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Olive Carr Strachan photographs

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 39

Overview

The collection contains modern black and white reprints of photographs pertaining to Olive Carr's teaching career in Eudora, Kansas and her parents' wedding portraits.

Dates

  • Creation: 1880, 1913-1914

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Biography of Olive Carr Strachan

Olive Carr Strachan began teaching at the age of 19 in 1913 at Eudora School, Douglas County, Kansas. Agnes Lovelace Carr, Olive's mother, also taught for three years at Washington Creek, a rural school in Douglas County, Kansas, prior to her marriage in 1880.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet (1 document case)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH PH 39

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Loaned for copying, Olive Carr Strachan, 1982.

Source

Subject

Title
Guide to the Olive Carr Strachan Collection
Subtitle
Olive Carr Strachan photographs
Author
Finding aid prepared by lt, 1982. Finding aid encoded by rw, 2008. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2018.
Date
2008
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2423208217
Preferred citation
Olive Carr Strachan photographs, RH PH 39, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

Contact:
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