Margaret T. Lane Collection
Collection 253
Lane, Margaret T. (1919–2009). Collection, 1948–2003, n.d.
7 ½ inches
Margaret Taylor Lane was born 6 February 1919 in St. Louis, MO, the daughter of Archer and Alice Jones Taylor. She married Jim Lane and they had a daughter, Maggie, and a son, Thomas. She died 10 May 2009 in Baton Rouge, LA.
Ms. Lane received a degree in library science from Columbia University and a law degree from Louisiana State University. After the Louisiana State Legislature passed an act creating the Louisiana state documents depository system in 1948, Ms. Lane was named the first Recorder of Documents. She continued to hold that position until she retired in 1975. She was active in the Louisiana Library Association, the American Library Association and the Louisiana State Bar Association. LLA named an award recognizing excellence in the field of government information in her honor.
This collection consists of correspondence, speeches, transcripts of interviews, publicity, and other materials dealing with the Recorder of Documents. This collection also contains (2) reels of microfilm of scrapbooks dated 1948-1975. The scrapbooks contain newspaper articles and miscellaneous publicity. There are also copies of an interview of Margaret T. Lane on cassette tapes.
Margaret Lane donated this collection.
Series:
A. | Correspondence | 1-01 |
B. | Speeches | 1-02 through 1-06 |
C. | Transcripts - Interview | 1-07 through 1-09 |
D. | Research | 1-10 through 1-11 |
E. | Writings | 1-12 |
F. | Publicity | 1-13 through 1-24 |
G. | Miscellaneous | 1-25 through 1-29 |
H. | Microfilm (Scrapbooks) | Reels 1 and 2 |
I. | Cassette Tapes (Interviews) | 3 cassettes |
Inventory:
A. | Correspondence | ||
1-01 | Margaret T. Lane, 2003: Incoming/outgoing | ||
B. | Speeches | ||
1-02 |
No. 1: Modisette Award - Louisiana Library Association, 1956 No. 2: North Carolina Library Association/South Carolina Library Association, 1981 No. 2: Lecture to government publications class, L.S.U., April 27, 1976 |
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1-03 |
No. 4: Cards with Documents, Secretary of State (Louisiana), December 20, 1963 No. 5: Same (typescript) No. 6: Conference on Louisiana Materials, L.S.U., June 24-25, 1963 |
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1-04 |
No. 7: Conference on Louisiana Materials, L.S.U., July 20 - August 7, 1953 No. 8: Depository Laws of the Fifty States, n.d. No. 9: Government Documents Roundtable Breakfast, Alabama Library Association, April 2, 1981 |
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1-05 |
No. 10: RSD/RTSD Interdivisional Committee on Public Documents No. 11: Louisiana Documents Program, n.d. No. 12: Louisiana Documents Program, n.d. |
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1-06 |
No. 13: GODORT Breakfast - Louisiana Library Association, 1998 - 28th No. 14: GODORT - Louisiana Library Association, 1998 - 26th |
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C. | Transcripts | ||
1-07 | Interview with Margaret T. Lane, July 21, 2003 | ||
Interviewed by Judith Haydel and Sandra Himel in Baton Rouge, LA | |||
1-08 | Interview with Margaret T. Lane, June 1, 2003 | ||
Interviewed by Lauren Coenen | |||
1-09 | Interview with Margaret T. Lane, July 11, 2000 | ||
Interviewed by Persephone Hintlian | |||
D. | Research | ||
1-10 | Margaret T. Lane Scrapbook | ||
Research on Margaret T. Lane and the Recorder of Public Documents, Fall 2003, by Sandy Himel and Judith Haydel | |||
1-11 | State Library Scrapbook | ||
Research on Margaret T. Lane and the Recorder of Public Documents, Fall 2003, by Sandy Himel and Judith Haydel | |||
E. | Writings | ||
1-12 | Louisiana: Twenty-five (25) year history, typescript by Margaret T. Lane, 1975 | ||
F. | Publicity | ||
1-13 | State Publication and Depository Libraries: A Reference Handbook, by Margaret T. Lane, n.d. | ||
1-14 | Take time to check out Louisiana Documents, by Margaret T. Lane, 1958 | ||
1-15 | Louisiana State Archives | ||
History of State Archives: An Historical Sketch of the Louisiana State Archives, by Douglas Harrison, conservator | |||
Also included: Chronology of Events of the Louisiana State Archives and Preliminary Inventory | |||
1-16 | Author Headings for Official Publications, by Lucy B. Foote, 1948 | ||
1-17 | A History of the Louisiana Library Association, 1925-2000, edited by Alma Dawson and Florence M. Jumonville, 2003 (Documents Section) | ||
1-18 | Louisiana Library Association Documents | ||
Very Occasional Papers No.2, April 1981 | |||
1-19 | Louisiana Library Association Documents | ||
Very Occasional Papers, No.5, June 1983 | |||
1-20 | Report of the Status of the Statewide Records Project | ||
Official Project, 165-2-64-128, Official Sponsor: The National Archives, Official Co-Sponsor: Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, December 31, 1941 | |||
1-21 | Report: Louisiana Statewide Records Project and Historical Records Survey | ||
OP 65-1-64-197. Dept. of Archives, L.S.U. May 1, 1940 | |||
1-22 | Recorder of Documents material | ||
Proposal to Put State Documents Checklist on OCLC and Product Checklist, Cumulations and Index by Computer Through LIPA., n.d. | |||
Costs Involved in a Documents Program, n.d. | |||
1-23 | Recorder of Documents: Advertising, 1956, n.d. | ||
Here’s What the Depository Library Program Has Done... Louisiana’s Depository Library Program There’s no end of Valuable Information Available Through the State Documents.... The Case of the Missing Documents: A Mystery Only You Can Solve... Here’s Why Your Publications Are needed... |
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1-24 | Recorder of Documents: articles | ||
New LLA Officers, LLA Bulletin, Spring 1976 Louisiana’s Dying Documents, by Donald B. McKeon & John C. Gardner, LLA Bulletin, Summer 1974 Historical Perspective, by Margaret T. Lane, n.d. Providing Access to State Government Documents: Louisiana’s Story, n.d. |
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G. | Miscellaneous | ||
1-25 | Scanned Photos, n.d. | ||
Margaret T. Lane | |||
1-26 | Handwritten notes | ||
Recorder of Documents - position difficulties | |||
1-27 | Description of Position: Recorder of Documents, 1979 | ||
Typed and handwritten material | |||
1-28 | Inventory of collection at L.S.U. | ||
Margaret T. Lane | |||
1-29 | revised statute article | ||
State Archival Historical, and Public Records | |||
Box 2 | |||
H. | Microfilm | ||
Reel 1 | volume 1: scrapbook | ||
newspaper clippings and other publicity pertaining to the Louisiana Recorder of Documents | |||
Reel 2 | volume 2: scrapbook | ||
newspaper clippings and other publicity pertaining to the Louisiana Recorder of Documents | |||
I. | Cassette Tapes | ||
Interview: Margaret T. Lane - 2 copies | |||
tape 2 includes interview with Grace Moore, July 21, 2003 |