Personal papers of Margaret Anderson
Overview
This collection includes outgoing letters from Margaret Anderson to Gene and Marjorie Courtney. Topics typically discussed include mututal acquaintances and personal events. Letters addressed to Gene Courtney date from 1963-1970 and are organized chronologically by year. The 1966 folder includes newspaper clippings about Margaret Anderson's retirement from the University of Kansas. The folder with letters addressed to Marjorie S. Courtney contain two letters and one postcard.
Dates
- Creation: 1963 - 1972
Creator
- Anderson, Margaret L., 1895-1976 (Person)
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 Margaret Anderson
Margaret L. "Peg" Anderson was a member of the drama and speech department at the University of Kansas for 43 years, joining the faculty in 1923 and retiring in 1966. She taught classes in voice, diction, interpretation, and phonetics and was instrumental in establishing the speech clinic on campus. During her years in Lawrence she was an active member of Plymouth Congregational Church. Following her retirement she moved to Galesburg, Illinois, where she had been born September 10, 1895. Margaret Anderson died in October 1976.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet (1 document case)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
PP 602
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Marjorie Courtney, 2002.
Source
- Courtney, Marjorie M. Shryock (Donor, Person)
Subject
- University of Kansas -- Faculty (Organization)
Geographic
- Title
- Guide to the Margaret Anderson collection
- Subtitle
- Personal papers of Margaret Anderson
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mah. Finding aid encoded by mah.
- Date
- 2018-09-13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5221843045
- Preferred citation
-
Margaret Anderson Collection, Pp602, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository