Folder 3: Notes for Classes, 1987, 1992
- Folder 4: Alumni Chapter Presentation, 1988
- Folder 5: Public Library Seminar, 1988
- Folder 6: Presentation Thank You letters, 1989
- Folder 7: On the Need for Keep the College of Library and Information Services, 1991
- Folder 8: Retention of College of Library and Information Services, 1991
- Folder 9: Public Library Advisory Group, 1993
- Folder 10: Public Library Leadership Institute, 1996
- Sub-Series 4: JFK School of Government Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government, 1993
- Box 12
- Folder 11: Correspondence, 1993
- Folder 12: Materials, 1993
- Sub-Series 5: Appointments and Performance Reviews, 1980, 1982-1986, 1988, 1990, 1994-1996
- Box 12
- Folder 13: Appointment, 1980
- Folder 14: Performance Evaluations, 1982-1984
- Folder 15: Performance Evaluations, 1982-1985
- Folder 16: Reappointment, 1986
- Folder 17: Performance Evaluations, 1988
- Folder 18: Reappointment, 1990
- Folder 19: Performance Evaluations, 1994-1996
- Box 13
- Folder 1: Resignation, 1996
- Sub-Series 6: Library Administration, 1978-2001
- Box 13
- Folder 2: SCION Circulation System Lawsuit [Folder 1], 1978-1984
- Folder 3: SCION Circulation System Lawsuit [Folder 2], 1978-1984
- Folder 4: Budget, 1981
- Box 14
- Folder 1: Public Lending Right, 1982
- Folder 2: Work Plan FY 1983, 1982
- Folder 3: Planning Documents, 1983
- Folder 4: Cost Analysis Project [Folder 1], 1983-1985
- Folder 5: Cost Analysis Project [Folder 2], 1983-1985
- Folder 6: Communication Audit Executive Summary, 1986
- Folder 7: Workload, Budget, and Other Issues, 1986
- Folder 8: Public Services Plan FY 1989-1994, 1987
- Folder 9: System Wide Team Meeting, 1988
- Folder 10: Library Express Pilot, 1989-1990
- Folder 11: Acting Chief Administrative Officer, 1990
- Folder 12: Facilities Plan FY 1990-1995, 1990
- Box 15
- Folder 1: Montgomery County Public Library Survey: A Report on the Findings, 1990
- Folder 2: From Fee to Free Paper, 1991
- Folder 3: Friends of the Library MCDLP, 1992-2001
- Folder 4: Collection Policy, 1993
- Folder 5: Intellectual Freedom Cases - Kid Vid and Family Card, 1993-1994
- Folder 6: Impact on Year Round Schools on Public Libraries, 1994
- Folder 7: Public Services Strategic Plan, 1994
- Folder 8: Strategic Plan, 1994
- Folder 9: Senior Management Team, 1995
- Folder 10: Strategic Plan FY 1996-2001, 1995
- Folder 11: Team Excellence Seminar, 1995
- Box 16
- Folder 1: Development Projects and Activities, 1995-1996
- Folder 2: Internet Policy Issues, 1996
- Folder 3: IT Strategic Plan "Horizon 21", 1996
- Folder 4: Lakeforest Library Connection - Public/Private Partnership, 1996
- Folder 5: Library Board Membership Policies and Procedures, 1996
- Folder 6: Staff Development Days, 1996
- Folder 7: Workload Reports and Circulation Services Manual, 1996
- Folder 8: Workshop on Redesigning Work, 1996
- Folder 9: Circulation Services Manual, 1998
- Sub-Series 7: Montgomery County and State of Maryland, 1981-1996
- Box 16
- Folder 10: Maryland Plan for Libraries, 1981-1996
- Box 17
- Folder 1: MCDPL Documents, 1982-1986
- Folder 2: Establishment of the Montgomery County Archives, 1985
- Folder 3: Maryland State Library Network Publications, 1985-1996
- Folder 4: Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Reaccreditation, 1987-1989
- Folder 5: Enoch Pratt Free Library Scandal, 1990
- Folder 6: CapAccess Network [Folder 1], 1991-1996
- Folder 7: CapAccess Network [Folder 2], 1991-1996
- Box 18
- Folder 1: CapAccess Network [Folder 3], 1991-1996
