Martha "Matt" Mueller collection
Overview
The collection includes a page with two printed images of Martha “Matt” Mueller, a biographical speech given by Mueller about growing up during World War II, a newspaper column that she wrote on that subject and others, and numerous autographs, some notable, of her own and her family’s collection, along with a list describing the autograph collections.
Dates
- Creation: 1851 - 2010
Creator
- Mueller, Martha Ann (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 Martha "Matt" Mueller (1935-2018)
Martha “Matt” Ann Mueller, born and raised in Joplin, Missouri, graduated from the University of Kansas at 19 with a bachelor’s degree in education. As a student she worked in the KU Libraries and then earned her master’s in library science from the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Mueller taught high school English in Eureka, Kansas, then was a researcher and librarian for a Wall Street firm. She returned to work at the KU Libraries before being hired as a librarian at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, New York, where she worked for 25 years.
Mueller wrote a column in the Alfred Sun, often telling of her world travels on a budget. She donated $1.4 million in her estate to the University of Kansas to be split between a scholarship fund for needy students, especially those from Joplin, Missouri and Eureka, Kansas, and an endowment to the KU Libraries.
[Information retrieved from J.W. Embser Sons Funeral Home, news.ku.edu, University of Kansas Libraries 2018-9 Annual Review, and Lawrence Journal-World]
Extent
5 folders (3 folders + 2 oversize folders) ; Oversize folders measure 39x49 cm; other folders measure 22x37 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS P997
Physical Location
RH MS Q491
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts, Martha "Matt" Ann Mueller, 2009; lorraine haricombe, 2010.
Source
- Haricombe, Lorraine J. (Donor, Person)
- Mueller, Martha Ann (Donor, Person)
Subject
- Mueller, Martha Ann (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Martha "Matt" Mueller Collection
- Subtitle
- Martha "Matt" Mueller collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by eje. Finding aid encoded by eje.
- Date
- 2022-07-13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- https://hdl.handle.net/10407/2831182850
- Preferred citation
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Martha "Matt" Mueller collection, RH MS P997, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository