Nelle Coats oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH060
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript and an audiotape reel of an oral history interview with Nelle Coats, conducted by Hazel W. Hopper and Randall Jehs for the Indiana State Library on February 4, 1975, about the formation and growth of the Indiana State Library, construction of the new building, and changing archival and library methods and policies.
Dates
- 1975/02/04
Creator
- Coats, Nelle M., 1889-1977 (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Nelle Coats worked in the Indiana State Library in some form from 1923 to 1958. She was born in Battle Ground, Indiana. Coats graduated from Purdue University in 1915. After working in the library, which then resided in the state house, she helped organize the library as it now exists. She died in January 1977.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 transcript, 1 reel-to-reel audiotape)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by format.
Custodial History
This collection was donated to Rare Books and Manuscripts via the Indiana State Library Oral History Project in 1975.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed by Claire Rutledge during March 2012. EAD finding aid completed by Bethany Fiechter on 2019/07/02. Collection reprocessing completed 2020/03/13 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid revised 2020/03/13 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Coats, Nelle M., 1889-1977 (Interviewee, Person)
- Indiana State Library (Interviewer, Organization)
- Hopper, Hazel W., 1906-2001 (Interviewer, Person)
- Jehs, Randall (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Nelle Coats oral history
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
