Cushman Family Papers 1918-1985

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Cushman Family Papers 1918-1985

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv45844

This collection primarily consists of the correspondence, a few diaries, limited financial records, and memorabilia of William and Clarice Cushman of Missoula, Montana, and their son, Roger Cushman. The bulk of the correspondence is letters to Clarice from her husband, William, when he was away from home in the U.S. Navy during WWII, in Liberia for four years, in the Warm Springs mental health facility in Montana, and in the Veterans Hospital in Sheridan, Wyoming. The letters chronicle the family’s daily lives, the centrality of religious beliefs, marital discord, and four decades of Clarice Cushman’s attempts to find medical and education assistance for their son, Roger Cushman, who had severe disabilities.

9.4 linear feet

eng,

University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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Cushman Family

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Clarice Mildred Stromert Cushman was born March 13, 1906 in Stratford, Iowa, to Ida and Bernard Stromert. She graduated from high school in Wilmar, Minnesota, in 1923 and from the State Teachers College in St. Cloud, Minnesota, in 1925. Clarice Stomert married William Cushman on January 12, 1935. For most of their married life Clarice Cushman lived in Missoula, Montana. She was a charter member of the Faith Evangelical Free Church. William Howard Cushman was born January...

United States. Navy

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Cushman, Roger, 1938-1978

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Warm Springs State Hospital

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Cushman, Clarice Mildred Stromert, 1906-1993

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Cushman, William Howard, 1909-1987

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