- Folder 2: Duncan Transition Papers - New County Executive, 1994-1995
- Folder 3: Maryland Advisory Council on Libraries, 1994-1996
- Folder 4: Fiber Optic Networks, 1995
- Folder 5: Montgomery County Public Libraries Strategic Plan FY 1996-2001, 1995
- Folder 6: Electronic Village, Montgomery County, 1995-1996
- Sub-Series 8: Outreach, 1981, 1987, 1990-1993
- Box 18
- Folder 7: Developing Special Services and Special Needs Task Force, 1981
- Folder 8: Neighborhoods Task Force - John Knot's Concept of Neighborhood, 1987
- Folder 9: Adult Services "How to Keep Up", 1990-1993
- Folder 10: Diversity Task Force Problems, 1993
- Sub-Series 9: Memberships, 1984, 1986-1996
- Box 18
- Folder 11: Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 1984
- Folder 12: National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) Application, 1986
- Folder 13: Maryland Humanities Council, 1987
- Folder 14: National Conference of State Humanities Councils, 1987
- Folder 15: Maryland Humanities Council - Fundraising and Federation of State Humanities Councils, 1988
- Folder 16: National Endowment for the Humanities, 1988
- Box 19
- Folder 1: State Agencies - Participation, 1988-1996
- Folder 2: Maryland Humanities Council, 1989-1990
- Folder 3: Chinese American Librarians Association, 1989-1991
- Folder 4: NCLIS - Joel Valda Nomination, 1994
- Folder 5: Maryland Association of Public Library Administrators, 1995
- Folder 6: Maryland Library Association Legislative Panel, 1996
- Sub-Series 10: Publications, Speeches, and Presentations, 1980-1996, 1998, 2007
- Box 19
- Folder 7: Speeches to the Staff, 1980
- Folder 8: "Automation" Idea Exchange, 1981
- Folder 9: "Continuing Education in 2001", 1981
- Folder 10: "A Conversation with Agnes Griffen," The Crab, 1981
- Folder 11: "Trends and Visions: Library Services in Search of a Believable Future", 1983
- Box 20
- Folder 1: The Value of a Good Staff Association, 1983
- Folder 2: Workshop for Conference on Computers and the Humanities in Maryland, 1983
- Folder 3: Community Information - More Than Just Files, 1984
- Folder 4: Dallas Public Library Interview, 1984
- Folder 5: My Search for the Meaning of Life, 1984
- Folder 6: NCLIS, 1984
- Folder 7: Bowker Library Advisory Board Event Speech, 1985
- Folder 8: Images of Libraries in Science Fiction, Original Version as a Talk, December 7, 1986
- Folder 9: Information for Constituents - Congressional Research Service, 1986
- Folder 10: Library of Congress Seminar, 1986
- Folder 11: One Step Ahead of the Budget Analyst, 1986
- Folder 12: You Can't Tell a Book by its Cover - Special Needs Talk, 1986
- Folder 13: Images of Libraries in Science Fiction, 1986-1987
- Folder 14: Images of Libraries in Science Fiction, 1986-1988
- Folder 15: Bowker Seminar - Adult Book Selection and Collection Building in Public Libraries, December 4, 1987
- Folder 16: Libraries in the Information Society, 1987
- Folder 17: Potential Roles of the Public Library in the Local Emergency Management Program: A Simulation, 1987
- Box 21
- Folder 1: Resolved: Public Library Services Should Be Free, 1987
- Folder 2: Serving a Multi-Ethnic , Non English Speaking Population, 1987
- Folder 3: Fees in the Future of Public Libraries: Alternative Scenarios, 1988
- Folder 4: Public Libraries: The Dream and the Reality, 1988
- Folder 5: Public Library Leadership - About Agnes Griffen, 1988
- Folder 6: Seattle Public Library - Consultation, 1988
- Folder 7: Towards an Understanding of Montgomery County as an Information Society: A Statement of Possibilities, 1988
- Folder 8: Vision Statements in Open System Newsletter of the Montgomery County Department of Public Libraries, 1988
- Folder 9: Conferences on Humanities Programming for Public Libraries, 1988-1991
- Folder 10: Being Top Gun When the Buck Stops: Censorship From the Perspective of the Political Appointee, 1989
- Folder 11: North Bethesda Rotary Club, "Learning Society", 1989
- Folder 12: Tucson Speech - Opening of New Main Library, 1990
- Folder 13: Christ Episcopal School Chapel Speech, 1991
- Folder 14: Montgomery County Comments - Interview, 1991
- Folder 15: "A Tribute to the Endangered" in Library Hotline, 1991
- Folder 16: Public Relations Projects When Services are Being Eliminated, 1992
- Folder 17: Towson Conference on Role of Information in Maryland's Economic Development, 1993
- Folder 18: Expedient Ethics: Ethics in the Workplace, 1993-1994
- Box 22
- Folder 1: Censorship Speech to Arlington County Department of Libraries, 1994
- Folder 2: The Public Enterprise and the National Electronic Library, 1994-1995
- Folder 3: Intellectual Freedom Panel for Southern Maryland Regional Association, 1995
- Folder 4: Is There a Cybrary in Your Future?, 1995
- Folder 5: Leading and Facilitating Teams, 1995
- Folder 6: Manager's Retreat, 1995
- Folder 7: Managing Technology in Public Libraries Leadership Institute, 1995
- Folder 8: Maryland Library Association Conference Presentations, 1995
- Folder 9: Why Montgomery County Libraries Need Their Friends, 1995-1996
- Folder 10: Maryland Library Leadership Institute, 1998
- Folder 11: Technology is Changing All of Our Lives Every Day, circa 1998
- Folder 12: Staff Day Speeches, 2007
- Sub-Series 11: Library Newsletters, 1977-1991
- Box 22
- Folder 13: The Open Book Newsletter, 1977-1980
- Box 23
- Folder 1: Open System Newsletter, 1980-1981
- Folder 2: Open System Newsletter, 1982-1983
- Folder 3: Open System Newsletter, 1984-1986
- Folder 4: Open System Newsletter, 1987-1988
- Folder 5: Open System Newsletter, 1989-1990
- Folder 6: Open System Newsletter, 1991
- Box 24
- Folder 1: Friday Memo, 1980-1981
- Folder 2: Friday Memo, 1982-1985
- Sub-Series 12: Director's Reports, 1984-1996
- Box 24
- Folder 3: Director's Reports, January-April 1984
- Folder 4: Director's Reports, May-June 1984
- Folder 5: Director's Reports, July-September 1984
- Folder 6: Director's Reports, Octobery-December 1984
- Box 25
- Folder 1: Director's Reports, January-March 1985
- Folder 2: Director's Reports, April-May 1985
- Folder 3: Director's Reports, July-December 1985
- Folder 4: Director's Reports, January-March 1986
- Folder 5: Director's Reports, April-May 1986
- Folder 6: Director's Reports, April-December 1986
- Box 26
- Folder 1: Director's Reports, January-June 1987
- Folder 2: Director's Reports, July-December 1987
- Folder 3: Director's Reports, January-June 1988
- Folder 4: Director's Reports, July-December 1988
- Folder 5: Director's Reports, January-June 1989
- Box 27
- Folder 1: Director's Reports, July-December 1989
- Folder 2: Director's Reports, January-June 1990
- Folder 3: Director's Reports, July-December 1990
- Folder 4: Director's Reports, January-June 1991
- Box 28
- Folder 1: Director's Reports, July-December 1991
- Folder 2: Director's Reports, January-June 1992
- Folder 3: Director's Reports, July-December 1992
- Folder 4: Director's Reports, January-June 1993
- Box 29
- Folder 1: Director's Reports, July-December 1993
- Folder 2: Director's Reports, January-June 1994
- Folder 3: Director's Reports, January-June 1995
- Folder 4: Director's Reports, September-December 1995
- Box 30
- Folder 1: Director's Reports, January-June 1996
- Folder 2: Director's Reports, July-December 1996
- Series 5: Tucson-Pima Public Library, 1996-2009
- Sub-Series 1: Recruitment and Resignation, 1996-2003
- Box 30
- Folder 3: Tucson Appointment, 1996
- Folder 4: Tucson Appointment - Letters to Agnes Griffen, 1996
- Folder 5: Tucson Appointment - Materials, 1996-1997
- Folder 6: City of Tucson Department Director Plan, 1997-1998
- Folder 7: Correspondence - Miscellaneous, 1997-2001
- Folder 8: Biographical Materials, 1997-2003
- Folder 9: Letters and Cards, 1997-2003
- Folder 10: City of Tucson Executive Management Evaluation, 2000-2001
- Box 31
- Folder 1: Resignation, 2003
- Sub-Series 2: Publications, Speeches, and Presentations, 1997-2006
- Box 31
- Folder 2: Arizona Library Association Conference Program and Materials, 1997
- Folder 3: Buildings, Books, and Bytes, Benton Foundation Meeting, 1997
- Folder 4: From Packhorse to Pegasus of the Back of the Push Me Pull You, Beta Phi Mu, University of Arizona, 1997
- Folder 5: Libraries and the Quality of Life, The Unabashed Librarian, 1997
- Folder 6: Speech: Tucson Rotary Club, 1997
- Folder 7: Libraries for the Future, Youth Access Program, 1998
- Folder 8: Outsourcing: Panacea or Pandora's Box? Arizona Library Association, 1998
- Folder 9: HB2402 Testimony, 1999
- Folder 10: KTKT Radio Interview - Banned Books, 1999
- Folder 11: Strategic Planning, Cochise County Library District's Citizen Liaison Council, 1999
- Folder 12: Strategic Planning in Public Libraries, Arizona Library Association, 1999
- Folder 13: Bridging the Digital Divide, Tucson Link Forum, 2000
- Folder 14: Building on the Foundation, TPPL Foundation, 2000
- Folder 15: Create Your Own Future: Star Date 5.26.2000, Scottsdale Public Library, 2000
- Folder 16: How TPPL Earned a Place at the Community Building Table, Colorado Library Association, 2000
- Folder 17: Lutheran Church Library Association Speech, 2000
- Folder 18: Making a Case for the Library Materials Budget, Arizona Library Association, 2000
- Box 32
- Folder 1: Friends of the Library Talk, 2001
- Folder 2: Friends of the TPPL Speech, 2001
- Folder 3: Overview of Working with Local Friends, TPPL Public Services Meeting, 2001
- Folder 4: The Real Meaning of Friends, Arizona Library Friends and the Arizona State Library, 2001
- Folder 5: Topic of Tucson Interview, 2001
- Folder 6: Urban Libraries Council Symposium, 2001
- Folder 7: The Real Meaning of Friends, Friends of the Venito Garcia Library and Archives, 2002
- Folder 8: Tucson Executive Women's Council Speech, 2002
- Folder 9: Youth as Community Assets, Urban Libraries Council Conference, 2002
- Folder 10: Mentors, Anti-Mentors and Other Life Lessons, Arizona Library Association, 2004
- Folder 11: Library Institute Speeches - "Library Boards and Library Friends" and "The Library's Role in the Community", 2005
- Folder 12: Arizona Library Friends Conference, Keynote Speech, 2006
- Sub-Series 3: Maryland Public Libraries, 1997-1999, 2001-2002
- Box 32
- Folder 13: Agnes Griffen Scholarship, Friends of the MCPL, 1997
- Folder 14: Maryland Public Libraries Trustee Manual, 1998
- Folder 15: MCPL Board and Library Advisory Committee Handbook, 1998
- Folder 16: MCPL Strategic Facilities Plan, 1998
- Folder 17: Friends of the Montgomery County Libraries Handbook, 1999
- Folder 18: MCPL 50th Anniversary, 2001
- Folder 19: MCPL 50th Anniversary - 20th Anniversary of Friends, 2001-2002
- Sub-Series 4: Arizona Library Association and Other Organizations, 1998-2001
- Box 33
- Folder 1: Arizona Humanities Council, 1998-2000
- Folder 2: Arizona Policy Choices, 1999-2001
- Folder 3: Arizona Library Association Awards - Carla Stoffles as Librarians of the Year, 2000
- Folder 4: Arizona Library Association - Legislative Day, 2000-2001
- Sub-Series 5: Arizona State Library, 1997-2002
- Box 33
- Folder 5: State - DLAPR - Plan, 1997
- Folder 6: State - LSTA - Plan, 1997
- Folder 7: State - Network - Project EAGLE, 1997
- Folder 8: State - LSTA Evaluation, 1998-2002
- Folder 9: Arizona Convocations, 1999-2002
- Folder 10: Arizona Statewide Development Commission, 2000
- Box 34
- Folder 1: Arizona State Library Planning Documents, 2002
- Folder 2: Arizona Statewide Library Development Commission - Arizona's Libraries in the 21st Century, 2002
- Sub-Series 6: City of Tucson, 1998, 2000-2003
- Box 34
- Folder 3: Mayor and Council Budget Advisory Committee Recommendations, 1998
- Folder 4: TPPL Overview for New City Manager, 2000
- Folder 5: City of Tucson Web Policy, 2001
- Folder 6: TPPL - City of Tucson Response to 9/11/2001, 2001
- Folder 7: Executive Leadership Team, 2001-2002
- Folder 8: Management Team Evaluation - FY 2001-2002
- Folder 9: Executive Leadership Evaluation - FY 2002-2003
- Folder 10: Value of the TPPL, 2003
- Sub-Series 7: Internet and Library Legislation, 1999, 2001-2003
- Box 34
- Folder 11: Arizona Legislation HB2409, 2521, 2006, 2455, 1999
- Folder 12: US Senate and HR Bills S. 97 and HR 1501, 1999
- Folder 13: Patriot Act and Libraries, 2001-2003
- Folder 14: Children's Internet Protection Act related materials, 2003
- Sub-Series 8: Budgets, 1999-2003, 2006
- Box 35
- Folder 1: Library Operating Budget FY 2000-2001, 1999
- Folder 2: Library Operating Budget FY 2000-2001, 2000
- Folder 3: Budget FY 2001-2002, 2000
- Folder 4: Budget Meetings FY 2001-2002, 2000
- Folder 5: Budget Cuts FY 2001-2002, 2001
- Folder 6: TPPL Budget, 2001-2002
- Folder 7: Budget Cuts FY 2003-2004, 2002
- Folder 8: Advocacy for Budget Task Force, 2003
- Folder 9: Community Budget Return on Investment, 2006
- Sub-Series 9: Strategic Plans, 1997-2003
- Box 36
- Folder 1: Strategic Plan Kick Off, 1997
- Folder 2: Strategic Plan Steering Committee, 1997-1998
- Folder 3: Strategic Plan: Comprehensive Edition, 1998-2003
- Folder 4: Strategic Planning, 2001-2002
- Folder 5: Strategic Master Plan, 2003
- Sub-Series 10: Administration, 1997-2007
- Box 36
- Folder 6: Reorganization of Technical Services/Technology Section, 1995-1997
- Folder 7: TPPL - Statistics and Studies, 1996-2003
- Folder 8: Filtering - TPPL, 1997
- Folder 9: Intellectual Freedom Crisis - Playboy, 1997
- Box 37
- Folder 1: Telecommunication, 1997
- Folder 2: Filtering, 1997-2002
- Folder 3: Censorship Issue, 1998
- Folder 4: Filtering - McCain et. al., 1998
- Folder 5: Library System Comparisons, 1998
- Folder 6: Management Day Away, 1998
- Folder 7: Administrative Council and Library Board Annual Summaries, 1998-1999
- Folder 8: History of IT Department, 1999
- Folder 9: University of Arizona Report - Miller-Golf Links Library Roof, 1999
- Folder 10: Online Voting, 2000
- Folder 11: Technology Plan, 2000-2001
- Folder 12: Virtual Library Program Request, 2000-2001
- Folder 13: Administrative Council Meeting Minutes, 2000-2002
- Folder 14: Library Board Retreat Reports, 2000, 2003
- Folder 15: Capital Improvement Program, 2002-2007
- Folder 16: Facilities Plan, 2003
- Sub-Series 11: Outreach, 1997, 1999-2002
- Box 37
- Folder 17: Gay and Lesbian Services Committee TPPL, 1997
- Folder 18: NETeam (Neighborhood Enhancement Team), 1997
- Folder 19: NETeam - Review and Analysis, 1999-2000
- Folder 20: CHILE (Consumer Health Information Links for Everyone) Project, 2001
- Folder 21: Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago - Policy Map, 2002
- Sub-Series 12: Freedom to Read Foundation, 1997-1999, 2001-2009
- Box 37
- Folder 22: Freedom to Read Foundation and the Communications Decency Act, 1997-1998
- Folder 23: Freedom to Read Foundation, 2001
- Folder 24: Freedom to Read Foundation Board, 2002-2009
- Sub-Series 13: Friends of the Pima County Library and Foundation, 1997-2000, 2006, 2008
- Box 38
- Folder 1: Friends of the Library, 1997-2000
- Folder 2: Pima County Library Foundation, circa 2006
- Folder 3: Friends of the Pima County Library History, 2008
- Sub-Series 14: Library Board Meetings, 1997-2003
- Box 38
- Folder 4: Library Board Meetings - Director's Reports, February-May 1997
- Folder 5: Library Board Meetings - Director's Reports, June-December 1997
- Folder 6: Library Board Meetings, January 14, 1998
- Folder 7: Library Board Meetings, February 11, 1998
- Folder 8: Library Board Meetings, March-April 1998
- Folder 9: Library Board Meetings, May 13, 1998
- Folder 10: Library Board Meetings, June 10, 1998
- Folder 11: Library Board Meetings, August 12, 1998
- Folder 12: Library Board Meetings, September 9, 1998
- Folder 13: Library Board Meetings, October 14, 1998
- Folder 14: Library Board Meetings, November 18, 1998
- Folder 15: Library Board Meetings, December 9, 1998
- Folder 16: Library Board Meetings, January 13, 1999
- Folder 17: Library Board Meetings, February 10, 1999
- Folder 18: Library Board Meetings, March 10, 1999
- Folder 19: Library Board Meetings, April 14, 1999
- Box 39
- Folder 1: Library Board Meetings, May 12, 1999
- Folder 2: Library Board Meetings, June 9, 1999
- Folder 3: Library Board Meetings, August 11, 1999
- Folder 4: Library Board Meetings, September 8, 1999
- Folder 5: Library Board Meetings, October 13, 1999
- Folder 6: Library Board Meetings, November 10, 1999
- Folder 7: Library Board Meetings, December 8, 1999
- Folder 8: Library Board Meetings, January 12, 2000
- Folder 9: Library Board Meetings, February 9, 2000
- Folder 10: Library Board Meetings, March 8, 2000
- Folder 11: Library Board Meetings, April 12, 2000
- Folder 12: Library Board Meetings, May 10, 2000
- Folder 13: Library Board Meetings, June 14, 2000
- Folder 14: Library Board Meetings, August 9, 2000
- Folder 15: Library Board Meetings, September 13, 2000
- Folder 16: Library Board Meetings, October 11, 2000
- Folder 17: Library Board Meetings, November 8, 2000
- Folder 18: Library Board Meetings, December 13, 2000
- Folder 19: Library Board Meetings, January 10, 2001
- Folder 20: Library Board Meetings, February 14, 2001
- Folder 21: Library Board Meetings, March 14, 2001
- Box 40
- Folder 1: Library Board Meetings, April 11, 2001
- Folder 2: Library Board Meetings, May 9, 2001
- Folder 3: Library Board Meetings, June 6, 2001
- Folder 4: Library Board Meetings, August 8, 2001
- Folder 5: Library Board Meetings, September 12, 2001
- Folder 6: Library Board Meetings, October 10, 2001
- Folder 7: Library Board Meetings, November 14, 2001
- Folder 8: Library Board Meetings, December 12, 2001
- Folder 9: Library Board Meetings, January 9, 2002
- Folder 10: Library Board Meetings, February 13, 2002
- Folder 11: Library Board Meetings, March 20, 2002
- Folder 12: Library Board Meetings, April 10, 2002
