Gladys Lucy Adshead papers 1937-1965

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Gladys Lucy Adshead papers 1937-1965

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Gladys Lucy Adshead (1896-1985) was a noted educator, school administrator, and the author of many children's books. The collection consists of correspondence related to production and publishing of her books, and manuscripts.

1.0 linear feet, 2 containers

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6371879

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Cummings, Patricia

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Adshead, Gladys L.

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Gladys Lucy Adshead, author of numerous twentieth-century children's books, as well as a successful teacher and school administrator, was born to James Frederick and Bertha Wilson Groome Adshead in West Didsbury, Manchester, England, on April 25, 1896. Her father inculcated in her a love of reading and openly avowed desire that Adshead would write children's books one day. In 1906, with the birth of her second brother, she concluded at age ten that she wanted to be a teacher for small children. ...