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Martha Huntington Stifler Waller, an alumna of Mount Holyoke College and a professor of English, was born on June 27, 1920 in Peking, China to William Warren Stifler, a physics professor, and Susan Martha Reed, a 1907 graduate of Mount Holyoke College. She attended Amherst, Massachusetts High School from 1933-1935 and Washington Hall of Brussels Belgium from 1935-1937. She graduated from Mount Holyoke summa cum laude with a B.A. in English Literature in 1941. She was a recipient of the Sarah Williston Prize in 1939 and 1940 and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 1940. She attended Columbia University from 1941-1942, receiving a M.A. in English. In August of 1942, Waller began working in Washington, D.C. for the Office of the Chief Signal Officer in the War Department, doing research and data analysis. On October 16, 1943 she married Ensign George MacGregor Waller who worked as a supply officer and an outfitter. She resigned from the War Department on August 17, 1944 and moved to New York with her husband. The Wallers had three daughters and two sons. In 1962, she co-authored a book titled Cloak and Cipher . She returned to school in 1968 and obtained a Ph.D. in English from Indiana University in 1973. Her dissertation work was supported by the Mary E. Woolley Fellowship. Her book, Chaucer and the History of Rome was published in 1973. She taught at Indiana Central College and Butler University, where her husband also taught history. She retired from Butler as the Demia Butler Professor of English in 1985, the year that her book Peace and Patience at the Temple of Venus: Chaucers Parlement of Fowls was published.

From the guide to the Martha Stifler Waller Papers MS 0833, LD 7096. 6., 1941-1945, (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)

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Waller, Martha Stifler, 1920-

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Martha Stifler Waller Papers 1941-1945

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Martha Stifler Waller Papers MS 0833, LD 7096. 6., 1941-1945

Title: Martha Stifler Waller Papers 1941-1945

Waller, Martha Huntington Stifler, 1920- ; Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1941. Papers contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs primarily documenting her professional and personal life during World War II when she worked in the Office of the Chief Signal Officer in the War Department.

ArchivalResource: 1 box; (0.2 linear ft.)

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Waller, Martha

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Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

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Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

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Waller, Martha Stifler, 1920-

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Mount Holyoke College Students.

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Mount Holyoke College Students.
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Waller, Martha Stifler, 1920-

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Office of the Chief Signal Officer.

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Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
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Waller, Martha Stifler, 1920-

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Reed, Susan Martha, 1883-1987

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Reed, Susan Martha, 1883-1987
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Waller, Martha Stifler, 1920-

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Stifler Family
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Waller, Martha Stifler, 1920-

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Stifler, William Warren, 1883

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Stifler, William Warren, 1883
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Waller, Martha Stifler, 1920-

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The War Department.

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The War Department.
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Waller, Martha Stifler, 1920-

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Waller family

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Waller family
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Waller, Martha Stifler, 1920-

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Waller, George Macgregor, 1919-

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Waller, George Macgregor, 1919-
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Waller, Martha

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Houghton Library.

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Houghton Library.
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Washington, D.C.

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Amherst, MA

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