Martha Peterson papers 1830-2007

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Martha Peterson papers 1830-2007

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Jamestown, Kansas native Martha Peterson (1916-2006), served as Dean of Women at the University of Kansas and the University of Wisconsin, President of Barnard College, New York, and President of Beloit College, Wisconsin; Peterson, the first woman to serve on the board of ExxonMobil, served on many other corporate boards as well. This collection of her papers reflects these activities, as well as her personal and family history, and includes professional and personal correspondence, personal records, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

40 linear ft (82 boxes), 6 oversize boxes; 12 cassette tapes, 1 reel-to-reel tape, 1 VHS cassette, 1 8-mm movie

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Peterson Family

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Peterson, Martha, 1916-2006.

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Martha Elizabeth Peterson was born June 22, 1916 near Jamestown, Kansas to Anton Romeo Peterson (1890-1952) and Osey Gail French (1891-1982), who were married November 14, 1914. In 1933 Peterson graduated from Salina High School, Salina, Kansas, and went on to attended the University of Kansas (KU), earning both her B.A. (1937) and M.A. (1943) in mathematics. Peterson taught math in high schools in Stockton and Ellinwood from 1937-1942 before joining the KU Department of...

French Family

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Peterson, Osey Gail French

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