Olsen, Marie Fuhriman

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Dates:
Birth 1925-10-19

Biographical notes:

Marie Fuhriman Olsen, of Providence City, was born October 19, 1925. After graduating from high school, she attended Utah State University (USU) and then served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She married Blaine Olsen on January 15, 1948. Olsen returned to USU to complete her bachelor's degree in 1976 and soon began working toward an MA in Sociology. Her thesis was entitled "Perceived needs of the elderly in Cache Valley." She held the Rhea H. Gardner Scholarship from the USU Women's Center during the 1979-1980 academic year. She also received an undergraduate and graduate certificate in gerontology from the University of Utah. She later became a secretary for former USU President Daryl Chase. In her spare time Olsen worked to document the history of Providence and conducted numerous oral history interviews.

From the description of Marie Fuhriman Olsen papers, 1970-2000. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 724086053

Marie Fuhriman Olsen of Providence, Utah, was born October 19, 1925. After graduating from high school, she attended Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) in Logan, Utah, and then served an LDS mission for two years. She married Blaine Olsen on January 15, 1948. Olsen returned to college at Utah State University to complete her B.S. degree in 1976, and began working towards her M.A. in Sociology. Her masters thesis was entitled: Perceived needs of the elderly in Cache Valley. Olsen held the Rhea H. Gardner Scholarship from the Utah State University Women's Center during the 1979-1980 academic year. She also received an undergraduate and graduate certificate in gerontology from the University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah). She later worked as secretary of former U.S.U. president Daryl Chase. In her spare time, Olsen worked to document the history of Providence and conducted numerous oral history interviews.

From the description of Marie Fuhriman Olsen oral history collection, 1970-2000. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 748826833

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Subjects:

  • Women authors, American
  • Farm life
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Hospitals
  • Logan Sugar Factory
  • Mormon authors
  • Mormon Church
  • Mormon Church
  • Mormons
  • Mormons
  • Older people
  • Older people
  • Oral history
  • Providence Rock Quarry
  • Schools
  • Usun (Central Asian people)
  • Usun (Central Asian people)
  • Usun (Central Asian people)

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  • Utah--Cache Valley (as recorded)
  • Smithfield (Utah) (as recorded)
  • Cache Valley (as recorded)
  • Star Valley (Wyo. and Idaho) (as recorded)
  • Utah (as recorded)
  • Providence (Utah) (as recorded)
  • Utah (as recorded)
  • Providence (Utah) (as recorded)
  • Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) (as recorded)
  • Providence (Utah) (as recorded)
  • Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) (as recorded)
  • Plain City (Utah) (as recorded)
  • Utah--Logan (as recorded)
  • Logan (Utah) (as recorded)
  • Utah (as recorded)
  • Providence (Utah) (as recorded)
  • Providence (Utah) (as recorded)
  • Utah--Logan (as recorded)
  • Preston (Idaho) (as recorded)