- Folder 13: Library Board Meetings, May 8, 2002
- Folder 14: Library Board Meetings, June 12, 2002
- Folder 15: Library Board Meetings, July 10, 2002
- Folder 16: Library Board Meetings, August 14, 2002
- Folder 17: Library Board Meetings, September 11, 2002
- Folder 18: Library Board Meetings, October 9, 2002
- Folder 19: Library Board Meetings, November 13, 2002
- Folder 20: Library Board Meetings, December 11, 2002
- Folder 21: Library Board Meetings, January 8, 2003
- Folder 22: Library Board Meetings, February 12, 2003
- Box 41
- Folder 1: Library Board Meetings, March 12, 2003
- Folder 2: Library Board Meetings, April 9, 2003
- Folder 3: Library Board Meetings, May 14, 2003
- Folder 4: Library Board Meetings, June 11, 2003
- Series 6: Teaching Materials, 1974-1979, 1983, 1997-2003, 2006
- Sub-Series 1: University of Washington, 1983
- Box 41
- Folder 5: 499a Current Issues in Library Administration, 1983
- Folder 6: 499a Support Materials, 1983
- Folder 7: 499a Binder Day 1, 1983
- Folder 8: 499a Binder Day 2 and 3, 1983
- Box 42
- Folder 1: 499a Binder Day 4, 1983
- Sub-Series 2: University of Arizona, 1974-1979, 1998, 2000-2003, 2006
- Box 42
- Folder 2: Library Administration, Lecturer, 1974, 1977
- Folder 3: Career Planning, 1975
- Folder 4: Public Library Administration, Course Planning, 1976
- Folder 5: Trends in Library Service, Lecturer, 1976
- Folder 6: LS 386 Public Library Administration, 1977
- Folder 7: LS 386, Lizzie Borden Budget Cut Game, 1977
- Digitized
- Folder 8: LS 686 Public Library Administration, 1977, 1979
- Folder 9: Teaching Contracts, 1978
- Folder 10: Speech - The Digital Library-Here, Now, and in the Future, 1998
- Folder 11: IRLS 624 Consumer Health Information, 2000
- Folder 12: School of Information Resources and Library Science, 2000-2001
- Folder 13: Issues in Public Libraries Today, 2002
- Box 43
- Folder 1: School of Information Resources and Library Science, 2003
- Folder 2: SIRLS Forum Speech, 2006
- Sub-Series 3: Tucson-Pima Public Library, 1997-1999
- Box 43
- Folder 3: Librarian as Manager Course Planning Notes, 1997
- Folder 4: Leadership and Management for Librarians, Sessions 1-10, 1997
- Folder 5: Leadership and Management for Line Managers, Sessions 1-3, 1998
- Folder 6: Organization-Development and Structure, Session 4, 1998
- Folder 7: When Things Go Wrong, Session 6, 1998
- Folder 8: Visions and Values, Session 7, 1998
- Folder 9: Making Policy, Making Decisions, 1998
- Folder 10: The Budgeting Process, Session 9, 1998
- Folder 11: Political Savvy and Survival, Session 10, 1998
- Folder 12: The Library at Risk, Session 11, 1998
- Folder 13: Managing Technological Change, Session 12, 1998
- Folder 14: A Seminar on Communication in the Library, 1999
- Folder 15: Leadership and Management for Line Managers, Sessions 2-3, 1999
- Folder 16: Planning and Program Development in Libraries, Session 7, 1999
- Folder 17: The Budgeting Process, Session 9, 1999
- Folder 18: The Outsourcing Controversy in the Context of Political Savvy and Survival, Session 11, 1999
- Folder 19: Meeting Technological Change, Session 12, 1999
- Series 7: American Library Association, 1970-1972, 1976-2002
- Box 44
- Folder 1: Children's Services Division, 1970-1972
- Folder 2: Position Statements, Policy and Procedures Manual, 1976, 1978
- Folder 3: Equal Employment Opportunity and ALA Office for Library Personnel Resources, 1977-1978
- Folder 4: Public Library Association, 1977-1994
- Folder 5: Affirmative Action Grievances-Procedures, Options, Strategies - Annual Conference, 1978
- Folder 6: ALA - Jail Library Service, 1980
- Folder 7: Public Library Association - Towards the Open System and Other Papers, 1981-1982
- Folder 8: Public Library Association National Conference, 1983
- Includes photographs
- Folder 9: Testimony - Statement on NEH Before House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, 1983
- Folder 10: Public Library Association Cost Analysis Task Force, 1983-1985
- Folder 11: Certificates and Honors, 1984-1985, 1996
- Folder 12: Public Library Association - Cost Findings - Do Library Managers Really Need This?, 1985
- Folder 13: Paper on PLA as a Learning Society, circa 1985
- Folder 14: ALA Council, 1986
- Folder 15: ALA President - Margaret Chisholm, 1986
- Folder 16: Out of the Shadows and Through the Doors, ASCLA Program, 1986
- Box 45
- Folder 1: ALA Committee on Professional Ethics, 1987
- Folder 2: ALA - Correspondence, 1987-1990
- Folder 3: Seeds of Change - ALA Smithsonian Project, 1988-1989
- Folder 4: Notes, 1988, 1995
- Folder 5: ALA Executive Board, 1989
- Folder 6: ALA Executive Board Candidacy, 1989
- Folder 7: ALA Executive Board Congratulation Letters, 1989
- Folder 8: ALA Committee on Professional Ethics, 1989
- Folder 9: ALA President - Richard Dougherty, 1989
- Folder 10: They Aren't So Cute Anymore - Teenagers in Your Library, Dallas Conference, 1989
- Folder 11: ALA Executive Board, 1990-1991
- Folder 12: Public Library Association - Congratulations Letter, circa 1990
- Box 46
- Folder 1: ALA Executive Board - Linda Crismond, 1991
- Access Restriction: Restricted
- Folder 2: Public Library Association Meeting, 1991
- Folder 3: ALA Executive Board, 1991-1992
- Folder 4: ALA Executive Board - Special Subcommittee, 1992-1993
- Access Restriction: Restricted
- Folder 5: ALA Executive Board, 1993
- Folder 6: Public Library Association - Food Service in Public Libraries, 1994
- Folder 7: Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and the Humanities Statement, 1994
- Folder 8: ALA, 1994, 1997-2000
- Folder 9: ALA Office of Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee, 1995
- Folder 10: Introduction to Session on Telecomm Act, 1996
- Folder 11: Lobbying Workshop, 1996
- Box 47
- Folder 1: Lobbying Workshop, 1997
- Folder 2: Shaping the Debate Symposium, 1997
- Folder 3: Filtering Fight with Speech, 1998
- Folder 4: Filtering Testimony for ALA, 1998
- Folder 5: ALA Nomination Letters, 1999
- Folder 6: ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee - Implementation of Filtering Option, 1999
- Folder 7: Copyright, 1999
- Access Restriction: Restricted
- Folder 8: Harmful to Minors: State Legislation on Library Filters program, 1999
- Box 48
- Folder 1: Retreat and Legislative Agendas, 1999-2000
- Folder 2: ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee, 2000
- Folder 3: ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee - Presentation on Filtering Option, 2000
- Folder 4: Project Tucson/Libraries for the Future Partnership, ALA Information Literacy Community Partnership Assembly, 2000
- Folder 5: ALA Committee on Legislation, 2000-2003
- Folder 6: ALA Committee on Legislation - Broadband Telecom, 2001
- Folder 7: Developing on Agenda for Libraries and Information Policy Workshop, 2001
- Folder 8: Lippincott - Symons, 2001-2002
- Folder 9: Friends of the Library Talks, 2001, 2005-2006
- Folder 10: Internet2 K20 Workshop Draft Report, 2002
- Folder 11: ALA Committee on Legislation, 2002
- Folder 12: ALA Committee on Legislation - Chair, 2002
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