Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Gladys B. West and Ira V. West were given to the Library of Congress by the Wests in 2023.
Processing History
The papers of Gladys B. West and Ira V. West were arranged and described by Pang H. Xiong in 2024.
Digital files were received as part of the Gladys B. West and Ira V. West Papers on an optical disk, which was assigned a unique digital ID number. Use the digital ID number to request access copies of the files associated with the media. A description of the standard processes taken on all born digital records can be found in the Processing History Note: Born Digital Collection Material at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.digital . PDF files were converted by Manuscript Division staff using the optical character recognition (OCR) tool in Adobe Acrobat to allow full-document searching. See the directory listing in digital ID set mss86589_312_001 for the original date and timestamps.
Technical Requirements
Digital files were created in a Windows operating system, version unknown. The content consists of image files (.jpg) and text files (.pdf) and can be accessed using standard image and PDF viewers.
Digitized Content
Most of the papers were digitized by the donor in 2023 and can be requested using digital ID mss86589_312_001.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or digital ID number, Gladys B. West and Ira V. West Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.