Description: Papers of Eleanor Blum (1909- ), Library Assistant-Reference Librarian (1943-53) and Journalism and Communications Librarian (1953-78) contain biographical information, correspondence, publications, reviews of her publications, correspondence with publishers concerning "Reference Books in the Mass Media," bibliography (1988-90), Research Board Applications, University of Minnesota School of Journalism Library (1978), and manuscripts and correspondence regarding fictional and autobiographical writings concerning growing up in pre-World War II Mississippi.