Whipple, Maurine, 1903-1992

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Dates:

Birth 1903-01-20

Death 1992-04-12

Language: English

Biographical notes:

Maurine Whipple was born on 20 January 1904 in St. George, Utah. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1926 and taught school for six years. In 1941, she wrote "The Giant Joshua", about polygamy in Southern Utah, and in 1945 she wrote "This is the Place: Utah". She passed away on 12 April 1992, in St. George.

From the description of Maurine Whipple photograph collection, ca. 1918-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367821209

Maurine Whipple (1903-1992) was an author in Utah.

From the description of Maurine Whipple papers. 1968-1982. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 656571302

Maurine Whipple (1903-1992) was an author in Utah.

Whipple was born on January 20, 1903, the oldest daughter of Charles and Annie Lenzi McAllister Whipple of St. George, Utah. After graduating with honors from the University of Utah, she taught school at various locations in Utah and Idaho, and researched alcoholism. Maurine Whipple won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Prize for 1938 to help her complete her novel The Giant Joshua, which appeared in 1941. Whipple lived in St. George, Utah, where she worked as a writer and lecturer. Whipple also wrote This is the Place: Utah (Knopf, 1945) and published articles in Collier's, the Saturday Evening Post, Look, Life, Time, Pageant, and numerous other journals and periodicals.

From the guide to the Maurine Whipple papers, 1968-1982, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)