Thompson, Hildegard

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Author, educator, and government official. Born Hildegard Steerstedter in 1901; died 1983.

From the description of Papers of Hildegard Thompson, 1951-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77939723

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Hildegard Steerstedter (later Hildegard Thompson) was born January 13, 1901 in DePauw, Indiana. She taught in Harrison County, Ind., schools from 1921-1930; was a teacher and textbook writer with the Bureau of Educucation in the Philippine Islands, 1931-1936; and served in various positions relating to education, including chief of Bureau of Education with the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs between 1937 and 1965. She died in 1983.

From the guide to the Hildegard Thompson Papers, 1951-1974, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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referencedIn IAIA Records--Compiled by Chuck Dailey, 1962, 1962 Institute of American Indian Arts
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Birth 1901-01-13

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