Clarke, Edith Marie, 1870-1957.

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Edith Clarke, a Mayflower descendent and member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was born in Chetopa, Kansas. Her father, Adam Clarke, was a Sac and Fox Indian agent. She resided in Lawrence most of her life but moved to a farm near Eudora, Kansas, during her later years. Miss Clarke graduated from Lawrence High School in 1888 and the University of Kansas in 1895 with a bachelor's degree.

From 1896(?) to 1915(?) Edith Clarke was an assistant librarian at KU's Spooner Library. In 1902, Miss Clarke co-authored the Handbook of Kansas Libraries with Carrie Watson. Miss Clarke was also a librarian at Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, in the late 1910s. Clarke died in 1957.

From the guide to the Edith Marie Clarke papers, 1861-1950, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

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creatorOf Edith Marie Clarke papers, 1861-1950 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection
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associatedWith Clarke, Florence. person
associatedWith Clarke, Martha. person
associatedWith First Methodist Episcopal Church. corporateBody
associatedWith Kansas Society of Colonial Dames. corporateBody
associatedWith Kappa Alpha Theta. corporateBody
associatedWith Kaw Valley State Bank (Eudora, Kan.) corporateBody
associatedWith Lawrence National Bank (Kan.) corporateBody
associatedWith Merchants National Bank (Lawrence, Kan.) corporateBody
associatedWith Opera News. corporateBody
associatedWith Peoples State Bank (Lawrence, Kan.) corporateBody
associatedWith Watkins National Bank (Lawrence, Kan.) corporateBody
associatedWith Watson, Carrie Morehouse, 1858-1943 person
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Lawrence, Kansas
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