page_title: Essae Martha Culver
hierarchical_section_title: Essae Martha Culver
caption_attribution_description: English: Culver, Essae Martha, 1882-1973 Description	An oval mounted photograph of Pomona College student Essae Martha Culver in a high-collared white dress. [Culver went on to become the first State Librarian of Louisiana in 1925.] Notes	Photograph of a photograph. Portrait used in the 1904 Metate, pg. 143. Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections Language	eng Source	Glass plate negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches: paper sleeve title, "Miss Culver"; The Boynton Collection of Glass Negatives Accession Number	bce00115 Collection	Boynton Collection of Early Claremont - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/bce
context_page_description: Essae Martha Culver was an American librarian, the first state librarian of Louisiana and President of the American Library Association.
context_section_description: Essae Martha Culver (November 15, 1882 – January 3, 1973) was an American librarian, the first state librarian of Louisiana and President of the American Library Association.
caption: Culver in 1904
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